Crossing Jordan 

A "sexy, brilliant" Boston medical examiner. Despite a checkered career, Dr. Jordan Cavanaugh goes above and beyond to solve cases.

Creator:

Tim Kring

Stars:

Jill Hennessy, Miguel Ferrer, Ravi Kapoor

5 wins & 7 nominations.

Cast

Series cast summary:
Jill Hennessy	...	Dr. Jordan Cavanaugh 117 episodes, 2001-2007
Miguel Ferrer	...	Dr. Garret Macy 117 episodes, 2001-2007
Ravi Kapoor	...	Dr. Mahesh 'Bug' Vijayaraghavensatanaryanamurthy 117 episodes, 2001-2007
Steve Valentine	...	Dr. Nigel Townsend 117 episodes, 2001-2007
Kathryn Hahn	...	Lily Lebowski 115 episodes, 2001-2007
Jerry O'Connell	...	Detective Woody Hoyt 88 episodes, 2002-2007
Ken Howard	...	Max Cavanaugh 49 episodes, 2001-2005

Storyline

Dr. Jordan Cavanaugh is a forensic pathologist who lost her job with the Boston medical examiner's office because her passion for solving homicides frequently extended beyond the autopsy table. Years later, an old ally rescues Jordan from court-ordered anger management training in Los Angeles and rehires her to her former job in Boston. Jordan is still feisty and mercurial and a pain in the butt, but management tolerates her because she is good at her job. She and her father, a disgraced former Boston police detective, often solve crimes together by using a role-playing game they've played since Jordan's childhood. It goes: "You be the killer, and I'll be the victim, and we'll figure out how this happened." The driving force in Jordan's life and career is the crime she took the longest time to solve -- her mother's murder.

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Plot Keywords:

detective | police | female protagonist | female detective | 21th century | 

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Genres:

Crime | Drama | Mystery

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Details

Official Sites:

A&E Dr. Nigel Townsend's "blog"

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

24 September 2001 (USA)

Also Known As:

Untitled Tim Kring Project

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Tailwind Productions, National Broadcasting Company (NBC), NBC Universal Television

Technical Specs

Runtime:

60 min

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Miguel Ferrer and Jill Hennessy played in the RoboCop film franchise: Ferrer appeared in RoboCop (1987) as Robert "Bob" Morton, the OCP executive who built RoboCop. Hennessy played in RoboCop 3 (1993) as Dr. Marie Lazarus, the OCP technician who fixed RoboCop after he was severely damaged.

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Goofs

Throughout the series, the Boston Police Department is shown to be driving Dodge Intrepid cruisers. In real life, the BPD drives Ford Crown Victorias.

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Quotes

Dr. Stiles: People who don't care have nothing to lose. So either they started that way, or they've already lost everything. Those are dangerous people.

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Connections

Referenced in The Suite Life on Deck: Crossing Jordin (2009)

User Reviews

Not trying to be like CSI

Some people say that "Crossing Jordan" is a rip-off of CSI but even though there are some similarities it is not trying to be the same. There are cases and forensics involved, but "Crossing Jordan" is far richer in character development. This show is my favorite because it has both; I don't watch CSI or CSI:Miami because when I want just cases and the forensics involved in solving them, I watch "Forensic Files" and other true crime shows on DSC or TLC. But since I enjoy these things as well as drama and character development (not to mention Jill Hennessy is my favorite actress), I love "Crossing Jordan." Also, the fact that the lead character is a little screwy is fine by me...I prefer it! Makes things interesting.