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Crossing Jordan is an American television crime/drama series that stars Jill Hennessy as Jordan Cavanaugh, M.D., a crime-solving forensic pathologist employed in the Massachusetts Office of the Chief Medical Examiner.
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Crossing Jordan is an American television crime/drama series that stars Jill Hennessy as Jordan Cavanaugh, M.D., a crime-solving forensic pathologist employed in the Massachusetts Office of the Chief Medical Examiner.
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Episode 1
Meet Dr. Jordan Cavanaugh of the Boston Medical Examiners office. With a reputation of going way beyond the call of duty…Jordan finds her first case a little close to home.
Directed by Allan ArkushWritten by Tim KringGuest stars Galyn Görg, Mia Korf, Kyle Secor, Michelle Anne Johnson, María Celedonio, Lois Nettleton, Tom McCleister, Gabe Cohen
Episode 2
Two seemingly unconnected men turn up dead, but there is more than meets the eye to this case. Elsewhere Mr. Stinky has Bug and Trey stumped at identifying him.
Directed by Allan ArkushWritten by Tim KringGuest stars Mackenzie Phillips, Nan Martin, Yvette Nipar, Edward Conna, María Celedonio, Lois Nettleton, Tamlyn Tomita, Nynno Ahli
Episode 3
A woman’s torso is found and linked back to the prison system. Jordan is assigned to find out who the victim is and who is responsible for her death.
Directed by Andy WolkWritten by Ian BiedermanGuest stars Brian Howe, Christopher Cousins, Susan Walters, Leon Russom, Peter Onorati, Patricia Place, Judith Moreland, Lois Nettleton
Episode 4
With what appears to be a cut and dry murder suicide Jordan gets help from her colleagues to find the truth. Meanwhile Dr. Macy faces the hard truth about his daughter.
Directed by Allan ArkushWritten by Damon LindelofGuest stars Barry Shabaka Henley, Ed Quinn, Emy Coligado, Judith Scott, Kiva Dawson, Vilma Andico, Brian Cousins, Casey McFeron
Episode 5
When the body of a firefighter is found Jordan is called to the scene. What she discovers will shock her and set her on a mission.
Directed by Donna DeitchWritten by Samantha Corbin-MillerGuest stars Stanley Anderson, Aaron D. Spears, Kelly Cole, Tom Bresnahan, Lois Nettleton, Tamlyn Tomita, Alan Feinstein, Marlene Forte
Episode 6
Facts are scarce when a Senator’s daughter is found stabbed in the park. Jordan but cut though the political red tap to find the answers. Back at the morgue Bug and Nigel face some had choices.
Directed by Ian ToyntonWritten by Todd Ellis KesslerGuest stars Sara Botsford, Seamus Dever, Shawn Christian, Richard Fancy, Daniel Roebuck, John Posey, Andy Umberger, Tara Ochs
Episode 7
Two school children are kidnapped and one of them turns up dead. Jordan must race against the clock to try to find the other child…before time runs out.
Directed by Dick LowryWritten by Gary GlasbergGuest stars Elizabeth Rice, Wallace Shawn, Howard Hesseman, Meta Golding, Vic Chao, Daniel Quinn, Lois Nettleton, Roxana Brusso
Episode 8
In this two part episode women are turning up…buried alive. Jordan teams up with a FBI Agent to try to solve this case. What Jordan does not know is that she matched the profile the killer likes.
Directed by Ian ToyntonWritten by Diane Ademu-JohnGuest stars Chris Noth, Shawn Christian, Tamlyn Tomita, Amy Aquino, Steve Gibbons, Thomas Mills, Eric Ware
Episode 9
Jordan buries herself into the case and winds up putting her life in danger. Elsewhere Nigel and Lily plan some nuptials?
Directed by Allan ArkushWritten by Jill E. BlotevogelGuest stars Chris Noth, Barbara Tarbuck, Emy Coligado, Shailene Woodley, Shawn Christian, Erica Yoder, Amy Zarzana, Richard Steinmetz
Episode 10
When a cop killer dies in police custody Dr. Macy orders a coroners inquest to get answers. Else where, Trey wonders what all Nigel’s invite to the mountains will involve.
Directed by Donna DeitchGuest stars Kristen Wilson, Scott Michael Campbell, Lindsay Frost, Cathryn de Prume, Christopher Curry, Isaac C. Singleton, Jr., Matthew Yang King, Thomas Christian Collins
Episode 11
With a botched robbery victims are many and answers are few. Jordan and Dr. Macy set out to prove maybe this was no ordinary bank robbery.
Directed by Rick RosenthalWritten by Damon LindelofGuest stars Jerry O'Connell, John Towey, K Callan, Ed Quinn, Cynthia Lamontagne, Paige Brooks, Diana Terranova, Mark Kiely
Episode 12
A mother and her two young sons turn up murdered, the only suspect…the husband. This case will do more than test Jordan’s skills are a pathologist, but also test her mentally as some memories come flooding back.
Directed by Arvin BrownGuest stars Robert Joy, Emy Coligado, Shailene Woodley, Kristen Wilson, Lindsay Frost, Tom Verica, Jenny Gago, Brian Sites
Episode 13
Elvis has entered the building? Dr. Macy attempts to save a deer at his daughters’ request. And Jordan ponders the existence of a higher power.
Directed by Allan ArkushWritten by Tim KringGuest stars Kavi Raz, Emy Coligado, Andrea Martin, Robert Picardo, Tom McCleister, Valeri Ross, James McAuley, Anthony DeSando
Episode 14
With the morgue pinching pennies the staff wonders who will be “pink slipped”. Elsewhere Jordan works a case involving the son of an old family…friend.
Directed by Rachel TalalayWritten by Diane Ademu-JohnGuest stars Ken Kercheval, Kimberly McCullough, Steven Culp, Rodney Scott, Tom McCleister, Robert Curtis Brown, Greg Collins, Paul Winfield
Episode 15
What appear to be mercy killings are turning up one after the other in Boston. Both Dr. Macy and Jordan are both tracking a doctor with a deadly needle. Bug and Nigel audition for a network.
Directed by Alex ZakrzewskiWritten by Elizabeth SarnoffGuest stars Jerry O'Connell, Lynne Marta, Ian Abercrombie, Lindsay Frost, Tom Gallop, Nicolas Surovy, Mary-Joan Negro, Gloria Dorson
Episode 16
Jordan and Detective Winslow find a young father murdered in an alley, they race to find the baby. Dr. Macy must find out why a student died, as well as help Abby deal with the loss.
Directed by Donna DeitchWritten by Clifton CampbellGuest stars Van Epperson, Tony Todd, Mary Mara, Mark Pellegrino, Jennifer Tighe, J.J. Boone, Cheryl McWilliams, Steve Stapenhorst
Episode 17
A housewife from the suburbs is found dead, and linked to Sado-masochism which leads Jordan to an internet site. Elsewhere Bug sees the shrink to talk about the case of an 8-year-old boy.
Directed by Allan ArkushWritten by Damon LindelofGuest stars Jerry O'Connell, Wallace Shawn, Jihmi Kennedy, Jeff Kober, Lindsay Frost, Stephanie Venditto, Adria Tennor, Curtis Armstrong
Episode 18
One of America’s finest abandons her post in Afghanistan and is later found dead in Boston. Jordan is paired with an investigator from the Marines, to investigate the case. Elsewhere Dr. Macy is in the middle of a turn war…between pimps.
Directed by Donna DeitchWritten by Gary GlasbergGuest stars David Andrews, Judson Mills, Hilary Shepard, Kim Miyori, Max Perlich, Carlos Gómez, Darlena Tejeiro, Rachael Crawford
Episode 19
With gangsters on his tail, Dr. Macy’s father makes a surprise visit to Boston. Elsewhere Jordan meets a stranger in her dad’s bar. What repercussions will this latest fling have?
Directed by Ian ToyntonWritten by Tim KringGuest stars Brian Stokes Mitchell, Emy Coligado, Kristen Wilson, Carl Reiner, Lindsay Frost, Francesco Quinn, Sarah Denison, Alex McKenna
Episode 20
In this episode we go back to 1995 when Jordan wonders if being a heart surgeon is the right of courier for her. But after a patient dies on the table because of Dr. McCaffrey's negligence Jordan realizes that the truth is always best to tell even if it hurts somebody. We also see how Jordan met Garrett and the importance of honesty.
Directed by Arvin BrownGuest stars Dan Butler, Emy Coligado, Randy Oglesby, Željko Ivanek, Carol Avery, Sarah Brooke, Katherine Disque, Debra Engle
Episode 21
When the mother of a teenage girl is found dead the daughter becomes the prime suspect. Jordan is convinced of the girls’ innocence and seeks advice from an unlikely source to save the girl from prison.
Directed by Nick GomezGuest stars Jerry O'Connell, Brian Stokes Mitchell, Reginald VelJohnson, Indigo, Robert LuPone, Jack Klugman, Shawn Michael Patrick, Paul Ben-Victor
Episode 22
Jordan is called to a local psychiatric hospital to investigate a suicide. While there and unknown source provides her with a clue to her mother’s murder.
Directed by Michael GershmanWritten by Elizabeth SarnoffGuest stars Jerry O'Connell, Kate Norby, Emy Coligado, Lindsay Frost, Kecia Lewis, Alison Shanks, Georgia Eskew, Jack Laufer
Episode 23
With Jordan still at the psychiatric hospital she agrees to look into a triple homicide. Typical Jordan gets herself in over her head and Woody is there to lend a helping hand…again.
Directed by Allan ArkushWritten by Tim KringGuest stars Jerry O'Connell, Wallace Shawn, Emy Coligado, Robert LuPone, Brad William Henke, Vic Polizos, Georgia Eskew, Jack Laufer
Episode information updated Jul 24, 2026
Jill HennessyJordan Cavanaugh
Miguel FerrerGarrett Macy
Steve ValentineNigel Townsend
Ravi KapoorMahesh 'Bug' Vijay
Kathryn HahnLily Lebowski
Mahershala AliTrey Sanders
Ivan SergeiPeter Winslow
Ken HowardMax Cavanaugh
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