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Crossing Jordan
Crossing Jordan is an American television crime/drama series that airs on NBC. It stars Jill Hennessy as the crime-solving medical examiner, Jordan Cavanaugh. The show uses an ensemble cast approach featuring a group of Jordan's co-workers, members of the Boston Medical Examiner's Office and police detectives assigned to the various cases. It was created by Tim Kring. The title references the biblical metaphor of the ancient Hebrews crossing the Jordan River, commonly used in spiritual songs to represent death and passage to the afterlife.
During the first two seasons the series used a gimmick whereby Jordan and her retired-police-detective father (Ken Howard) would role-play the events leading up to that week's murder, which would be depicted by showing Jordan playing the part of the victim or suspect in a recreation of the scene. (The idea being that such role-playing would allow Jordan to figure out the circumstances of the crime, like a profiler). This element of the series was mostly dropped when Howard left the series as a regular.
Crossing Jordan premiered in 2001 on NBC. It has aired on Monday, Friday and then Sunday, its air date through the 2005-2006 season. For the 2006-2007 season, NBC had planned to move it back to Fridays at 8 pm beginning in October, but without warning nor explanation, replaced it with 1 vs. 100, much to the dismay of viewers wanting resolution of last season's cliffhanger. NBC claimed that Crossing Jordan was such a strong show, that it could be used anywhere in the schedule, yet has only ordered 17 new shows for the new season, instead of the standard 22 or 23 shows that would constitute a "full" season order. NBC recently announced it would return in its original time slot of 10 pm on Sundays starting on January 14, 2007, but will be changed to Wednesdays at 9 pm as of March 7, 2006..
The scientific aspects of the show are comparable to CSI: Crime Scene Investigation but come with a rock and roll sensibility owing to Jordan's psychological Sturm und Drang. The show is also less graphic than the CSI shows, and more character driven.
In the first season, Hennessy was the only cast member to be shown in the opening credits, which featured a rewritten version of Bad Haggis' "REELS Part Two: My Love is In America" (from the CD "Trip") performed by bagpiper Eric Rigler. Starting with the second season, the show adopted more clinical credits where all of the major players were pictured, along with a more rock-like, less Irish sounding opening theme.
The show was put on hiatus for the 2003-2004 season to accommodate Hennessy's real-life pregnancy, not returning to the airwaves until March 9, 2004. The previous cliffhanger plotline was dropped in a new episode, which featured a humorous subplot that paid homage to Alfred Hitchcock's 1954 film Rear Window. The murder victim's name was Alex Corvald — a reference to Thorwald in the film.
Crossing Jordan was created by Tim Kring and is produced by Tailwind Productions in association with NBC Universal. Singer-songwriter duo Wendy and Lisa score the music for the show. Eric Rigler's pipes and whistles can still be heard in most episodes.
Inability of NBC to secure music rights has prevented the show, which relies heavily on pop music in it's soundtrack, from being released on DVD. However on the NBC.com blog it was announced this problem may soon be resolved.
Crossing Jordan Episodes
Crossing Jordan Season 1
1. 1- 1 0101 24 Sep 01 Pilot
2. 1- 2 64302 1 Oct 01 The Dawn of a New Day
3. 1- 3 64303 8 Oct 01 The Ties That Bind
4. 1- 4 64305 15 Oct 01 Born to Run
5. 1- 5 64304 22 Oct 01 You Can't Go Home Again
6. 1- 6 64306 29 Oct 01 Believers
7. 1- 7 64307 12 Nov 01 Sight Unseen
8. 1- 8 64308 19 Nov 01 Digger, Part I
9. 1- 9 64309 26 Nov 01 Digger, Part II
10. 1-10 64310 10 Dec 01 Blue Christmas
11. 1-11 64311 7 Jan 02 Wrong Place, Wrong Time
12. 1-12 64312 14 Jan 02 Blood Relatives
13. 1-13 64313 21 Jan 02 Miracles & Wonders
14. 1-14 64314 28 Jan 02 Four Fathers
15. 1-15 64315 4 Feb 02 Acts of Mercy
16. 1-16 64316 25 Feb 02 Lost and Found
17. 1-17 64317 4 Mar 02 Crime & Punishment
18. 1-18 64318 18 Mar 02 With Honor
19. 1-19 64319 8 Apr 02 For Harry, with Love and Squalor
20. 1-20 64320 15 Apr 02 The Gift of Life
21. 1-21 64321 29 Apr 02 Someone to Count On
22. 1-22 64322 6 May 02 Secrets & Lies, Part I
23. 1-23 64323 13 May 02 Secrets & Lies, Part II
Crossing Jordan Season 2
24. 2- 1 02001 23 Sep 02 There's No Place Like Home
25. 2- 2 02002 30 Sep 02 Bombs Away
26. 2- 3 02003 7 Oct 02 The Truth Is Out There
27. 2- 4 02004 14 Oct 02 Payback
28. 2- 5 02005 21 Oct 02 As If by Fate
29. 2- 6 02007 11 Nov 02 One Twelve
30. 2- 7 02006 18 Nov 02 Scared Straight
31. 2- 8 02008 2 Dec 02 Don't Look Back
32. 2- 9 02010 9 Dec 02 Prisoner Exchange
33. 2-10 02011 6 Jan 03 Ockham's Razor
34. 2-11 02012 13 Jan 03 Family Ties
35. 2-12 02013 27 Jan 03 Perfect Storm
36. 2-13 02015 3 Feb 03 Strangled
37. 2-14 02014 10 Feb 03 Wild Card
38. 2-15 02009 24 Feb 03 John Doe
39. 2-16 02016 17 Mar 03 Conspiracy
40. 2-17 02018 31 Mar 03 Cruel and Unusual
41. 2-18 02019 7 Apr 03 Fire and Ice
42. 2-19 02020 14 Apr 03 Dead Wives Club
43. 2-20 02017 21 Apr 03 Sunset Division
44. 2-21 02021 28 Apr 03 Pandora's Trunk, Part I
45. 2-22 02022 5 May 03 Pandora's Trunk, Part II
Crossing Jordan Season 3
46. 3- 1 03004 7 Mar 04 Devil May Care
47. 3- 2 03006 12 Mar 04 Slam Dunk
48. 3- 3 03003 14 Mar 04 'Til Death Do Us Part
49. 3- 4 03008 19 Mar 04 Is That Plutonium in Your Pocket, or Are You Just Happy to See Me?
50. 3- 5 03009 21 Mar 04 Dead or Alive
51. 3- 6 03010 28 Mar 04 Second Chances
52. 3- 7 03002 4 Apr 04 Missing Pieces
53. 3- 8 03012 18 Apr 04 Most Likely
54. 3- 9 03007 25 Apr 04 All the News Fit to Print
55. 3-10 03013 9 May 04 Revealed
56. 3-11 03011 16 May 04 He Said, She Said
57. 3-12 03005 23 May 04 Dead in the Water
58. 3-13 03001 6 Jun 04 Oh, Brother Where Art Thou, Part III
Crossing Jordan Season 4
59. 4- 1 04002 26 Sep 04 After Dark
60. 4- 2 04004 3 Oct 04 Out of Sight
61. 4- 3 04001 10 Oct 04 Intruded
62. 4- 4 04003 17 Oct 04 Deja Past
63. 4- 5 4008 24 Oct 04 Justice Delayed
64. 4- 6 4009 31 Oct 04 Blue Moon
65. 4- 7 4006 7 Nov 04 What Happens in Vegas Dies in Boston
66. 4- 8 4005 14 Nov 04 Fire from the Sky
67. 4- 9 4007 21 Nov 04 Necessary Risks
68. 4-10 4012 2 Jan 05 A Stranger Among Us
69. 4-11 4011 9 Jan 05 Murder in the Rue Morgue
70. 4-12 4010 30 Jan 05 Family Affair
71. 4-13 4013 13 Feb 05 You Really Got Me
72. 4-14 4014 13 Mar 05 Gray Murders
73. 4-15 4015 20 Mar 05 It Happened One Night
74. 4-16 4016 27 Mar 05 Skin and Bone
75. 4-17 4018 10 Apr 05 Locard's Exchange
76. 4-18 4019 24 Apr 05 Sanctuary
77. 4-19 4017 1 May 05 Embraceable You
78. 4-20 4020 8 May 05 Forget Me Not
79. 4-21 4021 15 May 05 Jump Push Fall
Crossing Jordan Season 5
80. 5- 1 5001 25 Sep 05 There's No Place Like Home, II
81. 5- 2 5005 2 Oct 05 Luck Be A Lady
82. 5- 3 5004 9 Oct 05 Under The Weather
83. 5- 4 5002 16 Oct 05 Judgement Day
84. 5- 5 5003 23 Oct 05 Enlightenment
85. 5- 6 5006 30 Oct 05 Total Recall
86. 5- 7 5007 27 Nov 05 Road Kill
87. 5- 8 5008 4 Dec 05 A Man in Blue
88. 5- 9 5009 11 Dec 05 Death Goes On
89. 5-10 5010 8 Jan 06 Loves Me Not
90. 5-11 5011 15 Jan 06 The Elephant in the Room
91. 5-12 5012 22 Jan 06 Code of Ethics
92. 5-13 5013 29 Jan 06 Dreamland
93. 5-14 5014 12 Mar 06 Death Toll
94. 5-15 5016 19 Mar 06 Blame Game
95. 5-16 5015 26 Mar 06 Someone to Watch Over Me
96. 5-17 5017 9 Apr 06 Save Me
97. 5-18 5018 16 Apr 06 Thin Ice
98. 5-19 5019 23 Apr 06 Mysterious Ways
99. 5-20 5020 30 Apr 06 Mace vs. Scalpel
100. 5-21 5021 7 May 06 Don't Leave Me This Way
Crossing Jordan Season 6
101. 6- 1 6001 14 Jan 07 Retribution
102. 6- 2 6002 21 Jan 07 Shattered
103. 6- 3 6003 28 Jan 07 33 Bullets
104. 6- 4 6005 11 Feb 07 Crazy Little Thing Called Love
105. 6- 5 6004 18 Feb 07 Mr. Little And Mr. Big
106. 6- 6 6006 25 Feb 07 Night of the Living Dead
107. 6- 7 6008 7 Mar 07 Hubris
108. 6- 8 14 Mar 07 Isolation
109. 6- 9 21 Mar 07 Seven Feet Under
110. 6-10 28 Mar 07 Fall From Grace
111. 6-11 4 Apr 07 Faith
112. 6-12 11 Apr 07 Sleeping Beauty
113. 6-13 18 Apr 07 Post Hoc, Ergo Propter Hoc
114. 6-14 25 Apr 07 In Sickness & In Health
115. 6-15 2 May 07 Get Over It
116. 6-16 9 May 07 D.O.A.
117. 6-17 16 May 07 Crash
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