The BEST episodes of Crossing Jordan season 1

Every episode of Crossing Jordan season 1, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Crossing Jordan season 1!

The Boston Medical Examiners office brings us Dr. Jordan Cavanaugh, who is fearless, smart and sexy. Dr. Garret Macy is Chief Medical Examiner and it is his job to keep Dr. Cavanaugh in check. With her methods a little on the unorthodox side her relationship with Detective Woody Hoyt is constantly being tested. It is not just Medical Examiners and Detectives we also have grief counselor Lily Lebowski, criminologist Nigel Townsend, and forensic entomologist "Bug". This dynamic team takes us though the crime solving process and keeps us guessing.

Last Updated: 11/7/2024Network: NBCStatus: Ended
Secrets & Lies (2)
star
8.30
160 votes

#1 - Secrets & Lies (2)

Season 1 - Episode 23 - Aired 5/13/2002

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.

Directors: Allan Arkush
Writer: Tim Kring
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The Ties That Bind
star
8.03
258 votes

#2 - The Ties That Bind

Season 1 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/8/2001

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.

Directors: Andy Wolk
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Blood Relatives
star
7.88
173 votes

#3 - Blood Relatives

Season 1 - Episode 12 - Aired 1/14/2002

A mother and her two young sons turn up murdered, with the only suspect being 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.

Directors: Arvin Brown
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Born to Run
star
7.87
167 votes

#4 - Born to Run

Season 1 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/15/2001

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 on her birthday.

Directors: Allan Arkush
Watch Now:Amazon
Pilot
star
7.81
414 votes

#5 - Pilot

Season 1 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/24/2001

Meet Dr. Jordan Cavanaugh of the Boston Medical Examiner's office. With a reputation of going way beyond the call of duty, she finds her first case a little close to home.

Directors: Allan Arkush
Writer: Tim Kring
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Lost and Found
star
7.78
200 votes

#6 - Lost and Found

Season 1 - Episode 16 - Aired 2/25/2002

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.

Directors: Donna Deitch
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Sight Unseen
star
7.77
148 votes

#7 - Sight Unseen

Season 1 - Episode 7 - Aired 11/12/2001

Two school children are kidnapped and one of them turns up dead. Jordan must race against the clock to try and find the other child before time runs out.

Directors: Dick Lowry
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Digger (2)
star
7.76
173 votes

#8 - Digger (2)

Season 1 - Episode 9 - Aired 11/26/2001

Jordan buries herself into the case and winds up putting her life in danger. Elsewhere Nigel and Lily plan some nuptials?

Directors: Allan Arkush
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Digger (1)
star
7.73
176 votes

#9 - Digger (1)

Season 1 - Episode 8 - Aired 11/19/2001

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.

Directors: Ian Toynton
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The Dawn of a New Day
star
7.66
263 votes

#10 - The Dawn of a New Day

Season 1 - Episode 2 - Aired 10/1/2001

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.

Directors: Allan Arkush
Writer: Tim Kring
Watch Now:Amazon
The Gift of Life
star
7.66
161 votes

#11 - The Gift of Life

Season 1 - Episode 20 - Aired 4/15/2002

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.

Directors: Arvin Brown
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Four Fathers
star
7.60
170 votes

#12 - Four Fathers

Season 1 - Episode 14 - Aired 1/28/2002

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, while Max struggles to get licquor suppliers to his new bar. Trey’s father comes to visit, much to Trey’s annoyance.

Directors: Rachel Talalay
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Miracles & Wonders
star
7.57
168 votes

#13 - Miracles & Wonders

Season 1 - Episode 13 - Aired 1/21/2002

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.

Directors: Allan Arkush
Writer: Tim Kring
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Wrong Place, Wrong Time
star
7.55
174 votes

#14 - Wrong Place, Wrong Time

Season 1 - Episode 11 - Aired 1/7/2002

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. Meanwhile Jordan finally has a house-warming party.

Directors: Rick Rosenthal
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Secrets & Lies (1)
star
7.48
192 votes

#15 - Secrets & Lies (1)

Season 1 - Episode 22 - Aired 5/6/2002

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.

Directors: Michael Gershman
You Can't Go Home Again
star
7.39
159 votes

#16 - You Can't Go Home Again

Season 1 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/22/2001

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.

Directors: Donna Deitch
Blue Christmas
star
7.34
232 votes

#17 - Blue Christmas

Season 1 - Episode 10 - Aired 12/10/2001

When a cop killer dies in police custody, Dr. Macy orders a coroner’s inquest to get answers. Elsewhere, Trey wonders what all Nigel’s invite to the mountains will involve, and Dr. Macy is upset for having Christmas Eve’s dinner with his ex-wife’s boyfriend.

Directors: Donna Deitch
Acts of Mercy
star
7.28
163 votes

#18 - Acts of Mercy

Season 1 - Episode 15 - Aired 2/4/2002

What appear to be mercy killings are turning up one after another in Boston. Both Dr. Macy and Jordan are both tracking a doctor with a deadly needle. Bug and Nigel audition for a network.

Directors: Alex Zakrzewski
Crime & Punishment
star
7.28
196 votes

#19 - Crime & Punishment

Season 1 - Episode 17 - Aired 3/4/2002

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.

Directors: Allan Arkush
Believers
star
7.19
155 votes

#20 - Believers

Season 1 - Episode 6 - Aired 10/29/2001

Facts are scarce when a Senator’s daughter is found stabbed in the park. Jordan must cut though the political red tap to find the answers. Back at the morgue Bug and Nigel face some hard choices.

Directors: Ian Toynton
With Honor
star
7.09
138 votes

#21 - With Honor

Season 1 - Episode 18 - Aired 3/18/2002

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.

Directors: Donna Deitch
Someone to Count On
star
7.02
195 votes

#22 - Someone to Count On

Season 1 - Episode 21 - Aired 4/29/2002

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.

Directors: Nick Gomez
For Harry, with Love and Squalor
star
6.94
104 votes

#23 - For Harry, with Love and Squalor

Season 1 - Episode 19 - Aired 4/8/2002

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?

Directors: Ian Toynton
Writer: Tim Kring