The WORST episodes of Crossing Jordan

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

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
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For Harry, with Love and Squalor
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6.94
104 votes

#1 - 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
Someone to Count On
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7.02
195 votes

#2 - 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
With Honor
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7.09
138 votes

#3 - 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
Believers
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7.19
155 votes

#4 - 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
Crime & Punishment
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7.28
196 votes

#5 - 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
Acts of Mercy
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7.28
163 votes

#6 - 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
As If by Fate
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7.32
196 votes

#7 - As If by Fate

Season 2 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/21/2003

Jordan tries her hand at dating and is later called to the scene of her would-be suitor’s apparent suicide. A near death experience leaves Nigel asking lots of questions. Dr. Macy sets out to help validate a recently departed jazz legend’s personal image.

Directors: Michael Zinberg
Blue Christmas
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7.34
232 votes

#8 - 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
You Can't Go Home Again
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7.39
159 votes

#9 - 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
Cruel and Unusual
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7.45
160 votes

#10 - Cruel and Unusual

Season 2 - Episode 17 - Aired 1/13/2004

A local woman dies and forces Jordan to come face to face with an ex-lover. Dr. Macy and D.A. Walcott make a trip to investigate if an execution was cruel and unusual. Lily makes a decision about her body.

Directors: Michael Gershman
Secrets & Lies (1)
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7.48
192 votes

#11 - 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
The Truth Is Out There
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7.50
222 votes

#12 - The Truth Is Out There

Season 2 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/7/2003

Jordan and Nigel are making a trip to the local Total-Mart and end up with a dead door greeter. The case takes an unusual turn when someone tries to steal the body.

Directors: Tony Wharmby
Writer: David Amann
Strangled
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7.50
221 votes

#13 - Strangled

Season 2 - Episode 13 - Aired 12/16/2003

The morgue staff gathers to attempt to try and solve a case from 1964. Each of the staff members assumes a role in the case, with Max leading the way. Will they be able to find a killer from so long ago?

Directors: Michael Gershman
Bombs Away
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7.53
228 votes

#14 - Bombs Away

Season 2 - Episode 2 - Aired 9/30/2003

When the wife of a former ATF agent is found dead the husband’s grief is overwhelming. He will take drastic measures and put everyone in the morgue in danger… will they defuse the situation before it is too late?

Directors: Ian Toynton
Most Likely
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7.53
100 votes

#15 - Most Likely

Season 3 - Episode 8 - Aired 4/18/2004

A young high school athlete dies after a drug bust. Jordan and Devan are sent to investigate, but each have their own idea of what happened. Meanwhile Woody lands his own case that puts his life at risk.

Directors: Joyce Chopra
Dead or Alive
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7.53
100 votes

#16 - Dead or Alive

Season 3 - Episode 5 - Aired 3/21/2004

When a picture shows up for Dr. Macy he travels to Mexico to prove the identity of a killer, while in Boston Woody works the case from a different angle. When the investigation turns up a witness she is not willing to talk… will Jordan get her to open up in time?

Directors: Stephen Williams
You Really Got Me
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7.54
93 votes

#17 - You Really Got Me

Season 4 - Episode 13 - Aired 2/13/2005

A guilty woman may be executed in Los Angeles for a crime Jordan helped put her away for. When evidence turns up in Boston that may exonerate her Jordan and Woody are off to California.

Directors: Allan Arkush
Wrong Place, Wrong Time
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7.55
174 votes

#18 - 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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All the News Fit to Print
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7.56
122 votes

#19 - All the News Fit to Print

Season 3 - Episode 9 - Aired 4/25/2004

Dr. Macy attempts to help a hit and run victim who later dies at a local hospital. He is then thrown into a wrongful death suit and must solve the case to protect his reputation. Elsewhere Woody and Bug are following their own case of a reporter found dead.

Directors: Allan Arkush
Writer: Kira Arne
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Miracles & Wonders
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7.57
168 votes

#20 - 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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Second Chances
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7.57
160 votes

#21 - Second Chances

Season 3 - Episode 6 - Aired 3/28/2004

When the remains of a baby are found, proving the identity of the child will prove to be a difficult task. Elsewhere, a woman has fallen down some stairs… was it an accident or murder?

Directors: Allan Arkush
Watch Now:Amazon
Wild Card
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7.58
190 votes

#22 - Wild Card

Season 2 - Episode 14 - Aired 12/23/2003

A witness for an up coming case is found murdered. Jordan is sure there is a dirty cop involved in the permanent silencing of this witness. Meanwhile Dr. Macy and Dr. Winslow head an investigation of their own.

Watch Now:Amazon
Four Fathers
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7.60
170 votes

#23 - 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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Jump Push Fall
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7.61
124 votes

#24 - Jump Push Fall

Season 4 - Episode 21 - Aired 5/15/2005

Some new evidence comes to light in an old case that involves Dr. Macy. Jordan is placed in charge of the case that will either make or break Dr. Macy. Meanwhile, Woody is hot on the trail of a cop killer and finds himself looking down the barrel of a gun.

Directors: Allan Arkush
Watch Now:Amazon
Fall from Grace
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7.62
115 votes

#25 - Fall from Grace

Season 6 - Episode 10 - Aired 3/28/2007

Woody and Jordan team up in this heart wrenching case of a murdered pregnant woman. With the fetus missing from her womb time is of the essence. Woody catches a mistake Jordan made that could affect the case. Meanwhile, Dr. Macy gives a tour of the morgue to some juveniles that need to be scared straight.

Directors: Craig Ross Jr.
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