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Crossing Jordan

Every body tells a story.

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2001 – 20076 seasons · 117 episodesEnded
Drama
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Who's in it

Cast

The principal ensemble across the run of the series.

Jill Hennessy

Jill Hennessy

Jordan Cavanaugh

117 eps

Miguel Ferrer

Miguel Ferrer

Garrett Macy

117 eps

Steve Valentine

Steve Valentine

Nigel Townsend

117 eps

Ravi Kapoor

Ravi Kapoor

Mahesh 'Bug' Vijay

117 eps

Kathryn Hahn

Kathryn Hahn

Lily Lebowski

117 eps

Mahershala Ali

Mahershala Ali

Trey Sanders

23 eps

Ivan Sergei

Ivan Sergei

Peter Winslow

21 eps

Ken Howard

Ken Howard

Max Cavanaugh

49 eps

Jerry O'Connell

Jerry O'Connell

Woody Hoyt

87 eps

Leslie Bibb

Leslie Bibb

Tallulah Simmons

13 eps

Vanessa Marcil

Vanessa Marcil

Sam Marquez

2 eps

Hector Luis Bustamante

Hector Luis Bustamante

Pete Delgado

2 eps

Charlie O'Connell

Charlie O'Connell

Calvin

2 eps

Chris Noth

Chris Noth

FBI Special Agent Drew Haley

2 eps

Norma Maldonado

Norma Maldonado

Carolyn Macelli

2 eps

Brian Stokes Mitchell

Brian Stokes Mitchell

Jay Myers

2 eps

Wallace Shawn

Wallace Shawn

Howard Stiles

8 eps

Michael T. Weiss

Michael T. Weiss

James Horton

4 eps

Ken Kercheval

Ken Kercheval

Mr. Payton

2 eps

Susan Gibney

Susan Gibney

Renee Walcott

19 eps

Charles Mesure

Charles Mesure

J.D. Pollack

12 eps

Ed Quinn

Ed Quinn

Tyler

2 eps

Boris Kodjoe

Boris Kodjoe

Detective Elliot Chandler

2 eps

Jsu Garcia

Jsu Garcia

Martin Cruz

2 eps

Eugene Byrd

Eugene Byrd

Sidney

13 eps

Emy Coligado

Emy Coligado

Emmy

30 eps

Henry Winkler

Henry Winkler

Dr. Jack Slocum

2 eps

Lesley Ann Warren

Lesley Ann Warren

Arlene Lebowski

2 eps

Robert LuPone

Robert LuPone

Curt Schneider

2 eps

Shailene Woodley

Shailene Woodley

Young Jordan Cavanaugh

4 eps

Kristen Wilson

Kristen Wilson

Kim Watkins

3 eps

Shawn Christian

Shawn Christian

Adam Flynn

3 eps

William R. Moses

William R. Moses

Terrance Duvall

2 eps

Michelle Nolden

Michelle Nolden

Dr. Amy Bowen

2 eps

Lindsay Frost

Lindsay Frost

Maggie Macy

9 eps

Brooke Smith

Brooke Smith

Kate Switzer

13 eps

Jennifer Finnigan

Jennifer Finnigan

Devan Maguire

10 eps

David Monahan

David Monahan

Matt Seely

14 eps

Tovah Feldshuh

Tovah Feldshuh

Elaine Brandau

3 eps

Josh Duhamel

Josh Duhamel

Danny McCoy

3 eps

The Nutevio profile

TV DNA

How Crossing Jordan actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.

Signature profile

Crossing Jordan reads strongest on Character Depth, Emotional Weight and Serialized.

Character DepthVery strong8.0

How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.

Emotional WeightStrong6.6

How much the series is designed to affect you.

SerializedStrong5.5

How much each hour depends on the one before it.

BingeabilityPresent5.3

How hard it is to stop after one episode.

Cliffhanger IntensityPresent4.0

How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.

TensionPresent4.0

The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.

SpectacleLight3.5

Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.

World BuildingLight3.5

The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.

HumourLight2.5

How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.

The story

What it's about

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.

The run

Seasons

6 seasons · 117 episodes.

  • Official poster for Season 1

    Season 1 · Complete

    Season 1

    200123 episodes

    9.0IMDb
  • Official poster for Season 2

    Season 2 · Complete

    Season 2

    200222 episodes

    8.7IMDb

    Best episode · S02E01 There's No Place Like Home

  • Official poster for Season 3

    Season 3 · Complete

    Season 3

    200413 episodes

    8.8IMDb
  • Official poster for Season 4

    Season 4 · Complete

    Season 4

    200421 episodes

    8.9IMDb
  • Official poster for Season 5

    Season 5 · Complete

    Season 5

    200521 episodes

    9.2IMDb
  • Official poster for Season 6

    Season 6 · Complete

    Season 6

    200717 episodes

    8.3IMDb

Recently aired

Latest Episodes

Behind the series

Created by

Showrunners, creators, executive producers and the writers who set the voice of the series.

The craft

Key Crew

Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.

Created by

Executive production

Writing

Direction

Cinematography

Where to watch

Streaming

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