E01
Pilot
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.
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Crossing Jordan
EndedFirst aired 2001-09-24NBC
Drama · Crime · Mystery
Brash, stubborn and resourceful medical examiner Jordan Cavanaugh revives her career in Boston, occasionally breaking the rules and ticking off the cops or her co-workers, including a neurotic boss. On the home front, she gets crime-solving help from her retired-cop dad.
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117 listed episodes across 6 seasons. Air dates are provided by TVmaze and can change.
Season 1 23 episodes
E02
The Dawn of a New Day
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.
E03
The Ties That Bind
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.
E04
Born to Run
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.
E05
You Can't Go Home Again
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.
E06
Believers
Facts are scarce when a Senator's daughter is found stabbed in the park. Jordan must cut though the political red tape to find the answers. Back at the morgue Bug and Nigel face some hard choices.
E07
Sight Unseen
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.
E08
Digger: Part I
The discovery of a floating corpse forces Jordan into a nationwide manhunt for a serial killer as she teams up with a famed FBI criminal profiler and reunites with an unscrupulous reporter.
E09
Digger: Part II
Jordan finds herself buried deep in the manhunt for the serial killer known as Digger, while forming a more personal connection with relentless FBI criminal profiler Drew Haley.
E10
Blue Christmas
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.
E11
Wrong Place, Wrong Time
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.
E12
Blood Relatives
A mother and her two young sons turn up murdered, the only suspect being the husband. This case will do more than test Jordan's skills as a pathologist - it will also test her mentally as some memories come flooding back.
E13
Miracles & Wonders
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.
E14
Four Fathers
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.
E15
Acts of Mercy
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.
E16
Lost and Found
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.
E17
Crime & Punishment
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.
E18
With Honor
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 turf war between pimps.
E19
For Harry, with Love and Squalor
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?
E20
The Gift of Life
In this episode we go back to 1995 when Jordan wonders if being a heart surgeon is the right career for her. But after a patient dies on the table because of Dr. McCaffrey's negligence, Jordan realizes that it is always best to tell the truth, even if it hurts somebody. We also see how Jordan met Garrett and the importance of honesty.
E21
Someone to Count On
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.
E22
Secrets & Lies: Part I
Jordan is called to a local psychiatric hospital to investigate a suicide. While there an unknown source provides her with a clue to her mother's murder.
E23
Secrets & Lies: Part II
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.
Season 2 22 episodes
E01
There's No Place Like Home
Jordan and Woody are 3000 miles from Boston on the trail of the man that may hold the answer to Jordan's questions about her mothers' death. Dr. Macy is struggling with the disappearance of Jordan and trying to solve a case of his own.
E02
Bombs Away
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?
E03
The Truth Is Out There
Jordan and Nigel are making a trip to the local Total-Mart, and end up with a dead door greeter. When someone tries to steal the body the case takes an unusual turn.
E04
Payback
After a high class party girl dies in custody, Woody will face possible charges. Jordan must step up and defend Woody and try to help save his career. Elsewhere Lily is trying to help a little boy.
E05
As If by Fate
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 legends personal image.
E06
One Twelve
Jordan and the team are sent to lead the recovery effort at the site of an explosion. Amongst the rubble is a lone survivor and Jordan must keep him talking till help can get to him. The grim task of identifying the victims falls on Dr. Macy.
E07
Scared Straight
When the lover of a controversial lesbian talk show host is found dead, Jordan and Woody lead the investigation. Garret and Lily go head to head when a cancer patient dies.
E08
Don't Look Back
Jordan accompanies Woody to L.A. to help solve a murder; Macy wonders about an old acquaintance who's looking for his wife; Lily's mother wants to move in with her.
E09
Prisoner Exchange
Jordan tries to prove that a housewife murdered her husband; Macy's testimony frees a convicted child killer.
E10
Ockham's Razor
After his wife is killed, a forensics expert whom Macy dislikes becomes the most likely suspect; Jordan gets closer to solving her mother's murder.
E11
Family Ties
Jordan discovers a live baby at a crime scene; a Briton from Nigel's home town tries to learn his son's whereabouts.
E12
Perfect Storm
Working at the morgue for the first time, a doctor falls victim to a mysterious illness that soon claims two lives.
E13
Strangled
Max recalls a 40-year-old murder case on the annual evening when Jordan and friends gather at the bar to take a fresh look at unsolved crimes.
E14
Wild Card
Jordan tries to find out who killed a teen informant; Dr. Winslow discovers a link connecting six corpses of homeless men.
E15
John Doe
While Jordan and Bug try to solve the killing of an unidentified man, Macy works on a detective's murder.
E16
Conspiracy
A man asks Jordan to help find a friend who's in danger; an old friend of Macy's asks him to oversee the details concerning her husband's death.
E17
Cruel and Unusual
Jordan finds a former lover is the husband of an alleged suicide victim; Garrett investigates if a rapist's execution was extremely cruel; Lily questions a past decision after a harsh reaction from a grieving mother.
E18
Fire and Ice
Checking into the death of a young woman involved in an explosion causes Jordan and a DA to clash; a Tibetan monk claims a body.
E19
Dead Wives Club
The body of a cellist missing for 13 years is found; a staff member's former wife dies; a hit-and-run victim's widower is attracted to Lily.
E20
Sunset Division
Woody takes a leave and goes home to Wisconsin, but soon finds himself in L.A. trying to solve a murder.
E21
Pandora's Trunk: Part I
The staff assists Woody in trying to solve a triple homicide; a car has been found that may hold a clue to the murder of Jordan's mother.
E22
Pandora's Trunk: Part II
The second season ends with Jordan making a grisly discovery linked to her mother's murder and her father's past.
Season 3 13 episodes
E01
Devil May Care
Jordan overhears a murder being committed and Macy matches wits with a highly intelligent student who may be a killer.
E02
Slam Dunk
DA Walcott is upset that Jordan, serving on jury duty, is delaying a verdict on a defendant whose previous conviction in the murder of a policeman was overturned.
E03
'Til Death Do Us Part
In checking into a woman's murder, Jordan is reunited with her high-school boyfriend, who's now a priest; Macy encounters a frequent widow.
E04
Is That Plutonium in Your Pocket, or Are You Just Happy to See Me?
An offbeat episode involves plutonium and the FBI.
E05
Dead or Alive
After he receives evidence of a new crime, Macy reinvestigates a five-year-old case against a serial killer.
E06
Second Chances
While Jordan and Macy try to determine if a woman's death was accidental, Woody and Devan believe that they've solved a 20-year-old missing-child case.
E07
Missing Pieces
Jordan and the staff investigate a car-accident victim and his possible connection to a missing girl, who was abducted many months ago. Meanwhile, Peter handles his first major case.
E08
Most Likely
Jordan and Devan investigate the sudden death of a high-school athlete; Woody looks into the killing of an IRS auditor.
E09
All the News Fit to Print
After Macy saves a hit-and-run victim's life, he's stunned when the man shows up dead at the morgue; Woody checks out the case of a murdered reporter.
E10
Revealed
Jordan and a detective investigate the killing of a hiker found along the Appalachian Trail; Woody and Nigel look into a murder that appears to be the work of a vampire.
E11
He Said, She Said
Macy leaves Jordan in charge, and during her watch Devan helps Woody on a murder case and Bug agrees to perform a non-incisive autopsy to please a widow.
E12
Dead in the Water
The body of a politician's daughter, who'd been missing for seven years, washes ashore; a plastic surgeon comes under suspicion when his partner dies.
E13
Oh, Brother Where Art Thou?
A search ensues for Jordan and Max in connection with the killing of a police captain. Meanwhile, Jordan's brother returns.
Season 4 21 episodes
E01
After Dark
A blackout in Boston has Jordan involved in a 12-car pileup in the middle of a tunnel.
E02
Out of Sight
Jordan is helped by an eyewitness to a murder that occurred in a luxury-apartment complex; Macy and Lily investigate a prisoner's apparent suicide.
E03
Intruded
Jordan begins acting strangely after an encounter with an intruder; the discovery of a corpse reopens a 10-year-old case.
E04
Deja Past
While Jordan seeks to solve a murder from the past, Macy and Woody check out the circumstances surrounding a soldier's death.
E05
Justice Delayed
Jordan and Bug journey to Mississippi to seek justice in a 40-year-old racially charged murder; Macy and Woody try to determine whether a cancer patient was killed or committed suicide.
E06
Blue Moon
Woody believes that a man arrested on a narcotics charge by an undercover policewoman may be a serial killer, but he needs Jordan's help to prove it.
E07
What Happens in Vegas Dies in Boston
A crossover episode that concludes on Las Vegas begins with a jet arriving in Boston with Sam, Danny and a dead man with $3 million.
E08
Fire from the Sky
Jordan's unhappy when Devan asks her to cover a late shift at the morgue; a plane crash leaves several victims, and Woody gets a surprise in checking the passenger list.
E09
Necessary Risks
Jordan and Woody suspect that a college fencing star's death may not be a suicide; Macy and Nigel investigate a crime in which a corpse had all organs removed.
E10
A Stranger Among Us
Jordan and Woody investigate fatal shootings at a diner, in which an FBI agent was one of six victims.
E11
Murder in the Rue Morgue
The fatal shooting of a woman in the morgue's reception room ties into a child-prostitution operation.
E12
Family Affair
Jordan checks out a death that seems to have resulted from a fall off a motorcycle, while Macy looks into a wealthy young student's murder.
E13
You Really Got Me
Jordan and Woody travel to Los Angeles in an attempt to save a prisoner from execution; Bug teams with a detective to try to solve a vagrant's fatal kidnapping.
E14
Gray Murders
While Jordan investigates an elderly man's death that might implicate his caretaker, Macy checks out two deaths at an airport.
E15
It Happened One Night
Jordan's missing father returns after several months, but their reunion occurs just after he's been shot by an ex-cop with a score to settle.
E16
Skin and Bone
Jordan and the team find an unmarked mass grave containing the remains of several mobsters and the excavation also brings out their killer.
E17
Locard's Exchange
Jordan, Macy and the staff try to find DNA evidence in a decades-old series of murders. Also, Lily's mother visits.
E18
Sanctuary
A widow claims that the consulate representative who removed her husband's corpse from the morgue is responsible for the man's death.
E19
Embraceable You
While Macy deals with a jazz legend's daughter involved in some deadly lovers' quarrels, Jordan investigates the death of a pregnant nun.
E20
Forget Me Not
Jordan helps Nigel after his girlfriend's daughter is kidnapped; Macy tries to identify a John Doe, who gives new meaning to the term walking dead.
E21
Jump Push Fall
A criminologist is out to get rid of Macy by claiming that the coroner covered up evidence in a 20-year-old case.
Season 5 21 episodes
E01
There's No Place Like Home II
Slocum is in charge, but Jordan asks Macy's help when a former adversary kills again.
E02
Luck Be a Lady
Josh Duhamel and Vanessa Marcil guest star on a crossover episode with Las Vegas that begins with the suicide of a Montecito Casino showgirl in the Boston morgue. Meanwhile, Macy helps make a biker's dying wish come true.
E03
Under the Weather
A report that the body of one of three missing boys has been found at the bottom of a well brings Jordan to the crime scene, where she's soon trapped in an abandoned mine with the other two boys, one of whom is badly wounded.
E04
Judgement Day
Jordan checks into an ex-con's death and uncovers appalling prison health care, while Woody pursues a parolee who has killed a judge's wife.
E05
Enlightenment
A reporter asks Jordan if a death was suicide or homicide, and when she answers the deceased's cell phone, it's Woody calling from a crime scene.
E06
Total Recall
After a long-missing teacher's remains are found, a young man---who would have been 10 at the time---confesses to the murder; a couple who frequently had violent arguments are found dead.
E07
Road Kill
Jordan and Woody seek help from a jailed serial killer whose techniques are being emulated by a copycat killer, but the woman's psychological games prove to be unnerving.
E08
A Man in Blue
Jordan and Woody investigate a double homicide in which one of the victims is a police officer, and Jordan worries that Woody is taking the case too personally, especially after planted evidence is discovered.
E09
Death Goes On
A past trial in which Jordan's testimony set an alleged killer free comes back to haunt her when she investigates the case of a missing woman who was related to the accused.
E10
Loves Me Not
While investigating a murder at an old bed-and-breakfast, Woody and Jordan become trapped by a snowstorm and soon discover the sinister past of the seemingly haunted inn.
E11
The Elephant in the Room
After Macy is arrested for DUI, his judgment is called into question when he acts as a witness in a murder trial. Meanwhile, Jordan and Woody ponder what to do about their relationship after spending the night together.
E12
Code of Ethics
Woody and Jordan investigate the murder of a military man who had just returned from a tour of duty in Iraq. Meanwhile, Macy has an argument with his daughter after she brings a boyfriend home; and Nigel uncovers new evidence in a decades-old kidnapping case.
E13
Dreamland
While investigating a drug-related multiple homicide, Jordan and the team discover evidence that places Macy's missing daughter, Abby, at the scene. They also learn that one of the victims is Abby's wayward boyfriend.
E14
Death Toll
Macy, Jordan, Woody and the rest of the crew are rocked by emotional and physical trauma when a commuter train carrying schoolchildren and their pregnant teacher is destroyed in a terrorist attack.
E15
Blame Game
When six firemen die in a brush fire, Jordan and the team discover that foul play in the chain of command may have contributed to their deaths. Meanwhile, Bug's snazzy new car is demolished by a falling body; Macy and Maggie try to help Abby stay in rehab; and Woody and Lu's budding romance heats up.
E16
Someone to Watch Over Me
A case literally hits home for Jordan when one of her upstairs neighbors is murdered and his young daughter becomes the target of an assassin. Meanwhile, Macy struggles to deal with a prominent family whose son was in a drunken-driving accident with an unfamiliar woman.
E17
Save Me
Woody and Lu look for a young girl's killer, who may be a schizophrenic living in a neighborhood halfway house. Meanwhile, Jordan grows close to Kayla, who's staying with her while the state looks for a suitable home for the orphaned teen.
E18
Thin Ice
When a pro baseball player is accused of rape, the team investigates his alibi, leading to an unexpected revelation. Meanwhile, Jordan's growing jealousy of Woody and Lu's relationship reaches new heights; and Nigel is determined to find the family of a fighter pilot whose frozen body was discovered.
E19
Mysterious Ways
Woody and Jordan investigate the death of a woman who was supposedly a miracle worker, and they soon discover even more mysteries about her life. In another case, a man dies while trying to burglarize an apartment.
E20
Mace vs. Scalpel
While trying to return some personal items to a deceased man's family, Macy is beaten and taken hostage by the deranged homeowner, who is also holding a boy captive. Meanwhile, Jordan refuses to believe that a kindly old janitor could be a suspect in a jewelry scam.
E21
Don't Leave Me This Way
Jordan is accused of murdering J.D. after she wakes up next to his bloody body. With no recollection of the previous night's events, Jordan enlists the help of her friends to piece together what happened---and clear her name.
Season 6 17 episodes
E01
Retribution
Fugitive Jordan pursues the truth about J.D.'s murder by traveling to Washington, D.C., where she hopes to uncover the news story he was working on to find out if it was the reason for his death. Meanwhile, Macy tries to locate Jordan; and Lu works with a no-nonsense independent investigator to prove Jordan's guilt.
E02
Shattered
Jordan and Lu investigate the suicide of a teen, whose note indicated that he'd been molested; Woody looks into the gruesome death of a woman who was hit by several cars on a highway; Macy warns Jordan that she needs to do things by the book when an investigator starts poking around the office; and Lily receives some surprising news.
E03
33 Bullets
Violence and mob rule grip Boston after police officers shoot an 8-year-old boy 33 times. As a riot erupts, Jordan and the team investigate the incident---but they may lose one of their own along the way.
E04
Crazy Little Thing Called Love
Josh Duhamel and Molly Sims guest star as their Las Vegas characters, Danny McCoy and Delinda Deline, whose Boston vacation turns into a crime-busting mission when they help Jordan and Woody investigate the murder of a boxing champ. Meanwhile, Bug works on the case of a woman who was found in the Charles River---and had been there since the 1980s. And a pregnant Lily returns to work and reveals the identity of the baby's father.
E05
Mr. Little and Mr. Big
Jordan takes a road trip with Lily to recover a body, but the assignment becomes complicated when the body vanishes. Elsewhere, Woody runs afoul of a rogue cop while investigating the death of a 16-year-old boy; Ivers continues to scrutinize the morgue staff's practices; and Lily wonders how her dysfunctional love life will affect her parenting once her child is born.
E06
Night of the Living Dead
The group investigates the shootings of three people, including an alleged murderer and his ruthless defense lawyer, Sheldon Levine. Levine, fully conscious but unable to move or speak, is mistakenly declared dead and taken to the morgue, where he watches in horror as Macy and Co. prepare to perform his autopsy.
E07
Hubris
Nigel and Woody team up to stop the murderous rampage of a serial killer named the Hangman, an Internet-savvy psycho who communicates with Nigel via taunting posts on Nigel's blog. Meanwhile, Jordan is assigned to audit past autopsy cases for anomalies and discovers Bug may have helped put an innocent man behind bars years earlier.
E08
Isolation
A deadly virus plagues Boston and could spark a sweeping public-health scare. Meanwhile, Bug grows concerned that a pregnant Lily, who can't take medication, may contract the virus.
E09
Seven Feet Under
Deep secrets are exposed when Jordan, Macy and Det. Matt Seely team up to investigate the slaying of a teen girl. Meanwhile, Woody tries to unravel mysteries surrounding a mummy, only to make a startling discovery; and Macy corners Jordan about her declining health.
E10
Fall from Grace
Jordan joins forces with Woody to scrutinize the slaying of a pregnant woman---and to find the baby that was missing from her womb. The case turns more disturbing when Jordan makes a pivotal mistake, impacting the investigation. Meanwhile, Macy has his hands full guiding a morgue tour for a group of juvenile delinquents.
E11
Faith
Woody and Jordan team up to locate a hijacked school bus that is full of children. Elsewhere, the lifeless body of Santa shows up at the morgue; and Jordan's secret is finally revealed as her peers become concerned for her health.
E12
Sleeping Beauty
Dr. Macy accompanies Jordan to the hospital where she is to undergo brain surgery. Woody sets out to keep his mind busy by investigating a murder with an eyewitness who is about to testify in court.
E13
Post Hoc
Everyone's babysitting Jordan in rotation, but when Bug goes missing it further strains the M.E.'s office and a new detective who just wants to prove his case.
E14
In Sickness & in Health
Jordan, determined to return to work in the wake of her health crisis, immerses herself in a murder case. Meanwhile, Woody, Nigel and Kate investigate the wedding-day slaying of a groom; and the staffers approach Bug about his brush with Homeland Security, which had earlier suspected him of being a terrorist.
E15
Dead Again
Jordan and Ivers join forces to investigate the unusual case of a woman who recently died---but who was presumed dead for six years. Meanwhile, Lily and Brandau scrutinize the death of their psychologist after the doctor dies during one of their sessions; and Lily goes into labor.
E16
D.O.A.
A bizarre man who's slowly dying from poison enlists Woody and Jordan to help him locate his missing daughter before his imminent death. Meanwhile, Nigel and Kate investigate the murder of two magicians; and Bug makes a crucial life decision.
E17
Crash
In the sixth-season finale, Jordan and her coworkers are in a plane crash in mountain terrain on their flight home after investigating the deaths of a shipload of people on the Norwegian Sea. As Woody and Bug travel on foot for help, the rest try to stay warm and desperately wait for rescue.
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