"Crossing Jordan" (2001) TV series 2001-2007

User Rating:

7.3/10   

Creator:

Tim Kring

Seasons:

1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6

Release Date:

24 September 2001 (USA)

Genre:

Crime | Drama | Mystery

Plot:

A "sexy, brilliant" Boston medical examiner... Despite a checkered career, Dr. Jordan Cavannaugh goes above and beyond to solve cases.

Plot Keywords:

Boston Massachusetts | Irish American | Detective | Female Detective | Police

Awards:

5 wins & 7 nominations

US TV Schedule:

Thur. Oct. 16	8:00 AM	AETV	Born to Run	#1.4
Thur. Oct. 16	2:00 PM	AETV	Born to Run	#1.4

Cast

Jill Hennessy	...	Dr. Jordan Cavanaugh (116 episodes, 2001-2007)
Miguel Ferrer	...	Dr. Garret Macy (113 episodes, 2001-2007)
Ravi Kapoor	...	Dr. Mahesh 'Bug' Vijayaraghavensatanaryanamurthy / ... (111 episodes, 2001-2007)
Kathryn Hahn	...	Lily Lebowski (111 episodes, 2001-2007)
Steve Valentine	...	Dr. Nigel Townsend / ... (111 episodes, 2001-2007)
Jerry O'Connell	...	Detective Woody Hoyt (89 episodes, 2002-2007)

Also Known As:

Untitled Tim Kring Project (USA) (working title)

Runtime:

60 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

Australia:M | Brazil:12

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Tallwind Productions

Trivia:

Executive producer and creator Tim Kring was at first reluctant to cast Jill Hennessy as the impulsive, abrasive medical examiner Jordan Cavanaugh, knowing only her work as the straight-laced Assistant D.A. Claire Kincaid on "Law & Order" (1990) and as Jackie Kennedy in Jackie, Ethel, Joan: The Women of Camelot (2001) (TV). Agreeing to meet for breakfast, Kring was embarrassed to discover the restaurant he had chosen was closed when they arrived. Kring started to apologize, but Hennessy, unfazed, said, "Dude, who gives a shit? We'll go someplace else." Kring recalled thinking, "Oh, my God, this is Jordan."

Goofs:

Factual errors: Throughout the series, the Boston Police Department is shown to be driving Dodge Intrepid cruisers. In real life, the BPD drives Ford Crown Victorias.

Quotes:

Woody: Stay in the car.
Jordan: What exactly in our past makes you think I'll do that?

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Heroes Unmasked: Telling Tales (#1.13)" (2007)

WTF? Started good, but oh so bad?

I'm not sure what show thwolf was watching, but it doesn't appear that he was watching this one. Crossing Jordan has been one of the freshest and most interesting of the new crop of "crime dramas" that have surfaced recently. In the same vein as CSI, this show has taken the genre to new levels. It does what CSI does, but better, with more humour and a more interesting cast. Does CSI do well as a show? Yes, but if I had to pick between the two, my money would be on Crossing Jordan. Miguel Ferrer has done top notch work (Top Guns: Part Deux notwithstanding), Jill Hennessy is one of the hottest looking women out there, Jerry O'Connell, well, I've liked him since "My Secret Identity", and the supporting cast crack me up on a weekly basis. As for accuracy and versimilitude, I have a friend who works in the local Coroners office and while the office he works in isn't nearly as bright and breezy as the Boston office in Crossing Jordan, the general feel and the equipment that is mentioned in the show is spot on. Someone on staff does their homework.