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Crossing Jordan

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Crossing Jordan	type	TVTItem
Crossing Jordan	label	Crossing Jordan
Crossing Jordan	page	CrossingJordan
Crossing Jordan	comment	This show has nothing to do with traversing a country bordering Israel (although the title comes from crossing the river of the same name) or with a certain former Page Three Girl.Instead, it is an ensemble Forensic Drama created by Tim Kring and produced by Damon Lindelof, who also served as writer and executive story editor for the show. It centers around the life of Dr. Jordan Cavanaugh (played by actress Jill Hennessy), a rather tempestuous medical examiner in the Massachusetts State Coroner's office. Jordan is something of a Cowboy Cop, due to the murder of her mother as well as considerable additional exposure to police files and procedures at a young age by her now-retired cop father, Max Cavanaugh. As a result, she regularly ends up trying to solve homicides and other crimes herself.The rest of the main cast consists primarily of Jordan's coworkers at the morgue and colleagues on the Boston PD, who get roped into helping with Jordan's investigations on a surprisingly regular basis: Dr. Garret Macy, Jordan's crotchety superior (played by Miguel Ferrer) Dr. Mahesh "Bug" Vijayaraghavensatyanaryanamurthy, a fellow medical examiner (played by Ravi Kapoor), his nickname refers to his knowledge of insects Nigel Townsend, the morgue's resident lab rat and hacker (played by Steve Valentine) Lily Lebowski, a sweet but eccentric grief counselor (played by Kathryn Hahn) Woodrow "Woody" Hoyt, a detective for the Boston police and Jordan's on/off love interest (played by Jerry O'Connell)The series debuted on September 24, 2001 and wrapped up on May 16, 2007.
Crossing Jordan	fetched	2024-03-04T09:31:51Z
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Crossing Jordan / int_10a6623b	type	Fair Cop
Crossing Jordan / int_10a6623b	comment	Fair Cop: Woody.
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Crossing Jordan / int_12476700	type	Locard's Theory
Crossing Jordan / int_12476700	comment	Locard's Theory: Mentioned by name in the episode "Locard's Exchange".
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Crossing Jordan / int_253c1204	type	Obfuscating Postmortem Wounds
Crossing Jordan / int_253c1204	comment	Obfuscating Postmortem Wounds: Nigel and Macy are looking into the death of a pimp when one of his rivals comes in to pay his respects. He finishes a brief prayer by firing several shots into the corpse. It later comes out that the rival killed the pimp by shooting him and he ironically provided incriminating evidence in his attempt to obscure the cause of death.
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Crossing Jordan / int_2dc0d2bf	type	Hidden Depths
Crossing Jordan / int_2dc0d2bf	comment	Dr. Switzer. She's blunt, abrasive and makes absolutely no effort to soften toward her co-workers but when she has to fill in for Lily as grief counselor at one point, she's extremely compassionate and understanding to the victim's family, to the point the Woody is absolutely shocked by it.
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Crossing Jordan / int_2f3b0d6d	type	Big Storm Episode
Crossing Jordan / int_2f3b0d6d	comment	Big Storm Episode: The main cast are effectively trapped in the morgue during a huge snowstorm that paralyzes Boston, ** during which there is a freak e.Coli breakout which sickens Peter, Garret, and Bug, and kills Elaine
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Crossing Jordan / int_34f590c9	type	Off on a Technicality
Crossing Jordan / int_34f590c9	comment	Off on a Technicality: In one episode, a judge overturns the convictions against a child molester/murderer because the prosecutor (now the DA) had failed to disclose evidence to the defense. For all the Non-American tropers, that's not a technicality. It's such a huge thing that not only can it ruin a prosecutor's career and get them disbarred, it also can require every case they were on to be retried.
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Crossing Jordan / int_373273af	type	Throwing Out the Script
Crossing Jordan / int_373273af	comment	Throwing Out the Script: In the first episode, Garret is supposed to do a presentation about coroners at a career day. He starts off with one that's fairly dry and unenthusiastic, which gradually becomes a rant that practically drives people away with the lurid descriptions of his work.
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Crossing Jordan / int_38b05ae7	type	Poorly Disguised Pilot
Crossing Jordan / int_38b05ae7	comment	Poorly Disguised Pilot: "Sunset Division", though it was never picked up.
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Crossing Jordan / int_3dd3951e	type	Cowboy Cop
Crossing Jordan / int_3dd3951e	comment	Cowboy Cop: Jordan constantly, Woody on a couple occasions as well, and Max used to be this going as far as planting evidence.
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Crossing Jordan / int_41a3e267	type	Hidden in Plain Sight
Crossing Jordan / int_41a3e267	comment	Hidden in Plain Sight: The morgue staff are sure that a guy has been murdered in the same building they work in. They just can't find where the corpse was hidden. It's in the crypt.
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Crossing Jordan / int_4523420b	type	Love Dodecahedron
Crossing Jordan / int_4523420b	comment	Love Dodecahedron
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Crossing Jordan / int_4781adbb	type	Jerk with a Heart of Gold
Crossing Jordan / int_4781adbb	comment	Jerk with a Heart of Gold: In "Wild Card" Eric Brazil most definitely is a jerk. He seems to be unaffected by the murder of a teenager and is more concerned with taking down a gangster. Later he is suspected of killing said teenager and framing the gangster. In reality he was deeply affected by the death. Dr. Switzer. She's blunt, abrasive and makes absolutely no effort to soften toward her co-workers but when she has to fill in for Lily as grief counselor at one point, she's extremely compassionate and understanding to the victim's family, to the point the Woody is absolutely shocked by it.
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Crossing Jordan / int_4c27e0e8	type	Temporary Love Interest
Crossing Jordan / int_4c27e0e8	comment	Temporary Love Interest: J.D. Pollack, Jeffrey Brandau, numerous others.
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Crossing Jordan / int_53d45fa8	type	Back-Alley Doctor
Crossing Jordan / int_53d45fa8	comment	Back-Alley Doctor: After a number of heroin overdoses are reported by one person, Dr. Macy and Dr. Winslow decide to investigate and find a former medic running an unlicensed clinic. Dr. Macy realizes that even though the clinic is not up to the standards of a real hospital, it is doing good for the people it serves.
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Crossing Jordan / int_54c6b2b6	type	Revisiting the Cold Case
Crossing Jordan / int_54c6b2b6	comment	Revisiting the Cold Case: One episode had Jordan's father call together the staff at the medical examiner's office for an exercise at solving a cold case. After playing out the scenario, they realize that modern technology could easily solve the case. They run the evidence through their equipment and come up with a culprit. They then set out to apprehend the murderer only for the elder Cavanaugh to inform them that the murderer died a few months earlier. "Justice Delayed" had Jordan investigate a 40 year-old racially motivated murder, on request of the victim's son, who never believed the "official" ruling. Jordan finds out the local coroner lied about the weapon used under pressure from the local police, and has a likely suspect, but the widow doesn't want a trial stirring things up again.
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Crossing Jordan / int_561dab6b	type	Mistaken for Gay
Crossing Jordan / int_561dab6b	comment	Mistaken for Gay: A tabloid runs a picture of Jordan and a lesbian talk show host, and implied that they are lovers.
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Crossing Jordan / int_56c5b0d8	type	First Day from Hell
Crossing Jordan / int_56c5b0d8	comment	First Day from Hell: Twice. One doctor showed up just in time for a massive blizzard plus an in-morgue E. Coli outbreak, and Dr. Devan Maguire got kidnapped on her first day after the team was caught up in a poorly-conceived government terrorism drill.
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Crossing Jordan / int_5be3264d	type	Facial Recognition Software
Crossing Jordan / int_5be3264d	comment	Facial Recognition Software
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Crossing Jordan / int_60ac6ae4	type	The Lab Rat
Crossing Jordan / int_60ac6ae4	comment	The Lab Rat: Nigel, Bug.
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Crossing Jordan / int_617f0563	type	Heelâ€“Face Turn
Crossing Jordan / int_617f0563	comment	Heelâ€“Face Turn: Subverted. An imprisoned serial killer genuinely wanted to make amends, and strived to become a better person, eventually becoming a model prisoner and devout Christian... too devout. When he caught a pair of guards getting frisky in the prison chapel, he was enraged that they would dare desecrate a house of God, so he murdered one of them, and tried to frame the other for it, completely convinced he was doing the right thing.
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Crossing Jordan / int_61b8f9e2	type	Bunny-Ears Lawyer
Crossing Jordan / int_61b8f9e2	comment	Bunny-Ears Lawyer: Pretty much everyone at the morgue.
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Crossing Jordan / int_7301ae04	type	Serial Killer
Crossing Jordan / int_7301ae04	comment	A Serial Killer justifies her actions with her dad's infidelity.
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Crossing Jordan / int_754df088	type	Put on a Bus
Crossing Jordan / int_754df088	comment	Put on a Bus: Max, several minor characters.
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Crossing Jordan / int_75d6bf40	type	Belligerent Sexual Tension
Crossing Jordan / int_75d6bf40	comment	Belligerent Sexual Tension: Kate and Nigel.
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Crossing Jordan / int_819b6384	type	Sympathetic Murderer
Crossing Jordan / int_819b6384	comment	Sympathetic Murderer: A father of a girl that was kidnapped, sold into sexual slavery, and believed to be dead exacts revenge on the child traffickers. Woody at the end even lets him out of his cuffs.
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Crossing Jordan / int_83446991	type	UST
Crossing Jordan / int_83446991	comment	UST: With pairings almost too numerous to list, but especially between Jordan and Woody.
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Crossing Jordan / int_868409c	type	Broken Pedestal
Crossing Jordan / int_868409c	comment	Broken Pedestal: Jordan find out that many of the people she idolizes and has known for a long time aren't that great. Her father was a crooked cop who regularly planted evidence and framed a guy so he could steal his money. Her mother had another child in an affair and her mental state made her a danger to both children. Garret once ruled an obvious murder a suicide in order to help a politician.
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Crossing Jordan / int_88cee6e2	type	Abhorrent Admirer
Crossing Jordan / int_88cee6e2	comment	Abhorrent Admirer: Gender Flipped, in keeping with the show's female lead. Jordan gets a fair number of these just because she's, well, Jordan. Lily seems to view Det. Matt Seely as this at times, too.
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Crossing Jordan / int_8a1215e0	type	Bratty Teenage Daughter
Crossing Jordan / int_8a1215e0	comment	Bratty Teenage Daughter: Abby Macy is a poster child of this trope. Although sheâ€™s also still reeling from her parents nasty marriage and divorce to the point where she spent years blaming herself.
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Crossing Jordan / int_8ed5c6e4	type	Asshole Victim
Crossing Jordan / int_8ed5c6e4	comment	Asshole Victim: Where do we start with Shelly Levine? He used to be an ADA until a series of errors lead to great embarrassment when he prosecutes a guy that is actually innocent. He blames Dr. Macy for his failings on the case and becomes a defense attorney and takes great pride in making the morgue staff look like idiots. He's constantly taunting them, and even threatens to have Nigel deported. He collects trophies, weapons that where used by his clients to commit murders for which he has gotten them acquitted. While being shot at, he used his client as a human shield. Needless to say that the morgue staff are more than pleased when they see him on a slab. Woody stabs him with a needle out of sheer hatred. Turns out he wasn't actually dead, having been paralyzed during the shooting. (See And I Must Scream, above.) As noted, rather than being grateful to the morgue staff for realizing he was still alive, he gleefully threatens to sue them all (and take up the defense of the woman who shot at him, his assistant, and his client, just out of spite). Then he gets hit by the car.
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Crossing Jordan / int_8f900ccd	type	Overly Long Name
Crossing Jordan / int_8f900ccd	comment	Overly Long Name: Bug - that's "Dr. Vijayaraghavensatanaryanamurthy" to you. And on a side note, the guy who plays Trey Sanders — Mahershalalhashbaz Ali.
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Crossing Jordan / int_901dbf9a	type	Cliff Hanger
Crossing Jordan / int_901dbf9a	comment	Cliffhanger: Several. Subverted in the final episode which was originally written to be a Cliffhanger but was then rewritten into a Happily Ever After when it became apparent that the series would be canceled.
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Crossing Jordan / int_96fbeaf	type	There Are No Therapists
Crossing Jordan / int_96fbeaf	comment	There Are No Therapists: Subverted — morgue employees are required to go through a yearly psychiatric evaluation, which they all dread. Bonus points for the recurring therapist character being played by Wallace Shawn.
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Crossing Jordan / int_98f2361a	type	FairyTaleMotifs
Crossing Jordan / int_98f2361a	comment	Fairy Tale Motifs: A series of murders based on The Wizard of Oz.
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Crossing Jordan / int_a0db7803	type	It's Personal
Crossing Jordan / int_a0db7803	comment	It's Personal: Jordan's half-brother.
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Crossing Jordan / int_a1a1491e	type	Homage
Crossing Jordan / int_a1a1491e	comment	Homage: An episode with QuincyME star Jack Klugman as an aging medical examiner.
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Crossing Jordan / int_a65288e2	type	Ascended Extra
Crossing Jordan / int_a65288e2	comment	Ascended Extra: Steve Valentine's Nigel was just a background character for a handful of scenes in the first episodes, but the producers liked the way he demanded your attention on just those scenes, and turned him into a regular...
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Crossing Jordan / int_a861560f	type	The Friend Nobody Likes
Crossing Jordan / int_a861560f	comment	The Friend Nobody Likes: "Friend" is stretching it quite a bit, but Dr. Kate Switzer definitely qualifies with her blunt abrasiveness and general uncaring "all-about-me" attitude.
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Crossing Jordan / int_a8a04f6f	type	And I Must Scream
Crossing Jordan / int_a8a04f6f	comment	Turns out he wasn't actually dead, having been paralyzed during the shooting. (See And I Must Scream, above.) As noted, rather than being grateful to the morgue staff for realizing he was still alive, he gleefully threatens to sue them all (and take up the defense of the woman who shot at him, his assistant, and his client, just out of spite). Then he gets hit by the car.
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Crossing Jordan / int_a94eaaa4	type	Odd Friendship
Crossing Jordan / int_a94eaaa4	comment	Odd Friendship: Bug and Nigel.
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Crossing Jordan / int_a9c0f93f	type	Fun-Hating Confiscating Adult
Crossing Jordan / int_a9c0f93f	comment	Fun-Hating Confiscating Adult: There was an episode where the Fun-Hating Confiscating Adult in Jordan's childhood neighborhood had recently died and a skeleton was found in the baseboards of her floor soon turns out that it was the remains of her husband who she killed several years ago to protect her mentally disabled son. This trope was played with in the sense that over the course of the investigation, she was shown to be a more of a human being. Though they did find the cedar chest where she kept all of the toys.
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Crossing Jordan / int_abfa92a3	type	Jack the Ripoff
Crossing Jordan / int_abfa92a3	comment	Jack the Ripoff: "Road Kill" is about a series of murders that emulate too many details of a previous serial killer. Many of them are details that where never released to the public.
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Crossing Jordan / int_ae3d6438	type	Deadpan Snarker
Crossing Jordan / int_ae3d6438	comment	Deadpan Snarker: Everyone.
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Crossing Jordan / int_b01abe4f	type	Catchphrase
Crossing Jordan / int_b01abe4f	comment	Catchphrase: "You want to be the victim or the killer?"
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Crossing Jordan / int_b6cebad3	type	Double Standard
Crossing Jordan / int_b6cebad3	comment	Double Standard: In the first episode Jordan's co-worker Trey Sanders tells her "I don't date white women." Had Jordan said the same thing regarding black men it would have undoubtedly been viewed as racist.
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Crossing Jordan / int_b72ae7	type	Omnidisciplinary Scientist
Crossing Jordan / int_b72ae7	comment	Omnidisciplinary Scientist: Nigel.
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Crossing Jordan / int_b7e0c5ff	type	Love Triangle
Crossing Jordan / int_b7e0c5ff	comment	Love Triangle: Between Jordan, Woody, and Lou that ends with Lou getting mortally wounded during a riot. A brief earlier one exists between Macy, Lily, and Macy's ex-wife Maggie. Lily dumps him.
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Crossing Jordan / int_bbe740e2	type	Tyrant Takes the Helm
Crossing Jordan / int_bbe740e2	comment	Tyrant Takes the Helm: Dr. Jack Slocum and Special Prosecutor William Ivers star in two such story arcs.
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Crossing Jordan / int_bc3cb7ff	type	Clear My Name
Crossing Jordan / int_bc3cb7ff	comment	Clear My Name: Jordan is on the run after her boyfriend is murdered.
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Crossing Jordan / int_bc74ef27	type	Berserk Button
Crossing Jordan / int_bc74ef27	comment	Berserk Button: Bug in an episode where a murder appeared to be racially motivated. "Gray Murders" reveals Woody's absolute hatred of drugs, which stems from his brother's drug abuse problem.
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Crossing Jordan / int_bd0d6395	type	No Social Skills
Crossing Jordan / int_bd0d6395	comment	No Social Skills: Almost every female medical examiner on the show: Jordan, Dr. Devan Maguire, and Dr. Kate Switzer.
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Crossing Jordan / int_bd6d90d9	type	Eye Remember
Crossing Jordan / int_bd6d90d9	comment	Eye Remember: Dr. Macy claims to have a machine which can recover a dead man's last sight, in order to trick/blackmail some violent thugs into letting him go. (He's totally lying, of course.)
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Crossing Jordan / int_bdd4c302	type	Perky Goth
Crossing Jordan / int_bdd4c302	comment	Perky Goth: Lily, especially in the first couple seasons. And Nigel, a rare male example.
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Crossing Jordan / int_c02f148d	type	Both Sides Have a Point
Crossing Jordan / int_c02f148d	comment	Both Sides Have a Point: In the Season 1 episode "You Canâ€™t Go Home Again", itâ€™s Abbyâ€™s 17th birthday and Dr. Macy wants to take her to a Chinese restaurant that theyâ€™ve always gone to. However, Abby wants to go to a concert with her friends. Dr. Macy is right that he made reservations for the dinner and she canâ€™t just back out at the last minute (not to mention that heâ€™s still dealing with the events of the previous episode). Abby is right that she wants to do something with her friends and that she never liked the place, as it holds bad memories of being caught between her parents fighting. Unfortunately, they donâ€™t reconcile. Dr. Macy refuses to see her point and Abby disrespects him by standing him up at the restaurant.
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Crossing Jordan / int_c33ba0a8	type	Chuck Cunningham Syndrome
Crossing Jordan / int_c33ba0a8	comment	Chuck Cunningham Syndrome: Doctor Peter Winslow a recovering drug addict medical examiner who appeared in Seasons 2 "Perfect Storm" until season 3 "Oh, Brother Where Art Thou?" and simply disappeared without explanation. Nigel makes a reference to Peter covering his shift in Season 5 "Thin Ice."
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Crossing Jordan / int_c3648b87	type	Teeth-Clenched Teamwork
Crossing Jordan / int_c3648b87	comment	Teeth-Clenched Teamwork: All over the place here, but it's especially evident between Macy, Nigel, and Woody. Also tends to be present between Dr. Kate Switzer and anyone unlucky enough to have to work with her (usually Nigel).
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Crossing Jordan / int_c868a42a	type	Freudian Excuse
Crossing Jordan / int_c868a42a	comment	Freudian Excuse: One of these frequently comes up in the show. A Serial Killer justifies her actions with her dad's infidelity. A man kidnaps and imprisons a boy in his basement. Garret correctly deduces that the chains had been previously used to chain up the man when he was a child. Woody became a Cop because his Dad was killed in line of duty.
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Crossing Jordan / int_c94f1109	type	Artistic License â€“ Chemistry
Crossing Jordan / int_c94f1109	comment	Artistic License â€“ Chemistry: "Fire from the Sky" - a commuter plane from Baltimore to Boston crashes in the Blue Hills, killing everyone on board (including Devan), after the crew and passengers are incapacitated by a choking gas produced when sulfuric acid from a wheelchair battery (the plane's air marshal found a wanted felon on board, and during the ensuing scuffle one of them accidentally shot a hole in said battery) reacts with the borax used to clean the plane's carpet. Only problem is, the reaction of borax and aqueous sulfuric acid produces... sodium sulfate and boric acid, neither of which is a gas, let alone a choking one.
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Crossing Jordan / int_c9e7f2b	type	Necro Cam
Crossing Jordan / int_c9e7f2b	comment	Necro Cam: The series is notable for frequently superimposing lead characters reenacting a crime over Necro Cam footage of the crime actually occurring. There was even an entire episode told largely from the corpse's perspective, with running commentary, even. Turns out he wasn't dead, just poisoned, paralyzed, and aware.
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Crossing Jordan / int_cff9745d	type	Regularly Scheduled Evil
Crossing Jordan / int_cff9745d	comment	Regularly Scheduled Evil: The Blue Moon Killer.
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Crossing Jordan / int_d1862907	type	Forensic Drama
Crossing Jordan / int_d1862907	comment	Forensic Drama
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Crossing Jordan / int_d49f90ea	type	Western Terrorists
Crossing Jordan / int_d49f90ea	comment	Western Terrorists: On at least two or three different occasions. Subverted in one episode, where it was just some kind of government sponsored test (which severely pissed Macy off).
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Crossing Jordan / int_e187000b	type	Improbable Taxonomy Skills
Crossing Jordan / int_e187000b	comment	Improbable Taxonomy Skills: ANY time there are entomological traces found, ONE look was all Bug needs to tell what it was and how incredibly few but oh so conveniently dark and abandoned places it could be found.
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Crossing Jordan / int_e34400ab	type	Ambiguously Gay
Crossing Jordan / int_e34400ab	comment	Ambiguously Gay: Nigel. An entire episode is devoted to this. It isn't until several seasons later that the question is finally answered. Ironically, he's not.
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Crossing Jordan / int_eb6da8ef	type	Crossover
Crossing Jordan / int_eb6da8ef	comment	Crossover: With Las Vegas.
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Crossing Jordan / int_eb8ec7c8	type	Jerkass
Crossing Jordan / int_eb8ec7c8	comment	Jerkass: Detective Matt Seely. In "Locard's Exchange", he proves he has the "sensitivity of a lizard."
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Crossing Jordan / int_ed05cfee	type	NaÃ¯ve Newcomer
Crossing Jordan / int_ed05cfee	comment	NaÃ¯ve Newcomer: Woody in the first two seasons.
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Crossing Jordan / int_f19b8b46	type	The Coroner
Crossing Jordan / int_f19b8b46	comment	The Coroner: Jordan, Garret, Bug, numerous others.
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Crossing Jordan / int_fdc1e848	type	Will They or Won't They?
Crossing Jordan / int_fdc1e848	comment	Will They or Won't They?: Jordan and Woody, as Jordan's inability to commit to a relationship is best described as "homeric". During the Las Vegas crossovers, they would frequently hook up with Danny and Sam, respectively.
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Crossing Jordan	hasFeature	Acquitted Too Late / int_5c4c8bcd
Crossing Jordan	hasFeature	Actually Not a Vampire / int_5c4c8bcd
Crossing Jordan	hasFeature	Bathroom Stall of Overheard Insults / int_5c4c8bcd
Crossing Jordan	hasFeature	Better Manhandle the Murder Weapon / int_5c4c8bcd
Crossing Jordan	hasFeature	Big Disaster Plot / int_5c4c8bcd
Crossing Jordan	hasFeature	Bollywood Nerd / int_5c4c8bcd
Crossing Jordan	hasFeature	Born Detective / int_5c4c8bcd
Crossing Jordan	hasFeature	Bulletproof Vest / int_5c4c8bcd
Crossing Jordan	hasFeature	Buried Alive / int_5c4c8bcd
Crossing Jordan	hasFeature	Bus Crash / int_5c4c8bcd
Crossing Jordan	hasFeature	Chained to a Bed / int_5c4c8bcd
Crossing Jordan	hasFeature	Enhance Button / int_5c4c8bcd
Crossing Jordan	hasFeature	Epunymous Title / int_5c4c8bcd
Crossing Jordan	hasFeature	Eye Remember / int_5c4c8bcd
Crossing Jordan	hasFeature	Forensic Drama / int_5c4c8bcd
Crossing Jordan	hasFeature	Friend to Bugs / int_5c4c8bcd
Crossing Jordan	hasFeature	Fun-Hating Confiscating Adult / int_5c4c8bcd
Crossing Jordan	hasFeature	Hand Puppet / int_5c4c8bcd
Crossing Jordan	hasFeature	I'd Tell You, but Then I'd Have to Kill You / int_5c4c8bcd
Crossing Jordan	hasFeature	Improbable Taxonomy Skills / int_5c4c8bcd
Crossing Jordan	hasFeature	Intercontinuity Crossover / int_5c4c8bcd
Crossing Jordan	hasFeature	Jury Duty / int_5c4c8bcd
Crossing Jordan	hasFeature	Last-Minute Hookup / int_5c4c8bcd
Crossing Jordan	hasFeature	Lifesaving Misfortune / int_5c4c8bcd
Crossing Jordan	hasFeature	Locked Room Mystery / int_5c4c8bcd
Crossing Jordan	hasFeature	Look Both Ways / int_5c4c8bcd
Crossing Jordan	hasFeature	Necro Cam / int_5c4c8bcd
Crossing Jordan	hasFeature	Non Sequitur, Thud / int_5c4c8bcd
Crossing Jordan	hasFeature	Obfuscating Postmortem Wounds / int_5c4c8bcd
Crossing Jordan	hasFeature	Platonic Life-Partners / int_5c4c8bcd
Crossing Jordan	hasFeature	RPG Episode / int_5c4c8bcd
Crossing Jordan	hasFeature	Revisiting the Cold Case / int_5c4c8bcd
Crossing Jordan	hasFeature	Rogue Juror / int_5c4c8bcd
Crossing Jordan	hasFeature	Scare 'Em Straight / int_5c4c8bcd
Crossing Jordan	hasFeature	Sleuth Dates Cop / int_5c4c8bcd
Crossing Jordan	hasFeature	Some Call Me "Tim" / int_5c4c8bcd
Crossing Jordan	hasFeature	Surgeons Can Do Autopsies If They Want / int_5c4c8bcd
Crossing Jordan	hasFeature	The Coroner Doth Protest Too Much / int_5c4c8bcd
Crossing Jordan	hasFeature	The Lab Rat / int_5c4c8bcd
Crossing Jordan	hasFeature	Throwing Out the Script / int_5c4c8bcd
Crossing Jordan	hasFeature	Try to Fit That on a Business Card / int_5c4c8bcd
Crossing Jordan	hasFeature	Tyrant Takes the Helm / int_5c4c8bcd
Crossing Jordan	hasFeature	Uranus Is Showing / int_5c4c8bcd
Crossing Jordan	hasFeature	Western Terrorists / int_5c4c8bcd

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