{"id":6855,"date":"2011-06-29T22:13:44","date_gmt":"2011-06-29T20:13:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pinartarhan.com\/blog\/?p=6855"},"modified":"2011-11-02T14:17:09","modified_gmt":"2011-11-02T12:17:09","slug":"crossing-jordan-starring-jill-hennessy-miguel-ferrer-jerry-oconnell","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pinartarhan.com\/blog\/crossing-jordan-starring-jill-hennessy-miguel-ferrer-jerry-oconnell\/","title":{"rendered":"Crossing Jordan starring Jill Hennessy, Miguel Ferrer & Jerry O’Connell"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Crossing Jordan starring Jill Hennessy.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Jordan (Jill Hennessy) is a smart, attractive and independent medical examiner. However her brilliance and enthusiasm make her politically incorrect and difficult to work with. When an incident with her boss sends her to an anger management class, she can\u2019t wait to get out of L.A. That\u2019s when she gets a call from her old boss Garret Macy (Miguel Ferrer) in Boston. She jumps at the chance and her colleagues are all happy to have her back. But of course authority figures and cops aren\u2019t so fond of her, as she doesn\u2019t give a damn about red tape and is not satisfied with just determining the cause of death. She just loves following the clues and trying to find the killer. This is a habit that comes from her childhood, as her mother was murdered over 20 years ago and her cop dad raised her like a cop.<\/p>\n

Not being able to afford a new place with her unimpressive salary, she crashes at her -now retired- dad\u2019s place. She also needs to deal with the fact that her dad just might have moved on from her mom and her death…<\/p>\n

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Each episode of Crossing Jordan typically deals with a new case, as well as the friendships and relationships both in and outside the office. Over time, some changes of the cast members change. In season 2, Jerry O\u2019 Connell joins the main cast as the over-invested but good cop Woody, who has a complicated relationship with Jordan. The metal-music loving medical examiner Nigel (Steve Valentine), for instance, becomes more of a main character. Some of the early cast members leave.<\/p>\n

I stumbled upon crossing Jordan as I was determined to watch everything Charles Mesure (Kyle Hobbes of V<\/a>) was a part of. He played a romantic lead to Jordan for 12 episodes (in season 5)\u00a0 and he also wrote one of the episodes himself. Their relationship was fun but complicated, as J.D. (Charles Mesure<\/a>) was a journalist and everyday at Jordan\u2019s office is newsworthy. Then of course there was Woody…<\/p>\n

Crossing Jordan is a really entertaining criminal show, especially for those who love strong female characters. It is also always refreshing to see a female character who is not into marriage and kids, who has intimacy issues and screws up her relationships. And she is fantastic at her job and she can literally kick ass as she knows how to defend herself.<\/p>\n

Recommended<\/strong> Episodes<\/strong>:<\/p>\n

–\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The pilot. It\u2019s great at establishing who Jordan is and it has one hell of a story line.<\/p>\n

–\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Season 5 \u2013 the J.D. Pollock episodes<\/p>\n

–\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Season 6 –\u00a0 episode 1 \u2013 the last J.D. episode, and a really good season-starter.<\/p>\n

Fun notes:<\/strong><\/p>\n

–\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Actor Jerry O\u2019Connell is one of the co-writers of the movie First Daughter starring Katie Holmes, Marc Blucas & Michael Keaton. The movie storyline just might remind you of Chasing Liberty.<\/p>\n