Crossing Jordan

NBC | Release Date: September 24, 2001

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60	METASCORE Mixed or average reviews based on 19 Critic Reviews

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Tom ShalesMar 29, 2022

Season 1 Review: Hennessy is a cheering sight merely by virtue of her telegenic beauty, but in short order she's showing us beauty of that proverbial deeper kind. Read full review

Steve JohnsonMar 29, 2022

Season 1 Review: Crossing Jordan is marked by crisp, clever dialogue, reasonably plausible plotting and a brassy lead performance that would, if there were justice, make viewers forget about the soft-focus females in Judging Amy and Providence. [24 Sep 2001]

John CarmanMar 29, 2022

Season 1 Review: The medical drama is leavened by some nice comic flourishes. Read full review

Staff (Not Credited)Mar 29, 2022

Season 1 Review: The mystery in the first episode contains some nice reverses, and the fact that it's not quite resolved in the end promises that "Jordan" at least intends to deliver something more than the rote 60-minute mystery of less-ambitious cop shows. [24 Sep 2001]

Caryn JamesMar 29, 2022

Season 1 Review: This new series is less sappy than Providence and less graphic than C.S.I. And Ms. Hennessy gives Jordan an appealing, loose-cannon attitude, a long way from the buttoned-down assistant district attorney she played on Law and Order. Read full review

Phil GalloMar 29, 2022

Season 1 Review: Stories shouldn’t end as neatly as the one in the pilot — Jordan’s transition from apparently homeless to superwoman moves faster than a speeding bullet — but [Hennessy] has the talent to carry this show by her lonesome. Read full review

Noel HolstonMar 29, 2022

Season 1 Review: The hokum factor is pretty high, but Hennessy is a nice combination of pert and sour, her primary co-stars are solid and the premise is functional. [24 Sep 2001]

Ann HodgesMar 29, 2022

Season 1 Review: Hennessy has the strength to be a leading lady, but she's up to her neck in ghoulishness. Read full review

Terry KelleherMar 29, 2022

Season 1 Review: Hennessy has the feistiness the lead role requires, and Miguel Ferrer bears watching as her tense, neurotic supervisor. Too bad the first couple of cases were too easily cracked. Read full review

Howard RosenbergMar 29, 2022

Season 1 Review: Here is a series you want to like, if only it will let you. Read full review

Ken TuckerMar 29, 2022

Season 1 Review: The show’s plots — standard suspense fare so far — are warm comfort food for mystery buffs. Read full review

Staff (Not Credited)Mar 29, 2022

Season 1 Review: As a combination of Providence (prodigal daughter comes home) and C.S.I. (crime investigators let science do the heavy lifting), Crossing Jordan is less sappy than the former, not nearly as cool as the latter. Read full review

Gillian FlynnJun 17, 2013

Season 3 Review: 'Jordan' has always had the comforting vibe of an Applebee's: The menu's solid; the staff is competent; and the end result, while never dazzling, certainly does the job. Read full review

Matthew GilbertMar 29, 2022

Season 1 Review: Crossing Jordan...is surely one of the shakier crime vehicles of the season, with contrived murder plots that should be returned to the factory. [24 Sep 2001]

Amy AmatangeloMar 29, 2022

Season 1 Review: The only show with kinky father-daughter conversations. And no, that's not a good thing. [24 Sep 2001]

Staff (Not Credited)Mar 29, 2022

Season 1 Review: The Crossing Jordan team clearly meant well, but somehow their intentions fail to translate onscreen. Read full review

Robert BiancoMar 29, 2022

Season 1 Review: Jordan may be many things, but nothing about it is interesting. Read full review

Hal BoedekerMar 29, 2022

Season 1 Review: Mostly, Crossing Jordan comes off like a lighter, jokier version of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, last season's surprise hit. The triteness engulfs appealing Hennessy and her co-stars. [16 Sep 2001, p.4]