History Trivia / CrossingJordan

** Jill Hennessy/Jordan is seen performing guitar & singing (or sometimes just heard). If it's her performing, then it is one of these (since she is also known for those capabilities as indicated in Wiki/TheOtherWiki)

* FakeAmerican: Jill Hennessy is Canadian, as is Jennifer Finnigan.

* RealLifeRelative: Kathryn Hahn's husband Ethan Sandler plays ADA Jeffrey Brandau, her character Lily Lebowski's love interest.

** In RealLife, Steve Valentine is a magician as well as an actor. Several times on the show, his character Nigel can be seen doing card tricks.

* FakeAmerican: Jill Hennessy is Canadian.

* HeAlsoDid: Of all people, [[Creator/SteveOedekerk Steve Oedekerk]] (of ''[[WesternAnimation/JimmyNeutronBoyGenius Jimmy Neutron]]'' and ''[[Film/KungPowEnterTheFist Kung Pow]]'' fame, was an executive producer on this show.

* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: Like ''Series/ColdCase'', an abundance of licensed music has apparently stopped this from getting [=DVD=] releases (the first season got a box set, but that was years ago). All six seasons are available on Netflix though on DVD and to stream.

** Jill Hennessy/Jordan is seen performing guitar & singing (or sometimes just heard). If it's her performing, then it is one of these (since she is also known for those capabilities as indicated in TheOtherWiki)

* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: Like ''Series/ColdCase'', an abundance of licensed music has apparently stopped this from getting [=DVD=] releases (the first season got a box set, but that was years ago).

* TheCastShowoff: In RealLife, Steve Valentine is a magician as well as an actor. Several times on the show, his character Nigel can be seen doing card tricks.

** Thank goodness for Netflix...

* HeyItsThatGuy:
** Creator/MiguelFerrer also appeared in ''Film/RoboCop1987'', as Bob Morton.
** Not to mention that Jill Hennessy herself is recognizable as Claire from ''Series/LawAndOrder''.
** Jerry O'Connell was the main character from ''Series/MySecretIdentity'' and a teen genius in ''Series/{{Sliders}}''.
** And what about Ferrer as Albert, the crotchety medical examiner in ''Series/TwinPeaks''?
** Steve Valentine played the host of ''Series/EstateOfPanic'', and [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded this]] when a contestant named ''Jordan'' was eliminated on one of the episodes. Steve replied "I guess we'll be... 'Crossing Jordan' off the list."
** Jordan's [[spoiler:[[LongLostRelative hitherto unknown half-brother]]]] is none other than Jarod from ''Series/ThePretender''.
** Jordan's dad was ''The White Shadow''!
** Sidney (New Guy) also portrays a medical examiner on "Bones", Eugene Bird

* CastingGag: In RealLife, Steve Valentine is a magician as well as an actor. Several times on the show, his character Nigel can be seen doing card tricks.

* DirectedByCastMember: Miguel Ferrer directed four episodes.
* HeyItsThatGuy: Miguel Ferrer also appeared in ''Film/RoboCop1987'', as Bob Morton.

* HeyItsThatGuy: Miguel Ferrer also appeared in ''Franchise/{{Robocop}}'', as Bob Morton.

* DirectedByCastMember: Miguel Ferrer directed four episodes
* HeyItsThatGuy: Miguel Ferrer also appeared in ''{{Robocop}}'', as Bob Morton.

** Jerry O'Connell was the main character from ''{{My Secret Identity}}'' and a teen genius in ''{{Sliders}}''.
** And what about Ferrer as Albert, the crotchety medical examiner in [[TwinPeaks Twin Peaks]]?

** Jordan's [[spoiler:[[LongLostRelative hitherto unknown half-brother]]]] is none other than Jarod from [[ThePretender The Pretender]].
* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: Like ''Series/ColdCase'', an abundance of licensed music has apparently stopped this from getting [=DVD=] releases (the first season got a box set, but that was years ago).

* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: Like ''ColdCase'', an abundance of licensed music has apparently stopped this from getting [=DVD=] releases (the first season got a box set, but that was years ago).

** Steve Valentine played the host of ''EstateOfPanic'', and [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded this]] when a contestant named ''Jordan'' was eliminated on one of the episodes. Steve replied "I guess we'll be... 'Crossing Jordan' off the list."

* ActorAllusion: In RealLife, Steve Valentine is a magician as well as an actor. Several times on the show, his character Nigel can be seen doing card tricks.