History YMMV / CrossingJordan

* EsotericHappyEnding: At the end of "Justice Delayed", the widow of the victim of the week doesn't want a trial (even though Jordan had discovered enough to charge the long-held suspect). [[spoiler: She was content with knowing what happened and would be satisfied with an apology from the killer (which she gets, with some "encouragement" from Jordan). The family is satisfied, but a murderer goes free for good.]]

*** Especially worth mentioning is the husband of one of the teacher-chaperones who died in the blast. She was over 8 months along and he had tried to dissuade her form even going in to work or at least form attending the field trip. Lilly feels that he should be allowed to hold his deceased infant after Macy removes it from the mother's womb, to which Macy objects (more on this below). In the end, Lilly goes over Macy's head to allow the father a chance to properly say goodbye to his child, even taking an angry rebuke from Macy for her troubles.

* CriticalResearchFailure: One episode had a murderer using a special round to kill police officers through their vests. It was supposedly a 9mm .30-'06 bullet, despite the 30-'06 round having a diameter of 7.62mm. Also, the supposed "armor-piercing" round was unnecessary, as any rifle round ever made will ignore soft body armor.
** In another episode, a character is found to be using a drug (ephedrine) which they refer to as a performance enhancer (it isn't).

* FoeYay: Between Jordan and a [[LesYay female]] serial killer in one episode.

* HarsherInHindsight: In one of the early episodes, Macy and his daughter are trying to have a heart to heart talk, with his daughter asking if he has cancer, and Macy denying it. Miguel Ferrer, the actor who played Garret Macy, died of throat cancer.

*** We learn the reason Macy was so against this was because his own son--his daughter's twin brother whom he never told her about--was stillborn and he never properly grieved over it.

*** Imagine being snapped at by your boss//former lover, for pretty much doing your job, all while having to counsel relatives of multiple child victims and trying to [[BreakTheCutie hold back your own emotions]] on top of that.

* TearJerker: "One-Twelve," a second season episode, had a few moments. From Lily breaking down after hearing hundreds of family testimonials about their lost loved ones, all killed in a terrorist bombing, and running to the crypt to cry, to Jordan holding the hand of the bomber, who had lost his daughters to a corporation's apathy and his wife to suicide, as he slowly dies, buried in rubble, to Garrett finally finding the one and only survivor to the bombing, who is dazed and concussed from the explosion and doesn't even know that hundreds of his coworkers are dead.

* Tearjerker: "One-Twelve," a second season episode, had few moments. From Lily breaking down after hearing hundreds of family testimonials about their lost loved ones, all killed in a terrorist bombing, and running to the crypt to cry, to Jordan holding the hand of the bomber, who had lost his daughters to a corporation's apathy and his wife to suicide, as he slowly dies, buried in rubble, to Garrett finally finding the one and only survivor to the bombing, who is dazed and concussed from the explosion and doesn't even know that hundreds of his coworkers are dead.

* HarsherInHindsight: In one of the early episodes, Macy and his daughter are trying to have a heart to heart talk, with his daughter asking if he has cancer, and Macy denying it. Miguel Ferrer, the actor who played Garret Macy, died of throat cancer.

* FoeYay: Between Jordan and a [[LesYay female]] serial killer in one episode.

* CompleteMonster: [[WouldHurtAChild Michael Pascal]] from the episode "Prisoner Exchange" is a pedophile who raped and killed a six-year-old girl, but Dr. Macy is forced to overturn the conviction based on inconclusive DNA evidence. He is later found at a park full of children, spurning Dr. Macy and ADA Walcott to quickly find a way to put him back in jail. It is later discovered that he is responsible for previously raping and killing a young boy, and finally moves to abduct another child. [[spoiler: He is narrowly thwarted by Macy and Walcott]].

* DieForOurShip: [[spoiler:J.D. Pollack, Lu Simmons]]

* FoeYay: Between Jordan and a [[LesYay female]] serial killer in one episode.
* TheCastShowoff: Jill Henessy/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)

* TheCastShowoff: Jill Henessy/Jordan is seen performing guitar & singing (or sometimes just heard). If it's her performing, then it is one of these

* FoeYay: Between Jordan and a [[LesYay female]] serial killer in one episode.

* CompleteMonster: Oliver Titleman creates elaborate murders hoping to create [[ThePerfectCrime the perfect murder]] in order to stump Dr. Macy whom he is obsessed with.

* CriticalResearchFailure: One episode had a murderer using a special round to kill police officers through their vests. It was supposedly a 9mm .30-'06 bullet, despite the 30-'06 round having a diameter of 7.62mm. Also, the supposed "armor-piercing" round was unnecessary, as any rifle round ever made will ignore soft body armor. * DieForOurShip: [[spoiler:J.D. Pollack, Lu Simmons]]

* DieForOurShip: [[spoiler:J.D. Pollack, Lu Simmons]]