Who here likes cop shows? Everyone in America you say? Got it, now put your hands down Kansas. This type of program normally isn’t my cup of tea, but my girlfriend and her mother have had me in the room while they watched it on Netflix. The drama in this thing…intense. The big kicker here is that it’s not only a cop show, it a doctor show too! This thing was a reality show element away from being the number one show to this day. If all of that weren’t enough we’ve got a strong female lead, a stubborn alcoholic boss, a British guy, an Indian guy, and Jerry O’Connell. We’ve got a crack line up folks so strap your boots up.
HURRY UP! COME ON! TELL ME MORE!
Let’s start at the end. While watching this show, I found myself at least being a little interested. So taking into account my slight intrigue, the finale to this show infuriated me. I can only imagine how hardcore fans felt. “Crossing Jordan” was set in New York. It was all about the faux grit and faux drama. So how do we end this show? We have a crazy plane crash episode with terrorists on top of a mountain. You are correct anyone who just said, “Boy that’s weird.” In the programs defense, it was cancelled before proper conclusion. It ran for a decent amount of time so you’d think the network would have at least tried to let them have a proper finale instead of pulling the rug out on such a weird note. Oh well, we can hold that against them along with making Kathryn Hahn famous.
Our lead is Dr. Jordan Cavanaugh. She’s a strong woman that’s too busy to cook or clean, but damn it she lives for her job! She seems to be really good at it, but mainly through her motivation. At least she wasn’t a good worker because of some disorder or super power. She’s got being normal going for her. She’s also has a seemingly on/off relationship with Detective Woody, and finally resolved that in that final awful episode.
The finale though is kind of perfect as an ending as well. The writers seemed to be out of ideas. They went with the stand by series stall and made all the main characters start dating. This creates enough tension to keep the scent off the lacking stories. And when I say they were out of ideas, it seems weird that they did. During that last season they unveiled their plane crash and race riot. They still had some aces apparently. But instead we’ve got Woody hooking up with Jordan, Bug and Lily start to raise a little baby together, Kate and Nigel seem to be budding a relationship and I’m sure Garret and some new girl would have dated soon. They did set up the Brit and the pushy American love story arc for next season, but we never got it. You know, maybe it was good that it got cancelled.
If anything the creepiest baby in the world is worth cancellation.
Like I said earlier, and if you pay attention to the shows I review, I don’t get these kinds of shows. I don’t get the reason for enjoying them because it doesn’t resonate with me. I have a theory though: If you’re forced to encounter something about 5 times in your life, you will care about it to some degree. I kind of don’t like “Crossing Jordan” but it still interests me enough to want to know what happens to these people. If you like cop shows, I’m told this is a good one so check it out, but I know I won’t be crossing Jordan again.
She seems oddly happy about it.
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