document_title: Sleepy Hollow (film)

question_text: who played the headless horseman in sleepy hollow movie

text: Sleepy Hollow (film)

text: Plot[edit]

text: In 1799, New York City police constable Ichabod Crane (Johnny Depp) is deployed to the Westchester County hamlet of Sleepy Hollow, New York, which has been plagued by a series of brutal slayings in which the victims are found decapitated: Peter Van Garrett (Martin Landau), a wealthy farmer; his son Dirk; and the widow Emily Winship. Crane learns that locals believe the killer is the undead apparition of a headless Hessian mercenary from the American Revolutionary War who rides a black steed in search of his missing head.

text: Crane begins his investigation, remaining skeptical about the paranormal elements until he actually encounters the Headless Horseman, who kills the town magistrate, Samuel Phillipse (Richard Griffiths). Boarding at the home of the town's richest family, the Van Tassels, Crane is taken with their daughter, Katrina (Christina Ricci). Crane and Young Masbath, the son of one of the Horseman's victims, go to the cave dwelling of a reclusive witch. She reveals the location of the Tree of the Dead, which marks the Horseman's grave, as well as his portal into the natural, living world.

text: Crane discovers that the ground is freshly disturbed and the Horseman's skull is missing. That night, the family of the village midwife is killed by the Horseman and Katrina's suitor, Brom van Brunt (Casper Van Dien) is also killed trying to stop the Horseman. The Horseman doesn't attempt to interact with or harm van Brunt until he has no choice; from this, Crane hypothesizes that the Horseman is attacking select targets, and that whoever dug up and stole the skull is the person controlling the Horseman.

text: Crane starts to believe that a conspiracy links all the deaths together, so he looks into Van Garrett's last will. Van Garrett had made a new will just before he died, leaving all his possessions to his secret new bride, Emily Winship, whom Crane discovers was pregnant with Van Garrett's child. Crane deduces that all who knew about the new will, the marriage and the pregnancy were the victims of the Horseman and that Katrina's father Baltus Van Tassel (Michael Gambon), who would have inherited the fortune, is the person holding the skull. Katrina, finding out that Crane suspects her father, burns all the evidence that Crane has accumulated.

text: A council is held in the church. The Horseman seemingly kills Katrina's stepmother, Lady Van Tassel, and heads off to the church to get Baltus. Crane realizes the Horseman can't enter the church due to it being holy ground. A fight breaks out between the village elders in the church resulting in the deaths of Reverend Steenwyck and Doctor Lancaster, only ending when the Horseman harpoons Baltus through a window, dragging him out and acquiring his head. The next day, Crane believes Katrina to be the one who controls the Headless Horsemen.

text: Crane later becomes suspicious when he realizes the diagram made by Katrina he thought summoned the Horseman is really one of protection, and also that the corpse of Lady Van Tassel has a wound that seems to have been caused post-mortem. The corpse is revealed as that of a servant when Lady Van Tassel (Miranda Richardson) emerges alive to ambush Katrina. Lady Van Tassel tells Katrina that her family was driven from their ancestral home by the Van Garretts, who then sold it to the Van Tassels. She proceeded to pledge her soul to Satan and become a witch, summoning the Horseman to kill Van Garrett, his son, new wife, unborn child, and every villager who knew about his new will, marriage, and child, in order to be able to claim everything that she deemed to be rightfully hers uncontested. She then sends the Horseman after Katrina to remove the last obstacle to inheriting the combined Van Garrett and Van Tassel estates.

text: Following a fight and a stagecoach chase, Crane eventually thwarts Lady Van Tassel by throwing the skull to the Horseman, who reattaches his head to his body and breaks Lady Van Tassel's curse. The Horseman, no longer under her control, hoists Van Tassel up on his horse and gives her a bloody kiss against her will.[4] He then rides to Hell, taking her with a smile, fulfilling her end of the deal with the Devil. Crane returns home to New York City with Katrina and Young Masbath, just in time for the new century.

text: Cast[edit]

text:
Johnny Depp as Ichabod Crane
Christina Ricci as Katrina Van Tassel
Christopher Walken and Ray Park as The Headless Horseman
Marc Pickering as Young Masbath
Casper Van Dien as Brom Van Brunt
Michael Gambon as Baltus Van Tassel
Miranda Richardson as Lady Van Tassel and her sister
Jeffrey Jones as Reverend Steenwyck
Richard Griffiths as Magistrate Samuel Philipse
Ian McDiarmid as Dr. Thomas Lancaster
Michael Gough as Notary James Hardenbrook
Christopher Lee as the Burgomaster
Claire Skinner as Beth Killian, the Midwife
Steven Waddington as Killian, Beth's husband
Alun Armstrong as the High Constable
Martin Landau as Peter Van Garrett
Peter Guinness as Lord Crane, Ichabod's father
Lisa Marie as Lady Crane, Ichabod's mother
Jessica Oyelowo as Sarah
Michael Feast as Spotty Man
Jamie Foreman as Thuggish Constable
Sean Cronin as Prisoner

text: Production[edit]

text: Development[edit]

text: In 1993, Kevin Yagher, a make-up effects designer who had turned to directing with Tales from the Crypt, had the notion to adapt Washington Irving's short story "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" into a feature film. Through his agent, Yagher was introduced to Andrew Kevin Walker; they spent a few months working on a film treatment[5] that transformed Ichabod Crane as a schoolmaster from Connecticut to a banished New York City detective.[6] Yagher and Walker subsequently pitched Sleepy Hollow to various studios and production companies, eventually securing a deal with producer Scott Rudin,[5] who had been impressed with Walker's unproduced spec script for Seven.[7] Rudin optioned the project to Paramount Pictures in a deal that had Yagher set to direct, with Walker scripting; the pair would share story credit.[5] Following the completion of Hellraiser: Bloodline, Yahger had planned Sleepy Hollow as a low-budget production—"a pretentious slasher film with a spectacular murder every five minutes or so." Paramount disagreed on the concept and demoted Yagher's involvement to prosthetic makeup designer.[8] "They never really saw it as a commercial movie," producer Adam Schroeder noted. "The studio thinks 'old literary classic' and they think The Crucible. We started developing it before horror movies came back."[9]

text: Paramount CEO Sherry Lansing revived studio interest in 1998.[7] Schroeder, who shepherded Tim Burton's Edward Scissorhands as a studio executive at 20th Century Fox in 1990, suggested that Burton direct the film.[10] Francis Ford Coppola's minimal production duties came from American Zoetrope; Burton only became aware of Coppola's involvement during the editing process when he was sent a copy of Sleepy Hollow's trailer and saw Coppola's name on it.[10] Burton, coming off the troubled production of Superman Lives, was hired to direct in June 1998.[11] "I had never really done something that was more of a horror film," he explained, "and it's funny, because those are the kind of movies that I like probably more than any other genre."[5] His interest in directing a horror film influenced by his love for Hammer Film Productions and Black Sunday—particularly the supernatural feel they evoked as a result of being filmed primarily on sound stages.[9] As a result, Sleepy Hollow is a homage to various Hammer Film Productions, including Dr. Jekyll and Sister Hyde,[12] and other films such as Frankenstein, Bride of Frankenstein, various Roger Corman horror films,[13] Jason and the Argonauts, and Scream Blacula Scream.[7] The image of the Headless Horseman had fascinated Burton during his apprenticeship as a Disney animator at CalArts in the early 1980s.[13] "One of my teachers had worked on the Disney version as one of the layout artists on the chase, and he brought in some layouts from it, so that was exciting. It was one of the things that maybe shaped what I like to do."[5] Burton worked with Walker on rewrites, but Rudin suggested that Tom Stoppard rewrite the script[14] to add to the comical aspects of Ichabod's bumbling mannerisms, and emphasize the character's romance with Katrina. His work went uncredited through the WGA screenwriting credit system.[7]

text: While Johnny Depp was Burton's first choice for the role of Ichabod Crane, Paramount required him to consider Brad Pitt, Liam Neeson and Daniel Day-Lewis.[9][15] Depp was cast in July 1998 for his third collaboration with Burton.[16] The actor wanted Ichabod to parallel Irving's description of the character in the short story. This included a long prosthetic snipe nose, huge ears, and elongated fingers. Paramount turned down his suggestions,[17] and after Depp read Tom Stoppard's rewrite of the script, he was inspired to take the character even further. "I always thought of Ichabod as a very delicate, fragile person who was maybe a little too in touch with his feminine side, like a frightened little girl," Depp explained.[7] He did not wish to portray the character as a typical action star would have, and instead took inspiration by Angela Lansbury's performance in Death on the Nile.[7] "It's good," Burton reasoned, "because I'm not the greatest action director in the world, and he's not the greatest action star."[10] Depp modeled Ichabod's detective personality from Basil Rathbone in the 1939 Sherlock Holmes film series. He also studied Roddy McDowall's acting for additional influence.[17] Burton added that "the idea was to try to find an elegance in action of the kind that Christopher Lee or Peter Cushing or Vincent Price had."[10] Christina Ricci, who worked with producer Scott Rudin on The Addams Family, was cast as Katrina Van Tassel.[9] Sleepy Hollow also reunited Burton with Jeffrey Jones (from Beetlejuice and Ed Wood) as Reverent Steenwyck, Christopher Walken (Max Schreck in Batman Returns) as the Hessian Horseman, Martin Landau (Ed Wood) in a cameo role, and Hammer veteran Michael Gough (Alfred in Burton's Batman films), whom Burton tempted out of retirement.[10] The Hammer influence was further confirmed by the casting of Christopher Lee in a small role as the Burgomaster who sends Crane to Sleepy Hollow.[18]

text: Filming[edit]

text: The original intention had been to shoot Sleepy Hollow predominantly on location with a $30 million budget.[19] Towns were scouted throughout Upstate New York along the Hudson Valley,[5] and the filmmakers decided on Tarrytown[11] for an October 1998 start date.[16] The Historic Hudson Valley organization assisted in scouting locations, which included the Philipsburg Manor House and forests in the Rockefeller State Park Preserve.[6] "They had a wonderful quality to them," production designer Rick Heinrichs reflected on the locations, "but it wasn't quite lending itself to the sort of expressionism that we were going for, which wanted to express the feeling of foreboding."[20] Disappointed, the filmmakers scouted locations in Sturbridge, Massachusetts, and considered using Dutch colonial villages and period town recreations in the Northeastern United States. When no suitable existing location could be found, coupled with a lack of readily available studio space in the New York area needed to house the production's large number of sets, producer Scott Rudin suggested the UK.[5]

text: Rudin believed England offered the level of craftsmanship in period detail, painting and costuming that was suitable for the film's design.[21] Having directed Batman entirely in Britain, Burton agreed, and designers from Batman's art department were employed by Paramount for Sleepy Hollow.[10] As a result, principal photography was pushed back[22] to November 20, 1998 at Leavesden Film Studios, which had been recently vacated by Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace.[19] The majority of filming took place at Leavesden, with studio other work at Shepperton Studios,[5] where the massive Tree of the Dead set was built using Stage H.[7] Production then moved to the Hambleden estate at Lime Tree Valley for a month-long shoot in March, where the town of Sleepy Hollow was constructed.[5] "We came to England figuring we would find a perfect little town," producer Adam Schroeder recalled, "and then we had to build it anyway." Filming in Britain continued through April,[5] and a few last minute scenes were shot using a sound stage in Yonkers, New York the following May.[6][23]

text: Design[edit]

text: Responsible for the film's production design was Rick Heinrichs, who Burton intended to use on Superman Lives. While the production crew was always going to build a substantial number of sets, the decision was taken early on that to fulfill Burton's vision best would necessitate shooting Sleepy Hollow in a totally controlled environment at Leavesden Film Studios.[25] The production design was influenced by Burton's love for Hammer Film Productions and Black Sunday—particularly the supernatural feel they evoked as a result of being filmed primarily on sound stages. Heinrichs was also influenced by American colonial architecture, German Expressionism, Dr. Seuss illustrations, and Hammer's Dracula Has Risen from the Grave.[9] One sound stage at Leavesden was dedicated to the "Forest to Field" set, for the scene in which the Headless Horseman races out of the woods and into a field. This stage was then transformed into, variously, a graveyard, a corn field, a field of harvested wheat, a churchyard, and a snowy battlefield. In addition, a small backlot area was devoted to a New York City street and waterfront tank.[19]

text: Cinematography[edit]

text: Burton was impressed by the cinematography in Great Expectations, and hired Emmanuel Lubezki as Sleepy Hollow's director of photography. Initially, Lubezki and Burton contemplated shooting the film in black and white and in old square Academy ratio. When that proved unfeasible, they opted for an almost monochromatic effect which would enhance the fantasy aspect.[10] Burton and Lubezki intentionally planned the over-dependency of smoke and soft lighting to accompany the film's sole wide-angle lens strategy. Lubezki also used Hammer horror[26] and Mexican lucha films from the 1960s, such as Santo Contra los Zombis and Santo vs. las Mujeres Vampiro.[9] Lighting effects increased the dynamic energy of the Headless Horseman, while the contrast of the film stock was increased in post-production to add to the monochromatic feel.[26]

text: Leavesden Studios, a converted airplane factory, presented problems because of its relatively low ceilings. This was less of an issue for The Phantom Menace, in which set height was generally achieved by digital means. "Our visual choices get channeled and violent," Heinrichs elaborated, "so you end up with liabilities that you tend to exploit as virtues. When you've got a certain ceiling height, and you're dealing with painted backings, you need to push atmosphere and diffusion."[19] This was particularly the case in several exteriors that were built on sound stages. "We would mitigate the disadvantages by hiding lights with teasers and smoke."[19]

text: Visual effects[edit]

text: The majority of Sleepy Hollow's 150 visual effects shots were handled by Industrial Light & Magic (ILM),[27] while Kevin Yagher supervised the human and creature effects. Framestore also assisted on digital effects, and The Mill handled motion control photography.[28] In part a reaction to the computer-generated effects in Mars Attacks!, Burton opted to use as limited an amount of digital effects as possible.[10] Ray Park, who served as the Headless Horseman stunt double, wore a blue ski mask for the chroma key effect, digitally removed by ILM.[14] Burton and Heinrichs applied to Sleepy Hollow many of the techniques they had used in stop motion animation on Vincent—such as forced perspective sets.[25]

text: The windmill was a 60-foot-tall forced-perspective exterior (visible to highway travellers miles away), a base and rooftop set and a quarter-scale miniature. The interior of the mill, which was about 30-feet high and 25-feet wide, featured wooden gears equipped with mechanisms for grinding flour. A wider view of the windmill was rendered on a Leavesden soundstage set with a quarter-scale windmill, complete with rotating vanes, painted sky backdrop and special-effects fire. "It was scary for the actors who were having burning wood explode at them," Heinrichs recalled. "There were controls in place and people standing by with hoses, of course, but there's always a chance of something going wrong."[29] For the final shot of the burning mill exploding, the quarter-scale windmill and painted backdrop were erected against the outside wall of the "flight shed", a spacious hangar on the far side of Leavesden Studios. The hangar's interior walls were knocked down to create a 450-foot run, with a 40-foot width still allowing for coach and cameras. Heinrichs tailored the sets so cinematographer Emmanuel Lubezki could shoot from above without seeing the end of the stage.[29]

text: Actor Ian McDiarmid, who portrayed Dr. Lancaster, had just finished another Leavesden production with Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace. He compared the aesthetics of the two films, stating that physical sets helped the actors get into a natural frame of mind. "Having come from the blue-screen world of Star Wars it was wonderful to see gigantic, beautifully made perspective sets and wonderful clothes, and also people recreating a world. It's like the way movies used to be done."[21]

text: Musical score[edit]

text:
Sleepy Hollow: Music from the Motion Picture

Soundtrack album by Danny Elfman

Released
November 16, 1999 (1999-11-16)

Length
67:52

Label
Hollywood Records

text: The film score was written and produced by Danny Elfman. It won the Golden Satellite Award and was also nominated by the Las Vegas Film Critics.

text: Track listing[edit]

text: Tracks marked with ♦ are only available as a bonus track on disc 8 of the Danny Elfman / Tim Burton 25th Anniversary Music Box.

text: The track numbers listed here do not therefore correspond to the original 1999 album.

text:
Introduction
Main Titles
Young Ichabod
The Story...
Masbath's Terrible Death
Young Masbath ♦
Phony Chase ♦
Sweet Dreams
A Gift
Phillipse's Death ♦
Into the Woods / The Witch
Mysterious Figure ♦
More Dreams
The Tree of Death
Bad Dreams / Tender Moment
Evil Eye
The Church Battle
Love Lost
The Windmill
The Chase
The Final Confrontation
A New Day!
End Credits

text: Release[edit]

text: To promote Sleepy Hollow, Paramount Pictures featured the film's trailer at San Diego Comic-Con International in August 1999.[30] The following October, the studio launched a website, which Variety described as being the "most ambitious online launch of a motion picture to date."[31] The site (sleepyhollowmovie.com) offered visitors live video chats with several of the filmmakers hosted by Yahoo! Movies and enabled them to send postcards, view photos, trailers and a six-minute behind-the-scenes featurette edited from a broadcast that aired on Entertainment Tonight. Extensive tours of 10 sets where offered, where visitors were able to roam around photographs, including the sets for the entire town of Sleepy Hollow, forest, church, graveyard and covered bridge. Arthur Cohen, president of worldwide marketing for Paramount, explained that the "Web-friendly" pre-release reports[31] from websites such as Ain't It Cool News and Dark Horizons[32][33] encouraged the studio to create the site.[31] In the weeks pre-dating the release of Sleepy Hollow, a toy line was marketed by McFarlane Toys.[34] Simon & Schuster also published The Art of Sleepy Hollow (ISBN 0671036572), which included the film's screenplay and an introduction by Tim Burton.[35] A novelization, also published by Simon & Schuster, was written by Peter Lerangis.[36]

text: Sleepy Hollow was released in the United States on November 19, 1999 in 3,069 theaters, grossing $30,060,467 in its opening weekend[2] at the #2 spot behind The World Is Not Enough.[37] Sleepy Hollow eventually earned $101,071,502 in domestic gross, and $105 million in foreign sales, coming to a worldwide total of $206,071,502.[2] David Walsh of the National Institute on Media and the Family criticized the film's financial success from the exaggeration of gore. "The real impact is not so much that violent images create violent behavior," Walsh explained, "but that they create an atmosphere of disrespect." Burton addressed the concerns as a matter of opinion. "Everyone has a different perception of things. When I was a kid," Burton continued, "I was probably more scared by seeing John Wayne or Barbra Streisand on the big screen than by seeing violence."[38]

text: Paramount Home Video first released Sleepy Hollow on DVD in the United States on May 23, 2000.[39] The HD DVD release came in July 2006,[40] while the film was released on Blu-ray Disc two years later, in June 2008.[41]

text: Reception[edit]

text: Film review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes reports that 67% of critics gave the film a "Certified Fresh" rating, based on 126 reviews with an average score of 6.2/10, with the site's consensus stating, "Sleepy Hollow entertains with its stunning visuals and creepy atmosphere." [42] Metacritic, another review aggregator, assigned the film a weighted average score of 65 (out of 100) based on 35 reviews from mainstream critics, considered to be "generally favorable".[43]

text: Roger Ebert praised Johnny Depp's performance and Tim Burton's methods of visual design. "Johnny Depp is an actor able to disappear into characters," Ebert continued, "never more readily than in one of Burton's films."[44] Richard Corliss wrote, in his review for TIME Magazine, "Burton's richest, prettiest, weirdest [film] since Batman Returns. The simple story bends to his twists, freeing him for an exercise in high style."[45]

text: David Sterritt of The Christian Science Monitor highly praised Burton's filmmaking and the high-spirited acting of cast, but believed Andrew Kevin Walker's writing was too repetitious and formulaic for the third act.[46] "You go into a Tim Burton film wanting to be transported, but Sleepy Hollow is little more than a lavish, art-directed slasher movie."

text: Owen Gleiberman from Entertainment Weekly wrote Sleepy Hollow is "a choppily plotted crowd-pleaser that lacks the seductive, freakazoid alchemy of Burton's best work." Gleiberman compared the film to The Mummy, and said "it feels like every high-powered action climax of the last 10 years. Personally, I'd rather see Burton so intoxicated by a movie that he lost his head."[47]

text: Andrew Johnston of Time Out New York wrote: "Like the best of Burton's films, Sleepy Hollow takes place in a world so richly imagined that, despite its abundant terrors, you can't help wanting to step through the screen."[48]

text: Mick LaSalle, writing in the San Francisco Chronicle, criticized Burton's perceived image as a creative artist. "All Sleepy Hollow has going for it is art direction, and even in that it falls back on cliché."[49] Doug Walker linked the film to the Hammer Films style of horror cinematography, considering it an homage to those movies, comparing the usage of dignified British actors, choices in color and movie sets and character relations. Walker gave it the merit of recreating the "very specific genre" of Hammer Films, citing the skill and "clever casting" Burton used to manage this.[50]

text: Jonathan Rosenbaum from the Chicago Reader called Sleepy Hollow "a ravishing visual experience, a pretty good vehicle for some talented American and English actors," but concluded that the film was a missed opportunity to depict an actual representation of the short story. "Burton's fidelity is exclusively to the period feeling he gets from disreputable Hammer horror films and a few images culled from Ichabod and Mr. Toad. When it comes to one of America's great stories, Burton obviously couldn't care less."[51]

text: Accolades[edit]

text:
Awards

Award
Date of ceremony
Category
Recipients and nominees
Result

Academy Awards[52]
March 26, 2000
Best Art Direction
Rick Heinrichs, Peter Young
Won

Best Cinematography
Emmanuel Lubezki
Nominated

Best Costume Design
Colleen Atwood
Nominated

British Academy Film Awards[53]
April 9, 2000
Best Production Design
Rick Heinrichs
Won

Best Costume Design
Colleen Atwood
Won

Best Visual Effects
Jim Mitchell, Kevin Yagher, Joss Williams, Paddy Eason
Nominated

Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films[54]
June 6, 2000
Best Horror Film
Scott Rudin, Adam Schroeder
Nominated

Best Director
Tim Burton
Nominated

Best Writing
Andrew Kevin Walker
Nominated

Best Actor
Johnny Depp
Nominated

Best Actress
Christina Ricci
Won

Best Supporting Actor
Christopher Walken
Nominated

Best Supporting Actress
Miranda Richardson
Nominated

Best Music
Danny Elfman
Won

Best Costume
Collen Atwood
Nominated

Best Make-up
Kevin Yagher, Peter Owen
Nominated

Best Special Effects
Jim Mitchell, Kevin Yagher, Joss Williams, Paddy Eason
Nominated

American Society of Cinematographers[55]
February 20, 2000
Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography
Emmanuel Lubezki
Nominated

Art Directors Guild[56]
February 8, 2000
Excellence in Production Design for a Feature Film
Rick Heinrichs, Les Tompkins, John Dexter, Kevin Phipps, John Wright Stevens, Ken Court, Andrew Nicholson, Bill Hoes, Julian Ashby, Gary Tompkins, Nick Navarro
Won

BMI Film & Television Awards[57]
December 8, 2014
BMI Film Music Award
Danny Elfman
Won

Blockbuster Entertainment Awards[58]
May 9, 2000
Favorite Actor - Horror
Johnny Depp
Won

Favorite Actress - Horror
Christina Ricci
Won

Favorite Supporting Actress - Horror
Miranda Richardson
Won

Favorite Supporting Actor - Horror
Marc Pickering
Nominated

Boston Society of Film Critics Awards[58]
December 12, 1999
Best Cinematography
Emmanuel Lubezki
Won

Chicago Film Critics Association[58]
March 13, 2000
Best Cinematography
Emmanuel Lubezki
Nominated

Costume Designers Guild[59]
February 25, 2000
Excellence in Period/Fantasy Costume Design for Film
Colleen Atwood
Won

Hollywood Makeup Artist and Hair Stylist Guild Awards[60]
March 19, 2000
Best Character Makeup - Feature
Kevin Yagher, Peter Owen, Liz Tagg, Paul Gooch
Won

International Film Music Critics Association[61]
February 23, 2012
Best Archival Release of an Existing Score
Danny Elfman (also for Pee-wee's Big Adventure, Beetlejuice, Batman, Edward Scissorhands, The Nightmare Before Christmas, Big Fish, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Corpse Bride and Alice in Wonderland)
Won

International Film Music Critics Association[62]
February 4, 1999
Film Score of the Year
Danny Elfman
Nominated

International Horror Guild[63]
May 12, 2000
Best Film

Nominated

Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists[64]
May 12, 2000
Best Foreign Director
Tim Burton
Nominated

Las Vegas Film Critics Society Awards[65]
January 18, 2000
Best Score
Danny Elfman
Nominated

Best Cinematography
Emmanuel Lubezki
Nominated

Best Costume Design
Colleen Atwood
Nominated

Best Production Design
Rick Heinrichs
Won

Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards[66]
December 12, 1999
Best Production Design
Rick Heinrichs
Won

MTV Movie Awards[67]
June 5, 2000
Best Villain
Christopher Walken
Nominated

Motion Picture Sound Editors[68]
December 15, 1999
Best Sound Editing - Effects & Foley
Skip Lievsay, Thomas W. Small, Sean Garnhart, Lewis Goldstein, Paul Urmson, Craig Berkey, Richard L. Anderson, John Pospisil, Michael Dressel, Scott Curtis, Matthew Harrison, Tammy Fearing
Nominated

National Society of Film Critics[69]
January 8, 2000
Best Cinematography
Emmanuel Lubezki
Nominated

New York Film Critics Circle Awards[70]
January 9, 2000
Best Cinematographer
Emmanuel Lubezki
Runner-up

Online Film & Television Association[71]
January 12, 2000
Best Original Score
Danny Elfman
Nominated

Best Cinematography
Emmanuel Lubezki
Nominated

Best Production Design
Rick Heinrichs, Ken Court, John Dexter, Andy Nicholson, Kevin Phipps, Leslie Tomkins, Peter Young
Won

Best Costume Design
Colleen Atwood
Nominated

Best Makeup and Hairstyling
Kevin Yagher, Peter Owen, Liz Tagg, Paul Gooch, Susan Parkinson, Bernadette Mazur, Tamsin Dorling
Nominated

Best Sound Mixing
Lee Dichter, Robert Fernandez, Skip Lievsay, Frank Morrone
Nominated

Best Sound Effects
Skip Lievsay
Nominated

Best Visual Effects
James Mitchell, Kevin Yagher, Joss Williams, Paddy Eason
Nominated

Best Official Film Website
www.sleepyhollow.com
Nominated

Online Film Critics Society[72]
January 2, 2000
Best Cinematography
Emmanuel Lubezki
Won

Santa Fe Film Critics Circle Awards[73]
January 9, 2000
Best Cinematography
Emmanuel Lubezki
Won

Satellite Awards[74]
January 16, 2000
Best Actor - Musical or Comedy
Johnny Depp
Nominated

Best Original Score
Danny Elfman
Won

Best Cinematography
Emmanuel Lubezki
Won

Best Art Direction
Ken Court, John Dexter, Rick Heinrichs and Andy Nicholson
Won

Best Costume Design
Colleen Atwood
Won

Best Editing
Chris Lebenzon
Nominated

Best Sound
Gary Alpers, Skip Lievsay, Frank Morrone
Won

Best Visual Effects
Jim Mitchell, Joss Williams
Nominated

Teen Choice Awards[75]
August 6, 2000
Film - Choice Actress
Christina Ricci
Nominated

Young Artist Awards[76]
March 19, 2000
Best Performance in a Feature Film: Leading Young Actress
Christina Ricci
Nominated

text: American Film Institute recognition:

text:
AFI's 100 Years...100 Thrills – Nominated
AFI's 100 Years...100 Heroes and Villains:

The Headless Horseman – Nominated Villain[77]


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question_text: where does erica go to college in the goldbergs

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text: The Goldbergs (season 4)

text: Cast[edit]

text: Main cast[edit]

text:
Wendi McLendon-Covey as Beverly Goldberg
Jeff Garlin as Murray Goldberg
Hayley Orrantia as Erica Goldberg
Troy Gentile as Barry Goldberg
Sean Giambrone as Adam Goldberg
George Segal as Albert "Pops" Solomon
AJ Michalka as Lainey Lewis

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No.
overall
No. in
season
Title
Directed by
Written by
Original air date
Prod.
code
U.S. viewers
(millions)

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"Breakfast Club"
David Katzenberg
Marc Firek
September 21, 2016 (2016-09-21)
401
6.90[3]

It's Adam's first day of high school, which means a clean slate for him and his nerdy friends. So he tries to reinvent himself with a new "bad boy" rep, dressing just like Judd Nelson's John Bender character in The Breakfast Club. Barry tries to establish himself as a jock, while Erica wants to have an awesome senior year by doing whatever she wants. But their plans are threatened when Beverly receives her teaching certificate to become a substitute teacher at their school. However, her fellow teachers do not welcome her and she has a terrible first day, especially when her kids won't sit with her during lunch. Principal Ball fires Beverly after she loudly cusses at him. While Erica, Adam and Lainey bicker with Beverly, Ball issues them all a Saturday detention, as well as Barry whose rude comments Lainey was reading. Adam sees this as an opportunity to live out The Breakfast Club, with Lainey as the popular princess, Barry as the jock, and Erica as the unstable basket case, given her jealous rage over Geoff and Evey. Adam proclaims himself the troubled bad boy, even though the rest of the group sees him as the nerd. They spend eight hours acting out the film by dancing and sharing their problems with each other. Beverly even shares that she wants to belong and her kids see she's just like them; struggling with her identity. Later, Murray marches down to the school and asks Principal Ball to give Beverly her job back so she has a purpose in her life instead of just being a mom, convincing Ball he can use Beverly's "skills" when he has problems with other teachers.

73
2
"I Heart Video Dating"
Peter Ellis
Alex Barnow
September 28, 2016 (2016-09-28)
402
6.58[4]

Lainey, Erica and Beverly are in the mall when they are approached by the owner of a video dating service. They are shocked when demo tape the owner shows is one that features Pops. Lainey thinks that video dating might be the best way to get her single father, Bill, back out there, while Beverly insists her skills at setting up couples is superior. Bill visits the store and tries to make a video, but he can't stop pining for his ex-wife and crying. Erica decides she will have Adam make a dating video for her, but she too cries when she thinks about losing her chance with Geoff Schwartz. Meanwhile, Barry takes an assessment for career day, and the results show he should go into in accounting. Decidedly against that career choice, Barry sees Mr. Mellor hard at work with a class and thinks that being a gym teacher and coach is for him. Mr. Mellor is more than willing to mentor Barry, but it gets out of control and Murray tries to nip it in the bud.

74
3
"George! George Glass!"
Joanna Kerns
David Katzenberg
October 5, 2016 (2016-10-05)
404
6.23[5]

Adam runs into a junior at the high school, and remembers her as the cute "Waffle Girl" (Brec Bassinger) who served their family at a restaurant a few years ago. He wants to ask her out, but feels he has to look like a "player" first. Taking a tip from a Brady Bunch episode in which Jan Brady made up the fake boyfriend George Glass, Adam makes up the girlfriend Lampie Tableman. Erica makes fun of Adam and says his plan will never work, but she soon pulls a "George Glass" of her own, making up a college-age boyfriend named Jordan Wahlberg (combining the names of two members of New Kids on the Block) in hopes that Geoff Schwartz will become jealous. Adam's plan goes into high gear as he has Dave Kim create fake hickies with a vacuum, but Dave makes too many, causing Adam to have Dave shoot him with a paintball gun to explain away the marks. Waffle Girl sees Adam at that moment, and says she too likes paintball. She invites Adam on a paintball date, but Adam gets scared while playing and makes a fool of himself. At school, Evey and the JTP shoot holes in Erica's fake boyfriend story when some of her facts don't add up. Meanwhile, Barry wants badly to go to Live Aid in Philadelphia, but Murray says no. Barry refuses Beverly's offer of tickets to see The Beach Boys, with neither he nor Beverly realizing the Beach Boys are on the bill at Live Aid. Murray has to go with Beverly instead, but he gets into an argument over a parking space, causing them to miss the concert. Beverly chastises her husband for his stubbornness, and insists he take her to Chi-Chi's for dinner, a place which Murray has vowed to never go. Murray caves and goes to Chi-Chi's, but his stubbornness ruins that, too. With Erica's life about to be ruined at school, a handsome young man claiming to be Jordan Wahlberg pulls up and—in full view of Evey and Geoff—makes reference to a frat party they attended together. Erica then breaks up with the guy. Realizing Adam helped her, she asks him why. Adam explains that Waffle Girl was just a crush for him, but what his sister feels for Geoff is real.

75
4
"Crazy Calls"
Lew Schneider
Steve Basilone
October 12, 2016 (2016-10-12)
405
6.47[6]

After constantly missing phone calls and messages, Murray buys an answering machine. Erica and Barry want to use a Crazy Calls cassette tape to have a funny voice as callers leave a message, but they have to settle for their dad's voice. Murray then gets one for Pop-Pop, and they get into their own message war from not wanting to talk to each other on the phone or face to face. Frustrated with the phone always being tied up, Erica erases the message tape, but soon sees her father is depressed over not having any new messages from Pop-Pop. Meanwhile, Beverly is worried about Adam's social standing as a freshman in high school, especially when he can't find a group to sit with in the cafeteria during lunch. He then joins up with the nerds in the computer lab, who eat their lunch while playing old school RPG games. Beverly, thinking her son has settled for spending time with computer geeks, sabotages his time in the lab by "cheesing" the disk drive, which gets Adam kicked out. She then devises a plan to have the cool kids be nice to him, but Adam sees through it. After Adam tells Beverly he actually enjoyed having lunch in the computer lab, Beverly makes a deal with Johnny Atkins to take the blame for the cheesed drive, and gets Adam's nerdy friends back.
Absent: AJ Michalka as Lainey Lewis

76
5
"Stevie King"
David Katzenberg
Chris Bishop
October 26, 2016 (2016-10-26)
406
6.14[7]

Adam is determined to write a novel in the vein of horror icon Stephen King, but he's at a loss for ideas until Beverly comes in the room and does her usual smothering. This inspires Adam to write about a monster called "The Veberly" who sucks the blood of children. A proud but clueless Beverly shares Adam's first few chapters with her book club, with all the members quickly realizing the monster is Beverly. Beverly then locks Adam in his room (a la the writer Paul Sheldon in Stephen King's Misery) until he rewrites the Veberly character in a nicer light. Elsewhere, Geoff Schwartz and Evey reveal they are going to the high school Halloween dance as Audrey and Audrey Jr. from Little Shop of Horrors, and Erica quickly lies that she is going with Lainey's hot cousin. While Lainey does manage to get her cousin to agree to go with Erica, he sees her with no makeup and her geeky glasses and backs out. Determined to not be shown up by Evey, Erica rents a superior Audrey Jr. costume and forces Barry to wear it and be her "date" to the dance. But Barry falls over a table at the dance and the costume head falls off, with everyone seeing that Erica went with her brother. Erica retreats to the music room in total humiliation. Soon after, Lainey and Barry ask Geoff to console Erica, and he does, singing a song with her and telling her they will always be good friends. Erica returns to the dance and has fun, not caring what anyone thinks anymore.

77
6
"Recipe for Death II: Kiss the Cook"
Lew Schneider
Brian Hennelly
November 9, 2016 (2016-11-09)
403
6.46[8]

Inspired by action films of the 80's, especially Arnold Schwarzenegger's Commando, Adam convinces Murray to fund his own action movie, Recipe for Death , which will require $80 worth of gear to spice things up. Adam and his dad bond over the experience, but Murray starts to take his "producer" role a bit too seriously and wants to make changes, including replacing Barry as lead actor with Mr. Mellor. Adam soon nixes the project after Murray's meddling becomes unbearable, but he secretly goes to Pops for another $80 to do the movie his own way. Realizing he let his son down, Murray brings Adam a real film camera, which he borrowed from a relative who shoots bar mitzvahs. Murray, Adam, Barry and Mr. Mellor then all work together to shoot the perfect action film. Elsewhere, Erica sees Lainey in a new sweater dress, and wants one of her own. She convinces Beverly to take her to the mall by calling it a "shopping experience" they can both enjoy, with the ulterior motive of making a detour to the hip new clothing store Benetton. When they arrive, Beverly notices that the Gimbels department store is closing, which distracts her. Though Erica manages to drag Beverly to Benetton and get her to spring for the sweater dress, they are soon banned from the store after an argument when the cashier won't honor Beverly's Gimbels coupon. Back home, a furious Erica starts cutting up many of Beverly's sweaters with Lainey in an attempt to create a sweater dress, but all the efforts fail. Horrified after seeing her ruined sweaters and learning that Erica really just wanted her credit card, Beverly is despondent. Erica consoles her mother and says she really would enjoy a shopping trip...this time to Gimbels, where Beverly can use coupons on top of the closeout prices to replace many of her sweaters.

78
7
"Ho-ly K.I.T.T."
Lea Thompson
Andrew Secunda
November 16, 2016 (2016-11-16)
410
6.45[9]

Adam badly wants to go to the Gimbels Thanksgiving Day Parade after learning that K.I.T.T., the intelligent car from the popular TV series Knight Rider, will be appearing, but Murray doesn't want to deal with downtown traffic and Beverly is too busy preparing the Thanksgiving meal. Murray's brother Marvin arrives for Thanksgiving, and the two bond over watching episodes of Knight Rider that Adam recorded. Later, Adam is watching the Thanksgiving Day Parade on TV with Pops when he sees Murray and Marvin in the background as K.I.T.T. passes by. Furious, Adam plots to dredge up old sibling rivalries with a Knight Rider board game, which quickly goes south when Murray and Marvin argue over who will play as the Michael Knight piece. Meanwhile, Barry tells Beverly he wants to spend Thanksgiving with Lainey, so Beverly usurps this by inviting Bill and Lainey to the Goldberg Thanksgiving. Despite Beverly telling Bill not to bring anything, he shows up with his own turkey and a deep fryer, insisting it will be better than Beverly's turkey. Adam convinces Marvin to take him to see K.I.T.T., which is being stored at the mall where Marvin works as a security guard. The two take a joyride, ending at the Goldberg driveway. Meanwhile, Bill is dropping his turkey into the fryer. The turkey is ejected as if shot out of a cannon, and lands on K.I.T.T.'s hood, doing damage. Bill realizes that Beverly must have sabotaged his turkey by re-freezing it, so he leaves with Lainey. After learning how much Thanksgiving means to Bill and Lainey since Lainey's mother left, Beverly apologizes for her behavior and pleads for the Lewises to come back. Murray and Marvin also make up, with Murray admitting he always bossed Marvin around because he thought he had to take charge with their father gone so much. Meanwhile, Erica decides to become a vegetarian but no one seems to care.

79
8
"The Greatest Musical Ever Written"
Lew Schneider
Annie Mebane
November 30, 2016 (2016-11-30)
407
5.96[10]

When Adam's drama teacher Mrs. Cinoman changes the school play from the annual production of The Wizard of Oz to the exciting new musical Phantom of the Opera, Adam and most of the student body wants to be involved, including the popular kids and Lainey. Barry is surprised that everyone is enamored with the musical and angered that Adam's part requires him to kiss Lainey. Barry becomes a stage hand in order to sabotage their intimate scene, but Mrs. Cinoman gets in the crossfire and gets hurt when a chandelier crashes on stage. The play gets cancelled since they didn't get legal permission, and Barry admits to Adam that he was surprised that Adam could succeed in a place where Barry can't. Meanwhile, Erica wants to take it easy for her senior year by blowing off hard classes, so she takes a home economics class with a bunch of football jocks who also want an "easy A". However, Beverly becomes a substitute teacher for the class, and gives Erica and jocks an 'F' for not taking cooking seriously. Principal Ball and Coach Mellor force her to change the grades and tell her that home economics is a blow-off class, exhilarating Erica and devastating Beverly. Later, Erica realizes her mom works hard at home to scrimp and save so she and Murray can pay for her college tuition. Erica then tries to prepare a home cooked meal, but it isn't easy as it looks. In the end, mother and daughter come together and make dinner for the whole family.

80
9
"Globetrotters"
Richie Keen
Adam Armus
December 7, 2016 (2016-12-07)
408
5.40[11]

Murray has two tickets to a Harlem Globetrotters game and wants to take Barry, but Barry has pneumonia and cannot go. Murray is forced to take Adam, who isn't thrilled about going, but Adam's attitude quickly changes when he sees how funny the Globetrotters are. Despite their lack of athletic ability, Adam and his pals start working on their own versions of Globetrotters routines, which angers Barry because sports are "his thing". Soon, Barry makes a list of his interests and hobbies that Adam is not allowed to participate in, but Adam becomes defiant. The fight boils over into a winner-takes-all basketball game, which Barry wins much to Adam's dismay. Barry later apologizes and states that he felt threatened by Adam's newfound interest in the Globetrotters, and agrees to share it with him. Meanwhile, Beverly plans a "surprise" 50th birthday party for Murray. Knowing that Murray isn't big on parties, Beverly lets him in on the surprise so that he will be prepared to spend a night with friends and family. On the day of the event, Murray plans to take a quick nap before the party, but falls asleep for two hours, angering Beverly. Having hurt his wife, Murray later surprises Beverly by organizing a re-do of his own 50th birthday party.
Absent: AJ Michalka as Lainey Lewis

81
10
"Han Ukkah Solo"
Joanna Kerns
Dan Levy
December 14, 2016 (2016-12-14)
409
6.20[12]

Johnny Atkins sells Adam a rare bootleg VHS copy of the Star Wars Holiday Special, knowing that Adam is a huge fan of the Star Wars franchise. After viewing the tape, Adam is extremely disappointed, and begins to question his fandom and loyalty to other movies, picking apart ridiculous plot lines and inconsistencies. In a larger sense, Adam fears he has grown up and lost his sense of "childlike wonder", and he shares these fears with Pops. Pops tries to ease Adam's fears by taking him to see the latest George Lucas film, but it turns out to be the notorious flop Howard the Duck, leading to further disappointment. In the end, Adam finds some redeeming quality in the Star Wars Holiday Special in that it introduced the Boba Fett character, and Pops convinces him that he never should lose his youthful wonderment. Elsewhere, Erica and Barry are singing in the chorus for the school's holiday show, with Beverly expecting Erica to sing the solo for the Dreidel song, which is the only Chanukah song included. Erica is tired of singing the song, and only does it to please Pops. The chorus doesn't want to sing the song and neither does Erica, disappointing Beverly. Beverly insists that Erica write a Chanukah song for the show, causing Barry to try and write a better song. Ms. Cinoman doesn't like either of their songs—Erica's is a ripoff of "Happy Birthday" and Barry's is a historically inaccurate rap song about the Maccabees. Principal Ball says that if there is no Channukah song, the show can't include Christmas songs either, causing chaos. Erica confronts Beverly and it is revealed she was lying about Pops and had tricked her into singing the song for over a decade. Beverly reveals that she loved hearing Erica sing the song and was afraid she wouldn't do it if she asked her directly. Understanding of the incident, Erica forgives her and manages to pull off a solo singing a popular secular song, delighting her mother.

82
11
"O Captain! My Captain!"
Richie Keen
Marc Firek
January 4, 2017 (2017-01-04)
412
6.73[13]

Beverly has a one-month substitute assignment for a class that includes Barry. Inspired by the film Dead Poets Society, she tries to make a difference in changing the attitudes of her students, but they actively resist. At home, Beverly constantly grills Barry with chemistry questions, but he says he doesn't need to learn it because he plans to marry Kathy Ireland and live off her wealth. Murray takes a different tactic, convincing Barry that Beverly really has no interest in him learning because she wants to keep him at home forever. This inspires Barry to actually try to learn chemistry, and he begins to lead study sessions with the JTP. When Barry finds out that his dad lied to him, he vows to go back to the way things were, and Beverly is devastated that Barry's interest in science was fueled by his resentment of her. Murray later finds Barry hiding a physics book under his mattress. Barry admits he is now interested in science, and thinks he's found a subject he can excel at. He is ashamed, but Murray reassures him and reveals that Beverly believed in him from the start. Barry, the JTP and several classmates decide to stand on desks like from Dead Poets Society, overjoying Beverly. Elsewhere, a note is passed around Adam's class, landing in his hands when Mr. Glascott forces him to read it aloud. Adam does so, and reveals it was written by a guy who has noticed Emmy Mirsky's "blossoming" body, which embarrasses Emmy. Adam tries to convince Emmy that guys go through the same thing, especially when it comes to "shirts and skins" in gym class, but Emmy insists it's not the same. Erica assures Adam that ninth grade girls are very body-conscious, so he asks her for help in making things right with Emmy. Adam expects Erica to just write a nice apology letter for him, but she instead conspires with Mr. Mellor to make Adam a "skin for life" in gym. When Adam confronts Erica about this, Erica reveals that when she went through ninth grade, she went through the same exact thing as Emmy, but had no one to come to for support, and that Emmy does but Adam is shutting her out. Adam eventually shows his support for Emmy when he confronts two seniors (Johnny Atkins and a jock) who make wisecracks about Emmy's "nice rack".
Absent: AJ Michalka as Lainey Lewis

83
12
"Snow Day"
Victor Nelli, Jr.
Lauren Bans
January 11, 2017 (2017-01-11)
413
6.92[14]

The Goldberg children get a day off from school due to heavy snow, and plan to spend it doing whatever they want. However, Beverly insists that Erica use the time to write her college essay and Murray orders Barry and Adam to shovel snow. Erica says she's already written an essay about a hero of hers, but won't say whom. Beverly searches Erica's room and finds the essay, titled "My Mother, My Hero". She goes overboard and wants to partake in every aspect of Erica's life. Erica retaliates by saying she will write an essay about herself, believing she has heroically escaped growing up with a "smother". This leads to a race to the mailbox and Erica destroying the first letter, devastating Beverly, who reveals that the first letter was the only proof she had that Erica still wanted her in her life. Erica assures her this isn't the case, and tells Beverly she would be lucky to grow up to be just like her mother. Meanwhile, Barry and Adam defy Murray by building a snow fort instead of shoveling the driveway. When an angry Murray gets stuck in the entrance to the fort and panics, the boys see their dad as vulnerable for the first time. They try to use this to their advantage by disobeying every order Murray gives them. Murray goes along with it, saying they will need him someday. "Someday" comes only two hours later, when the boys have a mishap while doing some "tailgate sledding". The boys apologize and the family has a snowball fight on the lawn.
Absent: AJ Michalka as Lainey Lewis

84
13
"Agassi"
David Katzenberg
Chris Bishop
February 8, 2017 (2017-02-08)
416
6.19[15]

Adam is upset when Chad Kremp can't devote any more time to "Chadam Productions", their movie-making venture, because he's on the tennis team and constantly has to leave to practice. Adam joins the team and insists he be double partners with Chad, but Adam is terrible at tennis. Adam is further upset when he sees that Chad has partnered with Dave Kim the next day, leaving him behind. Adam goes to his "sports guru" brother, Barry, for help. Barry is excited to play, claiming he will be the next Andre Agassi. Barry gets the Agassi hair and outfit down, but is also terrible at playing tennis. However, after complaining about a call Mr. Mellor makes, it appears that Barry makes a very good John McEnroe. This leads to Chad having a meltdown on the tennis court and getting into a giant fight with Adam. Elsewhere, Valentine's Day finds the lonely Erica completely giving up on her appearance, apparently content to wallow through her senior year in self-pity over losing her chance with Geoff Schwartz to Evy Silver. With Mr. Glascott's help, Beverly holds an intervention to get the "old Erica" back, but it's unsuccessful. Beverly then takes Erica to a discotheque, which is empty because disco music is no longer popular. Beverly tries to get Erica to dance and lift her spirits, but this has minimal effect. Erica later runs into Geoff and Evy, and Evy shows pity for Erica. It's the last straw and Erica reverts back to her old self, deciding to organize a "Disco Is Dead" party and inviting the whole school. Beverly tries to shut it down, but Erica disobeys her. It doesn't matter, because the discotheque owner shuts it down when he learns that all the patrons will be underage. Seeing Erica down in the dumps again, Beverly says she can rescue the party and save her daughter's reputation. She shows Erica keys to the school and says she can sneak Erica and the invitees into the gym for a disco party. She does so and all the kids enjoy dancing. Mr. Glascott arrives and is mad that Beverly helped with the unauthorized party, but he can't resist the music; Mr. Glascott heads to the floor to dance and Beverly joins him. Around the same time, Adam visits Chad Kremp to apologize. Chad says he is not quitting Chadam Productions and will still make movies with Adam when time permits.

85
14
"The Spencer's Gift"
Jay Chandrasekhar
Alex Barnow
February 15, 2017 (2017-02-15)
414
6.50[16]

Barry asks Murray for money to buy a hot new boom box, but Dad says no, he must earn it. Barry and Erica are at the mall when they see a "help wanted" sign in the Spencer's Gifts store. Both apply and both get jobs. After one day working, it is clear that Barry is way more into novelty gifts than Erica and excels at talking customers into buying anything. This earns Barry a promotion, which irritates Erica, so she decides to sabotage him the next day at work. This backfires when Barry is fired for losing a bunch of bottled farts, which is not the result Erica wanted. She soon admits she was jealous of Barry and the ease with which he took to the job. Meanwhile, Barry sees that Adam already has the cool boom box, a gift from Beverly who says Adam is "special". She proclaims her schmoo doesn't need a job because he's going places with his movies. Trying to make things right with his siblings, Adam soon gets a job at the arcade in the mall. The arcade has a policy of giving a free quarter for each 'A' on a student's report card, and Adam gets bullied into dispensing quarters for a bunch of people with fake report cards, getting him quickly fired. This pleases Beverly, but Adam is not happy, saying he liked the job and wants to earn his keep like Barry and Erica. Adam then tries to win his job back by making a commercial for the arcade proprietor.

86
15
"So Swayze It’s Crazy"
Jay Chandrasekhar
Lacey Friedman
February 22, 2017 (2017-02-22)
411
6.21[17]

Upon learning that R. D. Robb, a boy Adam knows from the area, appeared in the movie A Christmas Story, Adam decides it's time for him to also become famous. He meets up with an agent Beverly knows and the agent definitely sees potential in Adam. As Beverly later finds out, the agent sees Adam filling a role as a nerd in Meatballs Part II, but Beverly will have none of it, insisting Adam is leading man material, a la Tom Cruise or Patrick Swayze. Beverly dumps the agent and proposes to represent Adam herself, with disastrous results. Adam later learns Beverly nixed a chance for him to be in Meatballs Part II and gets mad at her. Beverly soon grudgingly admits Adam could play a nerd, albeit a loveable one. At school, Barry decides to take on a punk persona after Lainey says she thinks the punk look is hot. Barry gets tips from a punkster named Matt, even letting Matt join the JTP after the other members have no interest in going punk. But it soon becomes clear that Barry can't pull off the punk look or attitude. Meanwhile, Murray tries to get involved in Erica's love life after seeing her down in the dumps. He knows she likes one of her brothers' friends, but clearly doesn't know the details and sets her up with Dave Kim. Thrilled, Dave sings an embarrassing love song for Erica in the cafeteria the next day, humiliating her. Knowing her dad interfered, Erica confronts him at home. Pops is there and scolds Murray for knowing nothing about his daughter, and he blurts out that she likes Geoff Schwartz. As it happens, Geoff is there with Barry and overhears the whole thing. Geoff later confides in Erica that he's flattered she likes him, but says he's with Evey now and things are going well. After a few seconds of silence, Erica and Geoff embrace and kiss.

87
16
"The Kara-te Kid"
Anton Cropper
Adam F. Goldberg
March 1, 2017 (2017-03-01)
415
6.17[18]

When Adam writes a review on The Karate Kid, one of his favorite movies, in the school newspaper, his classmates think the other Adam Goldberg wrote it because the article was missing Adam's middle initial. After finding out, Adam's 11th grade namesake challenges him to a fight, but fighting isn't allowed on school grounds so Coach Mellor decides to start a karate club. Meanwhile, after their first kiss, Erica and Geoff start sneaking around and stealing kisses behind Evelyn's back. They decide they want their realtionship to go public, but Erica doesn't like the way they got together upon seeing how hurt Evelyn is. She reluctantly suggests to Geoff that they wait until it feels right. Adam turns to his "black belt" brother Barry for help, and Barry brings him to his sensei; Uncle Marvin. Like the movie, Marvin uses household chores and cleaning in place of karate techniques. Barry and Adam soon realize that they really weren't taught how to defend themselves, and go into the tournament not knowing anything. During the tournament, Beverly tells Barry to "sweep the leg" so that Adam can fake an injury and get out of fighting. However, Adam is sick of being bullied and Murray gives him a pep talk about how he used to be a bully until some kid bopped him one. Seeing Adam return to the gym, the other Adam admits he doesn't know how to fight either, and was just hoping Adam would wuss out. Since they're both into acting, they act out the last scene of the film, ending by performing double crane kicks to each other. The contest is declared a tie, and they both get to keep their names. Later, Beverly, Marvin, Barry and Adam enroll for Karate classes in a dojo where the instructor, Sensei John (Martin Kove, who coached the evil Cobra Kai team in the movie) is a really good guy and teaches with love, kindness and mercy.
Absent: AJ Michalka as Lainey Lewis

88
17
"Deadheads"
Jason Blount
Adam Armus
March 8, 2017 (2017-03-08)
418
5.70[19]

Barry is resistant when Geoff, Andy and Rob want to induct the school's resident Deadhead, Matt Bradley, into the JTP. He tries to make it as hard as possible for Matt to pass the "initiation tests", but Matt does anyway. With Barry out-voted 4 to 3 (as leader, Barry's vote counts as three) the JTP goes to the Grateful Dead concert instead of the Fat Boys, which Barry wanted. Barry then tries to get the group kicked out of the concert, but to no avail. The other JTP members chastise Barry for being selfish, causing him to quit and try to start a different posse. When the member recruitments are a disaster, Barry apologizes and asks to be back in the JTP. (The closing sequence mentions that Matt Bradley wound up being Barry's best friend after high school and becoming the fifth member of the JTP.) At home, Adam yells out the F-bomb when Pops knocks over his video camera, and Beverly hears it. Beverly starts a "swear jar" that any family member must donate to if they use a curse word. Erica laughs at this, as Beverly is the worst offender in the family, and proclaims they'll soon have enough of Mom's money in the jar for a trip to The Bahamas. Erica even finds a way to get Murray to donate whenever he calls one of his kids a "moron", because it is hurtful. Beverly insists that any money be used for a trip to Colonial Williamsburg, which Erica and Adam strongly oppose. As Mom and Dad put in more money, they try to even things up by creating a "Baditude" jar for any time Erica says something sarcastic and condescending, plus an "Adam" jar for whenever Adam says something nerdy or refers to a science fiction movie. All-out "jar wars" ensue, and money starts going from jar to jar. Realizing they can't do anything other than be themselves, the group ceases the jar wars, while Erica and Adam relent and agree that another trip to Colonial Williamsburg won't be so bad.
Absent: AJ Michalka as Lainey Lewis

89
18
"Baré"
Jay Chandrasekhar
Steve Basilone
March 15, 2017 (2017-03-15)
419
5.42[20]

After Lainey announces she's been accepted by a fashion design school in Savannah, Georgia, Barry panics over the decision to follow his dream of being a doctor or follow his heart and stay with Lainey. He first considers fast-tracking his medical schooling, a la Doogie Howser, which Beverly surprisingly says is impossible. Barry then tries to take on the persona of fashion designer Baré, with the hopes of following Lainey to Georgia, and even presents a fashion show in the Goldberg home using the JTP as models. But Beverly has secretly consulted with Lainey, convincing her to do what is best for Barry and allow him to pursue a medical career, even if it means their relationship might end. Meanwhile, Erica and Adam become enraged that Murray seems to shower his dog Lucky with more love and attention than he does his kids. Erica sets out to prove it, but in cornering her dad with the information, he breaks out in a cry-whisper and says he is upset that she will be leaving for college soon. He remembers that when Erica was a little girl, she would always run into his arms when he came home from work, but now only Lucky does so. Erica tries to console her dad by saying she will look at colleges near Philadelphia, but Murray insists she needs to be on her own, and says he will support her efforts to attend the University of Miami.

90
19
"A Night to Remember"
Lew Schneider
Chris Bishop
March 29, 2017 (2017-03-29)
420
6.07[21]

With prom night approaching, Erica and Geoff badly want to go with each other, but are still trying to take things slow on resuming their relationship. They decide to each ask out other people, so they can at least see each other at prom and hang out. Erica asks out Ruben Amaro Jr., while Carla asks Geoff to be her date, as she is mad at Johnny Atkins and is trying to make him jealous. Not long into the prom, Erica and Geoff end up with each other. Meanwhile, despite Barry's pleas, Lainey doesn't want to go to prom at all, seeing it as a painful reminder that their time together is getting shorter. Elsewhere, Adam falls hard for a junior named Jackie (Rowan Blanchard) when she appears to be as much into sci-fi/fantasy as he is. But a problem arises when Adam learns Jackie is a huge fan of The Lord of the Rings which he has never read. Adam is forced to read the CliffsNotes version of the book to converse with Jackie, but his lie is soon discovered.

91
20
"The Dynamic Duo"
Kevin Smith
Andrew Secunda
April 5, 2017 (2017-04-05)
417
5.63[22]

Murray is dead set on having Erica attend his alma mater, Penn State University, and sets up an admissions interview for his daughter. Erica intentionally bombs the interview at Penn State, so her parents would have no choice but to approve her preferred college, Carnegie Mellon University. But Erica soon receives a rejection letter from Carnegie Mellon, making Penn State her only option left. Not to worry: Murray is a Penn State alumnus, so he will be able to smooth things over with the admissions official. The only problem is, Murray never graduated from Penn State, falling one credit short. Angry that Murray pushed college on her when he never even graduated, Erica tries to fulfill her dream of becoming famous by singing on the street in the rain. Murray visits and apologizes for being a hypocrite, and they make up. Meanwhile, Adam and Pops make a date to see the new Batman movie starring Michael Keaton and Jack Nicholson. Barry badly wants to be included, but when they get to the theater, Pops and Adam take two seats in a row with no other seats available, forcing Barry to sit way up front by himself. Adam loves the movie, but Pops isn't thrilled because it isn't like the old Batman TV series starring Adam West. Seizing the opportunity, Barry tries to drive a wedge between Adam and Pops' friendship by taping Adam badmouthing the old Batman series, and locking Adam in his room to prevent him from stopping him. When Barry shows Pops the video however, Pops sees it as an obvious ploy for his attention. Upset that his plan failed, Barry complains that Adam monopolizes all of Pops' time, and he always feels left out. To make it up, Adam and Pops ask Barry to play a villain in a Batman movie they are creating.
Absent: AJ Michalka as Lainey Lewis

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21
"Fonzie Scheme"
Jude Weng
Matt Mira & Erik Weiner
April 26, 2017 (2017-04-26)
421
5.23[23]

Barry gets a job at the local country club, retrieving golf balls when they fall out of bounds. Meanwhile, Adam panics over the thought of not having Erica around to mediate fights between him and Barry. Barry realizes that he can make money and entertain himself by doing stunts with golf carts. He gets Adam in on the "fun" and soon, a conflict erupts.

93
22
"The Day After the Day After"
Jay Chandrasekhar
Alex Barnow
May 3, 2017 (2017-05-03)
422
5.16[24]

Barry, Lainey, and the JTP watch The Day After with Murray, and feel the fear of a nuclear war. Barry tries to create a bunker, but Murray crushes Barry's dreams by becoming the new leader of the bunker, and preventing Barry from building his own. After realizing how afraid Barry is, Murray lets on that he too is afraid, and there is nothing they can do but live their lives here and now. Meanwhile, Erica and Adam fight for Beverly's affections with Mother's Day approaching. Each has an alternative agenda: Erica wants to go to Emory University in Georgia, while Adam wants to go with Jackie to the beach. Erica asks first and gets to go to the college of her dreams, so Adam sabotages it by making a video of Erica disappearing, and not being a part of the family. A heartbroken Beverly revokes her decision, Erica tells Adam off, and Jackie sides with Erica. Adam fixes the situation, causing him to miss out on going to the beach with Jackie, but she in turn gives him a second kiss.

94
23
"Jedi Master Adam Skywalker"
Lew Schneider
Dan Levy
May 10, 2017 (2017-05-10)
423
5.22[25]

Barry and Erica both try to get recognition for something special in the yearbook, particularly battling for "cutest couple" (Barry-Lainey and Erica-Geoff). But their pursuits have to go through Adam, who is now on the yearbook committee with Jackie, and Adam uses this to his benefit by creating a list of demands for his siblings. When Erica and Barry get tired of calling their brother "Jedi Master Adam Skywalker" and doing his chores, they each try to get to his computer and make changes, but Adam catches them. In the battle over a floppy disk with all of the yearbook verbiage, Barry's fingers touch the surface of the disk, rendering it unreadable and causing Jackie to get angry with Adam. Meanwhile, Murray's brother Marvin arrives looking for another handout. Beverly insists that Murray hire him at the furniture store, but this leads to an argument on Marvin's first day and Murray fires him. Beverly later discovers that Marvin is living in his car. In a heart-to-heart, Marvin complains that Murray always treated him like a little kid. Erica and Barry see that they are treating Adam the same way. Murray lets Marvin live in the basement and re-hires him, while Erica and Barry sing a song to recognize Adam as a grown-up.

95
24
"Graduation Day"
Kevin Smith
Matthew Edsall & Hans Rodionoff
May 17, 2017 (2017-05-17)
424
5.27[26]

Erica is growing tired of Beverly being sappy and nostalgic as her graduation day approaches, but Geoff helps her realize what a fantastic mom she has. Barry and Lainey make plans for a fun summer together before she heads off to college in Georgia. At the graduation ceremony, Barry overhears Bill Lewis say that Lainey is leaving in a few days, not a few months, causing Barry to confront Lainey on stage. They get into a fight and later, mutually realize their relationship has come to an end. When Erica has her turn, she refuses to accept her diploma as she's now realizing how much she will miss Beverly, leading to Principal Ball chasing her through the auditorium. Beverly is ecstatic that Erica wants to stay, but Murray tells her that he would rather she leave for four years than shelter her for the rest of her life. Realizing that Erica needs to go out into the world and experience life, Beverly tells Erica she needs to go to college, and tearfully tells her that she is going to change the world. Meanwhile, Adam and Jackie make plans to see Police Academy 5: Assignment Miami Beach, and call each other boyfriend/girlfriend for the first time. Things become complicated when Dana Caldwell shows up at the movie theater, saying she's home for the summer. Adam doesn't know what to do, so he panics and runs away. Adam ends up seeing the movie with Dana and attempts to tell her he's with Jackie now, but it turns out he misinterpreted Dana's reason for looking him up. When Adam tells Jackie that Dana is just a part of his past, he learns that Jackie used to date Ruben Amaro Jr., making him worry. Adam later goes to Police Academy 5 with Barry and spots Jackie sitting alone. He sits next to her and the two patch things up.

text: Ratings[edit]

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No.
Title
Air date
Rating/share
(18–49)
Viewers
(millions)
DVR
(18–49)
DVR viewers
(millions)
Total
(18–49)
Total viewers
(millions)

1
"Breakfast Club"
September 21, 2016
2.0/8
6.90[3]
0.9
N/A
2.9[27]
N/A

2
"I Heart Video Dating"
September 28, 2016
1.9/7
6.58[4]
0.9
N/A
2.8[28]
N/A

3
"George! George Glass!"
October 5, 2016
1.8/7
6.23[5]
0.8
N/A
2.6[29]
N/A

4
"Crazy Calls"
October 12, 2016
1.9/7
6.47[6]
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A

5
"Stefan King"
October 26, 2016
1.8/7
6.14[7]
0.8
N/A
2.6[30]
N/A

6
"Recipe for Death II: Kiss the Cook"
November 9, 2016
2.0/7
6.46[8]
0.7
N/A
2.7[31]
N/A

7
"Ho-ly K.I.T.T."
November 16, 2016
1.9/7
6.45[9]
0.7
N/A
2.6[32]
N/A

8
"The Greatest Musical Ever Written"
November 30, 2016
1.7/6
5.96[10]
0.7
N/A
2.4[33]
N/A

9
"Globetrotters"
December 7, 2016
1.5/5
5.40[11]
0.8
N/A
2.3[34]
N/A

10
"Han Ukkah Solo"
December 14, 2016
1.7/6
6.20[12]
0.8
1.80
2.5
8.01[35]

11
"O Captain! My Captain!"
January 4, 2017
1.9/7
6.73[13]
0.8
N/A
2.7[36]
N/A

12
"Snow Day"
January 11, 2017
2.0/7
6.92[14]
0.7
N/A
2.7[37]
N/A

13
"Agassi"
February 8, 2017
1.8/7
6.19[15]
0.8
N/A
2.6[38]
N/A

14
"The Spencer's Gift"
February 15, 2017
1.8/7
6.50[16]
0.7
N/A
2.5[39]
N/A

15
"So Swayze It’s Crazy"
February 22, 2017
1.8/7
6.21[17]
0.7
N/A
2.5[40]
N/A

16
"The Kara-te Kid"
March 1, 2017
1.8/7
6.17[18]
TBD
TBD
TBD
TBD

17
"Deadheads"
March 8, 2017
1.7/6
5.70[19]
0.7
N/A
2.4[41]
N/A

18
"Baré"
March 15, 2017
1.5/6
5.42[20]
0.7
N/A
2.2[42]
N/A

19
"A Night to Remember"
March 29, 2017
1.7/7
6.07[21]
TBD
TBD
TBD
TBD

20
"The Dynamic Duo"
April 5, 2017
1.6/6
5.63[22]
TBD
TBD
TBD
TBD

21
"Fonzie Scheme"
April 26, 2017
1.7/6
5.23[23]
TBD
TBD
TBD
TBD

22
"The Day After the Day After"
May 3, 2017
1.6/6
5.16[24]
TBD
TBD
TBD
TBD

23
"Jedi Master Adam Skywalker"
May 10, 2017
1.3/6
5.22[25]
TBD
TBD
TBD
TBD

24
"Graduation Day"
May 17, 2017
1.4/6
5.27[26]
TBD
TBD
TBD
TBD


document_title: Crossing Jordan

question_text: in crossing jordan who does jordan end up with

text: Crossing Jordan

text: Cast and characters[edit]

text: Top billed[edit]

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Actor
Character
Role
Seasons

1
2
3
4
5
6

Jill Hennessy
Dr. Jordan Cavanaugh
Medical Examiner
Main

Miguel Ferrer
Dr. Garrett Macy
Chief Medical Examiner1
Main

Ravi Kapoor
Dr. Mahesh Vijay
Medical Examiner
Main

Mahershalalhashbaz Ali
Dr. Trey Sanders
Medical Examiner
Main

Ken Howard
Maximilian Cavanaugh
None
Main
Recurring

Kathryn Hahn
Lily Lebowski
Grief Counselor2
Main

Steve Valentine
Nigel Townsend
Forensic Technician
Main

Lorraine Toussaint
Dr. Elaine Duchamps
Medical Examiner

Main

Ivan Sergei
Dr. Peter Winslow
Medical Examiner

Recurring
Main

Jerry O'Connell
Det. Woody Hoyt
Detective
Recurring
Main

Leslie Bibb3
Det. Tallulah "Lu" Simmons
Detective

Main

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1 Promoted to the position during the first season
2 Promoted to the position during the second season; during the first, was an intake administrator
3 Began appearing in the opening credits in the middle of the fifth season; left the cast early in the sixth

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text: Main characters[edit]

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Dr. Jordan Cavanaugh, M.D.: A forensic pathologist in the Boston Medical Examiner's Office, she solves crimes during the course of investigations. Jordan is emotionally scarred by her mother's murder when she was a child, indicated by significant trust issues that until recently, severely limited her relationships with men. At the end of the sixth and final season, Jordan told Detective Hoyt that she loved him. She attended the University of Massachusetts Amherst and Tufts University School of Medicine.
Dr. Garret Macy: The Chief Medical Examiner and Jordan's boss, Macy must deal with Jordan's erratic behavior, as well as his confused family. He has a teenaged daughter, Abby, but is divorced from his wife; he has his own personal demons and is a recovering alcoholic. Garret has an affinity for jazz. He has been known to have had romantic entanglements with grief counselor Lily Lebowski, ADA Renee Walcott, Charlie Davis, and his one-time wife, Maggie Warner. Garret admitted to his drinking problem after finding out his daughter had become addicted to heroin upon dropping out of college and becoming involved with another heroin addict. He is also allergic to strawberries and peanuts.
Dr. Mahesh "Bug" Vijayaraghavensatanaryanamurthy: A brilliant but shy forensic entomologist of Indian ancestry from Liverpool, he has feelings for Lily, which until the final episode of season five, were not reciprocated. In the beginning of season six, with the cancellation of Lily's wedding, his relationship with Lily is beginning to move forward. However, things may be complicated by Lily's unexpected pregnancy with her once-to-be husband, Jeffery. Bug has since taken it upon himself to make Lily move in with him and support her and the baby. In an episode called "Post Hoc", near the end of the final season, Bug disappears without a trace, to the great consternation of his colleagues. Dr. Macy makes inquiries and learns that Bug is being held incommunicado by the Department of Homeland Security, on suspicion of being a terrorist. He is finally released after an interrogation (not seen) that apparently included waterboarding, and is left deeply shaken by the experience.
Lily Lebowski (season 1, episodes 2–8 recurring; season 1, episode 9–season 6 regular): Lily begins the series as an intake secretary, with romantic feelings for her boss. She wins Garret over, but he breaks up with her to work things out with his ex-wife. During season two, Bug becomes interested in her. She earns a promotion to become the office's grief counselor, but resigns in season six after accepting her boyfriend's marriage proposal. By the end of the series, she breaks up with the boyfriend and moves in with Bug, after finding out she was pregnant with her ex's baby.
Dr. Nigel Townsend (season 1, episodes 1–9 recurring; season 1, episode 10–season 6 regular): A wise-cracking British criminologist with an ambiguous personal life, he claimed to like girls ("Digger"), and had a girlfriend ("Forget Me Not"), yet some speculation existed that he might be bisexual. Often known for his dry humor and knowledge of everything from coffee to textiles, Nigel had run away from the Royal Navy, in which he had served as a counter-intelligence officer. Nigel is sometimes thought to have feelings for Jordan, because of his willingness to do whatever she asks despite the possibility of his losing his job as a consequence. He was also not on speaking terms with his father, who still lives in England, until some time before the episode "Murder in the Rue Morgue", in which he mentioned to Jordan he was glad his father and he are back in touch and he regrets having had no contact with him for so long. Dr. Townsend's relations with his father continue to be very rocky, however. In one episode early into the series he mentions he had a tattoo of Betty Boop on his left buttock, but this was never later confirmed or denied. He is known for his technical savvy, and his use of the computer often leads to important clues.
Detective Woodrow Wilson "Woody" Hoyt (seasons 1–3 recurring; seasons 4–6 regular): A police detective, originally from Wisconsin, he typically defers with Jordan when she takes an interest in his cases, unlike his colleagues. She initially resists his romantic overtures, preferring to remain friends, e.g. on her birthday ("Embraceable You", season four); Woody gave her a diamond ring, which she refused. Premiered in the episode "Wrong Place, Wrong Time", he became a regular in season four. On the final episode of the season ("Jump Push Fall"), Woody was shot by a cop killer and nearly died in the hospital, an event that prompted Jordan to confess her love. Many fans considered this a big step in the right direction for their relationship, but a recovering Woody turned her down, believing her declaration of romantic feelings to be motivated by pity. When a case took him to Las Vegas, he started a flirtatious relationship with Sam Marquez (from sibling TV series Las Vegas). Based on events which happened in a season-four episode of Las Vegas, "History of Violins", the relationship seems to be off, although he was apparently invited by Sam to Delinda Deline's wedding. He has a younger brother, Calvin (played by O'Connell's real-life brother Charlie O'Connell), a recovering alcoholic and drug addict who is always getting into trouble.

text: Other top-billed characters[edit]

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Maximillian "Max" Cavanaugh (seasons 1–2; recurring seasons 3–4): Jordan's father, an ex-cop-turned-bar-owner, he disappeared in the finale of season three and reappeared in the episode "It Happened One Night". Ken Howard's appearance in the show was changed from regular cast to guest star.
Dr. Trey Sanders (season 1): A medical examiner working on a grant, he left after the first season.
Dr. Elaine Duchamps (season 2): A medical examiner, she joined the team in season two, often butting heads with Jordan and Garret. Initially, it appeared she was there to take over management of the Coroner's office from Macy. She dies about halfway through the second season from an Escherichia coli infection during the episode "Perfect Storm".
Dr. Peter Winslow (season 2 recurring; season 3 regular): A recovering drug addict medical examiner who appeared in seasons two-three, he simply disappeared without explanation. Nigel makes a reference to Peter covering his shift in "Thin Ice".
Detective Tallulah "Lu" Simmons (seasons 5–6): She first appeared in season five, when she was assigned to work with Detective Hoyt on some of the psychological issues he endured while serving on the force. Since then, Lu became a frequent collaborator with the ME's office on cases and struck up a relationship with Hoyt; how she dealt with Woody's long-distance relationship with Sam Marquez is not known, but in the episode "33 Bullets", she was killed after being shot during a Boston riot.

text: Recurring characters[edit]

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DA Renee Walcott (Susan Gibney): The district attorney who constantly clashed with Jordan, she also had a romantic relationship with Garret Macy, but it ended when she had an affair with her ex-husband and became pregnant. (This coincided with Gibney's real-life pregnancy.) She returned later in season four.
Det. Matt Seely (David Monahan): A somewhat misogynistic detective, he was the son of a newspaper mogul. He had a tendency to be insensitive and not to think before he spoke, subsequently annoying the others. He had shown particular interest in Lily Lebowski, and the relationship was being tentatively explored, but Seely was seen less and less in season five, as Lily's relationship with Brandau grew (coinciding with another project on which Monahan was working).
Dr. Howard Stiles (Wallace Shawn): The resident psychiatrist, he checks on everyone's sanity from time to time (usually once every season), especially Jordan's. He flirts with Jordan, but seems to understand her commitment and abandonment issues very well, and is extremely gentle when counseling her.
Det. Roz Framus (Sandra Bernhard): She calls Bug "Buggles", which he hates, and often teases him for being a "Trekkie" and about him previously owning "Spock ears".
Emmy (Emy Coligado): She works as an assistant in the Medical Examiner's office. Emmy has appeared in over 20 episodes of the show, starting with "Born to Run", the fourth episode of the first season.
ADA Jeffrey Brandau (Ethan Sandler): A member of the DA's office who began a romantic relationship with Lily, creating a love triangle of sorts between the two of them and Bug. Lily leaves him at the altar when she finally realizes she has feelings for Bug. He asks her to marry him again after he finds out that she is pregnant with his daughter, Madeleine, but she refuses. In real life, Ethan Sandler is married to Kathryn Hahn, who plays Lily, and the baby with whom she was pregnant was actually their own. He has a cameo role in the episode "As If By Fate" as a train disaster victim.
Dr. Kate Switzer (Brooke Smith): A medical examiner, she is the latest in a long line of antagonists to join the rest of the team in the morgue. Though she has learned to work better with her colleagues, her relationships with the staff, especially Jordan and Garret, remain strained at best. Although they tend to annoy each other, she sometimes appears to have feelings for Nigel. She has a Dandie Dinmont terrier named Binky, and often threatens to feed people's kidneys to him.
James Horton (Michael T. Weiss), Jordan's illegitimate half-brother, is six years older than her. Their mother had an affair with another police officer, a detective named Thomas Malden (Edward Herrmann), but whether he was actually James's father, as Max believed he was, was never clarified. Max gave up James, who became a criminal; his fingerprint was found at the scene of Jordan's mother's death. He was presumed dead after he jumped into the Charles River, though his body was never recovered.
Dr. Devan Maguire (Jennifer Finnigan): A pathology resident, she appeared in 10 episodes, including one in which Jordan did not appear. Though Jordan and she butted heads and often gave the impression they did not like each other, Devan considered Jordan her friend. Devan was just beginning to develop a close relationship with Woody when she apparently died in a plane crash between Washington, DC, and Boston in the episode "Fire From the Sky".
Detective Annie Capra (Arija Bareikis): A detective, she was partnered with Woody throughout season three.
Abby Macy (Alex McKenna): Dr. Garret Macy's daughter, she became addicted to heroin upon dropping out of college and becoming involved with a heroin dealer.
Dr. Sidney Trumaine (Eugene Byrd): A medical examiner, he clashed with Bug over power issues. Sidney also disappeared after season five's opener "There's No Place Like Home II". Like Peter above, his name has been mentioned, leading to the assumption he is still working, albeit unseen, at the morgue.
J.D. Pollack (Charles Mesure): A sometimes oily Australian reporter, he dated Jordan early in season five. Their relationship, which had at first been primarily sexual, got serious enough that J.D. considered proposing, but things were off after Jordan slept with Woody in the episode "Loves Me Not". J.D. was found murdered at the end of season five, and Jordan, falsely accused of his murder, sought to clear his name at the start of season six.
William Ivers (Jeffrey Donovan): A creepily charming attorney, he was hired in season six by the governor's office to investigate any questionable behavior within the morgue, aiming directly at Macy, although Jordan was a brief potential suspect. He disappointingly finds nothing wrong and later targets the morgue's current spending as an open door to major disaster, enforcing a new, strict budget depriving the morgue of much-needed equipment. This loss causes many problems in two important cases ("Night of The Living Dead" and especially "Isolation"), with the latter resulting in the new budget being revoked and Ivers' exit. He briefly returns in "Dead Again", teaming with Jordan when a woman presumed murdered from a case Ivers had been prosecuting attorney 6 years prior somehow ends up dead in the morgue.
Det. Lois Carver (Amy Aquino): A no-nonsense detective seen throughout season one, she does not appear as frequently in season two, is not seen at all in season three, and only appears in two season-four episodes, "Deja Past" and "Necessary Risks".
Det. Eddie Winslow (D. W. Moffett): This detective first appeared in early season one, and tension clearly existed between Jordan and him. Gradually, audiences found out why: Winslow was Max Cavanaugh's last partner on the force, who "ratted him out", leading to Max being fired from the Boston Police Department. Eventually, both Max and Jordan made their peace with Eddie, and he was well-situated to become a strong character. Then, his appearances tapered off near the end of season one.

text: Minor characters[edit]

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D.A. Jay Myers (Brian Stokes Mitchell): A district attorney with whom Jordan briefly becomes involved in season one, he first appeared in "For Harry, With Love and Squalor" in Max's bar, as Jordan questioned her love life and began a (mainly) sexual relationship with him, neither knowing either the other's name or who the other actually was till Jordan appeared as a courtroom witness in, and Myers questioned her during, the trial of a case he was prosecuting. He reappears in "Someone to Count On", as he comes asking for Jordan's help in prosecuting a 14-year-old girl suspected of killing her mother.
Herman Redding (Jack Laufer): An institutionalized triple-murderer, he claimed to have knowledge of who killed Emily Cavanaugh, despite the fact that Emily had long since left the hospital by the time he was transferred to it. Redding left clue after clue about Emily for Jordan in "Secrets & Lies, Pt 1" (1x22), while investigating a series of murders staged to look like suicide, including an envelope with the same phantom fingerprint found in the original investigation. He later breaks his silence (after 10 years) to make a deal with Jordan: She is to get him out of there and prove his innocence in exchange for what Jordan wants from him.
Det. Luisa Santana (Camille Guaty): A rising detective in the Boston Police Department, she appears in the episode "Blue Moon" and again briefly in "Family Affair". Presumably, she is still with the force.
Oliver Titleman (Brian Kimmet): A self-imagined forensics prodigy, he fascinates himself with creating the perfect murder and stages elaborate killings to deceive the investigators. He has an unusual obsession with personally beating Dr. Macy at his own game. Oliver appears in episodes "Devil May Care" and "There's No Place Like Home II".
Calvin Coolidge "Cal" Hoyt (Charles "Charlie" O'Connell): Woody's younger brother and a recovering alcoholic and drug addict, he is frequently in trouble. He is first seen in the "Sunset Division" spinoff episode. Cal is reintroduced midway into season four, with a backstory that paints him as a very charming, but equally troubled, young man with a history of drug abuse, among other things, frequently saddling Woody with the responsibility. Cal not-so-coincidentally shows up in "Skin and Bone"), just as a mass grave full of mobsters is uncovered.
Arlene Lebowski (Lesley Ann Warren): Lily's aunt and adoptive mother, she first appears in "Don't Look Back", as Lily and she aapparently do not have the best of relationships. Arlene reappears in "Locard's Exchange", visiting Lily yet again, but the visit is short-lived, as Lily orders her out of her life. Moments later, she is mortally wounded in a hit-and-run. As a result, Lily turns over a new leaf, even petitioning the justice system to make sure that the person who hit Arlene, a woman who believed she was her husband's mistress, gets due justice.
Det. Elliot Chandler (Boris Kodjoe): A detective, he pops up for two episodes in season six.

text: Production[edit]

text: Crossing Jordan was created by Tim Kring and was produced by Tailwind Productions in association with NBC Universal. Singer-songwriter duo Wendy and Lisa scored the music for the show. Eric Rigler's pipes and whistles can be heard in most episodes. The scientific aspects of the show are comparable to CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, but Crossing Jordan is more character-driven and less graphic than the CSI franchise.

text: In the first season, Hennessy was the only cast member visible during the opening credits, which featured Eric Rigler's arrangement of a traditional Irish tune "My Love Is In America" ("Reels Part Two: My Love Is In America" from the Bad Haggis CD Trip). Starting with the second season, the credits showed all the major players and used a more rock-like, less Irish-sounding opening theme.

text: Crossing Jordan is set in the same fictional universe as fellow NBC series Las Vegas. In the season-four episode "What Happens in Vegas Dies in Boston", a case takes Jordan and Woody to Las Vegas, where Woody became very well-acquainted with the Montecito's casino host, Sam Marquez (Vanessa Marcil). They maintained a long-distance relationship for a while: O'Connell appeared in five episodes of Las Vegas and Vanessa Marcil appeared as Sam in two Crossing Jordan episodes.

text: Reception[edit]

text: USA Today gave the show a two-star review and said, "What truly strains belief — and your viewing patience — are the absurd quirks Jordan adds to its plot and its characters to try to set itself apart." [2] The New York Times called it "engaging and entertaining" and "Hennessy gives Jordan an appealing, loose-cannon attitude." [3]

text: Broadcast[edit]

text: Crossing Jordan premiered in 2001 on NBC; originally scheduled to debut on September 11, its launch was pushed back due to the terrorist attacks on that date. It has aired on Monday, Friday, and then Sunday, its air date throughout the 2005–2006 season.

text: The show was put on hiatus for most of the 2003–2004 season to accommodate Hennessy's real-life pregnancy. The series returned on March 9, 2004, with a shortened 13-episode season. Due to the season being broadcast out of order, the cliffhanger plotline from the season-two finale was aired as the last episode of the season instead of the first; instead, the first featured an unrelated story with a humorous subplot that paid homage to Alfred Hitchcock's 1954 film Rear Window.

text: A crossover episode of Las Vegas in which the Crossing Jordan cast appears was aired on November 17, 2006, though NBC was not airing new episodes of Crossing Jordan in the autumn of 2006.

text: Originally, the sixth season was to appear on Sunday nights after the football season ended in January, but it was then scheduled to premiere on October 20, 2006, and to be on Friday nights with Medium being put into the after-football Sunday-night slot. It was scheduled to air at 8 pm Eastern/Pacific and 7 pm Central/Mountain, but NBC decided to avoid showing scripted programming at that hour. The season premiere was pre-empted in favor of 1 vs. 100, a game show hosted by Bob Saget.[4] The season premiere ran on January 14, 2007, at 10 pm Eastern/Pacific and 9 pm Central. Beginning March 7, 2007, the show moved to a new time slot, Wednesday 9/8C.

text: Syndication[edit]

text: NBC tried syndicating Crossing Jordan during its second season.[5] Reruns are often shown on A&E in the United States and Canada. Currently, it airs in syndication on CIN (Crime and Investigation Network).

text: Cancellation[edit]

text: Originally, the finale for the sixth season was promoted as a cliff-hanger. A plane crash which left all of the main characters (with the exception of Lily) stranded atop a mountain with little hope of being discovered was reported to end with no resolution, as the story would pick up at the onset of a subsequent season. Once NBC decided against renewing Crossing Jordan for a seventh year, though, fans were treated to a different ending. Medical examiner Jordan ultimately confronted her held-in feelings for Woody and finally professed her love. Furthermore, all of the characters were rescued in the final moments of the series. The ending provided fuel to rumors that producers recorded two endings to the finale: one in case the series would be renewed, and another in case the series would not be.

text: The show was cancelled on May 14, 2007, two days before the final episode of season six aired.[1]

text: Episodes, DVD releases, Netflix streaming, and US ratings[edit]

text: Episodes and ratings[edit]

text:
Season
Episodes
First aired
Last aired
U.S. ratings

Average
viewers (millions)
Rank

1
23
September 24, 2001
May 13, 2002
12.8[6]
28[6]

2
22
September 23, 2002
May 5, 2003
10.6[7]
44[7]

3
13
March 7, 2004
June 6, 2004
12.3[8]
24[8]

4
21
September 26, 2004
May 15, 2005
11.7[9]
30[9]

5
21
September 25, 2005
May 7, 2006
10.9[10]
40[10]

6
17
January 14, 2007
May 16, 2007
7.2[11]
81[11]

text: DVD releases[edit]

text: NBC announced in January 2007 that it was making progress securing music rights to allow the show to be released on DVD. (Crossing Jordan relies heavily on pop music in its soundtrack.)[12][13] The first season was released on DVD on May 6, 2008[14] and there is no notice of substitution of music on the DVD packaging.[15] However, as of January 2015, the latter seasons were still not available via DVD in the US. In Germany, the second season was released on DVD and Blu-ray via Koch Media on September 10, 2015.[16][17] Koch Media already re-released a remastered version of the first season in May 2015.[18][19]

text:
DVD name
Release date
Ep #
Additional information

The Complete First Season
May 6, 2008
23

Featurette: A Conversation With Tim Kring and Allan Arkush
Featurette: Jill Hennessy and Allan Arkush talk about Jordan
Commentary on Select Episodes
Deleted Scenes

text: Netflix streaming[edit]

text: As of March 2012, all six seasons have been available via Netflix streaming video.