Crossing Jordan

Supporting Cast

• Mahesh “Bug” Vijayaraghavensatyanaryanamurthy (Ravi Kapoor), a brilliant but shy forensic entomologist from Liverpool. He has feelings for Lily but they aren't reciprocated. Bug and Nigel are best buddies unlucky in love. Det. Framus (Sandra Bernhard) has been a recent aquisition to the recurring character list, she calls him "Buggles" which Bug hates.
• Lily Lebowski (Kathryn Hahn), a good-hearted grief counselor working in the medical examiner's office. Lily and Garret used to be romantically involved, but their developing relationship ended when Garret went back to his ex-wife for a brief period. Lily and Garret remained friends ever since. Lily is thought by Bug to possibly be adopted due to her blood type being different to that of her newly deceased mother.
• Nigel Townsend (Steve Valentine), a wise-cracking British criminologist often known for his dry humor and his knowledge of everything from coffee to textiles. Nigel ran away from the Royal Navy, where he was a counter-intelligence officer. Nigel is also thought to have feelings for Jordan, this is shown through his willingness to do whatever she asks despite the possibility of losing his job as a consquence. He was also never on speaking terms with his father who still lives in England until some time before the episode "Murder in the Rue Morgue" where he mentioned to Jordan that he was glad that he and his father are back in touch and that he regets the fact that they weren't for so long.
• Detective Woody Hoyt (Jerry O'Connell), a police detective from Wisconsin who often works with Jordan on her cases. Woody is also known to harbour romantic feelings for Jordan, who resists, preferring friendship because she is afraid and friendship is safer, in her view. However, on Jordan's birthday ("Embraceable You", Season 4), Woody gave her a diamond ring, a gesture which--according to Nigel--shows that Woody wants more from their relationship, but Jordan declines the ring. Premiered in the episode "Wrong Place, Wrong Time", he became a regular in Season 4. On the final episiode of season 4 (Jump Push Fall) Woody was shot by a cop killer, he survived it and this prompted Jordan to tell Woody that she really is in love with him. This was a very big step in the right direction (a view held by many fans) for their relationship but Woody turned her down, seeing her final declaration of romantic feelings as pity rather than true feelings being pushed to the surface by fear of losing Woody forever.