Jordan

"Jill Hennessy (NBC’s “Law & Order”) returns to series television starring in this edgy, one-hour drama as Dr. Jordan Cavanaugh, a sexy, brilliant and fearless Boston medical examiner with a checkered career -- and a penchant for going beyond the call of duty to investigate crimes. After striking out in Los Angeles, the headstrong Jordan returns to her Boston hometown and her former job with the Massachusetts State Coroner’s Office. There she reunites with her ex-cop father, Max (Ken Howard, “The White Shadow”), who’s still haunted by the unsolved murder of his wife, who was Jordan’s mother. This tragic incident shapes Jordan’s empathy with the voiceless victims she encounters as she channels her inner anger towards piecing together complex murder cases that have been hidden, shoved aside or conveniently forgotten. Jordan gains a measure of support from her erratic boss, Dr. Garret Macy (Miguel Ferrer, “Traffic”) -- who has his own personal issues. Other colleagues helping her on the job are newly arrived and confident Dr. Trey Sanders (newcomer Mahershalalhashbaz Ali), forensic entomologist Dr. Mahesh “Bug” Vijayaraghavensatanaryanamurthy (Ravi Kapoor, “Gideon’s Crossing”), ex-British soldier-turned-criminologist and forensics expert Dr. Nigel Townsend (Steve Valentine, “The Muse”) and “intake” liaison and office coordinator Lily Lebowski (stage actress and TV newcomer Kathryn Hahn)."