Miguel Ferrer is fired up about 'Crossing Jordan'   Posted:
Thursday, May 05, 2005  LOS ANGELES - Miguel Ferrer sounds
pleased with an upcoming surprise on NBC's "Crossing Jordan" -
even though it entails his character getting fired.    Print-
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Herald   E-mail the Editor   Discuss in Forums  "The producer
said 'I want you to hear - before you hear from everyone else -
the last episode you get fired. You leave the morgue ... Don't
worry, you come back!"' recalled Ferrer, who plays Garret Macy,
mentor to medical examiner Jordan Cavanaugh (Jill Hennessy).
All he can reveal is: "Some borderline impropriety from a long
time ago comes back to haunt Dr. Macy."  He isn't divulging
details why Macy gets the boot and what personal crisis he has
to overcome before he returns to duty when the show begins its
fifth season. (The fourth-season finale airs at 10 p.m. May 15.)
Series creator Tim Kring offers some insight, though, into why
it's a good move to put one o