Tru Calling

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Status: Ended
Premiered: Oct 01, 2003

What would you do if you could relive a day? If you're TRU DAVIES (Eliza Dushku), you'd save lives. Tru is a smart and sexy recent college graduate who - when her high-powered medical internship falls through - finds herself working the midnight shift at the city morgue. One night, Tru questions reality when she thinks she hears a murder victim asking for her help. But the next morning, our heroine wakes up to find that she is back at the beginning of that very same day - twelve hours before a death that only she knows about is set to take place. Now with the clock ticking, Tru is compelled to traverse the city over the next twelve hours to try to prevent this tragedy, while at the same time trying to rescue members of her own family from their dangerous and self-destructive lives. With the sexiness and speed of "Run Lola Run," plus the ticking clock suspense of 24, Tru Calling puts a stylish new spin on the procedural crime format as Tru uses her newfound ability to try to stop tragedies before they actually happen. In the series, Tru is surrounded by HARRISON (Shawn Reaves), her handsome and charming younger brother who has a knack for finding trouble; MEREDITH (Jessica Collins), their older sister who has a great career and money, but battles drug addiction; LINDSAY (A.J. Cook), Tru's loyal but unsuspecting best friend; and DAVIS (Zach Galifianakis), the quirky morgue staffer Tru works with on the graveyard shift. In the middle of the first season, we were introduced to a new character named Jack Harper(Jason Priestly), who plays a new morgue attendent, who seems to have a strange effect on Tru's abilities when he's around. Tru discovers that he also has the power to go back in time...only he is her true universal opposite, which means he wants the people to STAY dead... The pilot episode was directed by renowned filmmaker Phillip Noyce. Tru Calling is a production of 20th Century Fox Television and Original Film and was created by executive producer/writer Jon Harmon Feldman. Marty Adelstein, Neal Moritz, Dawn Parouse and R. W. (Bob) Goodwin are also executive producers.

Theme Song: "Can Somebody Help Me?" - Full Blown Rose Original Title: Tru Show Type: FOX Drama First Telecast: October 30th, 2003 Last Telecast: April 21, 2005moreless

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S 2 : Ep 6	'Twas the Night Before Christmas...Again
S 2 : Ep 5	Enough	Aired 4/21/05
S 2 : Ep 4	Last Good Day	Aired 4/14/05
S 2 : Ep 3	In the Dark	Aired 4/7/05
S 2 : Ep 2	Grace	Aired 3/31/05

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Benjamín Benítez

Gardez

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Matthew Bomer

Luc

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Jessica Collins

Meredith Davies

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If only this show would have been created a few years later, maybe it would finally get the credit it deserves. Point me in the direction of a show that's better than the twists and plots because I don't think one exists.moreless

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By Spuffy4l87, 3 days ago

There are always episodes on a show that you just wish never happened or that they changed. One does not exist in Tru Calling, there are only those that you like a little less than the ones you love. This show never got the credit it deserved. It has originality beyond compare, new and amazing plots, twists that would make your head spin, great characters and actors that portrayed them, and so much more. I would recommenced this show to EVERYONE. This show is nothing like we see now, there is some sex appeal, but the show doesn't revolve around sex, drugs, and gossip. It challenges your view on the world, causes you to ask yourself questions, but one : What would you do if you could relive days? With all its great plot lines and twists it is easy to get hooked, and unfortunately those of us who did were left on a cliffhanger....a major one at that. This show never had its closer its bow, that was well deserved. I can go on and on about Tru Calling. It needs to come back and we need to finish the masterpiece that was pushed away.

I LOVE this show, and nothing beats the rush you get from watching it or the need to continue onto the next episode. If the network was smart, we would have been able to find out what happens after and quell our desire to find out.moreless
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why....?

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By princessbeba2, Mar 14, 2012

why did they stop giving it.?? it waz a good show
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So sad this series was not done

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By lowenhart, Feb 01, 2012

Good movie, good idea for movie, but so sad only for two season. Hope the other production house can make the third season. Outstanding perfomance for Eliza.
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Seriously the best show ever! Anyone Else Want a Movie??? :)

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By TruDavies, Jan 28, 2012

Tru Calling was the best show on TV. It follows Tru Davies (Eliza Dushku) who has the ability to relive days to save the dead. Ive only recently got into the series and it is AWESOME! Tru is such a great character. Dushku is such an amazing actress and the show should've never been cancelled. What is it with Dushku's Shows being cancelled in their second seasons on FOX (Tru Calling, Dollhouse)?!?! I think to wrap the series up, we need a movie :)
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Another good series that was cancelled too soon - thank you Fox

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By kepa55, Dec 16, 2011

As probably most of you, the only reason I started watching Tru Calling was because a certain Eliza Dushku is the main character. And sure enough, if you liked her in Buffy, Angel or Dollhouse, she gives her usual solid performance here as well. Tru Davies (Dushku) has the ability to relive a day, but only when she is asked by someone deceased to help him/her - and then it's Tru's job to try to stop that person from dying. Thankfully she's not alone with her task, as Davis (played by the wonderful Zach Galifianakis), Tru's boss at the morgue, and her brother Harrison (Shawn Reaves), are both in on the secret.

The stories aren't often that original, but usually feature some nice twist to keep things interesting. There were a couple of really good episodes (namely The Longest Day [1x11], Daddy's Girl [1x14] and Last Good Day [2x04]). Most of the first season is spent on self-contained episodes, and it's just on the latter stages of the the 20 episode season we start getting some kind of larger storyline concerning Tru and Jack, a somewhat mysterious new Morgue employer.

But, unfortunately, just as the main arc got under way in the latter part of Season One, and Season Two developed it further, the show got cancelled. As much as I'd like to give this show a higher score, I think it should be judged the way it is, not the way it could've been. For me, Tru Calling was nice, disposable entertainment; something that I was happy to watch, but I think I won't be seeing it again any time soon. It lacked some emotional climaxes, and I never got very attached to the characters.moreless
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Name of the song in 'Last good day' (s2 e4)?
Hi! Does anyone know the name of the song playing in the beginning of 'Last good day'(s2 e4)? According to the transcripts I've se...

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Does anyone know the name of the song...
...In the 5th episode of season 1, Haunted? It could be heard somewhere between 20:40 and 21:35, during the scene when Tru followe...

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Favorite Character?
I looked for a thread on who our favorite character is and didn't see one (sorry if there is one, I must have missed it!) So I was...

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What went wrong?
Really can anyone answer that question as far as i'm concerned nothing went wrong, the show was doing fine and it was a mistake to...

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i just finished watching it on dvd(i saw the 1st 10 eps on syfy and i was hooked)and i am so mad fox cancell this show on a cliffh...

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