Sadly, this episode just summarizes the many things that are wrong with this series.
To be blunt, I find that many episodes of Tru Calling are very clever on paper, but just end up being developed in a lame and illogical way. And we have here a perfect example: the "wuddunit" formula (we don't even know who exactly is going to die: sweet!) was intriguing, but almost everything Tru said in the episode just didn't make any sense at all. Well, actually it does: it's the product of excessively bad writing. Come on, every line she utters for three-quarters of the show is just (poorly) designed to fool the audience, which is good only if you don't look completely moronic doing so. They bothered to tell us that the only person who showed evident traces of poison was the guy who didn't drink alchol...and of course first thing dumb main character thinks in order to prevent the poisoning is..."Let's replace all the booze bottles, the poison must be in it!".
Meh.
I don't want to go all nitpicky on the episode, that's not Televisionwithoutpity.com...but I found very, very sad to see a show with SUCH good, intriguing premises to just fall flat because of lazy storywriting and implausibilities. Even the sideplots of Lindsay's birthday and Meredith's drug test were just plain weak. The small plot point of Luc's arrival was more captivating...but they just managed to botch it all again, since the guy just seem to show up at total different times between the two "same day"-s. I am the first one to think that a tv show doesn't have to *always* follow logic and reality strictly, but "days repeating in the same way" are the whole base of the series. It's just ridicolous that they can't keep track of the handful of events they write and maintain consistency.
Too bad, since there were a couple of good actors in the bunch, like Leonard Roberts...but all else falls apart if the story just develops in the most awkard and illogical way possible.
This episode doesn't have a last-second false ending like almost EVERY other episode. Here, Tru's stupidity is just spread all over the episode, making her act in a nonsensical way throughout all the episode. Like going as far as replacing all the booze in the room and suddenly realize hours later on the phone that the drunk guys were poisoned. HUH? Sound like nonsense? Yep. That's why I rated it SO low, sadly. :(
The idea had potential, A LOT. Sadly, the writers proved themselves unable to turn it into a decent screenplay. Sad but...oh, let's drop the obvious bad pun. -_-;moreless
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Five bodies arrive in the morgue, and before Tru managed to get a glimpse at any one of them, they ask for her help. But when Tru's day restarts, her mission is five times harder. When she learns that the victims died at a bachelor party, Tru poses as a bartender to gain access. But things get more confusing when six men appeared at the party, and Tru's growing curiosity raises their suspicions, putting her in serious jeopardy.moreless
 A.J. Cook |
Lindsay |
 Benjamín Benítez |
Gardez |
 Eliza Dushku |
Tru Davies |
 Jessica Collins |
Meredith Davies |
 Shawn Reaves |
Harrison Davies |
 Zach Galifianakis |
Davis |
 Matthew Bomer |
Luc |
Guest Star |
 Alexia Hagen |
Catherine |
Guest Star |
David Neale |
Clayton |
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Trivia, Notes, Quotes and Allusions
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TRIVIA (2)
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When Lindsay turned on the lights in her apartment, there is a bunch of people hiding behind the couch. However, a few seconds before when she entered the apartment there was clearly nobody there.
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When Luc first meets Tru looking for Marco, the five guys are already dead, just five bodies lined up on tables. So, Luc dropped by well past 11pm. He must have just finished his audition because he's still carrying some sheets with him, maybe his work application or CV. Weird hour for a job interview, but fact is: when the day "repeats" he is seen by Tru exiting the building with the same sheets HOURS before, when the guys are still alive and she has still to go back to their hotel and actually save them. This difference makes no sense at all.
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QUOTES (4)
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Tru: Why does everyone think I look like a stripper?
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Harrison: What if tomorrow is just today, all over again?
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Harrison: Hey I took a semester of psych in high school. It's always about someone's mom.
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Tru: Harrison, I came here to talk
Harrison: Ok someone dies asked for help and you repeat a day, there we talked.
Tru: Not quite what I meant by talking.
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NOTES (1)
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International Airdates:
Czech Republic: September 7, 2009 on Prima COOL
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