Tru Calling ambient background
CinebyCineby
Tru Calling backdrop

Tru Calling

Tru Calling
★ 7.2/10•2003•45m•16•Sci-Fi & Fantasy•Drama•Mystery
Similars

A university graduate working in the city morgue is able to repeat the same day over again to prevent murders or other disasters.

StatusCanceled
Runtime45m
LanguageEN
First Air DateOct 30, 2003

Episodes

Episode 1 - PilotE145m

Pilot

Tru Davies suddenly discovers she can save lives. She is a smart and sexy recent college graduate who lands a job on the midnight shift at the city morgue. On her first night, Tru questions reality when she hears a beautiful murder victim asking for her help.

Oct 30, 2003

Episode 2 - Putting Out FiresE245m

Putting Out Fires

When the corpse of a handsome young man asks for Tru's help, she quickly learns he's a determined firefighter killed trying to save two children trapped in an apartment building fire. As Tru tries to change the man's fate, the day gets even more complicated when she develops feelings for him in the episode.

Nov 6, 2003

Episode 3 - Brother's KeeperE345m

Brother's Keeper

When Tru's brother, Harrison, falls in love with a beautiful young woman, only Tru knows that he could be implicated in the death of the woman's estranged husband. Tru must race against time in order to keep her brother from committing murder or being killed himself

Nov 13, 2003

Episode 4 - Past TenseE445m

Past Tense

When five bodies arrive in the morgue and ask for her help, Tru's mission is five times more difficult. After learning that the victims died at a bachelor party, Tru poses as a bartender to gain access. As she tries to systematically determine if one of them is the killer, her curiosity raises their suspicions, putting her in jeopardy.

Nov 20, 2003

Episode 5 - HauntedE545m

Haunted

When The body of medical student, Paige Sanders shows up at the morgue its up to Tru to change the events.

Dec 4, 2003

Episode 6 - Star CrossedE645m

Star Crossed

Tru gets asked for help by a young couple who died in a car accident. As she tries to save them she realizes its not a simple crash.

Dec 11, 2003

Episode 7 - Morning AfterE745m

Morning After

When Tru's ex-boyfriend Mark ends up dead in her bed she has to get closer to him to prevent it from happening.

Dec 18, 2003

Episode 8 - ClosureE845m

Closure

Jake, an overseas hero wounded in battle, has been placed in a military hospital while his wounds heal. However he is determined at any cost to leave the hospital to find the girlfriend he left behind before he shipped out. He desperately needs an explanation for the cold letter she sent him while he was overseas.

Jan 8, 2004

Episode 9 - Murder in the MorgueE945m

Murder in the Morgue

When a dead bride comes into morgue, her devastated financé comes into the morgue. Tru lets him to have some time alone with his loved one. When Davis comes in, he's mad at Tru for letting the man near the body. He finds him removing the bullet from the body. Davis tries to call the security but the man shoots him. He shoots at Tru, but the dead bride asks for help right before the bullet hits Tru. Tru has to find out who was the man, did he kill the bride and why was she killed, and ultimately she needs to save her life.

Jan 15, 2004

Episode 10 - ReunionE1045m

Reunion

Tru is stressed after being prompted by Davies to attend her high school's reunion. But disaster strikes in the midst of the reunion, sacrificing Tru's former bestfriend. When Tru was forced to relive the day, she finds out that more than one person could have done the deed.

Jan 22, 2004

Episode 11 - The Longest DayE1145m

The Longest Day

Tru is forced to relive a day to rescue a man from getting his heart shot. But her rescue mission takes a dangerous turn when she accidentally sacrifice a shopowner in order to save the man, and she finds herself caught in a loop of rewinding days, and it won't end unless she, herself, find an end.

Feb 5, 2004

Episode 12 - ValentineE1245m

Valentine

Tru goes on a romantic get-a-way with Luc only to run into Harrison and Lindsey and a serial killer.

Feb 12, 2004

Episode 13 - Drop Dead GorgeousE1345m

Drop Dead Gorgeous

When a beauty contestant turns up dead backstage, Tru has a rewind and finds herself entering the contest to try to prevent the same events happening. Luc however has a new date and Tru has to face facts about their relationship.

Mar 18, 2004

Episode 14 - Daddy's GirlE1445m

Daddy's Girl

Tru's father comes into town, and she is forced to help her step-mother, after she asks for help. Also, Jack Harper comes to the morgue looking for a job.

Mar 25, 2004

Episode 15 - The GetawayE1545m

The Getaway

When the reporter who has been trying to expose Tru's secret gets shot by a gunman on a crime spree, Tru is torn about saving her. To complicate matters, Tru's attempts to enlist the police in capturing the shooter before he strikes are hampered when his actions don't repeat exactly what he did before her day rewound.

Apr 1, 2004

Episode 16 - Two PairE1645m

Two Pair

Tru faces a new dilemma when her day fails to restart after a body asks for help. Fearful that her gift has deserted her, Tru is shocked later that day when a different body's plea forces the day to restart. Now, she must race against the clock to save two people on the same day in different parts of the city. Jack reveals a bit about his sinister intentions.

Apr 8, 2004

Episode 17 - Death Becomes HerE1745m

Death Becomes Her

Tamyra Gray, who competed in the first season of AMERICAN IDOL and had a recurring role on BOSTON PUBLIC, plays Carly Anders, an actress who befriends Tru when she visits the morgue to research her next movie role as a forensic attendant. But when Carly's car goes off a bridge and sends her plummeting to her death, Tru's day restarts. As she pries into the private details of Carly's life, Tru makes a shocking discovery about her past. Meanwhile, against Tru's wishes, Jack continues to become fast friends with Harrison.

Apr 15, 2004

Episode 18 - Rear WindowE1845m

Rear Window

When a male corpse with the same name as a female neighbor of Tru's comes into the morgue, Tru suspects identity theft. When the day restarts, Tru's investigation takes an unexpected turn that makes it difficult to sort out just who is the victim and who is the criminal. Meanwhile, Tru and Davis piece together some information about Jack, who hasn't been forthcoming about everything in his past.

Apr 22, 2004

Episode 19 - D.O.A.E1945m

D.O.A.

Tru and Davis remain stunned by the revelation that Jack can relive days like Tru. Excited to have a new partner, Tru teams up with Jack to ensure a doctor's dying wish to help others in his life, but as the day progresses, Tru becomes increasingly suspicious of Jack's intentions. And when Jack attempts to stop Tru from saving an innocent victim, she comes to the startling realization that he isn't her ally but her enemy.

Apr 29, 2004

Episode 20 - Two Weddings and a FuneralE2045m

Two Weddings and a Funeral

In the first season-finale episode, Tru and Jack--her sworn nemesis--find themselves on a collision course with the stakes as high as they can be after the body of Tru's brother, Harrison, asks for help. Despite his friendship with Harrison, Jack vows to ensure Harrison's death when the day rewinds. Tru struggles to protect her brother, and the game is on as an epic battle of life and death between Tru and Jack is set in motion. But Tru's attempts to save Harrison will lead to the shocking death of someone very close to her.

Apr 29, 2004

Actors

Eliza Dushku

Eliza Dushku

Tru Davies

Zach Galifianakis

Zach Galifianakis

Davis

Shawn Reaves

Shawn Reaves

Harrison Davies

Jason Priestley

Jason Priestley

Jack Harper

Recommendations

Penny Dreadful: City of Angels
The Institute
Outcast
Humans
Ghost Wars
Superstition
The Twilight Zone
Mr. Mercedes
Medium
Stephen King's Kingdom Hospital
Touch
Heroes
Tales from the Darkside
Masters of Horror
Joan of Arcadia
Fringe
Lisey's Story
iZombie
Tales from the Loop
The Terror

Similars

Vampire in the Garden
El don de Alba
Afterlife
GetBackers
Quirke
A Certain Scientific Railgun
A Certain Magical Index
Wonderfalls
Deadbeat
The Others
Minority Report
Silent Witness
Lockwood & Co.
Haunted
Da Vinci's Inquest
Forever
Psych
Amazing Stories
iZombie
Medium