Tru Calling
A morgue worker relives days to save the dead.
Tru Calling is an American supernatural drama television series that aired on Fox from October 30, 2003, to April 21, 2005. The show stars Eliza Dushku as Tru Davies, a medical school student who discovers she can relive days to prevent deaths after taking a job at a city morgue. Created by Jon Harmon Feldman, the series was produced by Original Film, Oh That Gus!, Inc., and 20th Century Fox Television.
Quick Facts
- Genre
- Supernatural; Drama
- Creator
- Jon Harmon Feldman
- Theme music
- We 3 Kings
- Opening theme
- "Somebody Help Me" by Full Blown Rose
- Composer
- Robert Duncan
- Jon Ehrlich
- Jason Derlatka
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Seasons
- 2
Facts from the source article.
Series overview
Tru is aided by her boss, Davis, who acts as a sort of guide and mentor and is later revealed to have known about Tru's mother, the last person to receive the calling before her daughter. Her best friend Lindsey does not know Tru's secret, while her impulsive younger brother Harrison is good-natured and bumbling. Tru keeps her secret from her boyfriends and her sister Meredith, who has a drug problem. Halfway through the first season, Tru meets Jack Harper, a man who shares her abilities but works to preserve fate by ensuring the people Tru tries to help stay dead; the series was canceled before their struggle concluded. In the first-season finale, it is revealed that Tru's father knows Jack and had played a similarly antagonistic role against Tru's mother, hiring a hitman to kill her, though neither Harrison nor Tru found out. The second season does not feature Lindsey or Meredith, whose characters are not mentioned, and has Tru juggling medical school and her life-saving ability while Jack aims to foil her.
Cancellation
The show ended in 2005 after poor ratings. Its last episode aired outside the United States before it reached American audiences, leaving several storylines unresolved. In season two, Tru’s love interest Jensen, a medical student, starts recalling memories from a timeline where he died, which makes him fixate on death. Despite their earlier hostility, Tru invites Jack to her Christmas party, suggesting he could eventually help her oppose her father, Richard. Dr. Carrie Allen, the morgue’s new psychologist who was secretly working for Jack to manipulate Davis, learns the truth about Tru’s time-rewinding ability from Davis, though Davis hasn’t told Tru yet. At the party, Jack tells Tru’s father he still plans to ensure Jensen dies, even after failing to make that death happen in the prior episode. A Russian adaptation, titled Я отменяю смерть (I Revoke the Death), debuted on TV-3 on October 9, 2012.
Broadcast
The series completed airing in its entirety in New Zealand first, with the second season beginning on TV3 on February 4, 2005, and the final episode shown on March 11, 2005. After nearly a year-long hiatus in the US, new episodes began on Fox on March 31, 2005, but the series was pulled again in favor of Fox's new show Point Pleasant. The final episode screened in many other territories before it finally aired in the US on January 21, 2008 on Syfy. The complete series also aired in Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Bulgaria, Chile, Colombia, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, Hong Kong, Hungary, Iceland, India, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Malaysia, Pakistan, Portugal, South Africa, Singapore, Slovakia, and the United Kingdom. It first aired in Spain in 2005 on the FOX cable channel, and in summer 2006 made its public debut on Antena 3 before moving to its secondary channel Neox, where several reruns followed.
Frequently Asked Questions
Which network aired Tru Calling?
Tru Calling aired on Fox (episodes 1–25) and Syfy (episode 26).
How many episodes of Tru Calling are there?
Tru Calling has 26 episodes across 2 seasons.
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