Tru Calling (2003–2005)

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

Creator:

Jon Harmon Feldman

Stars:

Eliza Dushku, Shawn Reaves, Zach Galifianakis

3 nominations.

Cast

Series cast summary:
Eliza Dushku	...	Tru Davies (27 episodes, 2003-2005)
Shawn Reaves	...	Harrison Davies (27 episodes, 2003-2005)
Zach Galifianakis	...	Davis (27 episodes, 2003-2005)
A.J. Cook	...	Lindsay Walker (21 episodes, 2003-2004)
Matt Bomer	...	Luc Johnston (17 episodes, 2003-2004)
Jessica Collins	...	Meredith Davies (15 episodes, 2003-2004)
Jason Priestley	...	Jack Harper (13 episodes, 2004-2005)
Benjamín Benítez	...	Gardez (13 episodes, 2003-2004)

Storyline

Tru Davies, a medical grad student in Boston whose grant is suddenly pulled out from under her, takes a job at a local morgue. There, she discovers that she has the power to "re-live" the previous day over again to help the people who wrongly ended up dead. She uses this gift not only to save lives, but to help her trouble-plagued family - her older sister Meredith, a lawyer and drug addict in denial; and her younger, irresponsible, slacker, gambling brother Harrison.

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Plot Keywords:

morgue | dead | altering history | reliving same event | supernatural power | 

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Taglines:

Her destiny is calling...

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Genres:

Adventure | Drama | Fantasy

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Details

Official Sites:

Fox Home Entertainment - DVD site SCI-FI Channel

Country:

USA Canada

Language:

English

Release Date:

30 October 2003 (USA)

Also Known As:

Heroine

Filming Locations:

Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

"Oh That Gus!", 20th Century Fox Television, Fox Television Network

Technical Specs

Runtime:

60 min

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

Zach Galifianakis (Davis) disliked working on the show. He immediately left after table readings, throwing his script in the garbage and give sarcastic remarks to the writers. He has also smoked a lot of marijuana off the set.

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Goofs

In many of the episodes, the personal effects of the victims are shown with the bodies. In practice, these items are removed as evidence by the police before handing over the body to the morgue

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Quotes

Glenn Carpenter: There is something I always wanted to tell you, I always thought that you were the most beautiful girl in school... then you left that note in my locker...
Lindsay Walker: I left that note in your locker?
Glenn Carpenter: That note changed my life.
Lindsay Walker: It did?
Glenn Carpenter: It made me realize some very important thing... I couldn't have feelings for you, I couldn't have feelings for any girl.
Lindsay Walker: Are you telling me that my note, made you... gay?
Glenn Carpenter: A note made me gay! Let me tell you something, at 10th reunion... then the tiara is mine!
Lindsay Walker: Oh.

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Connections

Referenced in Family Guy: Family Gay (2009)

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Soundtracks

"In The Air Tonight"
Written by Phil Collins
Performed by Full Blown Rose

User Reviews

Who in their right mind would Cancel this!?

Tru Calling had a great premise, unlike anything else on TV at the time, and most episodes were interesting and mysterious. Eliza Dushku was in top form and had an excellent cast behind her, including Shawn Reaves as her wheeling, dealing brother Harrison. Everything fell into place on Tru Calling but it was on Fox which seems to be a curse for so many potentially good shows. I don't understand how so many bad shows manage to last so long while the few good ones that get on the air don't last much more than a season. Tru Calling now joins the ranks of some of the best shows that never got a fair chance: Firefly, Undergrads, Freaks and Geeks, Undeclared, and Clerks. In the years to come when more and more people discover these hidden gems they will wonder why some of the best TV from 99-04 got the axe while other shows that nobody will even be talking about got season after season. Perhaps the reason that TC didn't last so long is that it was too smart for the average viewer. It helps when you think about TC when your watching it. Tru Calling is not the pop song that so many other shows are, it is an opera filled with all sorts of layers. Tru Calling had such a good set up and did not get the chance follow through on its potential. There were so many amazing stories that they could have told if given the chance. If you have not seen Tru Calling and are on this page I suggest that you pick up the DVD sets as you'll end up going back to it time and time again. The best new show on TV in 2003/4 can be the best new show in your DVD collection, as it is in mine. Its too bad nobody could go back in time and save Tru Calling....... and Firefly and Undergrads and Clerks.........

The candle that burns twice as bright lasts half as long.