Tru Calling

Tru is aided by her boss, Davis (Zach Galifianakis), who acts as a sort of guide and mentor, who is later revealed to have known about Tru's mother (who was, apparently, the last person to receive the "calling" before her daughter), her best friend Lindsey (A.J. Cook), who doesn't know Tru's secret, and her impulsive, good-natured and bumbling younger brother Harrison (Shawn Reaves). Tru keeps her secret from her boyfriends, as well as her sister Meredith (Jessica Collins), who has a drug problem.

Halfway through the first season, Tru's life gets much more complicated when she meets Jack Harper (Jason Priestley), a man who shares Tru's abilities but who works to preserve what he sees as the hand of Fate by ensuring that the people Tru tries to help stay dead, though the series was canceled before the conclusion of their struggle was written. In the first-season finale, it is revealed that Tru's father knows Jack Harper and that he had played a similarly antagonistic role versus Tru's mother, terminating her by hiring a hitman to kill her, though neither Harrison nor Tru found out.

The second season does not feature Tru's best friend Lindsey nor her sister Meredith, whose characters are not mentioned. This season has Tru juggling medical school and her live-saving ability, while Jack aims to foil her attempts at every turn.

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• Eliza Dushku as Tru Davies
• Shawn Reaves as Harrison Davies
• Zach Galifianakis as Davis
• A. J. Cook as Lindsey Walker (season 1)
• Matt Bomer as Luc Johnston (season 1)
• Jessica Collins as Meredith Davies (season 1)
• Benjamín Benítez as Gardez (season 1)
• Jason Priestley as Jack Harper

• Liz Vassey as Dr. Carrie Allen (season 2)
• Cotter Smith as Richard Davies (season 2)
• Eric Christian Olsen as Jensen Ritchie (season 2)
• Lizzy Caplan as Avery Bishop (season 2)
• Parry Shen as Tyler Li (season 2)

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|Title=Pilot

|DirectedBy=Phillip Noyce

|WrittenBy=Jon Harmon Feldman

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2003|10|30}}

|ProdCode=1AHP79

|ShortSummary=After graduating from college, hopeful medical school student Tru Davies is forced to take a job with the city morgue after finding out that her planned internship at a local hospital was no longer available. When a woman arrives at the morgue who died before her time, Tru sees the woman seemingly awaken and ask for Tru's help. The entire day rewinds, and Tru finds herself racing against the clock in order to save the woman's life before she dies, alongside trying to fix some of her own mistakes.

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|EpisodeNumber2=2

|Title=Putting Out Fires

|DirectedBy=Thomas J. Wright

|WrittenBy={{StoryTeleplay|s=Chris Brancato & Albert J. Salke|t=Chris Brancato}}

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2003|11|6}}

|ProdCode=1AHP01

|ShortSummary=When her relationship with one of her former professors falls through, Tru finds herself questioning the possibility of a relationship contending with her secret. However, when two victims of a fire – a girl and an attractive firefighter – ask for her help, Tru finds herself falling in unexpected love as she tries to prevent arson.

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|EpisodeNumber=3

|EpisodeNumber2=3

|Title=Brother's Keeper

|DirectedBy=Paul Shapiro

|WrittenBy=Jon Harmon Feldman

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2003|11|13}}

|ProdCode=1AHP02

|ShortSummary=Tru is relieved when Harrison finally seems to have met the right woman. But questions are asked and unsettling suspects raised when Harrison's new girlfriend's murdered ex-husband arrives at the morgue and asks for Tru's help.

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|EpisodeNumber=4

|EpisodeNumber2=4

|Title=Past Tense

|DirectedBy=Jeff Woolnough

|WrittenBy=Zack Estrin & Chris Levinson

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2003|11|20}}

|ProdCode=1AHP03

|ShortSummary=Tru tries to get a handle on living with her gift, but soon finds her hands full as five men all arrive at the morgue, each having died at the same bachelor party, as all five of them ask for her help. The only problem is, each came in under a gurney sheet and Tru has no idea what any of them look like.

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|EpisodeNumber=5

|EpisodeNumber2=5

|Title=Haunted

|DirectedBy=Michael Katleman

|WrittenBy=Douglas Petrie

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2003|12|4}}

|ProdCode=1AHP04

|ShortSummary=When a brilliant young med student arrives at the morgue, Tru tries to help her even as she questions her own life, as her dreams of going to med school herself seem to have been put on hold by her newfound responsibilities. Things get even more complicated, however, when Tru discovers that the young woman was part of a highly illegal and risky experiment to temporarily die in order to recover lost memories. Davis tells Tru that he knows about her secret.

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|EpisodeNumber=6

|EpisodeNumber2=6

|Title=Star-Crossed

|DirectedBy=Sanford Bookstaver

|WrittenBy=Chad Hodge

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2003|12|11}}

|ProdCode=1AHP05

|ShortSummary=What at first looks similar to Romeo and Juliet turns complicated and dangerous when Tru investigates the deaths of two students who both attended the same expensive academy who died together in a car accident.

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|EpisodeNumber=7

|EpisodeNumber2=7

|Title=Morning After

|DirectedBy=Dave Barrett

|WrittenBy=Robert Doherty

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2003|12|18}}

|ProdCode=1AHP06

|ShortSummary=After a belated house-warming party, Tru wakes up with the dead body of her ex-boyfriend lying in her bed.

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|EpisodeNumber=8

|EpisodeNumber2=8

|Title=Closure

|DirectedBy=David Solomon

|WrittenBy=Jon Harmon Feldman

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2004|1|8}}

|ProdCode=1AHP07

|ShortSummary=Tru helps a military veteran who's accidentally shot and killed. Meanwhile, her personal life gets complicated after a harsh phone call from the Davies' mostly absent father prompts her sister Meredith to take her boss Davis out on a date.

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|EpisodeNumber=9

|EpisodeNumber2=9

|Title=Murder in the Morgue

|DirectedBy=David Solomon

|WrittenBy=Zack Estrin & Chris Levinson

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2004|1|15}}

|ProdCode=1AHP08

|ShortSummary=When Tru catches a man in the act of covering up a murder, he shoots Davis and fires at Tru before the day rewinds. Meanwhile, she tries to prove to Harrison once and for all that she really does relive days.

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|EpisodeNumber=10

|EpisodeNumber2=10

|Title=Reunion

|DirectedBy=Allan Kroeker

|WrittenBy=Douglas Petrie

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2004|1|22}}

|ProdCode=1AHP09

|ShortSummary=When Tru and Lindsay attend their high school reunion, Tru finds herself trying to save the life of the woman who was once her best friend but callously dumped her five years earlier in order to steal her prom date and become Prom Queen.

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|EpisodeNumber=11

|EpisodeNumber2=11

|Title=The Longest Day

|DirectedBy=David Grossman

|WrittenBy={{StoryTeleplay|s=Dana Greenblatt|t=Chad Hodge}}

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2004|2|5}}

|ProdCode=1AHP10

|ShortSummary=Tru finds herself stuck in a tragic loop as she rushes to prevent a murder at a local grocery store, only to have the day rewind over and over again as each of her actions inadvertently cause the death of a different unintended victim each time.

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|EpisodeNumber2=12

|Title=Valentine

|DirectedBy=Paul Shapiro

|WrittenBy=Robert Doherty

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2004|2|12}}

|ProdCode=1AHP11

|ShortSummary=Tru, Lindsay, Luc, and Harrison visit a remote mountain retreat for Valentine's Day.

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|EpisodeNumber=13

|EpisodeNumber2=13

|Title=Drop Dead Gorgeous

|DirectedBy=Michael Katleman

|WrittenBy={{StoryTeleplay|s=Scott Shepherd|t=Robert Doherty & Jon Harmon Feldman}}

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2004|3|18}}

|ProdCode=1AHP12

|ShortSummary=Tru enters a beauty pageant in order to prevent the murder of a contestant. Davis shares an earth-shattering secret with Tru about the woman before her who also relived days.

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|EpisodeNumber=14

|EpisodeNumber2=14

|Title=Daddy's Girl

|DirectedBy=Jesús Salvador Treviño

|WrittenBy=Chris Levinson & Zack Estrin & Jon Harmon Feldman

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2004|3|25}}

|ProdCode=1AHP13

|ShortSummary=Tru, still reeling from Davis' revelations about her mother, is further shocked when her cold, aloof father returns to town with his second wife and two children. The character Jack Harper is introduced.

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|EpisodeNumber=15

|EpisodeNumber2=15

|Title=The Getaway

|DirectedBy=Guy Bee

|WrittenBy={{StoryTeleplay|s=Scott Shepherd|t=Stephanie Williams & Paula Yoo}}

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2004|4|1}}

|ProdCode=1AHP14

|ShortSummary=A newspaper reporter has been struggling to discover Tru's secret by questioning her and Davis about why Tru is at the location of so many prevented crimes, and about Tru's seemingly psychic ability to know when trouble is going to happen. When she's killed and asks for help, Tru has to keep her safe while protecting her own secret.

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|EpisodeNumber=16

|EpisodeNumber2=16

|Title=Two Pair

|DirectedBy=Rick Rosenthal

|WrittenBy=Doris Egan

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2004|4|8}}

|ProdCode=1AHP16

|ShortSummary=Tru has a mystery to solve when two bodies with seemingly no connection to each other both ask her for help. Jack tries to piece together the mystery of Davis' past. Davis finally reveals to Tru and Harrison his connection to their family.

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|EpisodeNumber2=17

|Title=Death Becomes Her

|DirectedBy=Michael Katleman

|WrittenBy=Robert Doherty

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2004|4|15}}

|ProdCode=1AHP15

|ShortSummary=Carly Anders (special guest star Tamyra Gray), a famous movie star, befriends Tru while spending the day with her doing research for a job. Things abruptly take a turn for the worse when Carly dies and Tru must race to save her.

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|Title=Rear Window

|DirectedBy=Michael Katleman
Paul Shapiro

|WrittenBy=William Sind

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2004|4|22}}

|ProdCode=1AHP17

|ShortSummary=Tru must figure out who the identity thief is when two Chris Berensons enter her life. Davis and Tru discover Jack's secret.

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|EpisodeNumber2=19

|Title=D.O.A.

|DirectedBy=Dan Lerner

|WrittenBy=Zack Estrin & Chris Levinson

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2004|4|29}}

|ProdCode=1AHP18

|ShortSummary=Tru is initially overjoyed at the idea of having another person in the world who actually understands her burden – but she's horrified to find out that while she uses her power to try to save lives, Jack believes in a different path.

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|Title=Two Weddings and a Funeral

|DirectedBy=Michael Katleman

|WrittenBy=Jon Harmon Feldman

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2004|4|29}}

|ProdCode=1AHP19

|ShortSummary=As Lindsay's nuptials approach, Tru is torn apart when Harrison is murdered. Thankfully, Harrison asks for her help and the day rewinds – but Tru must fight to defend what she loves when every move she makes to save Harrison is opposed by Jack, leading to an explosive ending and a shocking secret.

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|EpisodeNumber2=1

|Title=Perfect Storm

|DirectedBy=Michael Katleman

|WrittenBy=Jon Harmon Feldman

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2005|3|31}}

|ProdCode=2AHP01

|ShortSummary=After the explosive events of the season one finale, Tru is relieved to have had two months of peace, during which time Davis pulled some strings and Tru began auditing med-school classes. Her life is once again turned upside down when Jack reappears, fighting to prevent Tru from saving a Harbor Patrol officer who drowned in a rescue attempt.

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|EpisodeNumber=22

|EpisodeNumber2=2

|Title=Grace

|DirectedBy=Dan Lerner

|WrittenBy=Doris Egan

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2005|3|31}}

|ProdCode=2AHP02

|ShortSummary=The battle between Tru and Jack surges to dangerous new heights when Jack deviously frames Tru for the murder of the psychiatrist that Tru was trying to save, leaving her on the run from the law.

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|EpisodeNumber=23

|EpisodeNumber2=3

|Title=In the Dark

|DirectedBy=Rick Rosenthal

|WrittenBy=Jane Espenson

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2005|4|7}}

|ProdCode=2AHP03

|ShortSummary=In an effort to cheer Tru up, Harrison gets Tru's new med-school friends and Davis to help him throw her a surprise birthday party at the morgue. Things quickly get complicated, however, when the lights surge out and somebody asks for Tru's help – but due to the dark, Tru has no idea who he was or what he looks like.

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|EpisodeNumber=24

|EpisodeNumber2=4

|Title=The Last Good Day

|DirectedBy=Michael Katleman

|WrittenBy=Richard Hatem

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2005|4|14}}

|ProdCode=2AHP04

|ShortSummary=Tru and Jack have no idea how to react when a woman that Jack is interested in commits suicide and then asks him for help, causing both Tru and Jack to experience each other's powers and leading Tru to believe that Jack is meant to save her. A distraught Jack turns to Tru's father for advice.

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|EpisodeNumber=25

|EpisodeNumber2=5

|Title=Enough

|DirectedBy=Guy Bee

|WrittenBy=Robert Doherty

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2005|4|21}}

|ProdCode=2AHP05

|ShortSummary=After her entanglements with Jack and the growing tension of fighting to save lives every day, Tru snaps when Jensen (Eric Christian Olsen) is killed in a robbery and his body doesn't ask for help. Jack tries to convince Tru of the wrongness of her actions as she desperately tries to outwit Fate by finding another body to ask for help so that her day will rewind and she can save Jensen.

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|EpisodeNumber=26

|EpisodeNumber2=6

|Title='Twas the Night Before Christmas... Again

|DirectedBy=Jesús Salvador Treviño

|WrittenBy=Zack Estrin

|OriginalAirDate= Unaired

|ProdCode=2AHP06

|ShortSummary=On Christmas Eve, Tru reluctantly finds herself working with Jack when an old cadaver asks for help, leaving her confused as to Jack's true motives. Harrison, believing his father is having an affair, accidentally catches Richard meeting with Jack, leading to disastrous consequences. Jensen begins to subtly act out of character since Tru subverted Fate by saving him.

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The series was canceled in 2005 due to low ratings. The final episode aired in many other territories before it screened in the US. The cancellation ended the series with multiple unresolved cliffhangers:

• Tru's season two romantic interest, a fellow medical student named Jensen, begins to remember moments of him and Tru together from the negated timeline where he was killed, causing him to obsess over death.
• Although initially highly antagonistic to Jack, Tru invites him to her Christmas get-together, hinting that he may in time become an ally against her father, Richard.
• Dr. Carrie Allen, the new psychologist at the morgue, who'd been revealed in earlier episodes as an agent of Jack's working to seduce and subvert Davis, is told the truth about Tru's power to rewind by Davis; Davis has yet to inform Tru.
• Jack, talking to Tru's father at her party, hints that he is still intent on making sure Jensen dies, despite having failed to seal his fated death in the previous episode.

The series has been adapted in Russia using the title Я отменяю смерть, pronounced as "Ja otmenjaju smertj'", and translated to I Revoke the Death, premiering in the country on TV-3 on October 9, 2012.{{cite web|url=http://tv3.ru|title=Я отменяю смерть on TV-3 website}}

The series completed airing in its entirety in New Zealand first. The second season began airing in the country on TV3 on February 4, 2005, with the final episode shown on March 11, 2005. After nearly a year-long hiatus in the U.S., new episodes began on Fox on March 31, 2005. However, the series was pulled again in favour of Fox's new show Point Pleasant and the final episode was screened in many other territories before it finally aired in the U.S. 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 was first aired in Spain in 2005 in the FOX cable channel. In summer 2006 Tru Calling made its public debut in Antena 3 and was later moved to its secondary channel, Neox, where the show had several reruns during the following years.

Notes

:Each U.S. network television season begins in late September and ends in late May, which coincides with the completion of May sweeps.

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Category:Television shows filmed in Vancouver

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