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Tru Calling is an American television program, filmed in Vancouver, Canada, which premiered on the Fox Network in October 2003. It ran for two seasons and a total of 26 episodes before being canceled in January 2005.
Season two of Tru Calling first aired in New Zealand on TV3 beginning February 4 2005, with the final episode shown on March 11, 2005, in Croatia, the following March/April; and, after nearly a year-long hiatus, in the U.S.

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Tru Calling is an American television program, filmed in Vancouver, Canada, which premiered on the Fox Network in October 2003. It ran for two seasons and a total of 26 episodes before being canceled in January 2005.
Season two of Tru Calling first aired in New Zealand on TV3 beginning February 4 2005, with the final episode shown on March 11, 2005, in Croatia, the following March/April; and, after nearly a year-long hiatus, in the U.S. beginning March 31, 2005. In the United Kingdom, the second season began October 12, 2006, on Sky One.
The complete series also aired in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Hungary, Pakistan, India, Israel, Italy, Malaysia, Portugal, Singapore, Slovakia and Bulgaria.
DVDs of both seasons have been released in the United States and the United Kingdom. The final episode filmed was not broadcast in the U.S. until January 21, 2008, when it aired as part of a marathon on SCI FI.
Premise
The lead character, Tru Davies (Eliza Dushku), is a young woman working the night shift at the city morgue. Occasionally, the corpse of a newly dead person appears to awaken and utter the words "Help me" to her. As they do, Tru wakens with a start at the beginning of the same day, finding herself compelled to stop the death, which may be the result of anything from suicide to murder. In the course of the re-run day, Tru often takes the opportunity to rectify various personal situations involving family and friends.
Supporting characters in the series include Harrison Davies (Shawn Reaves), Tru's irresponsible younger brother (who becomes a loyal asset to Tru by the end of the first season), and Davis (Zach Galifianakis), her friend, confidante, and supervisor at the Morgue.
As the series progresses, it is revealed that several years earlier, Davis had a fateful encounter with Tru's mother (who was, apparently, the last person to receive the "calling" before her daughter).
Supporting characters surviving only a portion of the series included: Meredith Davies (Jessica Collins), Tru's older sister; Lindsay Walker (A. J. Cook), her best friend in the first season; Luc Johnston (Matthew Bomer), her love interest in the first season; and Gardez (Benjamin Benitez), her former co-worker at the morgue.
Jack Harper (Jason Priestley), a counterpart to Tru's character, is introduced midseason as a foil. He is there to make sure fate gets its way and introduces a philosophical aspect to Tru's endeavors: should she be saving the lives of people who may have been intended to die? In the second season, Tru and Jack compete to get to a person first — she to save them, and he to restore the order of fate and maintain the balance of the universe as he understands it. It is eventually revealed that Tru's father had played a similarly antagonistic role to Tru's mother.
Episode list
Cancellation
On April 20, 2005, Fox announced that the sixth and final episode would not be aired, and that the series would end its run one week early with the episode they originally intended to show the following evening.
Cast
Main Characters
Special Guest Stars
Season two featured some recurring "Special Guest Stars", notably:
Guest Stars
Tru's two Medical School friends were also recurring characters in season two.
The pilot episode was directed by famous Australian filmmaker Phillip Noyce. He made a name for himself directing successful action movies such as Patriot Games and Clear and Present Danger. Tru Calling was created by executive producer/writer Jon Harmon Feldman. Marty Adelstein, Neal H. Moritz, Dawn Parouse and R. W. (Bob) Goodwin are also executive producers.
U.S. television ratings
Seasonal rankings (based on average total viewers per episode) of Tru Calling on FOX. The Last episode was shown on Sci Fi.
Note: Each U.S. network television season begins in late September and ends in late May, which coincides with the completion of May sweeps.
| Season | Timeslot (Thursdays) | TV Season | U.S. Season Premiere | U.S. Season Finale | Season Rank | Viewers (in millions) |
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| 1 | 8:00 / 7:00 pm | 2003–2004 | October 30, 2003 | April 29, 2004 | #151 | 4.50 | | 2 | 9:00 / 8:00 pm | | March 31, 2005 | January 21, 2008 | #121 | 4.89 | These episodes (intended for fall 2004) did not air in the United States until the Sci Fi Channel aired them, and that the second season originally aired in New Zealand from 4 February 2005 – 11 March 2005. |
DVD releases
Region 1
Region 2 & 4
- Tru Calling Season 1
- Region 4 — August 9, 2005
- Tru Calling Season 2
- Region 4 — August 9, 2005
External links
- The LiveJournal of Tru Calling staff writer Doris Egan revealing where the Season 2 story arc was going.
(In reverse chronological order intermixed with other topics) - The Tru Calling posts archived in chronological order.
- A virtual continuation of the series.
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