The essential episodes of Tru Calling
Watch these 10 in order and you've got Tru Calling — each pick states its reason.
- 01
In the series pilot, Tru seeks to reverse the dire fates awaiting her younger brother, a compulsive gambler; and a woman entangled in messy romances.
- 02
Flatliners embattle Tru, who stumbles upon bizarre afterlife experiments conducted by a clique of med students that includes a vulnerable young woman with a troubled past who's in grave danger.
- 03
Beauty-pageant intrigue envelops Tru, who's posing as a contestant to foil a murder plot that's linked to a blackmail scheme. Meanwhile, a reporter probes Tru's ties to crime scenes.
- 04
A dogged reporter vexes Tru, who later seeks to undo the journalist's murder in a botched robbery that yields surprises. So, too, does the new morgue assistant, who bonds with Harrison at the race track.
- 05
Identity theft sires intrigue in a "Rear Window"-style scenario linked to Tru's apartment view, from which she sees a woman imperiled by a man who's later murdered. Meanwhile, light is shed on Jack's secret past.
- 06
The plight of a heart-attack victim and his tangled relationships set the stage for Tru's "redo" day, during which she discovers startling revelations concerning her mysterious associate.
- 07
A battle of wills pits Tru against Jack, who tells her to "stop messing with fate"---a warning that haunts her involvement in the destinies of her brother and a former lover.
- 08
Engulfed in a furious squall, a harbor-patrol officer's fate hinges on Tru's guile and her clash of wills with the evil Jack Harper. Harper's now in league with Tru's father, a devilish lawyer manipulating Harrison.
- 09
A cry for help rattles Jack, who struggles with his role in the fate of a suicidal loner he's grown fond of, on a complex day that also pits him against Tru and her conspiratorial father.
- 10
'Twas the Night Before Christmas... Again
A mystery binds combatants Tru and Jack, uneasy partners in a help call centering on a homicide that goes back some six months and involves an adulterer. Another storyline reveals the darker side of Tru's dad.
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