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The Worst Episodes of Tru Calling

Every episode of Tru Calling ranked from worst to best. Explore the Worst Episodes of Tru Calling!

A university graduate working in the city morgue is able to repeat the same day over again to prevent murders or other disasters.
Genres:Sci-Fi & FantasyDramaMystery
Networks:FOXSyfy

Worst Episodes Summary

"Haunted" is the worst rated episode of "Tru Calling". It scored 7.3/10 based on 271 votes. Directed by Michael Katleman and written by Douglas Petrie, it aired on 12/4/2003. This episode scored 0.1 points lower than the second lowest rated, "Death Becomes Her".

  • Haunted
    7.3/10271 votes
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    #1 - Haunted

    Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 12/4/2003

    When The body of medical student, Paige Sanders shows up at the morgue its up to Tru to change the events.

    Director: Michael Katleman

    Writer: Douglas Petrie

  • Death Becomes Her
    7.4/10243 votes
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    #2 - Death Becomes Her

    Season 1 Episode 17 - Aired 4/15/2004

    Tamyra Gray, who competed in the first season of AMERICAN IDOL and had a recurring role on BOSTON PUBLIC, plays Carly Anders, an actress who befriends Tru when she visits the morgue to research her next movie role as a forensic attendant. But when Carly's car goes off a bridge and sends her plummeting to her death, Tru's day restarts. As she pries into the private details of Carly's life, Tru makes a shocking discovery about her past. Meanwhile, against Tru's wishes, Jack continues to become fast friends with Harrison.

    Director: Michael Katleman

    Writer: Robert Doherty

  • Drop Dead Gorgeous
    7.5/10272 votes
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    #3 - Drop Dead Gorgeous

    Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 3/18/2004

    When a beauty contestant turns up dead backstage, Tru has a rewind and finds herself entering the contest to try to prevent the same events happening. Luc however has a new date and Tru has to face facts about their relationship.

    Director: Michael Katleman

    Writer: N/A

  • The Getaway
    7.5/10231 votes
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    #4 - The Getaway

    Season 1 Episode 15 - Aired 4/1/2004

    When the reporter who has been trying to expose Tru's secret gets shot by a gunman on a crime spree, Tru is torn about saving her. To complicate matters, Tru's attempts to enlist the police in capturing the shooter before he strikes are hampered when his actions don't repeat exactly what he did before her day rewound.

    Director: Guy Norman Bee

    Writer: N/A

  • Past Tense
    7.6/10276 votes
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    #5 - Past Tense

    Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 11/20/2003

    When five bodies arrive in the morgue and ask for her help, Tru's mission is five times more difficult. After learning that the victims died at a bachelor party, Tru poses as a bartender to gain access. As she tries to systematically determine if one of them is the killer, her curiosity raises their suspicions, putting her in jeopardy.

    Director: Jeff Woolnough

    Writer: Zack Estrin, Chris Levinson

  • Morning After
    7.6/10265 votes
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    #6 - Morning After

    Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 12/18/2003

    When Tru's ex-boyfriend Mark ends up dead in her bed she has to get closer to him to prevent it from happening.

    Director: David Barrett

    Writer: Robert Doherty

  • Reunion
    7.6/10256 votes
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    #7 - Reunion

    Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 1/22/2004

    Tru is stressed after being prompted by Davies to attend her high school's reunion. But disaster strikes in the midst of the reunion, sacrificing Tru's former bestfriend. When Tru was forced to relive the day, she finds out that more than one person could have done the deed.

    Director: Allan Kroeker

    Writer: Douglas Petrie

  • Pilot
    7.7/10363 votes
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    #8 - Pilot

    Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 10/30/2003

    Tru Davies suddenly discovers she can save lives. She is a smart and sexy recent college graduate who lands a job on the midnight shift at the city morgue. On her first night, Tru questions reality when she hears a beautiful murder victim asking for her help.

    Director: Phillip Noyce

    Writer: Jon Harmon Feldman

  • Brother's Keeper
    7.7/10281 votes
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    #9 - Brother's Keeper

    Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 11/13/2003

    When Tru's brother, Harrison, falls in love with a beautiful young woman, only Tru knows that he could be implicated in the death of the woman's estranged husband. Tru must race against time in order to keep her brother from committing murder or being killed himself

    Director: Paul Shapiro

    Writer: Jon Harmon Feldman

  • Star Crossed
    7.7/10266 votes
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    #10 - Star Crossed

    Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 12/11/2003

    Tru gets asked for help by a young couple who died in a car accident. As she tries to save them she realizes its not a simple crash.

    Director: Sanford Bookstaver

    Writer: Chad Hodge

  • Closure
    7.7/10271 votes
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    #11 - Closure

    Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 1/8/2004

    Jake, an overseas hero wounded in battle, has been placed in a military hospital while his wounds heal. However he is determined at any cost to leave the hospital to find the girlfriend he left behind before he shipped out. He desperately needs an explanation for the cold letter she sent him while he was overseas.

    Director: David Solomon

    Writer: Jon Harmon Feldman

  • Murder in the Morgue
    7.7/10259 votes
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    #12 - Murder in the Morgue

    Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 1/15/2004

    When a dead bride comes into morgue, her devastated financé comes into the morgue. Tru lets him to have some time alone with his loved one. When Davis comes in, he's mad at Tru for letting the man near the body. He finds him removing the bullet from the body. Davis tries to call the security but the man shoots him. He shoots at Tru, but the dead bride asks for help right before the bullet hits Tru. Tru has to find out who was the man, did he kill the bride and why was she killed, and ultimately she needs to save her life.

    Director: David Solomon

    Writer: Zack Estrin, Chris Levinson

  • Valentine
    7.7/10238 votes
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    #13 - Valentine

    Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 2/12/2004

    Tru goes on a romantic get-a-way with Luc only to run into Harrison and Lindsey and a serial killer.

    Director: Paul Shapiro

    Writer: Robert Doherty

  • Perfect Storm
    7.7/10262 votes
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    #14 - Perfect Storm

    Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 3/31/2005

    Jack comes back to town two months after the events of the Season One finale. Tru's dad decides to move to town. Harrison has been at a new job for six weeks. Tru has started med school, thanks to Davis pulling some strings. When a young Harbor Patrol officer dies in a white squall while rescuing some students and asks for help, Tru has to compete against Jack to save her life.

    Director: Michael Katleman

    Writer: Jon Harmon Feldman

  • Putting Out Fires
    7.8/10321 votes
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    #15 - Putting Out Fires

    Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 11/6/2003

    When the corpse of a handsome young man asks for Tru's help, she quickly learns he's a determined firefighter killed trying to save two children trapped in an apartment building fire. As Tru tries to change the man's fate, the day gets even more complicated when she develops feelings for him in the episode.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Rear Window
    7.8/10227 votes
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    #16 - Rear Window

    Season 1 Episode 18 - Aired 4/22/2004

    When a male corpse with the same name as a female neighbor of Tru's comes into the morgue, Tru suspects identity theft. When the day restarts, Tru's investigation takes an unexpected turn that makes it difficult to sort out just who is the victim and who is the criminal. Meanwhile, Tru and Davis piece together some information about Jack, who hasn't been forthcoming about everything in his past.

    Director: Paul Shapiro, Michael Katleman

    Writer: William Sind

  • In the Dark
    7.9/10256 votes
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    #17 - In the Dark

    Season 2 Episode 3 - Aired 4/7/2005

    When there's a death at the morgue during Tru's birthday party, and the victim's identity is obscured by darkness, Tru grows convinced that the victim is one of her friends, while Davis concludes it's Carrie who will die.

    Director: Rick Rosenthal

    Writer: Jane Espenson

  • Enough
    7.9/10250 votes
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    #18 - Enough

    Season 2 Episode 5 - Aired 4/21/2005

    When someone close to Tru is killed, his body doesn't ask for help. As Tru seizes an opportunity to try saving him, Jack ominously tells her there are consequences to breaking the rules.

    Director: Guy Norman Bee

    Writer: Robert Doherty

  • Daddy's Girl
    8.0/10248 votes
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    #19 - Daddy's Girl

    Season 1 Episode 14 - Aired 3/25/2004

    Tru's father comes into town, and she is forced to help her step-mother, after she asks for help. Also, Jack Harper comes to the morgue looking for a job.

    Director: Jesús Salvador Treviño

    Writer: Jon Harmon Feldman, Zack Estrin, Chris Levinson

  • D.O.A.
    8.0/10238 votes
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    #20 - D.O.A.

    Season 1 Episode 19 - Aired 4/29/2004

    Tru and Davis remain stunned by the revelation that Jack can relive days like Tru. Excited to have a new partner, Tru teams up with Jack to ensure a doctor's dying wish to help others in his life, but as the day progresses, Tru becomes increasingly suspicious of Jack's intentions. And when Jack attempts to stop Tru from saving an innocent victim, she comes to the startling realization that he isn't her ally but her enemy.

    Director: Dan Lerner

    Writer: Zack Estrin, Chris Levinson

  • Two Pair
    8.1/10254 votes
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    #21 - Two Pair

    Season 1 Episode 16 - Aired 4/8/2004

    Tru faces a new dilemma when her day fails to restart after a body asks for help. Fearful that her gift has deserted her, Tru is shocked later that day when a different body's plea forces the day to restart. Now, she must race against the clock to save two people on the same day in different parts of the city. Jack reveals a bit about his sinister intentions.

    Director: Rick Rosenthal

    Writer: Doris Egan

  • Grace
    8.1/10271 votes
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    #22 - Grace

    Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 3/31/2005

    When a psychiatrist is gunned down, Tru tries to identify the killer… but Jacks meddling implicates her in the murder.

    Director: Dan Lerner

    Writer: Doris Egan

  • 'Twas the Night Before Christmas... Again
    8.1/10298 votes
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    #23 - 'Twas the Night Before Christmas... Again

    Season 2 Episode 6 - Aired 1/21/2008

    It's Christmas Eve but death does not take time off for the holidays. Dark secrets are revealed but a lot is left unanswered. This episode was not aired during the original run in the United States, and was not broadcast in the US until January of 2008 as part of a "marathon" on the Sci-Fi cable netowork.

    Director: Jesús Salvador Treviño

    Writer: Zack Estrin

  • The Longest Day
    8.6/10303 votes
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    #24 - The Longest Day

    Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 2/5/2004

    Tru is forced to relive a day to rescue a man from getting his heart shot. But her rescue mission takes a dangerous turn when she accidentally sacrifice a shopowner in order to save the man, and she finds herself caught in a loop of rewinding days, and it won't end unless she, herself, find an end.

    Director: David Grossman

    Writer: N/A

  • The Last Good Day
    8.6/10297 votes
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    #25 - The Last Good Day

    Season 2 Episode 4 - Aired 4/14/2005

    When Jack meets a strange woman at the train station and then witnesses her death, he's the one she turns to for help. Tru's day also rewinds, though, and she discovers how Jack is able to be in the right place at the right time.

    Director: Michael Katleman

    Writer: Richard Hatem