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

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  1. #1 Worst Episode
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    Tru Calling Season 1 Episode 5 - Haunted
    7.3/10(286 votes)

    #1 - Haunted

    S1:E5

    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

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  2. Tru Calling Season 1 Episode 17 - Death Becomes Her
    7.4/10(254 votes)

    #2 - Death Becomes Her

    S1:E17

    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

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  3. Tru Calling Season 1 Episode 15 - The Getaway
    7.5/10(244 votes)

    #3 - The Getaway

    S1:E15

    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:Unknown

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  4. Tru Calling Season 1 Episode 4 - Past Tense
    7.6/10(291 votes)

    #4 - Past Tense

    S1:E4

    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
    Writers:Zack Estrin, Chris Levinson

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  5. Tru Calling Season 1 Episode 6 - Star Crossed
    7.6/10(281 votes)

    #5 - Star Crossed

    S1:E6

    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

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  6. Tru Calling Season 1 Episode 7 - Morning After
    7.6/10(281 votes)

    #6 - Morning After

    S1:E7

    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

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  7. Tru Calling Season 1 Episode 8 - Closure
    7.6/10(285 votes)

    #7 - Closure

    S1:E8

    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

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  8. Tru Calling Season 1 Episode 10 - Reunion
    7.6/10(269 votes)

    #8 - Reunion

    S1:E10

    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

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  9. Tru Calling Season 1 Episode 13 - Drop Dead Gorgeous
    7.6/10(286 votes)

    #9 - Drop Dead Gorgeous

    S1:E13

    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:Unknown

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  10. Tru Calling Season 1 Episode 1 - Pilot
    7.7/10(381 votes)

    #10 - Pilot

    S1:E1

    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

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  11. Tru Calling Season 1 Episode 3 - Brother's Keeper
    7.7/10(294 votes)

    #11 - Brother's Keeper

    S1:E3

    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

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  12. Tru Calling Season 1 Episode 9 - Murder in the Morgue
    7.7/10(273 votes)

    #12 - Murder in the Morgue

    S1:E9

    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
    Writers:Zack Estrin, Chris Levinson

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  13. Tru Calling Season 1 Episode 12 - Valentine
    7.7/10(252 votes)

    #13 - Valentine

    S1:E12

    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

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  14. Tru Calling Season 2 Episode 1 - Perfect Storm
    7.7/10(272 votes)

    #14 - Perfect Storm

    S2:E1

    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

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  15. Tru Calling Season 1 Episode 2 - Putting Out Fires
    7.8/10(334 votes)

    #15 - Putting Out Fires

    S1:E2

    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:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  16. Tru Calling Season 1 Episode 18 - Rear Window
    7.8/10(239 votes)

    #16 - Rear Window

    S1:E18

    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.

    Directors:Michael Katleman, Paul Shapiro
    Writer:William Sind

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  17. Tru Calling Season 2 Episode 3 - In the Dark
    7.9/10(266 votes)

    #17 - In the Dark

    S2:E3

    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

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  18. Tru Calling Season 2 Episode 5 - Enough
    7.9/10(259 votes)

    #18 - Enough

    S2:E5

    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

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  19. Tru Calling Season 1 Episode 14 - Daddy's Girl
    8.0/10(262 votes)

    #19 - Daddy's Girl

    S1:E14

    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
    Writers:Jon Harmon Feldman, Zack Estrin, Chris Levinson

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  20. Tru Calling Season 1 Episode 19 - D.O.A.
    8.0/10(252 votes)

    #20 - D.O.A.

    S1:E19

    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
    Writers:Zack Estrin, Chris Levinson

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  21. Tru Calling Season 1 Episode 16 - Two Pair
    8.1/10(267 votes)

    #21 - Two Pair

    S1:E16

    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

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  22. Tru Calling Season 2 Episode 2 - Grace
    8.2/10(280 votes)

    #22 - Grace

    S2:E2

    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

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  23. Tru Calling Season 2 Episode 6 - 'Twas the Night Before Christmas... Again
    8.2/10(309 votes)

    #23 - 'Twas the Night Before Christmas... Again

    S2:E6

    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

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  24. Tru Calling Season 1 Episode 11 - The Longest Day
    8.6/10(316 votes)

    #24 - The Longest Day

    S1:E11

    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:Unknown

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  25. Tru Calling Season 2 Episode 4 - The Last Good Day
    8.6/10(307 votes)

    #25 - The Last Good Day

    S2:E4

    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

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Worst Episodes Summary

"Haunted" is the worst rated episode of "Tru Calling". It scored 7.3/10 based on 286 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".