From: liam@valentijn.nu   
      
   Op 30-3-2019 om 14:20 schreef David:   
   > https://thespinoff.co.nz/tv/30-03-2019/tru-calling-was-the-wor   
   t-best-show-and-we-need-it-back/   
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   >   
   > Tru Calling was the worst best show and we need it back   
   >   
   > Two seasons, one Eliza Dushku, and a pre-Hangover Zach Galifinakis – how   
   > could a show with all this fail? Sam Rutledge writes about the   
   > two-season wonder that was Tru Calling.   
   >   
   > I have a controversial opinion for you: the short lived Fox network   
   > drama Tru Calling was actually good.   
   >   
   > “Wait, what show?” I hear you ask. Fair question. It really only got one   
   > season – plus six episodes that aired out of order because in 2003 TV   
   > was the wild west and anything was allowed to happen – then it got   
   > cancelled.   
   >   
   > In case you’re unfamiliar; Tru Calling followed Tru Davies, a hopeful   
   > medical student who takes a job at a morgue when her internship falls   
   > through. She manages to pick up the Creepy Graveyard Shift because of   
   > course she does, and it’s under those circumstances she learns of her   
   > special spooky gift – people who die “before their time” can ask her   
   for   
   > help. Tru’s day rewinds and starts over, and she gets to redo the whole   
   > thing to try and save them from their fate. Cool trick!   
      
      
   I only know the show from the DVD set I have. Liked it for the most.   
   Only the last episodes not so much.   
      
      
      
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   > If you watched this show in 2003 there’s no way you’d believe that the   
   > biggest star was going to be  Zach Galifinakis. He was Tru’s closest   
   > confidant and always knew a lot more than he was letting on.   
      
      
   I've only seen him in 'Tru Calling'. :-)   
      
      
   >   
   > Eliza Dushku   played the titular Tru with the familiar earnestness,   
   > sass and empathy she’s always been great at, and I bet Fox was hoping   
   > that since her star was burning bright at the time she was going to   
   > swamp them with viewers. Unfortunately they were incorrect.   
   >   
   > It was a kooky, kinda cheesy show. Dead people dramatically turned their   
   > heads and whispered help me, but I’ve seen much dumber shows with worse   
   > actors go for way more seasons.   
   >   
   > Christina Hendricks was a guest star! Cobie Smulders was a guest star!   
   > Jeffery Dean Morgan was a guest star! What more did anyone want.   
   >   
   > After the first few establishing episodes and a few genuinely   
   > interesting twists, we met Tru’s opposite. He was the dude who was out   
   > to make sure the dead people who asked for help died again on a rewind.   
   > Like a yang to her yin type of thing. Played by Jason Priestley, Jack   
   > wasn’t pure evil or just out to get his kicks, he was a legitimately   
   > great addition to the base mechanism of the show. His presence deepened   
   > the mythology to ask the question: is Tru’s intervening in these   
   > people’s lives actually the right thing to do?   
      
      
   I hated Jack with a passion.   
      
   I saw him as the 'Evil Leaper' of 'Tru Calling'.   
      
   Only from 'Haven' on I started to like Priestley again.   
      
      
   >   
   >         [I watched, being a Faith fan, But it wasn't until they   
   > introduced Jack (who I think was actually her brother) and her father   
   > (if I'm remembering correct), that it got really interesting.]   
   >   
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   Didn't one of the regulars of Criminal Minds also star?   
      
   Yes! A.J. Cook.   
      
      
      
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