The characters of Tru Calling. Please note that there are major unmarked spoilers below.
Main Characters
Tru Davies
As a child, Tru was a witness to her mother's murder, and wishes she could have gone back to change things. Well, that's what this show's about. On the cusp of becoming a medical school student, Tru develops the ability to travel back in time one day. But only when a corpse asks for her help; she has no control over when this will happen. She then tries to use everything she knew up until that moment to save the life of the person who asked her for help.
- The Protagonist: Tru is the main character of the show.
- Hospital Hottie: She's an attractive medical school student and morgue worker.
- Teacher/Student Romance: Dated on her college teachers, but ended it once she saw him cheating on her.
Davis
The head doctor of the morgue where Tru works. He slowly reveals the fact that he knows about her abilities, and becomes her main helper on days when she goes back to help people.
- Cannot Talk to Women: Painfully shy around women would be a forgiving description of Davis's interaction with most females, and he's not too comfortable around men either.
- The Mentor: To Tru regarding her job at the morgue, and later about her abilities.
- No Full Name Given: Davis is his middle name, but no first or last name was ever given.
Harrison Davies
Harrison Davies: Tru's little brother. Something of a screw-up, particularly at the start. He's a gambler, con-artist, low-level crook kind of a guy. Tru tries to watch out for him and keep him out of serious trouble. He's the only family she's close to. She eventually convinces him of her powers.
Meredith Davies
Tru's older sister. A lawyer with a drug problem that she says she's kicked, but Tru finds evidence otherwise. Tru's not particularly close to her, but she does try to keep an eye on her.
- Put on a Bus towards the middle of the first season.
Lindsay Walker
Tru's Best Briend. She acts as Tru's anchor in her normal life: dating, reunions, etc.
- Put on a Bus: at the end of the first season.
Jack Harper
Jack Harper: First introduced mid-first season as a new hire at the morgue; Jack picks up bodies and brings them to the morgue for processing. However, it is slowly revealed that he has powers similar to Tru's; whenever she goes back, so does he. Unlike Tru, Jack does not believe that the people who ask for her help should be helped, that it is his job to make sure that the people who died that previous day die again. Jack becomes the main villain of the series, obstructing Tru's mission to save people. Jack frequently speaks of the consequences of screwing with fate's plan, but he is never particularly clear on what those consequences actually are. The last two episodes of the series start to suggest certain consequences when Tru starts using/abusing her powers to save the life of someone who didn't ask for help.
Richard Davies
Tru is the main character of the show. As a child, she was a witness to her mother's murder, and wishes she could have gone back to change things. Well, that's what this show's about. On the cusp of becoming a medical school student, Tru develops the ability to travel back in time one day. But only when a corpse asks for her help; she has no control over when this will happen. She then tries to use everything she knew up until that moment to save the life of the person who asked her for help.
