Tru Calling arrived on the small screen at a pivotal time for fans of genre fare in 2003. Buffy the Vampire Slayer had just ended, so there was a desire from networks to get its most recognizable ...

Still, it’s troubling to watch Eliza Dushku in Tru Calling — her first starring gig — bound in a lab coat, slightly glum, forced to say lines like ”Trust that I know what I’m doing.