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Good news, more info has surfaced for 'Tru Calling', giving a peek at what's in store for Episode Nine. Which includes a big surprise. It looks like my suspicion that the show was taking a short break was incorrect. There was simply no casting info released for Episode Eight.

Tru Calling: Murder In The Morgue

The Episode opens on the latest arrival to the morgue, a young bride (Nicole) who was shot in the back at the wedding chapel. Davis comments that she probably would have lived, but the ambulance didn't make it in time. While Tru is doing the paperwork, a man comes in from the rain, Justin. Justin says he's Nicole's fiancee. He asks if he can have a moment alone with her, which Tru allows. Davis comes back in from another room, and Tru explains who's in the room with Nicole's body. Which is against the rules, so Davis and Tru burst into the room and discover Justin is trying to remove the bullet from Nicole's body.

Davis is about to call security, when Justin pulls out a gun and points it at Tru and Davis. Davis makes a move towards the phone and Justin shoots him, then tells Tru that she's going to help him. When Tru says no, Justin fires at her. As the bullet speeds toward her, Nicole turns to Tru and says 'Help Me'.

The Day Resets

One of the story subplots is with Meredith. Tru has 'borrowed' her car to go see Justin. There will be a later seen where Meredith is being hit by someone (I would expect it's her dealer).

Tru arrives at Justin's house and discovers that he lives there with his girlfriend, Alyssa. Tru tries to get some info out of Alyssa, who alludes to the fact that Justin has been acting strange since his ex, Nicole, announced she was getting married. While Tru is there, Justin arrives in a police car. He's a cop and his partner is dropping him off. Tru leaves without him getting a good look at her. Justin asks Alyssa to come inside, he has something that he wants to talk with her about.

Tru seems to be 'jumping to the conclusion' that Justin killed Nicole.

She calls the police department and leaves a message for Justin that Nicole wants to meet him at a nearby diner. Justin shows up and finds Tru waiting. She tries to explain that Nicole was delayed, and she asked Tru to ask him to wait for her (Tru pretends to be a bridesmaid). Tru talks to him, trying to figure out why he might want to kill Nicole. With a bit of subterfuge, she slips some pills into Justin's water, but notices that he doesn't have his gun. She's actually surprised that he didn't do it, and hurries out of the diner to get to the church (knocking the water over in the process) but asks him to stay.

Tru gets to the chapel, and is discussing the events with Davis. Yes, at this point in the series, he not only knows about what is happening to her, but apparently believes her as well. All they can figure is that Justin was trying to cover up the crime by going to the morgue and getting the bullet, when suddenly Tru hears a gunshot.

A scene after this has Justin returning home to discover Alyssa there. He broke up with her earlier in the day (that's what they were talking about). She's got his gun, and she explains that she killed Nicole. She didn't give up two years of her life to have him dump her for his ex. So she's committed the perfect crime. She will play the distraught girlfriend, who a jury will certainly believe over a jealous ex-boyfriend. Especially when they trace the bullet back to his gun. Justin grabs his gun and heads out.

Next bit of info has Davis and Tru at the morgue, operating on Nicole. She's not actually dead at this point, and the two of them are working to save her life. Just like the previous day, Justin walks in with the gun. He doesn't care whether or not Nicole dies, all he wants is the bullet (one way or the other).

That's all I have for the moment, looks to be a pretty cut and dry. Davis is an interesting twist, having him in on Tru's secret, but it makes sense. Though I would have expected either her brother, or even Luc, to have been a better candidate (note: no sign of either in the info I've seen).

Sadly, the episodes themselves are falling into an extremely predictable pattern. Tru jumps to the obvious conclusion about who the killer is, or the reason the person has died, only to find herself completely and utterly wrong. In fact, every single episode seems to follow this pattern. Likewise, still very little in the way of back story on why this might be happening to Tru. At this point, I'm almost ready to believe that we're just going to see a run of stand-alone episodes. Though bringing another cast member in on the secret, will certainly help.

But again, this is based only on what I've seen, which is not everything. So it's entirely possible that backstory is being filled in between the major plot scenes. It could also be the major premise of Episode Eight (with no major roles cast, but the action/story involving only the cast itself - which would fit the trend that I saw with Buffy episodes).

But the good news, Tru is still busily casting/filming, so there will obviously be enough episodes in the can to reach mid-season.