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| The Calling | |
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| Genre | Police procedural Drama |
| Created by | David E. Kelley |
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| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 8 |
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| Network | Peacock |
| Release | November 10, 2022 (2022-11-10) |
The Calling is an American crime procedural drama television series created by David E. Kelley for Peacock. It is adapted from Dror Mishani's 2011 novel The Missing File.[1] All 8 episodes of the first season premiered on November 10, 2022.[2]
Detective Avraham Avraham, a New York police detective and religious Jew, has a special knack for solving crimes.
| No. | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date [3] |
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| 1 | "He's Gone" | Barry Levinson | David E. Kelley | November 10, 2022 (2022-11-10) |
| 2 | "The Knowing" | Barry Levinson | David E. Kelley | November 10, 2022 (2022-11-10) |
| 3 | "The Horror" | Ali Selim | David E. Kelley | November 10, 2022 (2022-11-10) |
| 4 | "The Break" | Martha Mitchell | David E. Kelley | November 10, 2022 (2022-11-10) |
| 5 | "Shomer" | Lisa Robinson | Jonathan Shapiro | November 10, 2022 (2022-11-10) |
| 6 | "The Pursuers" | Alonso Alvarez | Jason Horwitch | November 10, 2022 (2022-11-10) |
| 7 | "The Hand of Diligent" | Erin Feeley | Jonathan Shapiro | November 10, 2022 (2022-11-10) |
| 8 | "Blameless and Upright" | Michael Slovis | Jonathan Shapiro & Jason Horwitch | November 10, 2022 (2022-11-10) |
In October 2021, it was announced that Peacock had given a straight to series order to The Missing from David E. Kelley based on Dror Mishani's novel The Missing File.[4] The next month it was announced Jeff Wilbusch would play the lead character, Avraham Avraham.[5]
The review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes reported a 25% approval rating with an average rating of 5.7/10, based on 12 critic reviews. The website's critics consensus reads, "Hollowing out an intriguing idea with simpleminded execution, this rote spiritual procedural goes to prove that some callings aren't worth answering."[6] Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned a score of 42 out of 100 based on 9 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews".[7]
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