''The Calling'' is an American crime procedural

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television series created by

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for

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. It is adapted from

Dror Mishani Dror Mishani ( he, דרור משעני; born 23 June 1975) is an Israeli crime writer, translator and literary scholar, specializing in the history of detective fiction. His series of crime fiction, featuring police inspector Avraham Avraham, wa ...

's 2011 novel ''The Missing File''. All 8 episodes of the first season premiered on November 10, 2022.

Premise

Detective Avraham Avraham, a New York police detective and religious

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, has a special knack for solving crimes.

Characters

* Jeff Wilbusch as Detective Avraham Avraham * Juliana Canfield as Detective Janine Harris *

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as Captain Kathleen Davies * Michael Mosley as Detective Earl Malzone *

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as John Wentworth *

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as Zack Miller

Episodes

Production

In October 2021, it was announced that

had given a straight to series order to ''The Missing'' from

based on Dror Mishani's novel ''The Missing File''. The next month it was announced Jeff Wilbusch would play the lead character, Avraham Avraham.

Reception

The

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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."

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, which uses a weighted average, assigned a score of 42 out of 100 based on 9 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews".

References

External links

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