The Calling (TV series)

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 eight episodes of the first season premiered on November 10, 2022.^[2]

The Calling
Genre	Police procedural Drama
Created by	David E. Kelley
Based on	Avraham Avraham by Dror Mishani
Starring	Jeff Wilbusch Juliana Canfield Karen Robinson Michael Mosley Tony Curran
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	8
Production
Executive producers	Barry Levinson David E. Kelley Jason Horwitch Avi Nir Alon Shtruzman
Production companies	Keshet Studios David E. Kelley Productions Universal Television
Original release
Network	Peacock
Release	November 10, 2022 (2022-11-10)

Premise

Detective Avraham Avraham, a New York police detective and religious Jew, has a special knack for solving crimes.

Characters

• Jeff Wilbusch as Detective Avraham Avraham
• Juliana Canfield as Detective Janine Harris
• Karen Robinson as Captain Kathleen Davies
• Michael Mosley as Detective Earl Malzone
• Tony Curran as John Wentworth
• Noel Fisher as Zack Miller

Episodes

No.	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original release date [3]
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)

Production

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 that Jeff Wilbusch would play the lead character, Avraham Avraham.^[5]

Reception

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]