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. All eight episodes of the first season premiered on November 10, 2022.

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

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. The next month, it was announced that Jeff Wilbusch would play the lead character, Avraham Avraham.

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