Dynamic and chilling Calls, the most different series on Apple TV + — 2022

It is an exclusive series, but of French origin

Apple TV + is used to broadcasting content that is one hundred percent original and always exclusively without transferring the rights to other platforms. In this series, all this is half fulfilled, since Calls is a series that was born from an original idea by the Frenchman Timothée Hochet. In fact, the famous Gallic Canal + is an important part of the production and also exercises some broadcast rights over it despite the fact that it is still exclusively on Apple TV +.

Production data

Idea original:Timothée Hochet. Executive producers:Fede Álvarez, Timothée Hochet, Anna Marsh, Fraçoise Guyonnet, Shana Eddy-Grouf, Raphaël Benoliel, and Alexeio Tylevich. Director:Faith Alvarez. Screenwriter:Faith Alvarez. Production companies:Apple and Canal+. Recommended age:+12. Distribution channels and platforms:Apple TV+ and Canal+.

Characters and actors involved

The particularity of the series means that their faces cannot be seen, but in their original language we find renowned actors giving voice to the characters that appear in the series. These are all the members arranged in alphabetical order (you can see the chapters in which they participate in the next section).

• Aaron Taylor-Johnson
• Aubrey Plaza
• Ben Schwartz
• Clancy Brown
• Danny Huston
• Danny Goat
• Edi Patterson
• Jaeden Martell
• Jennifer Tilly
• Joey King
• Johnny Sneed
• Judy Greer
• Karen Gillan
• Laura Harrier
• Lily Collins
• Mark Duplass
• Nick Jonas
• Nicholas Braun
• Paola Nunez
• Paul Walter Hauser
• Peter Pascal
• Riley Keough
• Rosario Dawson
• Stephen Lang

As a curious fact, if you are a fan of other Apple TV + series, you will have already seen some actors in other productions, such as Danny Pudi in Mythic Quest, Mark Duplass in The Morning Show or Jaeden Martell in Defending Jacob.

Calls chapters and synopses

The series is perceived from the beginning as innovative, and not only because of the suspense thriller that it poses, but because of the way it does it. It is totally different from any production to use, since no visual cutscenes on screen during its course, since everything is focused on telephone calls that are exchanged between the different characters, revealing only the sound waves of those calls. You can also see subtitles that appear under the name of each character and that transcribe the dialogues in real time.

Is composed of 9 episodes that they have a duration between 8-10 . A priori, each chapter has different characters and events, but in the final episode, the union that all these stories have is understood. Therefore, although it may not seem important at first, it is advisable to watch each chapter in the order in which they appear. The series is dubbed into different languages, including Spanish, also having subtitles in all of these.

Chapter 1: The End

Release date:March 19, 2021. Duration:13 minutes. Actors and characters:Nicholas Braun as Tom, Lily Collins as Camilla, and Karen Gillan as Sara. Description:Tom has two different conversations, one with Sara and one with Camilla. Both seem to be his girlfriend, without knowing which one is her lover or not, although both end up sharing something else after a strange event that is being narrated in real time by Sara when a mysterious man appears at the door of the house. her.

Chapter 2: The Beginning

Release date:March 19, 2021. Duration:18 minutes. Actors and characters:Aaron Taylor-Johnson as Mark, Riley Keough as Rose, Ben Schwartz as Andy, and Jennifer Tilly as Mother. Description:Young Mark's life begins to change when he discovers that his girlfriend Rose is pregnant, so he decides to take a drive to clear his head. However, he loses his way and drives too much, as he recognizes in the various phone calls he makes while.

Chapter 3: Peter from the house across the street

Release date:March 19, 2021. Duration:18 minutes. Actors and characters:Mark Duplass as Patrick, Judy Greer as Alexis, and Pedro Pascal as Pedro. Description:Patrick and Alexis don't know who to trust after a phone call from their neighbor Pedro has completely changed their lives and they have been immersed in a strange game of lies.

Chapter 4: They are imaginations

Release date:March 19, 2021. Duration:13 minutes. Actors and characters:Rosario Dawson as Katherine and Laura Harrier as Layla. Description:Each of these two sisters shares their frustrations and concerns, however there comes a point where both end up letting go of all the truths that they have been keeping quiet about and that are painful to say the least.

Chapter 5: Me, myself and Darlene

Release date:March 19, 2021. Duration:14 minutes. Actors and characters:Paul Walter Hauser as Floyd, Edi Paterson as Darlene, and Paola Nuñez as Ana. Description:A murderer is willing to turn himself in and calls the emergency services to do so, but instead he is calling the past, which has made his life a real headache since then.

Chapter 6: The Universe Made It

Release date:March 19, 2021. Duration:17 minutes Actors and characters:Nick Jonas as Sam and Danny Huston as Frank. Description:A girl receives a strange phone call that threatens to change her destiny when someone she doesn't remember claims she had a crush on him in eighth grade.

Chapter 7: Mom

Release date:March 19, 2021. Duration:19 minutes. Actors and characters:Joey King as Skylar and Jaeden Martell as Julien. Description:Two brothers who have heard rumors about phone calls to the past and decide to try to call their mother, however they do not take into account the risks of trying to alter the past.

Chapter 8: Is there a scientist on the plane

Release date:March 19, 2021. Duration:16 minutes. Actors and characters:Aubrey Plaza as Doctor Rachel Wheating and Clancy Brown as General Wilson. Description:The passengers of a flight live a terrified trip when they see on the news that precisely that flight has crashed near Phoenix and they do not understand what is happening.

Chapter 9: My little bike

Release date:March 19, 2021. Duration:20 minutes. Actors and characters:Aubrey Plaza as Doctor Rachel Wheating, Stephen Lang as Doctor Wheating, Clancy Brown as General Wilson, and Danny Pudi as Doctor Burma. Description:Nobody understands how phone calls can be crossing the space-time line and putting the entire world in danger, so two scientists try to find out everything.

Our review of the series

If you haven't seen anything about Calls and they tell you what it's about and especially the visual way in which events unfold, you can find yourself at two extremes: either it makes you immensely lazy or it catches your attention. The fact is that it is a series that without having seen/listened to it already awakens feelings in you. When you also decide to see it, the sensations multiply. A server has to admit that he belonged to that side that preferred that the series had been released in podcast format to listen to it while taking a walk or doing homework. Nothing is further from reality. Calls is a series that requires you to watch it sitting down. And if it can be accompanied, even better, since it will give a lot to talk about.

It is not a hoax, it is true that there are no visual scenes, however the way the waves move, the colors, the distortion of these together with those of the choppy calls are a very interesting and immersive incentive during the course of the episodes. Although his thing is to see it in English, with a greater naturalness of the voices and the accompanying transcripts, the truth is that in Castilian it does not lose integers. Tension and emotion can be experienced in the same way.

Having seen the first two-three episodes, you are left with the feeling that it is an unresolved series, which is not bad for that, but it leaves you with a bittersweet taste when you find unexplained endings. However, when you pass the second half of the series you can start connecting the dots, until you reach a final outcome that blows your mind again. The best thing about Calls is that it is not one of those series that make you think and therefore you need to wait for the right moment, since it is demanding to a certain extent, the desire to continue gobbling up the episodes being more powerful. The fact that its duration does not exceed 20 minutes is perfect to always leave you wanting more and give a dynamic that is very difficult to achieve in a series in which the audio is the main protagonist.

Probably this series would have lost a lot if its visual format had been different. We may not even talk about it, but being what it is, it has managed to captivate thousands of viewers and become what we believe is the Breakthrough Series of the Year on Apple TV+.

Will there be a second season of Calls?

Calls arrived almost by surprise, without having been announced too far in advance and with such a different approach that he did not have time to assimilate. However, it seemed clear from the start that this was a miniseries which would be composed of the 9 chapters that are already broadcast. However, its success would not be surprising if a second round of episodes were announced, either as a continuation of the plots of the first season or with new plots. The production may seem simpler by not having to shoot scenes with images, however that does not make post-production and the creation of the script itself. Therefore, if this unconfirmed season existed, it would not arrive until at least 2022. In any case, this remains a series of a single season until Apple or Canal + show otherwise.