Not a particularly memorable episode. Usher plays a good policeman who thinks he has gotten rid of a pimp and protected a prostitute that he cares about. The problem is that even though the guy is in the morgue, he makes threatening phone calls to Usher, saying that he will kill the young woman and nothing can stop him. We are let in on the psychological issues with the police officer. He is dedicated, but working within the system leads him nowhere. Unfortunately, outside the system is way outside the system. Overall, a bit simplistic.
5 Reviews
Service with a smile
kapelusznik1827 March 2015
****SPOILERS**** After LAPD policeman Eric Boggs, Usher Raymond, saved Carla Arroye's,Samantha Estreban, life by shooting her pimp Rigo Valintine, Dion Jonstone, as he was about to slit her throat he started getting strange calls from a person who claimed to be the late Rigo who said he was going to finish the job that Boggs prevented him from doing: Icying his ungrateful ho, or hooker, Carla Arroyo for holding out on him! It got so bad, the phone calls, that Boggs went to the city morgue to see if in fact Rigo was there and dead as a door nail which he was!
Feeling that he might be suffering from burn out Boggs is later shocked to hear from his police partner Officer Angela Penny, Gabrielle Miller, that Carla was found murdered in her hotel room by a man fleeing the scene who matched the dead Rigo's description! Starting to feel that he's losing it Boggs goes into a deep depression not only in the fact that Carla was murdered but that he, in not killing or putting Rigo on ice, couldn't prevent it from happening!
***SPOILERS**** It's later that Boggs tracked down where the mysterious phone calls from the dead Rigo were coming from! A pay phone in the alley not far from where he gunned Rigo down! It's when Boggs got there that the truth, or what he thought it was, about that incident came into full focus reality for him. Either he lost his mind or is suffering from a deep guilt feeling in not preventing, as hard as he tried, Carla from being murdered Boggs ended his painful and non-stop suffering by ending it all himself.
Feeling that he might be suffering from burn out Boggs is later shocked to hear from his police partner Officer Angela Penny, Gabrielle Miller, that Carla was found murdered in her hotel room by a man fleeing the scene who matched the dead Rigo's description! Starting to feel that he's losing it Boggs goes into a deep depression not only in the fact that Carla was murdered but that he, in not killing or putting Rigo on ice, couldn't prevent it from happening!
***SPOILERS**** It's later that Boggs tracked down where the mysterious phone calls from the dead Rigo were coming from! A pay phone in the alley not far from where he gunned Rigo down! It's when Boggs got there that the truth, or what he thought it was, about that incident came into full focus reality for him. Either he lost his mind or is suffering from a deep guilt feeling in not preventing, as hard as he tried, Carla from being murdered Boggs ended his painful and non-stop suffering by ending it all himself.
"This is all in your head, you know that, don't you?"
classicsoncall7 March 2023
Warning: Spoilers
The original 'Twilight Zone' series hosted by Rod Serling had two episodes that featured phone calls from the beyond. They were 'Long Distance Call' from the second season, and 'Night Call' from the fifth. This one is unlike both of those, with policeman Eric Boggs (Usher) tormented by the voice of the man he killed to open the story, a pimp (Dion Johnstone) holding a knife to the throat of one of his prostitutes (Samantha Esteban). The supernatural aspect of the program is given further resonance when Eric finds out that the phone booth Rigo Valentine (Dion Johnstone) was calling from had been out of service for the prior six months. Forced by the apparition of Rigo and Carla Arroyo (Samantha Esteban) to relive the moment that opened the story, Eric takes the plunge that would have him enter their world to mete out his version of justice in The Twilight Zone.
If a dead pimp keeps calling you, be sure to block their calls!
planktonrules14 February 2022
While most Americans won't recognize her, this episode features Gabrielle Miller, who played Lacey on the long-running Canadian comedy "Corner Gas". If you haven't seen it...do...it's hilarious and currently on Netflix.
Aside from seeing Ms. Miller, there isn't a lot I loved about this episode. It seemed pretty silly. Usher (yes, THAT Usher) plays a cop who seems overly invested in protecting the hookers on his beat...particularly a young one named Carla. Her pimp is a real piece of work and the cop kills him. Now here's where it gets weird...he starts receiving threatening calls from the pimp...the dead pimp! What's next? See the show.
The plot to this one is a bit silly. What is more silly is the very whitebread version of the streets you see in the show...with well fed, healthy, well-coiffed hookers who look like hookers you'd see on "Full House" or "Family Matters"! All in all, a pretty inconsequential episode that easily could have been better.
Aside from seeing Ms. Miller, there isn't a lot I loved about this episode. It seemed pretty silly. Usher (yes, THAT Usher) plays a cop who seems overly invested in protecting the hookers on his beat...particularly a young one named Carla. Her pimp is a real piece of work and the cop kills him. Now here's where it gets weird...he starts receiving threatening calls from the pimp...the dead pimp! What's next? See the show.
The plot to this one is a bit silly. What is more silly is the very whitebread version of the streets you see in the show...with well fed, healthy, well-coiffed hookers who look like hookers you'd see on "Full House" or "Family Matters"! All in all, a pretty inconsequential episode that easily could have been better.
To dilute and bastardize
talllwoood1323 June 2023
Firstly let's address the elephant out of the room. Usher was poorly cast. They more than likely used his fame to get some viewers before it was cool. Sort of like getting Lady Gaga for American Horror Story and so forth. I remember all the kids I went to school with loved Usher. They might as well have used Forest to be the cop which golly gee whiz he remembered to say Twilight Zone this time! Bless his heart!
Now you're probably thinking what's with the title of my review? Well this episode was HEAVILY inspired by a 1960s episode of Twilight Zone called. Night Call in Season 5 Episode 19. They did such a great job on that episode that it didn't need this "urbanization". The actors have the absolute minimum of chemistry and the bad guy is ok at best. Would I remember him if I walked by him in say Walmart? I doubt it. This episode hasn't aged well. Not to say that Night Call is perfect but I'll give them a tiny bit of credit. The ending will get you thinking how and why. Otherwise this would be a solid 2 star.
Now you're probably thinking what's with the title of my review? Well this episode was HEAVILY inspired by a 1960s episode of Twilight Zone called. Night Call in Season 5 Episode 19. They did such a great job on that episode that it didn't need this "urbanization". The actors have the absolute minimum of chemistry and the bad guy is ok at best. Would I remember him if I walked by him in say Walmart? I doubt it. This episode hasn't aged well. Not to say that Night Call is perfect but I'll give them a tiny bit of credit. The ending will get you thinking how and why. Otherwise this would be a solid 2 star.
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