Calls from the Inside (2021)

Name: Calls from the Inside
Genre: Crime
Rating: 7.4

Crime

It's an iconic line in any crime story: when a suspect is arrested and gets to make one call. In reality, once a person enters the criminal justice system, there are multiple opportunities to make calls while awaiting trial. The vast majority of those calls are recorded. An admission, a threat, a slip of the tongue, a bribe -- it's all on tape and the suspect knows it, but this doesn't always prevent people from talking and talking. Jailhouse phone calls are used to frame the narrative of murder investigations steeped in mystery.

IMDb rating: 7.4 (109 votes)
Episode average: 7.0 -0.4 vs IMDb
Seasons: 2
Streaming (US): HBO Max
Language: EN
Type: TV series

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Ratings refreshed Oct 3, 2026 · 2 seasons indexed

Seasons

Season 1 (2021)

7.07 avg 6 episodes 7.3 → 6.9 43 min avg

Season 1 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Calling All Suspects	7.3	20
2	The Real Jail Wives	6.9	16
3	Witness Beware	7.2	18
4	Murder Strikes Twice	6.8	18
5	Jealousy's Killer Web	7.3	19
6	An Inconvenient Romance	6.9	16

Season 2 (2022)

6.95 avg 11 episodes 8.0 → 6.5 42 min avg

Season 2 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Killing For Control	8.0	7
2	The Covid Killer	6.8	13
3	My Brother's the Killer	6.9	11
4	Exposing the Cover Up	6.8	13
5	Killing the Competition	7.2	11
6	Killer Identity	7.1	13
7	Murdered by Manipulation	6.4	11
8	Connections to Murder	6.8	13
9	Death by Prima Donna	7.1	11
10	Flames of Jealousy	6.8	13
11	Secrets Are Never Innocent	6.5	9

Calls from the Inside (2021)

Seasons

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