Network: ABC
Episodes: 22 (hour)
Seasons: One
TV show dates: September 22, 2014 — May 5, 2015
Series status: Cancelled
Performers include: Ioan Gruffudd, Alana de la Garza, Lorraine Toussaint, Donnie Keshawarz, Joel David Moore, and Judd Hirsch.
TV show description:
A fantasy crime drama, this TV series follows New York City’s star medical examiner — Doctor Henry Morgan (Ioan Gruffudd), handsome man with a secret past. No matter how hard he tries, Henry can’t age even a single day — he’s immortal. He doesn’t know much about what happens when he “dies” except that everything on him disappears and he reemerges in a body of water, naked.
Henry doesn’t just study the dead to solve criminal cases however. He does it to try to solve the mystery that has eluded him for 200 years — the reason for his own inexplicable immortality.
Henry’s long life has given him remarkable observation skills which impresses his new partner, Detective Jo Martinez (Alana De La Garza). This piques her curiosity about who he is. Each new case and their budding friendship reveal layers of Henry’s long and colorful past. Jo’s sharp, no-nonsense instincts and her ability to close difficult cases have given her a tough-as-nails reputation on the force, despite also dealing with the untimely loss of her husband.
Lucas Wan (Joel David Moore) is a twenty-something self-proclaimed “artisan of death” and Henry’s worshipful assistant. He considers mortuary science an art, and Henry its Picasso. After transplanting to New York City from rural Ohio, Lucas worked up the courage to introduce himself to the star medical examiner at a crime scene.
A Brooklyn native, Detective Hanson (Donnie Keshawarz) works alongside Jo and has worked his way up to the NYPD’s elite squad of homicide detectives. He’s a family man who lives with his wife and two children in Queens. Unafraid of bending the rules to get the job done, Hanson is sometimes skeptical of Henry’s talent but often admires its effectiveness.
No one knows Henry better than his best friend and confidant, an antique shop owner named Abe (Judd Hirsch). The keeper of Henry’s immortality secret, Abe’s “carpe diem” philosophy inspires Henry to get more in touch with the beauty of living. Abe is not immortal but he is determined to make the most out of every moment of life.
Episode #22 — The Last Death of Henry Morgan
Henry and Adam have been on a long, unrelenting collision course, which is about to come to a head – possibly bringing about one man’s death – with only Jo standing in the way. Henry and Jo’s murder investigation into a museum worker’s death centers on a priceless missing ancient dagger, which not only ended the life of Julius Caesar, but also killed Adam the first time.
Meanwhile, Adam knows that there is something that Henry fears more than death – that Jo might discover his mystery. The two men tangle in a tumultuous game-changing confrontation.
First aired: May 5, 2015.
What do you think? Do you like the Forever TV show? Do you think it should have been cancelled or renewed for a second season?
Forever is a good show and should stay on air.
Please renew
I love this show and TiVo every week. It is a fresh take on the whole crime drama genre.
It’s different, entertaining and well done. It’s a great show. Please continue for many seasons.
please renew it’s a fun little show…………I think it’s light and delightful……….
begee
Renew please!
I love this show. It would be a shame if they cancelled it.
This show should be continued. Cast is too good to lose!
This is the best show on TV. I look forward to watching it every Tuesday. It is so well written, and the acting is amazing. Especially Henry! Please do not cancel this show! I can’t wait to watch it every Tuesday to see what’s going to happen with the “anonymous” caller.
Definitely renewed. Smart and entertaining.
Forever definitely deserves renewal for a second season. So many shows are nothing but time-wasting fluff that can be ignored while they are being air or streamed and no one is the poorer for it. That’s fine, but when a show that is generally of good quality, usually entertaining, often heartwarming and still full of grit and gore is threatened in order to make way for bits of fluff, I and many others are truly disappointed. Please don’t disappoint us on this one. Keep Forever around for a while.
Forever is one of my favorite new shows. It has its dark spots, but there is an underlying layer of hope that lifts this show way above so many others.
Please DO renew Forever! It is well done with great acting, entertaining, and some very insighful thoughts for life. I have so much appreciated the series and have even been encouraged by some of those ‘words for life’. Please keep Forever on.
Some of the episodes were better than others, but this cast is just too good to see sink. The father/son relationship between Henry and Abe, which often seems to get turned upside down, is a joy.
How a show like “The Flash” can already be renewed and a show like “Forever” be in limbo, I do not know. Well, maybe I do. As much as I love the Marvel Universe, it is not ALL good. And Flash falls under that category. But being Marvel,Flash is almost guaranteed to last. A shame, when decent shows like Forever barely survive, if they do at all. While Forever is formulaic à la Castle and Mentalist (among others), it’s well done and way better than Flash. May “Forever” be renewed.