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?
Please reconsider!!!! This is one of the few drama series that my family watches!!! I find it very interesting and different. I would hate to lose it so early on. Try another season PLEASE!!!!!!!!
Bring back forever!
Please, please reconsider and renew Forever. It was sweet, funny, smart and always interesting. I especially LOVED, LOVED the relationship between Henry and Abe. It’s a good show and very well written–it just needed a bit of time to gain momentum and larger following! Come on ABC bring it back!!
I started watching the show a couple months ago and really liked it; please don’t cancel it.
You finally produce an excellent show that actually holds your attention, and you cancel it!!! Were you dropped on your head as a child??? Think, man!! A popular show should not be cancelled. Bring it back for another season, at least.
Great show bring it back !
Please renew this show. It is heartfelt and easy on the eyes. Was a nice show to watch as it always had an uplifting message. Please reconsider!
Love “Forever”- the witty banter between Henry and Jo, between Henry and Abe- just really loved the character development and would have watched other networks and other times just to be able to watch Jo support him in his “deaths”- Who of us “doesn’t want to die, yet doesn’t realize it can be a curse to watch those we love grow old. I love a good drama spiced with jokes and wit. This was it. SOOOOOO sorry it was not continued. I will miss it.
I love this show and am sorry to see it was canceled without at least a second season to end it rright.There were so many ways they could have taken this show. I feel it would have done better in a different time slot or maybe a different day. I believe it is as good as the Bones TV program which could end too soon. I know others would love to see it back for another season.
Would be nice to get a proper ending! I love Lucas and Henry together!
Here in Australia we wait bloody eons to get hold of a half decent show from the US and Canada so when one does happen, by some miracle, to appear we want to hang onto it. Enter FOREVER, one of the better shows I’ve become enamoured of in the past five years. And now, apparently not! It just goes to show the level of “intelligence” in today’s viewing public that a show that has an allegedy “limited” following is struggling to be renewed over the mindless, terminally boring and mass produced reality twaddle with their rehashed plots served up piece-meal… Read more »
Great show, should not have been cancelled
I really enjoyed this show and hope it gets picked up by another network… It’s a shame that this is being cancelled.. I think changing the time would have made a difference..
One of the truly entertaining show on TV, and of course it gets cancelled.
Bring it back!!!!!! Give us all a break from the mindless, “reality” shows.
Please bring it back for another season. Great cast and I teresti g writing g!
This show is one of the few that my husband and I watch together. Enjoy this show. It’s funny, serious, warm, entertaining, and well acted. The cast is perfect. Hope this show isn’t gone……forever.
Just saw a tweet from Matt Miller (producer?) saying that Warner Bros. is shopping “Forever” to other networks! Hope it’s true!
Matt I just read ur comment that Warner Bros. Is looking for another network for the TV show Forever I too hope that is true, I think if all continue posting calling Netflix requesting this show to continue we will have a chance of another network picking it up. So come fans keep tweeting, posting and calling Nexflix lets get our show back on the air for next season:-)