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?
Everyone I know watches this show because the premise is awesome, the casting is fabulous, and the writing is superb…What possible criteria do they use to cancel such a wonderful show? They kept Elementary but cut Forever? Think about how awesome Elementary would be if Judd Hersh was cast as Watson and Ioan Gruffudd was cast as Holmes! There are ridiculously few shows for people who enjoy all of the pleasures Forever gave us, who, what, where, when and why!
I hope another network picks this show up, ABC is not the finale here…
renew forever
Do not cancel forever you should renew it. it’s a good show.take off some of the reality crap you renew forever.
Do not cancel forever you shoud renew it. it’s a good show.take off some of the reality crap and maybe you could afford to renew forever.
I want it renewed! I liked it the more I saw it and would like it back for at least one more season.
I liked Forever, I think that it should not be cancelled.
Please renew this show!! I cant believe it could be cancelled—-it is the best show on tv.
What could you possibly replace it with?
It amazes me a show as good as this gets cancelled when so much that is essentially crap gets renewed, some of it for years.
This is crap! This is such a good show and again a good show is cancelled! Some people lead very busy lives and yes we do record the shows we like because our work schedules don’t allow us to stay up all night watching tv…figure out a way to count the people that record shows that
can’t watch them live, if you need you numbers so badly to keep good shows on!!!
I love this show and yes every time I finely find a show I like and that is not reality tv you cancel and will replace with what, reality tv. Shame on you. Please don’t cancel this great show.
Im so tired of good shows not lasting and the stupid reality and the supposedly comedy shows that stay on.Running only one season is not enough time to decide.
It seems like all the good shows get canceled and the ridiculous shows are left on for way too many seasons. Not sure what that says about us as viewers, but I can assure you I don’t like the ridiculous shows … I like shows like FOREVER!!!! This has a great cast and perfect story line. I agree with other comments that at least 2 seasons are needed to ensure if the show is worth keeping. This SHOW IS WORTH KEEPING!!!! Please give it a second chance and stop taking all our good shows away. We need less BS crap… Read more »
It is hard to believe such a quality program such as Forever is cancelled. It is a wonderful program with a great cast. Shows like Elementary go on and on an with characters that are boring and plots that predictable. The fact that my my wife and tend to watch top rated shows such as Dancing with the Stars, NCIS and Survivor makes it surprising that this show did not merit another season. The actors in this program were so compelling made you want more. It was great to see Ioan another great role after the Horatio Hornblower series and… Read more »
We loved this show! So refreshing – the creativity, the relationships, the mystery, the sharp wit….I only watch 3 shows on TV these days, and that was one of them. We don’t need any more reality crap. I watch TV to escape, not witness other people’s drama. Please reconsider!!
Just another good show that I like and doesn’t come back. It never fails. Everytime there is a new show that is good it gets cancelled after one year. I don’t think one season is enough to see how the show goes. You should run the show at least for 2 seasons to see if it starts to peak interest.