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?
I’ve been looking for this show and just found out it was cancelled. Devastated. Great show. Great cast. Great characters. Needs to be brought back!
Iloved this show and thought it was on Summer Rest, Wish it would come back!
Very disappointed! I can’t believe what I am reading that ‘Forever’ was cancelled. Unbelievable that shows as good as this gets cancelled. Why is it that really good shows are cancelled and the bad ones are left to surf through and skip all together! I loved this show. I looked forward to watching it every week. It was the only show that both my husband and I truly enjoyed. I do hope that ABC reconsiders putting it back on. It was engaging, classy and I loved Ioan Gruffud as Henry Morgan and Judd Hirsch as Abe. Great casting!
What would one expect from a company like Disney (ABC’s parent) who will fire hundreds of young Americans and replace them with foreigners, whom those being fired are required to train their replacements. I’ve lost all regard for the Disney Company and don’t trust their subsidiaries, like ABC who make a big deal of “Made In America!”
I also do not have TV service and love watching when I please on Hulu. What a shame this show was canceled I enjoyed it..
I guess I can stop looking for season two to begin. I am very disappointed there won’t be one. The stories were interesting and well written and the characters engaging. My job requires that I am up at five in the morning so I too recorded the programs and watched them at a later date. Some of the dummest shows go on forever-no pun intended- and good shows like this get cancelled. I’m glad I like to read.
the tv show forever should not have been cancelled
Loved this!!! they cancel this and izombie gets a season 2 ????????????????????????
I am so sad was totally looking forward to this show. I too taped it to watch later
I am so very disappointed that forever was not renewed for another season, at least give us the reruns.
I love this show. this show made me watch abc again. I wish it come back,
LOVE this show. Devastated that it’s cancelled.
I just wanted to add one more thing. I personally do not have a tv, I watch all my shows on my Kindle Fire. I have Hulu, Netflix, CBS access and Amazon Prime. They say they cancelled the show because of low ratings. Are they basing the ratings on just people not watching at 10:00 when the show is broadcasted, or do they also take into consideration the people out there like me who don’t have access to a tv? I’m sure there are a lot more people out there like me who watch their shows on their mobile devices… Read more »
I agree. Why cancel such a great show? please, please reconsider. I also tape the show and watch it at my own time. Maybe the timing was wrong? At least give us an answer.
Hope it will be that you or some more intelligent network will. What’s wrong with your decision makers?
I loved the show. Hate to see it go. One of two shows I watched ever week.
Why did they have to cancel ‘Forever ‘? I love this show, absolutely love it. Seems to me they cancel all the really great shows and keep the really lame ones. ‘Forever’ is one of the best shows I’ve seen in a long time. I looked forward to watching every week. I believe if ABC doesn’t want to continue with the show, NBC, CBS, or FOX definitely should.
Loved it. Sad there wasn’t a season 2