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 love this show!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
This is the best show I have seen in years. Please let it continue. My favorite part of the show is the relationship between the father and his son.
I love this show!!! Its characters and story line are fascinating- like nothing else out there!
My entire family loves this show, and will be devastated if they cancel it. It’s such a good, wholesome show; WHY does it come on at 10pm??? The people who would enjoy it don’t want to stay up that late. Why not put the vulgar sitcoms on at 10 and bump this up to 8 or 9? I question whether shows like NCIS would have stayed on if they’d started out at 10pm. Same demographic, right?
I quit watching network tv but at a friend’s insistence I watched an episode & was hooked. The reason I quit network tv was because I was sick of every programme I liked being canceled, even if it had good but not through the roof ratings or if it’s ratings were ruined by being put in an impossible time slot (Revolution, anyone?). If that is the case with forever I won’t be fooled again & will never trust network tv.
This show is the only reason I continue to have Direct v. I love the format, the cast, and the suspense about Adam’s relationship with Henry. I have season one on streaming so that I can watch the episodes in sequence. I got my daughter and grandson hooked on the series and now I see it’s continuation is being questioned. NO, please don’t take this wonderful series off my viewing pleasure. Give this show time to really develop a devout following!
Please do not cancel this show. We look at it as a family. I love the bits of history in the storyline. It’s great. All of the actors are tops. ABC this is great entertainment.
We really love Forever!!! Please, please, please keep this awesome show!!! LOVE FOREVER!!!!
A truly amazing show on so many different levels. Touches the heart; stimulates thoughts and feelings.
Please don’t cancel this one-of-a kind show for another senseless addition to our viewing choice.
One of the best shows on tv . Truly enjoyable show and great plots . Hope and pray this series continues .
Forever is one of my favorite shows . Have not ever missed an episode ! Super cast good plots .
I love this show I have it programed on my TV but sometimes it’s not there. Can some one tell me why this happens. :}
Forever is simply the BEST show ABC has come up with in years…..PLEASE renew it for another season!!!!!
Forever is great love everything about it actors, plots are all wonderful, one of the only shows we watch on TV we don’t watch reality or most of the sitcoms on TV now days. This show is one of the few we can watch as a family……ABC PLEASE don’t cancel it
Forever is terrific! The “flashbacks” provide interesting history tid-bits of society and medicine and perspective to Henry’s thinking. The choice of actors is TOP NOTCH.
Keep this show comin’