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?
So sorry to hear about “Forever” being cancelled. Hopefully ABC will reconsider, or it will be picked up by USA or TNT or Netflix.
Typical ABC action! They are the progenitors of what I call drive-by programming. Which is why each year there less and less I will go for on ABC.
What a disappointment, we really look forward to watching each week!
why do they all ways take the good sow off the air. FOREVER is a good show
why is forever going off the air. its a good show
Hate to hear this. I loved the characters and the story line. Maybe it’s perfect for Netflix.
Can’t believe ABC would cancel this show…….it has pretty decent actors and a good story line. Maybe if the time slot had not been so late (10pm) it might’ve had stronger ratings. Very disappointed that it was not renewed.
Please reconsider. So unhappy with so many shows getting canceled
Forever TV PROGRAM IS EXCEPTIONAL. Really angry over ABC cancellation. All the networks are worthless!
It’s too bad that ABC has chosen to cancel this show. To be truthful, I watch very little on ABC, but Forever was never missed. The characters grew with each episode and the story line really started to come together.
Shoot me if I ever start to watch the garbage passed off as reality shows.
I look forward to Tuesday night at 10 and watching Forever.I can’t believe the show has been canceled. Please keep it on. It was worth watching and so much better than reality TV.
One of only a couple of decent shows on TV. Please don’t cancel!
So disappointing. This has been a great show
Sick to death ABC and the other 2 networks. Why bother to put anything new on? All they do is cancel, cancel, cancel before a show even has time to build a following. With so many shows out there it takes time to find some of them. Check out how many shows didn’t do well the first season and hit their stride in the 2nd season.
I think Forever should be renewed!
Seems all the networks do is create more reality shows. If I want reality I can watch the news. It filled with nothing but reality.
Great show! Hate to see it canceled. Hope they decide to give it another season.