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?
This is the best show on tv now, should not have been canceled………every show left me saying awwww, or in tears! Now its tears of sadness!
I cannot believe they cancelled this amazing show!!! It was something so different and fun in a world of reality tv shows and “sex sells” shows. I’m so very sad right now!! I hope they decide it was a bad move or someone else grabs this wonderful show up!!!
I absolutely loved this show. It almost seems that the networks are no longer trying to put on quality programs. They are settling for reality tv probably because it is a lot cheeper for them to make. So sad. I hate this show is being taken off the air.
great show , brilliant actors , amazing stories. please help us .. we want a season2
They look at the bottom line, like everything else in society today. That’s ALL that matters. “Forever” never had a chance to continue and build an audience because it didn’t have the numbers in the first year. Not to mention our worship of youth in this country; if that is the way it is, we are apparently going to keep getting trash on TV. It’s all directed at youth who don’t seem to have any interest in quality programming. I don’t understand that, since we baby boomers are 80 million strong, and we have more money! ???
I’m so sorry to see this show go. Please find a way to bring it back. With so much crap out there specially reality TV, “Forever” was a breath of fresh air and great acting. The premise of the story is great and the show wasn’t tainted with needless sex scenes or cursing. It was just a fun show with great acting. Please, please bring it back. We need to know the rest of the story.
I CAN’T BELIEVE THEY CANCELLED FOREVER!!!! I seriously CRIED when I heard they were canceling the show!! It is so good and clean! If there is any show that isn’t some kind of porn/full of s*x it gets cancelled!!! It’s a great show for the whole family!!!!
I really enjoyed this show a lot. I think the acting is great, the characters are well developed, and the concept is interesting. I hope someone picks this series up because it has great potential.
I really enjoyed this show. I’m not sure how I found out about it but I was away for 2 weeks and when I got home I couldn’t find it. I guess I have missed the last show. So much junk on. This seemed to be good story. hopefully it does go on to NetFlix
Forever is the best show! It is top on my list of new shows this year. I have been watching it on demand over and over again! It needs another chance at different time slot. The actors are excellent and have a great chemistry. ABC is makings huge mistake.
I absolutely loved this show and watched it every single week. This show has so much potential but ABC NEVER give new shows a chance. I am very disappointed with ABC. This is why people do not want to watch new shows because they just get cancelled. I hope another network picks up FOREVER, because ABC doesn’t know when they have a great show. ABC you are known for dropping shows quicker than any other network. You really messed up, once again, with this show. This was the best new show that premiered or that has come out in a… Read more »
Please go to Facebook, Foreverists Group for Forever Fans; all the information is there. Our calls, tweets, emails, etc. are really having the desired effect. ABC is off the map for us, but there are several other networks that are expressing interest. Netflix is the most interested. Please go to the @netflix and help.netflix.com and tell them you really want to see Forever on Netflix. They seem to be showing the most interest, and the more we let them know we want them to show Forever the better chance we have of saving it. And there is a petition at… Read more »
Please renew Forever! It’s a great show.
I absolutely love thus show. It was one of the two only shows I watch. I am devastated its been canceled. And I love the cast. I was really looking forward to another season! Hopefully another station can pick it up!
One of the better well written shows on television.
I love the show and I believe it should extented several more seasons
My husband and I are very upset that
Forever has been cancelled. This was a very enjoyable show and deserves another chance.
Please bring back this show.