Forever (U.S. TV series)
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| Created by | Matt Miller |
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| Composer(s) | Josh Kramon |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 22 (list of episodes) |
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| Running time | 42 minutes |
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| Distributor | Warner Bros. Television Distribution |
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| Original network | ABC |
| Original release | September 22, 2014 – May 5, 2015 |
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Forever is an American fantasy crime drama television series that aired on ABC as part of the 2014–15 fall television season. Created by Matt Miller, it centers on the character of Dr. Henry Morgan, an immortal New York City medical examiner who uses his extensive knowledge to assist the New York City Police Department (NYPD) in solving crimes and to discover a way to end his immortality. Flashbacks within each episode reveal various details of Henry's life.
The series network aired a sneak preview on September 22, 2014, and resumed the series at 10 p.m. EST on September 23, 2014. Reception of the series was mixed. In the United States, television critics gave Forever mixed reviews, with critics divided over the series' similarity to other crime dramas and the series' premise. In contrast, voters in several online polls ranked the series as one of the best of the television season. Internationally, Forever's broadcast was well received in France and Spain.
Although ABC gave the series a full-season episode order on November 7, 2014, the network cancelled Forever after one season. ABC cited the show's live ratings as the rationale behind the decision. Television critics believed that other factors explained the network's decision as the show gained viewers who watched the show up to seven days later on their DVRs. Fans of the series reacted strongly, creating a social media campaign to save the series; despite these efforts, the series remains cancelled.
Dr. Henry Morgan (Ioan Gruffudd) is a New York City medical examiner who studies the dead for criminal cases, and to solve the mystery of his own immortality. Since his first death 200 years ago while trying to free slaves as a doctor aboard a ship in the African slave trade, Henry disappears almost immediately each time he dies and returns to life naked in a nearby body of water. Having also stopped aging, Henry's long life has given him broad knowledge and remarkable observation skills which impress most people he encounters, including New York Police Department Detective Jo Martinez (Alana de la Garza). Only antiquarian Abe (Judd Hirsch), whom Henry and his now-deceased wife Abigail found as a newborn in a German concentration camp during World War II, knows that he is immortal. Henry is stalked by "Adam", who is also an immortal, and claims to have been alive for around 2,000 years.
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