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Forever Season 1 Episodes
Season 1 Episode Guide
22 Episodes 2014 - 2015
Episode 1
Pilot
Mon, Sep 22, 201444 mins
Henry Morgan is a man who cannot die. He's been living with it for 200 years. Today, he works as medical examiner in New York. He's trying to figure what caused a subway accident which he was on. They learn that the man operating the train died. They wonder if it was because of natural causes. But Morgan says that he was poisoned. He works with Detective Martinez who is dealing some personal issues of her own. She looks at the video before the accident and sees Morgan. So she thinks he's person of interest. Morgan at the same time gets a call from someone who knows he was on the train when it crashed.
Episode 2
Look Before You Leap
Tue, Sep 23, 201444 mins
After Henry pegs the case of a would-be bridge jumper as a homicide while the police label it a suicide, he and Jo go on a rogue investigation for proof. Meanwhile, Henry's anonymous caller surfaces again. Apparently, he has been tracking him for years. A letter on antique stationery might provide Henry a fascinating clue about the caller, and he enlists Abe's help in tracing the note's history to a foreign locale. Revealing flashbacks unveil the beginning of Henry's great love affair with his soon-to-be wife, Abigail.
Episode 3
Fountain of Youth
Tue, Sep 30, 201443 mins
Henry is interested in aging and how to die, but New York's wealthy elderly are chasing a way to turn back the clock. A clinic is dispensing a pricey product - Aterna - which is supposed to provide the much sought after fountain of youth. But instead, Henry and Jo are confronted with multiple deaths from the costly potion, which instead of revolutionizing the aging process, is turning people's brains into swiss cheese. Meanwhile Henry remembers back to dear friend who was diagnosed with tuberculosis in 1906 and discovers a link to this current case. Unbeknownst to Henry, Abe, who would love to be young and youthful again, is tempted to try Aterna. And Henry learns however long you live, you must live every day and hour like it's your last.
Episode 4
The Art of Murder
Tue, Oct 7, 201442 mins
The death of Gloria Carlyle, the elegant, seemingly ruthless matriarch of one of New York's wealthiest and oldest families, brings a world of hurt down on her family. After Gloria is found dead at a Metropolitan Museum of Art gala celebration of her philanthropy, Henry runs through a variety of suspects and motives but is pulled from the case when the family demands faster answers. Abe assists Henry and Jo entering the family's estate sale for important clues through his antique connections. Meanwhile, Henry is tormented by the haunting and melancholy memories that this particular art museum holds for him when it comes to the love of his life, Abigail, and their ironic personal history with Gloria. It all calls into question, what would you do for love?
Episode 5
The Pugilist Break
Tue, Oct 14, 201442 mins
What looks like a drug overdose death of a reformed junkie-turned community activist results in Henry and Jo tracking a murderer. The complex investigation involves dirty dealings between a real estate developer and a community organizer with millions of dollars at stake. Henry flashes back to the same 1890s New York tenement where he worked as a doctor to help the poor, including an orphan boy who gives him a special handmade gift. Meanwhile, Abe cooks up a Sunday dinner feast for Henry, Jo and himself. When Jo tries to find out how the two men know one another, Henry weaves an elaborate tale to cover the truth.
Episode 6
The Frustrating Thing About Psychopaths
Tue, Oct 21, 201443 mins
When a human heart is delivered fresh out of a body to the homicide division, Henry and Jo end up in the middle of a Jack the Ripper copycat murder investigation. But it doesn't stop there. A second killing resembles another infamous, unsolved crime: the Black Dahlia murder. Henry has seen it all before, as flashbacks show his involvement with the two original cases from two very different periods of his long life. However, Henry's anonymous caller tips him to search beyond the clues of these classic killings and leads the police squad to profile a very different, yet disturbed suspect.
Episode 7
New York Kids
Tue, Oct 28, 201443 mins
Dr. Tyler Forester, founder of a free medical clinic and the son of a Wall Street billionaire, is awarded one of the city's highest honors for his humanitarian efforts. A few hours later, he is found dead in his tiny apartment. Henry and Jo discover that Tyler's life of privilege and those of his thick-as-thieves Hamilton School classmates took a fateful turn one night many years ago. Now, the nightmare they thought they buried deep within themselves has come back to haunt them. Meanwhile, Henry recalls being faced with the terrible dilemma of being forced to decide between saving a man's life and protecting his own secret. Now, he is faced with the same predicament, but will he come to the same conclusion? And Abe shares a deeply held secret of his own with Henry.
Episode 8
The Ecstasy of Agony
Tue, Nov 11, 201444 mins
Henry and Jo discover there is a fine line between pleasure and pain when the death of a successful businessman and devoted husband points to a form of ritualized punishment. Henry learns it may be all a question of trust. The man's "domination therapist" comes under scrutiny as a murder suspect, who also wants to help Henry work through his own issues. Flashbacks reveal Henry's emotional story of betrayal after he shares his secret with his first wife, Nora. Meanwhile, Abe is flabbergasted when the object of his intense passion - Maureen Delacroix - his two-time ex-wife, reappears with a tempting offer.
Episode 9
6 A.M.
Tue, Nov 18, 201442 mins
Harlem's jazz community serves as the backdrop for a musical murder probe dealing with the rights to a legendary jazz hit, "6 A.M." Whoever legitimately penned the chartbuster would be set for life, providing a classic motive. Therefore, jazz history is on the line when Henry and Jo investigate the murder of jazz saxophonist Pepper Evans' son. Simultaneously, bittersweet memories come flooding back to Henry, Jo and Pepper as they reflect on their father-child relationships. Meanwhile Henry, always a big fan of classical music, and Abe, a jazz enthusiast since he was a youngster, have a keyboard face-off as Abe tries to teach Henry to appreciate a new, more emotional kind of music.
Episode 10
The Man in the Killer Suit
Tue, Dec 2, 201442 mins
When all the ingredients for a sensational, scandalous murder investigation are combined -- a fairytale romance gone wrong, a jealous mentor and lover, an anxious, wealthy father of the beautiful fiancée - does love really conquer all? An engaged British aristocrat turns up dead in Central Park, and his identity is called into question, as well as who killed him. The trail leads Henry and Jo through one of New York's top luxury department stores and from working class to upper crust New York society. Henry remembers back to 1957 when, once again, he and his family had to pack up and move to protect his secret. Coincidentally, Abe crosses paths with the woman who he memorably shared his first kiss with as a youngster.
Episode 11
Skinny Dipper
Tue, Dec 9, 201444 mins
When a taxi cab driver is killed with an antique sword, it is just the start of the tangled web the anonymous caller weaves to draw Henry under his influence. But what is "Adam" really after? After a second victim is murdered, "Adam" attempts to frame Henry for the crime. Can Henry trust Jo to tell her the truth? Or is it time for Henry and Abe to leave town? Just as they get ready to flee, Henry attempts to exact revenge on "Adam," which culminates in the shocking revelation about the true identity of Henry's secret stalker.
Episode 12
The Wolves of Deep Brooklyn
Tue, Jan 6, 201543 mins
Henry returns to work to investigate the murder of a young investor, who happens to be the son of one of Abe's wartime Army buddies. Abe and his Army buddies decide to play detective and solve the case.
Episode 13
Diamonds Are Forever
Tue, Jan 13, 201542 mins
When a man is killed in what appears to be a hit and run, Henry and Jo investigate. Henry says it was not an accident. They learn that the man is an ex-con. Jo thinks he was the one who robbed a jewelry store but the man's wife says he was trying to turn his life around. Henry upon looking at surveillance footage rules him out as the robber. Jo also learns that her late husband was the one who prosecuted him.
Episode 14
Hitler on the Half-Shell
Tue, Feb 3, 201542 mins
Is Karl Haas a hero or a traitor and thief? When he ends up in the morgue, it starts an explosive chain of events with Henry and Jo racing to track - not just a murderer - but to solve a decades old notorious art crime. Karl's son, Erik, who is an art dealer, inherited from his father priceless works of art stolen by the Nazi's during World War II. Meanwhile, Adam pays an unsuspecting Abe a furtive visit, and Henry's paternal instincts force a face-off with his nemesis. Flashbacks take Henry to 1814 where he is shocked to learn that his own father's shipping company was involved in illegal and immoral practices. Finally, Abe receives a priceless gift.
Episode 15
The King of Columbus Circle
Tue, Feb 10, 201543 mins
An old man is found dead in the park. When Henry examines him, he sees the man has a surgical scar which he remembers as one he did, when he operated on a boy years ago when he was on his honeymoon on the Orient Express over 50 years ago. The boy is the son of a King who was later exiled. When they learn of who he is, they go to the embassy and learn the man was planning to go back to his country. It seems like there those who prefer he not return. Henry later discovers that the man was poisoned with a radioactive isotope.
Episode 16
Memories of Murder
Tue, Feb 24, 201542 mins
A young woman is found dead made up as someone from the 1970s. The victim was fantasy partner of a lonely man and the case leads Morgan back to the woman he had previously met as a dominatrix, and is now a respectable college professor.
Episode 17
Social Engineering
Tue, Mar 3, 201543 mins
A member of a secret "hack-tivist" group is murdered; Abe remembers his days as an activist.
Episode 18
Dead Men Tell Long Tales
Tue, Mar 24, 201544 mins
A deep sea salvage operator is killed after he finds gold on a sunken ship, the very ship Henry once sailed on in 1814 and on which he died the first time. Adam returns and thinks one of its treasures holds the answer to their immortality.
Episode 19
Punk Is Dead
Tue, Mar 31, 201543 mins
The mummified body of a woman who died 31 years ago is found in the wall of a nightclub. Henry has only 48 hours to prove the man originally convicted of killing her didn't do it. Abe thinks he may have an idea on how to find Abagail.
Episode 20
Best Foot Forward
Tue, Apr 7, 201544 mins
The foot of a ballerina is found but the rest of her body is missing. After finding the car she had been moved in Henry believes she might still be alive, if only just barely. Jo is going to Paris which provokes a painful memory from Henry's past. Abe may have found a clue about the location of Abigail.
Episode 21
The Night in Question
Tue, Apr 21, 201543 mins
Henry gets a lead on Abigail his wife who left him when she started to age and he didn't. When he gets to where he thinks she is, he finds a body but it's not Abigail. So he and Jo investigate problem is that it's not in their jurisdiction. They have to deal with a judge and the sheriff of the town where the body was found. They learn that the body is of a girl who was brought in to the hospital where Abigail was working. They learn that the girl was running away from an abusive boyfriend. They also learn that on the same night the girl was brought in a man who was riding a motorcycle was struck and brought to the same hospital. They eventually learn who the boyfriend is and who struck the motorcyclist but neither of them had anything to do with what happened to Abigail. So what happened to her.
Episode 22
The Last Death of Henry Morgan
Tue, May 5, 201543 mins
Jo is all that stands in the way of Henry's and Adam's impending clash.
