You might feel justified in expecting a TV series called Forever to be around for more than one season. If you did, and you were depending on the ABC television network to keep providing the show, you would be disappointed.
In case you missed it, Forever was the story of New York pathologist Dr. Henry Morgan, ( Ioan Gruffudd) an Englishman who could not die. Oh, he could be killed – and he was at least once in every show – but every time it happened, he would soon pop to the surface of the East River (or was it the Hudson?) alive and well and naked as a jaybird. His adopted son, played masterfully by Judd Hirsch, would fish him out and take him home to get dressed and resume his life as if nothing had happened. Sure it sounds ridiculous, but it worked – it was actually an entertaining and intelligent show.
This time, it looks as though Morgan and the series are truly dead. The series female lead, Alana De La Garza, has jumped to CBS where she has landed a recurring role on Scorpion, and another as a regular on a new Criminal Minds spinoff, Criminal Minds – Beyond Borders due to debut sometime mid-season.
Even so, as someone who really enjoyed the show, I hope Hirsch is keeping an eye on the river.
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