Forever stars Ioan Gruffudd as Dr. Henry Morgan, a New York medical examiner cursed with immortality. When on board a ship during a storm two hundred years ago, Dr. Morgan was shot and thrown overboard. Since then, every time he dies, he returns a few hours later in a nearby body of water without clothes or memory of the intervening time. And he still has no idea why he is immortal to begin with. He can feel pleasure, pain, and probably hunger. He's lived, loved and lost. But he never dies. The only one who knows his secret is his long-time friend Abe. Dr. Morgan spends his time studying the human body - particularly the dead ones down at the morgue - in a search to unravel the mystery of his immortality. When a train wreck gains him the attention of widowed Detective Jo Martinez, Dr. Morgan has a chance at friendship and solving the crime behind the train wreck. But when mysterious anonymous phone calls lead Morgan to believe his secret is compromised, his fight or flight instinct kicks in.
With a fast-paced pilot, humor and some good attention-grabbing writing, this show has a lot of promise to it. Add in a few unique twists, such as returning in the water {sort of a rebirth kind of thing, maybe?}, Forever has enough originality to keep me interested.
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