8.4/102,070 votes#1 - Pilot
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 9/22/2014
A deadly subway collision is investigated as a New York City medical examiner attempts to discover the truth behind his inexplicable immortality.
Director: Brad Anderson
Writer: Matthew Miller
8.1/101,670 votes#2 - Look Before You Leap
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 9/23/2014
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.
Director: Sam Hill
Writer: Matthew Miller
8.0/101,504 votes#3 - Fountain of Youth
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 9/30/2014
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 ...
Director: David Warren
Writer: Janet Lin
8.4/101,490 votes#4 - The Art of Murder
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 10/7/2014
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 ...
Director: Jace Alexander
Writer: Chris Fedak
7.9/101,345 votes#5 - The Pugilist Break
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 10/14/2014
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, ...
Director: John T. Kretchmer
Writer: Phil Klemmer
8.6/101,441 votes#6 - The Frustrating Thing About Psychopaths
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 10/21/2014
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... He's a 200 year-old detective. You have to know there'd be a Jack the Ripper episode.
Director: Zetna Fuentes
Writer: Sarah Nicole Jones
8.0/101,267 votes#7 - New York Kids
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 10/28/2014
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 ...
Director: Steve Shill
Writer: Zev Borow
8.4/101,381 votes#8 - The Ecstasy of Agony
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 11/11/2014
Henry and Jo become immersed in the world of a dominatrix, who doesn't dole out pain for kinky pleasures but for therapeutic purposes. Meanwhile, Abe reacquaints himself with his own form of pain and pleasure - his former wife.
Director: Brad Anderson
Writer: Allen MacDonald
8.1/101,260 votes#9 - 6 A.M.
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 11/18/2014
Music and murder collide! Don’t worry, it’s jazz, not music from the 1800’s. A man dies when his car catches fires and incinerates him. The various suspects center around the world of Jazz and concerns the true author of one of its greatest standards.
Director: Peter Lauer
Writer: Dean Carpentier, Matt Kester
8.2/101,193 votes#10 - The Man in the Killer Suit
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 12/2/2014
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...
Director: Jace Alexander
Writer: Cameron Litvack
9.1/101,641 votes#11 - Skinny Dipper
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 12/9/2014
Henry's mysterious anonymous caller confronts him by framing him for a murder. With the police closing in he is faced with the prospect of having to either leave town or confess his true nature to everyone.
Director: Steve Boyum
Writer: Chris Fedak, Phil Klemmer
8.2/101,149 votes#12 - The Wolves of Deep Brooklyn
Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 1/6/2015
Abe takes over for Henry. The detective thing, not the immortal part. 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.
Director: Rob Bailey
Writer: Zev Borow
8.4/101,155 votes#13 - Diamonds Are Forever
Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 1/13/2015
Jo and Henry pursue the killer of a jewelry store burglar who has a connection with Jo's dead husband.
Director: John T. Kretchmer
Writer: Janet Lin
8.7/101,256 votes#14 - Hitler on the Half Shell
Season 1 Episode 14 - Aired 2/3/2015
A murder opens the door to a hoard of Nazi secrets and the return of an old enemy.
Director: David Warren
Writer: Sarah Nicole Jones
8.5/101,223 votes#15 - The King of Columbus Circle
Season 1 Episode 15 - Aired 2/10/2015
Henry and Jo investigate the murder of an exiled king; Abe discovers something about his bloodline.
Director: Matt Barber
Writer: Phil Klemmer
8.5/101,232 votes#16 - Memories of Murder
Season 1 Episode 16 - Aired 2/24/2015
A college student obsessed with the 1970s is murdered. Sparks fly between Henry and a professor.
Director: Zetna Fuentes
Writer: Anderson MacKenzie
8.3/101,120 votes#17 - Social Engineering
Season 1 Episode 17 - Aired 3/3/2015
Henry's secret is jeopardized when he investigates the death of an underground activist.
Director: Antonio Negret
Writer: John Enbom
8.7/101,194 votes#18 - Dead Men Tell Long Tales
Season 1 Episode 18 - Aired 3/24/2015
When the owner of a treasure hunting salvage company is murdered, the investigation leads Henry and Jo on a chase to find the missing ship’s gold and the killer.
Director: Peter Lauer
Writer: Chris Fedak
8.3/101,098 votes#19 - Punk is Dead
Season 1 Episode 19 - Aired 3/31/2015
While Jo and Isaac are at a punk rock club, a mummified body is found in the wall.
Director: John F. Showalter
Writer: Ildy Modrovich
8.6/101,209 votes#20 - Best Foot Forward
Season 1 Episode 20 - Aired 4/7/2015
A human foot in a blood-soaked ballet slipper is found in a bin at a theater.
Director: John T. Kretchmer
Writer: Sarah Nicole Jones
9.2/101,543 votes#21 - The Night in Question
Season 1 Episode 21 - Aired 4/21/2015
Henry tackles the most important case of his career: the disappearance of the love of his life, Abigail, after she left him. Desperate to find out where she might have gone, Abe, unbeknownst to Henry, secretly contacts Lucas to help find clues to her whereabouts. Already involved in a murder investigation with Jo, Henry involves Lucas and the team of detectives under the guise of searching for “Abe’s mother” — never letting on his own relationship with Abigail. Henry and Abe’s anxiety is ratcheted up as one terrifying domino falls after another until Henry uncovers the horrifying details of Abigail’s last secret.
Director: Michael Fields
Writer: Phil Klemmer
9.3/102,053 votes#22 - The Last Death of Henry Morgan
Season 1 Episode 22 - Aired 5/5/2015
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. But at long last, will Jo finally learn about Henry’s secret?
Director: Brad Anderson
Writer: Chris Fedak, Matthew Miller
The Best Episodes of Forever Season 1
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Doctor Henry Morgan, New York City’s star medical examiner, has a secret. He doesn't just study the dead to solve criminal cases, he does it...
Genres:DramaCrimeMysterySci-Fi & Fantasy
Network:ABC
Season 1 Ratings Summary
"Pilot" is the best rated episode of "Forever" season 1. It scored 8.4/10 based on 2070 votes. Directed by Brad Anderson and written by Matthew Miller, it aired on 9/22/2014. This episode is rated 0.3 points higher than the second-best, "Look Before You Leap".