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Henry Morgan (Ioan Gruffudd) is a crime-solving New York City medical examiner who is also immortal. He's more than 200 years old, and he doesn't know why he can't be killed.
Well, actually, Henry gets killed a lot. But every time he is killed, he awakes naked in water. Which is weird.
His immortality accounts for the title of ABC's new drama "Forever," which premires Monday at 9 p.m. on ABC/Ch. 4 before moving to its regular time slot (with a second episode) on Tuesday at 9 p.m.
Given all his experience with death, it's oddly appropriate the Henry is a Sherlock Holmes-like medical examiner, teaming up with NYPD detective Jo Martinez (Alana De La Garza) to solve the case-of-the-week murder in every episode.
He's also trying to figure out the mystery of his own immortality with help from his pal Abe (Judd Hirch), the one guy who knows his secret.
Well, apparently not the one guy who knows. There's somebody out there - maybe another immortal? - who knows more about Henry than Henry is comfortable with this individual knowing.
"Forever" isn't bad. It's sort of lightweight fun that leans heavily on Gruffud's charm. And, fortunately for the show, Gruffud has a lot of charm.
Just maybe not enough to carry the entire show.