Since 2018 Welsh actor Ioan Gruffudd has been playing a forensic pathologist in Australian drama Harrow, but it's not the first time he's portrayed a character with that job description.

He also starred as a medical examiner in the 2014 series Forever, only Dr Henry Morgan was different to Dr Daniel Harrow in a very unique way he's immortal and has been for 200 years.

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Forever follows Dr Henry Morgan as he works with Detective Jo Martinez to solve murders in New York. When not working, Henry tries to figure out why he is immortal and how to end the curse. He is also being hunted by another immortal named Adam.

The only person in on Henry's secret is elderly antique store owner Abe, who is also Henry's son. Henry and his wife Abigail adopted concentration camp survivor Abe after World War II. Abigail was the only other person he knew the truth about Henry, but she disappeared in the 1980s.

Starring alongside Gruffudd in Forever is Law & Order and FBI actress Alana De La Garza as Jo. Henry's assistant Lucas is played by Avatar and Bones actor Joel David Moore. Jo's detective partner Mike Hanson is portrayed by 24's Donnie Keshawarz, while their boss Leiutenant Joanna Reece is played by The Village's Lorraine Toussant.

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Veteran actor Judd Hirsch, from the sitcom Taxi and film Independence Day, plays Abe, with The Bold and the Beautiful's Mackenzie Mauzy portraying Abigail in flashbacks.

The other immortal in the series, Adam, is played by Torchwood and Enola Holmes actor Burn Gorman.

Forever is the kind of show that has a little bit of almost every genre. At its core it is a police procedural with a different crime to solve each episode.

The show also has elements of a period drama, with flashbacks to Henry's life over 200 years. We see the moment in 1814 when he became immortal, as well as meeting Abigail while working as medical personnel during World War II.

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Then there is the sci-fi element of Henry's immortality, which involves Henry emerging from a large body of water every time he comes back to life. His mystery isn't as curious as Adam's though, Adam claims to have lived for 2,000 years and is looking for the lost dagger that killed him and also Roman general Julius Caesar.

Forever was cancelled after one season of 22 episodes, despite popularity on catch-up services and an online cult following.

Creator Matt Miller shared his secret vision for the future of the series on Twitter in 2015. He revealed we would have found out about Henry's other family, including a Spanish lover, and Henry would've had a romance with another, much younger immortal. We would have also seen flashbacks of Henry as a child, along with the moment Abe learned Henry's secret.

Stream every episode ever of Forever for free on 9Now.

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