DJariya

I think Henry was imagining seeing the woman from his flashbacks who we didn't meet yet.

randian

I thought he was imagining the girl who was killed on the subway.

Jadzia

He saw a girl who reminded him of the blonde from his past, but when he looked at her again, he realized he was only imagining seeing her. (The actress switched from the blonde to some other girl.)

MikahC

We enjoyed the pilot, but by episode 2, I had a Castle vibe, and I've already checked out of Castle. Actually, it was Castle meets something else, but I've forgotten the something else, so let's just go with Castle. It stands the very real chance of being a show like Castle that I have no real problem with, but just don't need to watch. I'm also apprehensive about the dying/resurrection. In the Pilot, it was needed to establish some things. By the time the second episode came around, I actively said to my wife while watching the lead on the bridge that, "I guess we've reached the die/resurrection scene." The dying did nothing for me and in fact pulled me out of watching the story unfold.

Castle has played somewhat loose with why Castle follows Beckett, but has done a mostly good job of explaining it. Initially the mayor has him tag her as a favor for his book. Now he's allowed to tag along because his POV has proven valuable. And he's a rich playboy with plenty of time on his hands. But the Medical Examiner in this show? The premise of a ME in NYC out gallivanting around being a detective instead of doing his 9-5 job is thin.

Although we enjoyed the pilot, this seems quickly destined to fall into the category of "something on TV" as opposed to "something interesting on TV".

writer106

I thought the second episode was solid. But I agree with MikahC, an ME going around with a detective questioning people was a bit annoying. I'm going to stick with this show to see if the mystery caller is identified within the 13 episodes. For a few moments, in last night's episode, I kind of thought that the professor could have been an immortal because he was described as knowing several languages and various things.

mphtrilogy

I missed the premier, but caught the 2nd ep, thought it was pretty good.

The premier is not on demand, and I don't see it anywhere, hope they can repair so I can check it out.

DJariya

http://www.hulu.com/forever

Jadzia

I didn't enjoy the second episode as much as the pilot. The case did not hold my interest as much, and a lot of the entertaining tone from the pilot seemed to be missing from this episode. Hopefully this show doesn't continue to decline.

mphtrilogy

Thanks!

Red Dog

So I guess the detective's dead ex is his mystery foil.

Orbi-Wan Techno

We watched the premiere free on iTunes.

WCChiCubsFan

I enjoyed this and will keep watching. Haven't seen the second episode yet but will check it out later tonight.

writer106

http://deadline.com/2014/09/chicago-...atings-840316/

There was a slight bump in ratings last night from the pilot airing on Monday night. It was in second place behind Chicago Fire in the time slot. I think ABC is a bit satisfied with that.

DJariya

I just finished the second episode thought pretty much the same. It lacked some of the charm from the Pilot. The case of the week was okay. It had some interesting elements, but I didn't really care for who the villain was.

I did think it was funny that Abe used what looked like an old Taxi publicity photo for his eharmony profile.

mphtrilogy

decent start:

Gizmo

If he's going to die every episode it's going to get old.

Jadzia

They could have called this show "Dumb Ways to Die"

Red Dog

I agree.

randian

I assume he has eternal youth as well as resurrection ability. Surely he has gone decades without dying a violent death. I can't imagine he dies a violent death often enough for his age to be fixed, unless resurrection resets his age.

Mysteryfan

I think the same thing.

Superman07

Wow, I thought the second episode was much better than the first. I felt it had more opportunity to flesh out the world and characters. Will definitely keep watching.

For a moment I thought her ex would be the GUY. While that would be interesting, and would juxtapose Abe telling Henry he won't ever see the blonde again (or will he??...), as soon as the guy called again I was off that theory.

I haven't seen any casting news, but I think the other guy may be the older actor who has been appearing in a lot of shows and overstating their welcome according to commentators here. Their name is escaping me, and I don't want to look them up lest I be spoiled. For reference, this person was recently in either episode 1 or 2 of the TNT series Legends.

Inhumans99

Just finished up the 2nd ep last night, and I am really enjoying this show. I honestly had only seen promo spots for this show maybe 48hrs prior to my tivoing it, so I was just tivoing it because it is my general habit to TiVo new falls shows as they pop up on the schedule, with the idea that a handful of them survive the ratings gauntlet and become season pass worthy.

I am somewhat shocked that this show has quickly become a favorite of mine, and since it seems to be shaking off the ratings curse of most ABC shows that air at 10, it may be on the air for at least an entire season, so that is great. Put it this way, since the show was mentioned in this thread, I was well aware of what Castle was about before it aired, and went into the show thinking I would enjoy it. It was a roll of the dice that Forever would be a show that earns a spot on my season pass list.

mnementh

Maybe the mystery foil is the guy from New Amsterdam.

writer106

Lol. But that guy wasn't 2,000 years old.

I'm also leaning on the myster caller Adam being the detective's dead husband. I also think the Henry's blonde ex wife will show up later on in the present day. I'm predicting that Adam will use her somehow to draw out Henry to find him.

JuryDuty

This one took me completely by surprise. The acting is terrific, the writing is strong and the plot surprises/historical pieces give character depth, etc.

Felt like a cross between Unbreakable and Elementary or something.

I'll be watching.