WMG / Forever (2014)

Jo has known Henry is immortal since the first episode.

• We know she discovered Henry's secret basement lab, presumably she searched it. She found Henry's death diary, and probably other clues to Henry's past he keeps down there — wedding pictures, perhaps? Ever since then, she's been trying to get him to open up of his own accord, letting him know over and over that she is there if he wants to talk. She respects his privacy too much to force the issue, and besides she wants him to want to tell her.
• Either that, or Jo is also immortal, and just a lot better at not getting killed.
  • If that's the case, we just need Henry to see Jo in an outfit that shows the spot she got shot in the pilot, and notice the lack of a scar. I picture him pulling out a blacklight to confirm the lack of damage. Of course, that would only work if Jo actually died in between; otherwise she'd continue to heal at a normal rate. They could work together for *years* before her lack of aging would be noticed!

The real identity of Adam.

• We have actually seen Adam, the stalker who claims to have the same immortality as Henry. Just in photo form. He was last known as Detective Martinez's husband. He never revealed his ability, so when he died in front of her, he was unable to return to that life.
• I think it is someone we have not seen yet. Based on the voice it seems that whoever Adam is, it is played by Adrian Pasdar.
• It could be Abigail, using a voice synthesizer.
  • All three Jossed.
• "Adam" says he's as old as the Romans. Who elses do we know that is that old and live in the modern age. Nicodemus Archelone. That's who. A The Dresden Files crossover would be awesome.
• Ditto Lucian LaCroix and a Forever Knight crossover, but that's been jossed now that we've seen Adam.
  • Although we do have Abe's ex, Maureen De La Croix, as a possible tie there...
• So we'll just have to settle for Adam being known as Dr. Owen Harper in his past.

Morgan is a character in a video game.

Bodies of water are the designated Respawn Points.

Adam and Henry are Timelords.

• Just getting it out of the way now.
  • their regenerations are a little wonky, then.
• How about a young Henry Morgan had a romance with either Ashildr (who had a spare Mire medkit) or Jack Harkness (whose immortality is a strange and not-well-understood thing)?

Adam is Lucas

• Think about it: You're a 2000 year-old immortal who is a self-proclaimed "fan" of another, much younger immortal. What better way to get close to him than to take a job where he works?
  • Jossed.
  • But he did try to get close to Henry by getting a job that would bring them together...

Henry will eventually Come Back Wrong

• More in regards to his memory, if anything. There's something significant about his life flashing before his eyes every time he dies, and while it makes a pleasant aesthetic, it becomes trite since it gets repeated so often. So, what if, one death is so bad or traumatic or whatever, that Henry life fails to flash before his eyes, so that when he's fished out of the water, he has absolutely no idea who he is, how he got there, or that he might not realize that he's immortal.
• Maybe something like the drug in episode 3? It caused holes in the brain. Maybe it would tear up his memories while his body was trying to heal.
  • Henry does think the type of damage may affect how long it takes him to resurrect.
• Every time we've seen Henry die, he's been conscious up until the last moment. Perhaps if Henry died during deep anesthesia, for example, he'd miss the replay of his life, and wake up not remembering it?

Henry will at some point work on a case with John Amsterdam.

• Two immortals, both working with the NYPD mostly on homicides? C'mon, it's inevitable!

Henry is the real Sherlock Holmes

• He met Arthur Conan Doyle and his ability to Sherlock Scan and his general scientific knowledge inspired Doyle to write about theO character. But when Henry dies a la Reichenbach Fall (maybe pursuing a criminal mastermind much like Moriarty), Doyle loses the inspiration to continue the story, hence his attempt to end it. But obviously Henry doesn't die, but he can't quite reveal the truth in entirety to Doyle, so he drops a hint via a letter that he survived somehow and that he should continue the story of Sherlock Holmes because it truly represents his talents and is an inspiration to his many readers.
• Or, Henry is/was Joseph Bell, who was not only Doyle's real-life inspiration for Holmes, he was also a medical doctor and, like Henry, one of the pioneers of modern forensics. Looking for a fresh start, Henry moves to Scotland and takes on the "Joseph Bell" persona sometime around 1860. He builds an illustrious career under that name, publishes textbooks, serves as personal surgeon to Queen Victoria, and inspires Doyle with his ability to deduce details about the lives of perfect strangers. But eventually, he can no longer hide his agelessness, so Bell "dies" in 1911, and Henry moves to the united states to start fresh once again, this time returning to his real name as Henry Morgan.
• Matt Miller confirmed that if the show hadn't been cancelled, they would have hinted that Henry inspired Sherlock Holmes.
  • Perhaps both Henry and Arthur Conan Doyle studied under Dr. Joseph Bell at the same time? Henry learned to read people at a glance from Bell, and Arthur wasn't as good at it in real life but was inspired by both of them to create a character who was. Henry could even have given Arthur advice on what sort of info Sherlock should be able to gather.
    • And perhaps Conan Doyle seeing Henry disappear and revive is the reason an intelligent man of science became so sure the supernatural was real!

Something will happen to Lucas

• Something about the way he mentioned no one would notice if he were abducted, and then later asked if the team would notice if he disappeared seemed like a bit of foreshadowing that it will actually happen.
• Most likely when the series is getting its darkest as a Shoo Out the Clowns moment.
• Perhaps related to the fact that Miller confirmed Lucas would have found out Henry's secret in season 2?
  • Or, for those inclined to such ships, maybe Lucas dies and turns out to be the "much younger immortal" Henry gets involved with? It would mean he'd literally disappear!

Henry's life flashing before his eyes is what has let him keep his connection to people.

• And this is actually something that makes him different from Adam who does not have that flashing. This will turn into one of the key distinctions between them as it may be linked to why they are immortal.

Henry worked in the past with Dr. Adams

• Like the other WMG, it's too good to pass up. Both doctors, both immortal. But neither would have known the other was...Henry doesn't trigger a quickening buzz and Methos does not easily tell his secret.
• Also, Henry has a very confused Watcher trying to figure out the differences of immortal types.
  • Remember how they checked to see if Tessa was immortal? As soon as Henry shows up with one of those little scratches/scrapes on his temple they seem to like giving him, they'd see he doesn't heal and assume he's a normal mortal. (Heck, once they figure out how observant he is, they might try to recruit him! Imagine *that* conversation!)
• Most likely Jossed; see below.

Abe has done buisness with Connor Macleod

• The immortal antique dealer and the immortal's adopted son. And Henry will meet him one day.
• Judging from Lucas's comments, the Highlander franchise exists in this universe, so most likely Jossed.
• It would be more fun to see Abe interact with Rachel, who Connor rescued from the Nazis as a young girl. Fawn might have some competition!

Henry was always immortal.

• He didn't change because of his heroic actions; it simply revealed the fact. And in this universe, the immortal's first death ties them to how they resurrect. Since Henry died first in water, he comes back in water.
• Or the fact that he was immortal but stopped aging the first time he was "killed".
• The water theory does not work - there is a mention about Adam also coming back in water after dying.

Adam is Henry's ancestor.

• From a long long long distant past. Not everyone of Adam's descent is immortal; it either requires something else or it skips a lot of generations.
• This could have been foreshadowed by "The King of Columbus Circle," which had Henry narrating that we're all related in some way.
  • This is more or less inevitable - go back far enough, and you'll find that, somehow or another, you're related to every living person. Now, whether or not immortality is inheritable is up in the air.

The resurrection is a miracle cure.

• It heals all injuries, including minor or otherwise non-fatal ones, so that if he had, say, a bruise when he died, the bruise would vanish.

Notice how, in that flashback, he never attempted to protect himself from catching TB from his friend, even though exposure to someone who has it would likely get him infected. He probably did catch it - several times. But all he has to do is kill himself, and then he's cured.

• Confirmed when Henry (unknowingly) has Adam's blood analyzed and it's loaded with antibodies for diseases like bubonic plague and others they can't even identify.

Henry's clothes return to his closet when he dies.

Adam is Julius Caesar or Brutus

• In "Hitler on the Half-Shell" Adam goes to a lot of trouble to locate a Roman dagger from the year 44 BC that had once belonged to him. 44 BC was notably the year Julius Caesar was assassinated, so it's likely the dagger is liked to that event and Adam is either Caesar or one of his assassins (probably Brutus, since he is most well known).
• The synopsis for "The Last Death of Henry Morgan" confirms that the dagger was used to assassinate Julius Caesar around the time of Adam's first death, so it's extremely likely that Adam was connected to the assassination in some way.
• Most likely Jossed. Adam's (admittedly vague) description of the event that made him immortal implies that he was simply an innocent bystander who tried to stop the assassination, and was himself killed for his trouble.
• Definitely Jossed. Someone asked Matt Miller in a Q&A session on Twitter and he said Adam was only there, not Caesar.

Abigail died in childbirth

• She and the baby died due to some immortal-related complication. She and Henry were clearly set on having a child, but since there's no sign of Abigail or any offspring in the present day, and quintessential gentleman Henry Morgan would never simply abandon them, the only logical conclusion is that they're both dead.
• Jossed by the flashbacks in "Memories of Murder."

Abigail is also an immortal.

• But she didn't discover it until her marriage to Henry. At some point in The '50s, she was killed and resurrected, and not knowing what to do, she abandoned Henry (maybe blaming him for passing his immortality on to her). She will later show up in 2015, unaged, and will introduce a Love Triangle to the present-day plot with Jo.
• More than likely Jossed in "Memories of Murder," which revealed that Abigail aged normally and was still with Henry as far forward as 1982. It's still possible, but unlikely, that she later died her first death and resurrected as her younger self.
• Decidedly Jossed in "The Night in Question": Abigail killed herself to prevent Adam from finding Henry.
  • Well, technically, that doesn't actually Joss it since she could have resurrected after killing herself, and decided to flee because she knew if Adam saw her alive again he'd become obsessed with her and know to go after Henry too! Perhaps she's keeping an eye on Henry from a distance, and once she hears Adam found Henry but is now out of commission she could come back — the "much younger immortal" Miller says Henry would be involved with in season 2?
    • That would mean that Adam deliberately faked her body, playing a very long game….

Adam's knife and the gun that killed Henry are related.

• Perhaps the metal came from the same source, or the knife was remade into a gun / bullets. Either way, being killed with it/them is related to gaining immortality.
• Well, the puggio still exists, so not the latter.

Narrator!Henry is explaining himself to Jo

• Throughout the series, we often hear Henry in voiceover talking to someone. It's clear that this isn't someone who knew beforehand that he was immortal, and the fact that he's remembering these events means that the narration takes place in the future.

Most likely, Henry is telling Jo his secret. Eventually, the show will catch up to the 'present' and the narrations will stop, because everything will be happening in real time, instead of as a flashback.

• Considering that the season 1 finale is titled "The Last Death of Henry Morgan", maybe it's Henry on his deathbed telling Jo this.
• The Season 1 finale's title was to mess with fans, according to Word of God. Anyway, if he were telling someone his story, the voiceovers at the end of episodes would be egregious tangents that the other person probably wouldn't put up with for too long.

The creators of Highlander were inspired by an immortal to create the series...or one of them is an immortal himself.

• We know now it's fictional in the Forever-verse. But it's not impossible that, assuming Adam and Henry aren't the only immortals, one of the creators was inspired by an immortal to create the series, or is one. But obviously, details would be changed and stuff added for cinematic value. Adam could've loosely inspired Methos, since they have a few things in common, what with being monsters at times.
  • Perhaps they created a story with Immortals in the hopes that other actual Immortals would contact them?

The season finale will show us how Abigail learned Henry is immortal.

• She seems to have learned and accepted this fact very early in their relationship. How did that come about? Did he show her voluntarily, or did he get himself killed in her presence? This would be a great counterpoint to someone else (hopefully Jo) learning his secret in the present day.
• Confirmed. Henry gets stabbed in a fight in front of Abigail and disappears in her arms. Later on, when he's returned to say farewell to baby Abe, she finds him and hugs him, saying, "You poor man."

The King of Urkesh was a Hero with Bad Publicity.

• The description of the Urkesh royal family as brutal tyrants does not seem to line up with the stern but warm monarch encountered by Henry and Abigail in the 1950s. Previous kings may have been monsters, but he wasn't, and the revolution that swept his kingdom shortly afterward did not discriminate between good and bad royals. All the bitterness expressed by present-day Urkeshan citizens is the result of decades of anti-royalty propaganda.

The gun can't kill Henry.

• According to Adam, he believes you can die if you are killed once again by the same weapon that killed you the first time. The problem is Henry wasn't clubbed to death by a gun, but was shot with a bullet. Which is likely still at the bottom of the ocean rusted into nothing. so it can't kill him because the actual object of murder is gone forever.
  • Which raises the possibility that Adam can still die for good; after all, the blade that killed him is still intact...
  • Perhaps the bullet is still intact for as long as Henry stays alive, the dagger stays intact as long as Adam does, etc. Somewhere, on the ocean floor, is a pristine bullet, never rusting....

Henry's watch is linked to his immortality.

Henry had the watch when he died for the first time. It sat on the ocean floor for over a century before being found and brought to the surface, and it hasn't rusted away; it's in such good shape that it still keeps time well enough for a punctual man to use it as his primary timepiece. It has a habit of getting dropped or otherwise leaving his pocket right before Henry dies or comes close. In the pilot, he didn't even have it out of his pocket but it still ended up lying out of reach when Henry died. In "The Ecstasy of Agony" it even manages to be the clue that leads Jo to check surveillance tapes and discover Henry's kidnapping. It's protecting itself from vanishing, and it's protecting Henry and his secret.

• Which leads to the question of whether the watch can be broken, and if so, what would happen to Henry?

Henry will go visit Adam regularly.

His last on-screen words to Adam imply he wants to find a solution, not just leave Adam locked-in forever. Henry will try to find ways to get through to Adam, to rehabilitate him. He may have the hospital staff play audiobooks and music, for example, so that Adam isn't completely bored, deliberately choosing the most moving pieces he can to try to show Adam there are things worth appreciating and enjoying.

• For some reason I'm now picturing Lucas, who Miller said would be the next to find out about Henry, setting up a TV playing the entirety of Highlander: The Series from his personal DVDs. If Tessa doesn't break his heart, he no longer has one!

Abraham was a twin.

A healthy baby in a concentration camp would be highly unlikely, but Josef Mengele was notorious for performing experiments on identical twins, even setting up a kindergarten for his subjects. Abe could also have been Roma, not Jewish, at the "gypsy family camp".

Henry would have gone back to working as a Doctor during the height of the Covid pandemic.

He would still be working his regular job, but he'd also be helping out in one of many New York hospitals that found themselves completely overwhelmed with patients during the peak of the first wave. He'd work himself into exhaustion trying to save people, and likely catch Covid at some point. If he got sick enough he could kill himself and be healthy again, likely with lots of lovely antibodies in his bloodstream. He could even donate convalescent plasma, since he can be pretty sure if his immortality could be spread by transfusion, whoever it was he said drained all his blood would have discovered it.

He'd also be completely paranoid about Abe catching it, forbidding him to go out and getting all his groceries and other shopping. He'd probably otherwise move out and sleep in a crash room at the hospital (or even on a slab at the morgue) for fear of bringing something home to Abe. It might even be what finally gets Henry to make an effort to carry a cell, so he can check on Abe and know that Abe can reach him at a moment's notice. Abe is a smart guy and would be grateful, but eventually Abe would be ready to start getting back to a few aspects of a normal life, and Henry would be terrified by it. Abe would be 75 by 2020, putting him in a high risk category, and Henry would have seen what Covid does up close for months. But, just like with going to Vietnam, Henry would have to accept Abe's choices and judgement.

Why Henry doesn't drive.

Henry doesn't drive, relying on his bicycle, public transport, taxis, and rides from friends and colleagues. The reason is probably because he doesn't want to have to keep a driver's license on his person. Every time he died unexpectedly, he'd need to replace it, and that would be annoying and time-consuming but also likely to attract attention. If he doesn't ever drive, he can keep a license or state ID card in a drawer at home, only bringing it with him when he actually needs it. He still might need to replace it occasionally, but not nearly so often.

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