Forever Episode 1.02 Look Before You Leap

A frantic woman tries to get hold of someone on her cell phone. She orders a cab driver to stop in the middle of a bridge. She rushes out, steps over the railing and disappears over the side. It looks to be a suicide. Henry believes the paint chips under the woman's nails suggest she was struggling to hang on. In other words, she was murdered. Jo's faith in Henry's judgment is unwavering. After all, he hasn't been wrong yet.

Henry has a policy of never talking to the families of the victims he examines. This time, however, he can't avoid the parents of the alleged jumper, Vicky Hulquist. Henry heads out to the bridge to investigate the cause of death. He notices a set of footprints on the outer ledge. He also finds a carabiner, which is used for rock climbing. Henry nearly falls off the bridge. He's able to pull himself back up just in time to violently hit by an oncoming vehicle. When the driver steps outside, he sees there's no body. Henry is gone. Actually, he's in the water below just like he always is once he wakes up after dying.

Henry returns to work to find a gift on his desk. It's the carabiner he found on the bridge along with a bottle of aspirin. There's a note inside. It reads: "That looked painful. My condolences for your death. Your Fan. "Jo shows up. Henry lets her know about the footprint on the bridge. He later lets Abe know about his "fan." There's a chance the paper that was used for the note may provide a clue to his identity.

Henry and Jo meet with Vicky's parents. The victim had been working on a paper translating an ancient manuscript with her college professor and a few other grad students. Henry assures the family that they'll find who killed their daughter. He and Jo meet with Professor James Browning. A grad student, Paul, lets them into the classroom where Browning is in the middle of a lesson on the scroll they were deciphering-the codex. The ancient artifact is, in fact, a love letter.

Through multiple observations, Henry deduces that Browning was having an affair with Vicky. The professor claims he was at the opera the night the victim died. His wife, Miranda, confirms his story until Henry accuses her of lying, which she is. Browning ultimately confesses to loving Vicky, but he's the one who ended their relationship. Henry thinks the guy is telling the truth.

Henry believes someone lured Vicky to the bridge. Her death wasn't a suicide. Neither was the just-discovered death of James Browning. The professor was drugged. Someone else slit his wrist. Someone who is left-handed. This southpaw suspect also wrote the bogus suicide note. Henry notices that the title page of the paper Browning co-wrote with Vicky is missing.

Henry realizes that the grad student he met earlier, Paul, is a lefty. The guy was upset that Browning co-authored the paper with Vicky instead of him. He lured the victim to the bridge under the facade that he was going to take his own life. Paul also killed the professor. He takes Henry hostage at knifepoint. Jo's partner, Detective Hanson, fires his gun. Henry escapes with just a small nick to the neck. He'll live. Lieutenant Reece commends Jo for going with her gut to close the case. As for Henry, he comforts Vicky's parents after having stayed true to his word.

Abe determines that the note from Henry's fan came from paper made in Milan. The mill where it was manufactured was destroyed during World War II. The crest at the top of the note came from a hotel that has been shut down for 60 years. Henry knows this place. A flashback shows him penning a goodbye note at the Hotel Montoliogne back in 1945. Abigail chases after him once she reads it. She convinces Henry that he can't get away from her so easily. The two of them share a passionate kiss much to the delight of a convoy of passing soldiers.

In the present day, Henry affectionately stares at a picture of Abigail. Abe lets him know that he misses her, too. He assures Henry that no one out there has had a more interesting time in life than the two of them. The phone rings. It's Henry's fan. He lets him know that he's been around for several thousand years. He can be called Adam. The two of them will meet someday. There's no reason to rush their relationship. They have all the time in the world.