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Doctor Henry Morgan, New York City’s star medical examiner, has a secret. He doesn't just study the dead to solve criminal cases, he does it to solve the mystery that has eluded him for 200 years—the answer to his own inexplicable immortality. This long life has given Henry remarkable observation skills which impresses his new partner, Detective Jo Martinez. Each week, a new case and their budding friendship will reveal layers of Henry’s long and colorful past. Only his best friend and confidant, Abe knows Henry’s secret.
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- E1 PilotNext upSep 22, 2014 · 44 min · ★ 8.4
Synopsis
A deadly subway collision is investigated as a New York City medical examiner attempts to discover the truth behind his inexplicable immortality.
Guest stars: Mackenzie Mauzy (Abigail Morgan), Barbara Eve Harris (Lt. Marcia Roark), Shamika Cotton (Anita), Danny Deferrari (Jo's man), Olga Maliouk (Russian woman), Jack Koenig (Captain), Lee Tergesen (Hans Koehler), Lou Ferguson (Old african slave)
- E2 Look Before You LeapSep 23, 2014 · 44 min · ★ 8.2
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After Henry pegs the case of a would-be bridge jumper as a homicide while the police label it a suicide, he and Jo go on a rogue investigation for proof. Meanwhile, Henry's anonymous caller surfaces again. Apparently, he has been tracking him for years. A letter on antique stationery might provide Henry a fascinating clue about the caller, and he enlists Abe's help in tracing the note's history to a foreign locale. Revealing flashbacks unveil the beginning of Henry's great love affair with his soon-to-be wife, Abigail.
Guest stars: Mackenzie Mauzy (Abigail Morgan), James McCaffrey (Browning), Dave Quay (Paul), Lawrence Arancio (Alex Hulquist), Angela Christian (Miranda Browning), Rachael Emrich (Vicky), Lakisha May (Sophomore girl), Royce Johnson (Campus security)
- E3 Fountain of YouthSep 30, 2014 · 43 min · ★ 8.1
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Henry is interested in aging and how to die, but New York's wealthy elderly are chasing a way to turn back the clock. A clinic is dispensing a pricey product - Aterna - which is supposed to provide the much sought after fountain of youth. But instead, Henry and Jo are confronted with multiple deaths from the costly potion, which instead of revolutionizing the aging process, is turning people's brains into swiss cheese. Meanwhile Henry remembers back to dear friend who was diagnosed with tuberculosis in 1906 and discovers a link to this current case. Unbeknownst to ...
Guest stars: Mather Zickel (Dr. Frederick Gardner), Christina Bennett Lind (Sasha Savchenko), Eric William Morris (Dr. James Carter), Liz Logan (Detective (uncredited)), Jery Hewitt (Bill Sayle)
- E4 The Art of MurderOct 7, 2014 · 42 min · ★ 8.3
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The death of Gloria Carlyle, the elegant, seemingly ruthless matriarch of one of New York's wealthiest and oldest families, brings a world of hurt down on her family. After Gloria is found dead at a Metropolitan Museum of Art gala celebration of her philanthropy, Henry runs through a variety of suspects and motives but is pulled from the case when the family demands faster answers. Abe assists Henry and Jo entering the family's estate sale for important clues through his antique connections. Meanwhile, Henry is tormented by the haunting and melancholy memories that ...
Guest stars: Mackenzie Mauzy (Abigail Morgan), Kathleen Chalfant (Gloria Carlyle), Jack Gilpin (Conrad Carlyle), Janie Brookshire (Young Gloria), Michael Oberholtzer (Lance Sharp), Sonya Harum (Sophia Carlyle), Timothy Britten Parker (Ray Berkowitz), Tom Titone (Arty Berkowitz)
- E5 The Pugilist BreakOct 14, 2014 · 42 min · ★ 8.1
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What looks like a drug overdose death of a reformed junkie-turned community activist results in Henry and Jo tracking a murderer. The complex investigation involves dirty dealings between a real estate developer and a community organizer with millions of dollars at stake. Henry flashes back to the same 1890s New York tenement where he worked as a doctor to help the poor, including an orphan boy who gives him a special handmade gift. Meanwhile, Abe cooks up a Sunday dinner feast for Henry, Jo and himself. When Jo tries to find out how the two men know one another, ...
Guest stars: James Colby (Tommy Delgros), Cornelius Smith, Jr. (Fabian North), Julian Gamble (Landlord), Nicky Torchia (Boy), Caleb McLaughlin (Alejandro)
- E6 The Frustrating Thing About PsychopathsOct 21, 2014 · 43 min · ★ 8.5
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When a human heart is delivered fresh out of a body to the homicide division, Henry and Jo end up in the middle of a Jack the Ripper copycat murder investigation. But it doesn't stop there. A second killing resembles another infamous, unsolved crime: the Black Dahlia murder. Henry has seen it all before, as flashbacks show his involvement with the two original cases from two very different periods of his long life. However, Henry's anonymous caller tips him to search beyond the clues of these classic killings and leads the police squad to profile a very different, yet... He's a 200 year-old detective. You have to know there'd be a Jack the Ripper episode.
Guest stars: Rosalind Chao (Frenchman), Paul Fitzgerald (Mark), Andy Murray (Abberline), Mick Hazen (Devin Bentley), Liz Logan (Detective (uncredited))
- E7 New York KidsOct 28, 2014 · 43 min · ★ 8.1
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Dr. Tyler Forester, founder of a free medical clinic and the son of a Wall Street billionaire, is awarded one of the city's highest honors for his humanitarian efforts. A few hours later, he is found dead in his tiny apartment. Henry and Jo discover that Tyler's life of privilege and those of his thick-as-thieves Hamilton School classmates took a fateful turn one night many years ago. Now, the nightmare they thought they buried deep within themselves has come back to haunt them. Meanwhile, Henry recalls being faced with the terrible dilemma of being forced to decide ...
Guest stars: Mackenzie Mauzy (Abigail Morgan), Raul Casso (Carter Pilson), Birkett Turton (Paul Gould), Meryl Jones Williams (Cassandra Mueller)
- E8 The Ecstasy of AgonyNov 11, 2014 · 44 min · ★ 8.5
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Henry and Jo become immersed in the world of a dominatrix, who doesn't dole out pain for kinky pleasures but for therapeutic purposes. Meanwhile, Abe reacquaints himself with his own form of pain and pleasure - his former wife.
Guest stars: Hilarie Burton Morgan (Iona Payne), Robert Petkoff (Cliff Wadlow), Victoria Haynes (Nora Morgan), Jane Seymour (Maureen Delacroix), Christina Brucato (Gwyneth Gaines), Jason Babinsky (Richard Gaines), Joel Leffert (Psychiatrist), Jimmy Palumbo (Jon Worley)
- E9 6 A.M.Nov 18, 2014 · 42 min · ★ 8.4
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A man dies when his car catches fires and incinerates him. The various suspects center around the world of jazz and concerns the true author of one of its greatest standards.
Guest stars: Brian Berrebbi (Studio tech), Eddie Cooper (Bud Gray), Frankie Faison (Pepper Evans), Tia Dionne Hodge (Ella Williams), Tarik Lowe (Isaiah 'Izzy' Williams), James McDaniel (Al Rainey)
- E10 The Man in the Killer SuitDec 2, 2014 · 42 min · ★ 8.4
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When all the ingredients for a sensational, scandalous murder investigation are combined -- a fairytale romance gone wrong, a jealous mentor and lover, an anxious, wealthy father of the beautiful fiancée - does love really conquer all? An engaged British aristocrat turns up dead in Central Park, and his identity is called into question, as well as who killed him. The trail leads Henry and Jo through one of New York's top luxury department stores and from working class to upper crust New York society. Henry remembers back to 1957 when, once again, he and his family had...
Guest stars: Mackenzie Mauzy (Abigail Morgan), Katie Paxton (Emily Sontag), Gary Basaraba (Norman Sontag), Blair Brown (Fawn Mahoney Ames), Laura Fraser (Patricia Abbott), Jessica Keenan Wynn (Dina)
- E11 Skinny DipperDec 9, 2014 · 44 min · ★ 9.0
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Henry's mysterious anonymous caller confronts him by framing him for a murder. With the police closing in he is faced with the prospect of having to either leave town or confess his true nature to everyone.
Guest stars: Burn Gorman (Adam), Victoria Haynes (Nora Morgan), Edoardo Ballerini (Clark Walker), Geoffrey Cantor (Alienist), Arash Mokhtar (Raj Patel), Mike Massimino (Bellevue guard), Emmanuel Brown (Cop #1), Lawrence Ballard (Detective)
- E12 The Wolves of Deep BrooklynJan 6, 2015 · 43 min · ★ 8.5
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Henry returns to work to investigate the murder of a young investor, who happens to be the son of one of Abe's wartime Army buddies. Abe and his Army buddies decide to play detective and solve the case.
Guest stars: Mackenzie Mauzy (Abigail Morgan), Clarke Peters (Jerry Charters), Sepideh Moafi (Melanie Sparo), Daniel Abeles (Val Kaplan), William Baldwin (Oliver Clarion), Michael Godere (Kevin Crachiolla), Steven Kaplan (Teen Abe), Anne Horak (Hannah Dalford)
- E13 Diamonds Are ForeverJan 13, 2015 · 42 min · ★ 8.5
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Jo and Henry pursue the killer of a jewelry store burglar who has a connection with Jo's dead husband.
Guest stars: Shane McRae (Detective Hugh Dunn), Andy Karl (Sean Moore), Roger Rees (Priest), Megan Tusing (Celia Brown), Tyler Elliot Burke (Aaron Brown), Tom Alan Robbins (Phil Fleishman), Jacob Goodhart (Tattooed kid), Frank Anello (Detective (uncredited))
- E14 Hitler on the Half ShellFeb 3, 2015 · 42 min · ★ 8.4
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A murder opens the door to a hoard of Nazi secrets and the return of an old enemy.
Guest stars: Burn Gorman (Adam)
- E15 The King of Columbus CircleFeb 10, 2015 · 43 min · ★ 8.7
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Henry and Jo investigate the murder of an exiled king; Abe discovers something about his bloodline.
Guest stars: Mackenzie Mauzy (Abigail Morgan)
- E16 Memories of MurderFeb 24, 2015 · 42 min · ★ 8.7
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A college student obsessed with the 1970s is murdered. Sparks fly between Henry and a professor.
Guest stars: Mackenzie Mauzy (Abigail Morgan), Emily Kinney (Jennifer Schroeder), Auden Thornton (Sarah Clancy)
- E17 Social EngineeringMar 3, 2015 · 43 min · ★ 8.6
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Henry's secret is jeopardized when he investigates the death of an underground activist.
- E18 Dead Men Tell Long TalesMar 24, 2015 · 44 min · ★ 8.5
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When the owner of a treasure hunting salvage company is murdered, the investigation leads Henry and Jo on a chase to find the missing ship’s gold and the killer.
Guest stars: Burn Gorman (Adam)
- E19 Punk is DeadMar 31, 2015 · 43 min · ★ 8.4
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While Jo and Isaac are at a punk rock club, a mummified body is found in the wall.
Guest stars: Duke Lafoon (Medical Examiner), Betsey Brown (Lucy Templeton)
- E20 Best Foot ForwardApr 7, 2015 · 44 min · ★ 8.6
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A human foot in a blood-soaked ballet slipper is found in a bin at a theater.
Guest stars: Victor Joel Ortiz (Liam)
- E21 The Night in QuestionApr 21, 2015 · 43 min · ★ 9.1
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Henry tackles the most important case of his career: the disappearance of the love of his life, Abigail, after she left him. Desperate to find out where she might have gone, Abe, unbeknownst to Henry, secretly contacts Lucas to help find clues to her whereabouts. Already involved in a murder investigation with Jo, Henry involves Lucas and the team of detectives under the guise of searching for “Abe’s mother” — never letting on his own relationship with Abigail. Henry and Abe’s anxiety is ratcheted up as one terrifying domino falls after another until Henry uncovers the horrifying details of Abigail’s last secret.
Guest stars: Mackenzie Mauzy (Abigail Morgan), Burn Gorman (Adam), Valeri Mudek (Belinda)
- E22 The Last Death of Henry MorganMay 5, 2015 · 43 min · ★ 9.2
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Henry and Adam have been on a long, unrelenting collision course, which is about to come to a head – possibly bringing about one man’s death – with only Jo standing in the way. Henry and Jo’s murder investigation into a museum worker’s death centers on a priceless missing ancient dagger, which not only ended the life of Julius Caesar, but also killed Adam the first time. Meanwhile, Adam knows that there is something that Henry fears more than death – that Jo might discover his mystery. The two men tangle in a tumultuous game-changing confrontation. But at long last, will Jo finally learn about Henry’s secret?
Guest stars: Mackenzie Mauzy (Abigail Morgan), Burn Gorman (Adam), Angel Desai (Diane Clark)
Cast & crew
Created by Matthew Miller
Ioan Gruffudd
Judd Hirsch
Alana de la Garza
Lorraine Toussaint
Donnie Keshawarz
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