Watson concluded its first season with a serious loss of life — however how will the story proceed into season 2?
In the course of the Sunday, Might 11, episode of the hit CBS sequence, Watson (Morris Chestnut) and the remainder of his crew thought that they had to decide on between Stephens and Adams (Peter Mark Kendall). They opted to perform the life-saving brain surgery on Stephens whereas nonetheless discovering a solution to hold Adams from dying.
Watson, in the meantime, came upon that James Moriarty (Randall Park) was blackmailing these round him for entry to his work. This set off a series of occasions that put Stephens and Adams’ lives in danger — but in addition supplied Watson a solution to come head to head together with his mortal enemy once more.
As a way to take Moriarty down, Watson used Ingrid (Eve Harlow) to trick him. Moriarty was then contaminated with an sickness that introduced him again to Watson, who saved his life. However whereas Watson mounted the well being scare — non permanent blindness — he didn’t step in to deal with one other challenge.
Moriarty woke as much as the information that he would have a stroke quickly. Regardless of Watson realizing it might occur, he selected to observe Moriarty die within the hospital mattress. Watson was additionally in a position to make use of the showdown with Moriarty to accumulate sufficient remedy to save lots of Adams as properly.
The season ended with a time soar the place Watson was courting somebody new. Earlier than sitting down for dinner, Watson put away a field together with his late good friend Sherlock Holmes’ possessions.
Earlier than taking over the function in a present primarily based on Sir Arthur Conan Doyle‘s Sherlock Holmes tales, Chestnut, 56, mirrored on how Watson would acknowledge the legendary detective.
“I didn’t seek the advice of another [past] Watson [performances]. I did after all learn a few of the books and I checked out a few of the different tasks on the market. For me, I felt that this character was totally different as a result of the opposite Watsons are primarily not the main target,” Chestnut solely informed Us Weekly in January. “The story is at all times informed from Sherlock’s perspective. So this story is being informed from Watson’s perspective in a really particular means. We’re a part of the mythology, however the clinic and being a detective shouldn’t be a part of the mythology.”
Chestnut didn’t rule out the chance that viewers would get to fulfill the enduring detective on display, including, “I want I knew if we have been ever going to see Holmes in any kind of capability.”
He continued: “When Robert Downey Jr. is completed with the Marvel universe, he can come on down. Robert can come on down. I believe the entire portrayals of Holmes that I’ve seen have been simply phenomenal performances. All of them stepped as much as the plate. So I’d be glad to have any of them.”
Watson has been renewed for season 2 and is presently streaming on Paramount+.
