“You’re surprised to see me” [EMPT]
The TV show Watson returns tonight on CBS for its second season.
Below is a short trailer for "the world's greatest doctective" [sic] that teases the appearance of Sherlock Holmes (Robert Carlyle). We had previously heard Matt Berry as the voice of Sherlock in
Season 1, although that was a hallucination.
In case you hadn't watched Season 1, which began airing its 13 episodes in January 2025... the show features Dr. John Watson (Morris Chestnut), having survived the Reichenbach Fall and mourning the loss of Sherlock Holmes, setting up a clinic in Pittsburgh to treat strange and rare medical conditions.
He works with four younger doctors: twin brothers Stephens and Adam Croft (both Peter Mark Kendall), the deceitful Ingrid Derian (Eve Harlow), and the overly-aiming-to-please Sasha Lubbock (Inga Schlingmann). Helping Watson run the clinic is Shinwell Johnson (Ritchie Coster), the only one who knew Holmes, and in charge of the hospital is Watson's ex-wife Mary Morstan (Rochelle Aytes). Her mother, suffering from dementia, is the patient in tonight's episode.
Familiar characters who have appeared in the first season include Moriarty (Randall Park), Irene Adler (Whoopie Van Raam), and Mycroft Holmes (Vincent Gale). The show was created by Craig Sweeny, who was an executive producer and writer on Elementary. Overall, reaction has been along the lines of "it's mostly like House instead of particularly Sherlockian."
Season 1 of Watson is also available now on DVD, with the following special features:
- "My Dear Watson" -- a half hour making-of, including the show's origin, the cast, and characters
- "Creating the World of Watson" -- nine minutes on the setting, set design, and medical research
- Deleted Scenes (on about half the episodes)
- And a gag reel of various actors forgetting their lines.
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