06-02-2025
Watson Boss Illuminates Moriarty's Sinister, Ultimate, ‘Shattering-to-Watson' Plan — Watch
When Watson returns on Sunday, Feb. 16, it'll kick off a run of episodes in which the diabolical Moriarty ramps up his plan to mess with the good doctor, series creator Craig Sweeny says.
I spoke with Sweeny and series star/executive producer Morris Chestnut at SCAD TVfest in Atlanta, and the showrunner hinted that we'd learn more about who else Moriarty (played by recurring guest star Randall Park) has working on his behalf.
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'In learning more about his organization, you learn about his plan for what's going on at Watson's clinic,' Sweeny previews in the video above. 'It's a vast, scientifically accurate and — if successfully pulled off — shattering-to-Watson plan.'
And remember, Chestnut points out, Watson is at a severe disadvantage thanks to his tumble over the falls.
'He's normally a very sure and confident person in his intellect and all the way around,' he says. 'But, we open up the story, and he has a traumatic brain injury… now things happen to cause him to question himself. He's really uneven in his confidence.'
Episode 2 will find Watson and his fellows investigating a man with a bullet in his head who believes he is a Scottish soldier from the past and who seems to be hiding something 'nefarious,' per the official synopsis. Elsewhere, Watson will investigate Mary's dating life, and Ingrid will try to discern how Watson can tell when she's lying.
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And of course, as we learned at the end of the premiere, Moriarty already has someone working on the inside: Watson's closest confidant, Shinwell Johnson.
'There aren't that many people that Watson trusts all the way, and Shinwell is, in fact, one of those,' Sweeny notes. 'So that is going to be a really shocking revelation to Watson.'
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