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The Review Geek
05-05-2025
- Entertainment
- The Review Geek
Watson – Season 1 Episode 12 Recap & Review
My Life's Work Part 1 Episode 12 of Watson starts with the group handling a new patient who happens to be suffering from side effects to a black mould infestation in the building. The pair are working through these cases methodically, and it leads into more interpersonal drama along the way. Specifically, in the double date that the twins head out on. Adam seems to be experiencing strange symptoms whilst there though, acting forgetful and not quite with it. Stephens is shocked as it would appear his brother could well be having a relapse. Back at the lab, Watson has cause for celebration. Every patient that passes through their doors willingly donates a sample of DNA, and now, with the extensive amount of DNA they've collected, Watson has decided to begin the 'Watson Database of Human Mutations'. He's got a paper about to be dropped in a science magazine called New Scientist about it too, so he knows they're going to be very busy. However, they're all thrown a curve-ball when Moriarty shows up in the office. Watson doesn't recognize him, so Derian decides to talk to him privately. Apparently, he's here to set her free. Specifically, with one final mission for him. This mission includes sabotaging Watson's DNA gig by spiking the adeno-associated virus that he's using for experiments. Everything after this will be easy, and he continues to taunt her all the while, claiming that he's doing this to make her see the real version of herself. Stephens is concerned as Adam admits that the results are going to come back positive for hydrocodone. He has been relapsing and right on the verge of being engaged and having a book come out too. He shrugs it off though, reinforcing that addiction has no logic or reason. However, there could be something else going on here, something under the veil of addiction that's causing his symptoms to worsen. Adam shows up in the surgery room not long after and he seems completely delirious. He has a childlike wonder, and he also has insatiable hunger too. Watson deduces that he may have Kluver-Bucy Syndrome. It seems this has advanced from a simple Herpes diagnosis, so a couple of weeks on antibiotics and he should be good as new. Only… he's not. Not only does Stephens wind up infected in the process, but it seems the twins are also resistant to the antidotes too. Turns out whatever they have has been genetically modified. Shinwell shows up and confirms as much, and having been absent for a few days in the lab, he arrives just in time for an exposition dump with Watson. Turns out Watson's research has made the Croft twins sick. Shinwell breaks down everything that's transpired over the last 12 episodes, including how Moriarty has been pulling the strings all along, and Shinwell has been doing his bidding all this time. All that DNA that Watson is keeping downstairs has been used against those very people inside the lab. Watson is not happy but when he learns Shinwell has been blackmailed into submission along the way, he's not quite sure how to process this information. The silence speaks volumes though and Shinwell eventually decides to leave. Outside in the parking lot, Shinwell suddenly sports a burn across his neck. Has he been infected too? This is a serious problem because Watson's DNA lab is, right now, a weapon that Moriarty could use at any time to kill anybody. Watson explains all of this to the group, before they get down to brass tacks and figure out how to cure the twins. The others in the lab – including Mary, Derian and Lubbock – set out to find a cure for the twins before it's too late. They find a SNORA31 mutation which is essentially a needle in a haystack situation. This could be exactly what they're looking for. In order to sort this, Derian bargains her position back in the lab in exchange for continuing to find a solution. Mary doesn't have much of a choice and agrees. Time is very much of the essence though, as Adams falls into a coma as his condition worsens. This is all very sketchy territory and Watson creates a new enzyme to target the virus. In order to administer it though, they need to drill into Adams' skull and things seem to be going well… until they're not. Turns out Derian sabotaged the cultures after all. With weeks needed to grow more, the Croft twins will be dead by then. However, Watson manages to rustle up enough to create one vector. The trouble is, this single dose means they need to make a choice. Do they save Stephens or Adam? They need to make their choice and time is ticking. The Episode Review So Watson returns with an explosive penultimate episode, with all the moving pieces starting to slot into place as Moriarty's plan takes shape. Well, kinda anyway. So it seems like he's using Watson's DNA lab against him, hurting his own employees to basically besmirch Watson's reputation. However, I'm sure we'll get a solution to the Croft twin dilemma at the last second. Perhaps Derian kept one of the cultures separate for this very occasion, or maybe Shinwell will swoop in to redeem himself. Either way, this is the sort of show that lives and dies by writing like this so it wouldn't surprise me. Having said that, it's nice to see a bit more urgency thrown into the plot, although I must say that 13 episodes for what is basically a reskin of House, feels like way too many for the story being told. Well, lets wait and see where the finale goes from here! Previous Episode Next Episode Expect A Full Season Write-Up When This Season Concludes!
Yahoo
14-02-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Watson's Morris Chestnut Teases the Good Doctor's Growing Suspicions as Season 1 Returns: ‘He's Going to Question Shinwell Quite a Bit' — Watch
Traumatic brain injury or no, Dr. John Watson wasn't born yesterday. So when the CBS series named after Sherlock Holmes' companion returns Sunday (9/8c) after a few weeks off, Morris Chestnut tells me in the video above, he'll start to have an inkling that maybe things aren't exactly as they seem among the clinic at his staff. More from TVLine Bridgerton Season 4: Benedict Swoons Over His Lady in Silver - See Photos Elsbeth's Carrie Preston Talks Hilarious Love Interest Twist and Elsbeth's Future With Angus How NCIS: Sydney Invited 'Crazy Amounts of Mayhem' by Filming a Hostage Crisis Aboard a 19th-Century Ship in Sydney Harbour 'When Watson wakes up from the brain injury, he's in a coma and wakes up from the coma, there's very few people that he feels he can trust. Because of the traumatic brain injury, because of where he is in his life, he may be more trusting of others around him than he should be,' Chestnut says. 'Even though he suspects, he dismisses it a few times because he just can't fathom it being true, that someone around him could be betraying him.' As those who watched the series' premiere know, Watson's closest 'someone' — Shinwell Johnson, played by Ritchie Coster — is clandestinely working for Watson's biggest enemy: James Moriarty (played by Randall Park), whom Watson believes died in the same waterfall where he acquired that life-changing bump on his head. (Read a full recap of the episode here.) While Watson may not know exactly what's going on, or the detrimental way that Shinwell's Moriarty partnership may affect him, Chesnut says, he will eventually sense that something is afoot. Watson and the Brit 'both had close bonds and ties with Sherlock. What comes to play throughout the season is, as with any friendship, you spend a lot of time around each other, you're going to have disagreements,' he previews. 'And he is going to question Shinwell quite a bit. But I think, deep down, he's always believed Shinwell was in his corner. And we'll just have to see if Shinwell really is in his corner.' And that doesn't even take into consideration the secrets that other members of Watson's clinic may be keeping, at least one of which will come into play in Episode 2. We talk about all of this — as well as Watson's creative way of hiding his meds (and whether we'll see him, er, it again this season) — during our chat. Press PLAY on the video above to hear everything Morris has to say, then hit the comments with your predictions about the rest of 's first season. Best of TVLine Weirdest TV Crossovers: Always Sunny Meets Abbott, Family Guy vs. Simpsons, Nine-Nine Recruits New Girl and More ER Turns 30: See the Original County General Crew, Then and Now The Best Streaming Services in 2024: Disney+, Hulu, Max and More
Chicago Tribune
12-02-2025
- Entertainment
- Chicago Tribune
‘Watson' review: Sherlock's loyal sidekick takes center stage
Network television would be unrecognizable without a lineup of hospital dramas. It's a hardy genre for a reason. In the CBS series 'Watson,' Morris Chestnut plays Dr. John Watson — that's right, Sherlock Holmes' old pal — but he is no longer the loyal sidekick of Arthur Conan Doyle's stories, but at the forefront of his own medical procedural. On paper, these ingredients seem promising: A riff on the Sherlock template and a likable star in Chestnut. And yet neither is enough to make the show work. Set in present-day Pittsburgh — why Pittsburgh? — Sherlock is presumed dead (somewhere at the bottom of the Reichenbach Falls) and he's left Watson a considerable inheritance. The money is for a clinic, allowing Watson to return to his original profession and assemble a small group of young physicians who help him solve medical mysteries. If only his colleagues were given the kind of qualities that suggest they're people rather than dialogue-delivery machines. One character's primary trait seems to be that she has a Texas accent. 'Everyone who comes into this clinic is a puzzle,' Watson tells them. 'They don't need doctors — doctors are everywhere — our patients need detectives.' Setting aside that 'House' already did a fairly entertaining version of this, it's a silly pronouncement: Many people have health conditions that aren't easily diagnosable. This isn't rare or unusual. In fact, it's the basis of every medical show ever. But just in case you weren't following along, when Watson details a patient's ailments, he's compelled to spell it out once again: 'It sounds like a mystery and mysteries are what we do.' Is it off-putting that one of the doctors complains about her boyfriend not proposing while they're supposed to be diagnosing a little girl's problems? I mean, yeah, because we have no investment in these people, so framing the moment as a funny bit of character banter fails to land. Everything is a posture. Nobody feels like a person, nor is there mention of cost or insurance until Episode 5. Considering this is one of the most consistently terrible experiences for anyone with health issues in America, it's a conspicuous omission. Is Watson's clinic footing the bill for every test, treatment and hospital stay? How much money did Sherlock leave him, anyway? Who knows. Apparently no case-of-the-week show can exist in the 2020s without a serialized storyline ladled in to create a high-stakes threat to the protagonist, which is why there are also shadowy forces who want Watson dead. But if you can't make the idea of medical detectives interesting enough to carry the series, this isn't going to fill the gaps. Watson's inner circle also includes an ex-wife who runs the hospital (if only the tension between them felt like it matters), plus a rough and tumble sort from England called Shinwell, whose presence amounts to little more than a few lines here and there: 'Everything OK, guv?' Shinwell was a minor character in one of Doyle's short stories as a former criminal and Sherlock informant, and it's fine that show creator Craig Sweeny decided to include him and expand on his relevance ('Elementary' did it, too) — but then Sweeny would have to actually do that, instead of whatever we get here. The show expects the viewer's knowledge of the Sherlock stories to do a lot of work, instead of foregrounding and establishing these characters through good writing. That extends to Watson himself, who is portrayed as a master of deductive reasoning, a swaggering know-it-all who has a genius-like understanding of human nature and the world itself. In other words, he's written as just another version of Sherlock, instead of his own man. Chestnut has considerable screen charisma, but he can't overcome the weak scripts. 'The game's afoot. We have a new case. Who wants to amaze us with their insights?' he says to his team, and it's strangely perfunctory and underwhelming. As Sherlock would say: 'Mediocrity knows nothing higher than itself.'
Yahoo
27-01-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Watson Premiere Recap: Did You Miss Sherlock Holmes in CBS' Medical-Drama-With-a-Twist?
CBS, the longtime home of Elementary, is hoping the game is afoot once more with another Sherlock Holmes-inspired procedural drama: Watson, which premiered Sunday after the NFL's AFC Championship Game. (It'll settle into its regular time slot on Sunday, Feb. 16, at 9/8c.) But did the new series from Elementary's Craig Sweeny scratch your Holmesian itch, even without Sherlock present? We'll want to hear what you think in a moment; first, check out a recap of the premiere. More from TVLine Paradise's Massive Twist Caps a Highly Satisfying Premiere - Read Recap and Grade the Episode Super Bowl LIX Teams Set: Chiefs and Eagles to Face Off (Again) for NFL Title Night Agent Boss, Star Talk [Spoiler]'s Return in Season 2 Finale, 'Dangerous Position' Peter Is Now In for Season 3 We meet John Watson (Morris Chestnut, The Resident, Rosewood) as he's running to Sherlock Holmes' rescue in the woods; both men wind up in a river that dumps them over a waterfall. Watson wakes up in a hospital with his head bandaged and a man named Shinwell Johnson (Ritchie Coster, Tulsa King) telling him that he's had a traumatic brain injury. 'Wait, what happened to Holmes?' Watson asks. Shinwell gently tells him that while three men — himself, Holmes and James Moriarty (aka 'the man we've been chasing,' per Watson) — went over the waterfall, only one survived. 'You were the best friend Mr. Holmes ever had,' Shinwell reassures an upset Watson, promising that they'll properly memorialize the man later. And while they're on the topic: Despite living a rather simple life, 'Did you know that he was loaded?' Holmes' financial planning involved funding a clinic for Watson to run and for Shinwell to assist with. Six months later, Watson has established a bespoke diagnostic medical clinic in Pittsburgh. He's doing well, physically and mentally, though the details about Moriarty and the weeks before the accident are blurry. He can recall that Moriarty has fused fingers A young pregnant woman named Erica rushes out of her ultrasound appointment when she starts to see faces morphing into disturbing shapes. She's so unsettled that she leaves the building, runs into traffic and gets hit by a car. When Erica is brought to Dr. Watson's attention by the facility's medical director/his ex-wife, Dr. Mary Morse (Rochelle Aytes, S.W.A.T.), they learn that she hasn't slept in several days. As Watson takes Erica's medical history himself — a point of pride for him — we learn that he's a clinical geneticist and internist. She tells him that fatal familial insomnia runs in her family, and that while she fears she's going to die, 'I don't want this baby to die, too.' She tearfully asks him to keep her alive until she can deliver her baby girl safely. Watson quickly consults his team: Dr. Sasha Lubbock (Inga Schlingmann, So Help Me Todd), brothers Dr. Stephens and Dr. Adam Croft (Peter Mark Kendall, Chicago Med, plays both twins), and Dr. Ingrid Derian (The Night Agent). They figure out that there's not a strong genetic argument that Erica has FFI, and that it's likely her belief that it runs in her family that is causing her ongoing anxiety. There's no test for FFI, but Watson and his team decide to lie to Erica and say that they've used a cutting-edge, newly developed diagnostic to determine that she does not have the disorder. When Mary gets wind of the deception, she rushes down to confront him and winds up overhearing him telling Erica how his desire to go on one more case with Sherlock was the breaking point for their marriage — and he regrets it. As he's talking, Erica falls asleep (yes!), but that doesn't assuage Mary's anger when he exits the room. He makes it clear that while he's sorry about a lot of the choices he's made, he's not sorry for lying to Erica. TV's 15 Best Cliffhangers of All Time, From Game of Thrones, Sherlock and More View List The next morning, though, Erica wakes up blind and she can't smile, yadda yadda lab conversation she has boy in the bubble syndrome and needs a new immune system. Soon, Erica's cousin, Autumn, shows up and is sick with the same thing that Erica has. Watson posits that both women have songbird fever from handling dead birds killed by Erica's cat. But Mary stops by later to say that while Autumn does have songbird fever, Erica doesn't. And what's worse: The version of the fever Autumn has is resistant to antibiotics; she's very close to going into septic shock. As Watson observes the women, he realizes that they both have webbing between some of their toes. Using that clue, and another trait (wide-set eyes) lead the good doctor and his team to realize that Erica and Autumn are actually half-sisters who share the same biotinidase deficiency. Long diagnosis short: A simple supplement will fix them up in a jiffy… unless they're Erica, who is foaming at the mouth and convulsing in her bed. Erica has abscesses near her liver, and since the resident surgeon can't get to the hospital because of some bad storms, Mary steps in to perform the operation. Everyone survives! At the end of the episode, Watson comes to get his remaining belongings from Mary's place and surmises that she's seeing someone. 'Is he anyone I know?' he asks, a little testily. 'You never met her,' she says. But she's got bigger stuff to tell him: He's a better doctor for spending time with Holmes, 'but the old us is never coming back.' Elsewhere, Shinwell is riding one of Pittsburgh's funiculars when a man starts talking to him. He shrugs it off at first, but when the man starts talking about how vulnerable the city is, Shinwell pays more attention. The man is Prof. Moriarty (Randall Park, Fresh Off the Boat). 'I was expecting someone different,' Shinwell says. Then he drops a case at Moriarty's feet. 'There you go, the samples you wanted,' he explains. As Moriarty opens the case, we see his fused fingers, just like in Watson's recollection. 'I'm watching,' Moriarty promises, pointing to the logo on his polo shirt, which seems to indicate he has access to a surveillance system. 'Always and everywhere.' Now it's your turn. What did you think of the premiere? Grade it via the poll below, then hit the comments with of your thoughts! Best of TVLine Mrs. Maisel Flash-Forward List: All of Season 5's Futuristic Easter Eggs Yellowjackets Recap: The Morning After Yellowjackets Recap: The First Supper
