Watson is way from the primary TV present to discover the long-lasting characters of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle with a contemporary twist. In truth, it’s not even the primary one on CBS. Earlier than the present drama, returning in 2026 for its second season, starring Morris Chestnut as Dr. John Watson, Elementary starred Jonny Lee Miller and Lucy Liu as Sherlock Holmes and Joan Watson, respectively. (Elementary ran for seven seasons, from 2012 to 2019.) Craig Sweeny, who created Watson, was an govt producer on Elementary. So may there ever be any kind of crossover, even when it’s simply casting, between the 2?
Morris Chestnut is all for Lucy Liu showing on Watson. “I’m making an attempt to trace her down and get her to return on our present as a result of, sure, that will be nice if we may get her,” he advised Deadline.
Since we doubt she’d seem as Joan (however how nice wouldn’t it be if she did?!), it could actually be enjoyable to have her seem as a personality who goes head-to-head with Chestnut’s Watson. Perhaps she might be linked to the villain Moriarty (Randall Park) and his community, or just only a affected person whose medical thriller Watson wants to unravel.
Watson‘s first season led to Could with the titular physician’s actions resulting in Moriarty’s loss of life; he used his DNA towards him to pressure his hand into giving over a treatment to avoid wasting certainly one of his fellows after Moriarty had focused the crew, however the treatment didn’t work in addition to had been the hope. It was a transfer that Chestnut advised TV Insider he cherished.
“It introduced up so many questions as a result of as a physician, I’m there to assist heal folks, and when you cross that line… you say to your self, ”Wow, all the pieces that I’ve been doing, my entire observe, I’ve simply executed the precise reverse of all the pieces that I’ve been working for,’ working in the direction of if it’s serving to folks and despite the fact that it was for a great trigger, there’s nonetheless that dilemma. There’s a dilemma of individuals understanding about precisely what occurred,” he mentioned. “After which I feel simply at the same time as an individual, when you crossed the road like that, how does it make you are feeling? Can you actually, actually stay with your self? Did you prefer it? Is it one thing you need to preserve pushing? There’s so many issues that it brings up, which I’m excited for Season 2 as a result of I imagine Craig goes to be exploring all of these questions.”
Looking forward to Season 2, Sweeny advised us, “Hopefully, our intention is to create a very ingenious tackle how to attract the Sherlock universe into the present that goes deep into Watson’s character. I feel you’re going to see a profound testing of the Watson and Mary [Rochelle Aytes] relationship. We’re going to study extra about every of these characters’ backstories and their households and their historical past collectively. You’re going to see Sasha [(Inga Schlingmann] and Stephens [Peter Mark Kendall] in a stunning new gentle on the very starting of the season. You’re going to see Adam pressured to confront his ambitions and his personal future on the clinic. And also you’re going to see Ingrid [Eve Harlow] wrestle with the opportunity of if she will change. All towards some nice science, I imply, hey, who doesn’t need to watch that?”
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