[Warning: The below contains MAJOR spoilers for the Watson Season 1 finale “Your Life’s Work, Part 2.”]
Dr. John Watson … killer?! The Watson Season 1 finale, which aired on Sunday, Could 11, noticed the titular physician (Morris Chestnut) face off in opposition to the villain James Moriarty (Randall Park) in an effort to save one in every of his fellows.
Moriarty used DNA in opposition to the group, focusing on Adam (Peter Mark Kendall) but additionally infecting his twin, Stephens, after which because of what he had Ingrid (Eve Harlow) do — he blackmailed her along with her father’s stays, after discovering she’d killed the abusive man as a teen — there was just one dose of a treatment. However because of Ingrid then going to Watson, the physician was in a position to make his personal virus to make use of in opposition to Moriarty — and the treatment, which he gave him after he helped them save Stephens, didn’t work in addition to he’d hoped, he mentioned, earlier than sitting with the villain as he died within the hospital. Two weeks later, we realized that Watson formally had a brand new love curiosity, pediatric oncologist Laila (Tika Sumpter).
Beneath, Morris Chestnut reacts to that surprising finale, opens up about filming that final scene with Randall Park, shares his hopes for Season 2, and extra. (Plus, learn govt producer Craig Sweeny’s deep dive of the finale and Season 2 teases right here.)
Watson basically killing Moriarty — to start with, is Moriarty actually lifeless?
Morris Chestnut: I can positively say that I do imagine that Moriarty is unquestionably lifeless. What I administer to him would positively kill any human being. Nevertheless, he has lots of people working round performing on his behalf, so he could also be lifeless, however is he actually actually ever gone?
What was your response to studying that within the script?
So I cherished it, however it introduced up so many questions as a result of as a physician, I’m there to assist heal individuals and when you cross that line — as a physician, so that you cross that line as a physician and also you say to your self, wow, all the things that I’ve been doing, my complete observe, I’ve simply accomplished the precise reverse of all the things that I’ve been working for, working in the direction of if it’s serving to individuals and although it was for a great trigger, there’s nonetheless that dilemma. There’s a dilemma of individuals understanding about precisely what occurred. After which I believe simply at the same time as an individual, when you crossed the road like that, how does it make you’re 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 is, I’m excited for Season 2 as a result of I imagine Craig [Sweeny, executive producer] goes to be exploring all of these questions.
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How do you assume Watson feels about what he did?
He’s positively remorseful. It’s positively one thing that he’s combating. However for all the turmoil that Moriarty has prompted in my life, affecting Shinwell’s [Ritchie Coster] household, he affected the twins, for everybody that he has affected in a destructive means, I really feel that it was greatest for society that I finish his life at that time limit. It wasn’t simply private. A whole lot of it was private as a result of it affected me and the those who I really like, however I believe it was greatest for everybody that that particular person was now not strolling round on the planet Earth and it was simply good for me that I used to be the final face that he acquired to see after.
Discuss filming that hospital room scene with Randall.
I cherished, cherished working with Randall. Randall is so nice, and to see him play this character, completely different than the opposite character you’ve seen. Randall is such a giving actor. He actually provides and he’s there for you, like, Hey, do you want something? Can I do one thing completely different? And it’s all the time nice to listen to that we labored very effectively collectively. It was a type of issues, there was a scene the place we’re within the room and I type of threatened him, and it was like I actually needed to separate myself as a result of he’s such a pleasant gu,y and it’s like Randall Park and I’m threatening him. However at that second, after all, he was Moriarty, however he’s an excellent man and he’s nice to work with.
The 2-week time leap reveals that issues are going effectively for Watson and Laila. Is he actually prepared to maneuver on for Mary (Rochelle Aytes)? What’s it about Laila that he may very effectively be?
That’s an unbelievable query. Have you ever talked to Craig? Did Craig speak to you about Season 2? That’s an unbelievable query that we’re trying ahead to exploring. I do know that it’s going to be — what Watson gave up chasing after Moriarty and no matter that was and Mary having a miscarriage and him coming again and them not being collectively, that’s all the time going to have an effect on him. He’s all the time going to attempt to make up for that in some kind of means, form, or kind. Nevertheless, along with that, he actually loves Mary. Laila is nice, she’s unbelievable, and he or she has super attributes that if anyone might get Watson to maneuver on and at last launch Mary and let her go, it’s Laila. Whether or not that can occur or not, we’ll should see in Season 2.
Watson packs up the All the time and All over the place shirt into the Holmes field that he places underneath the mattress. Does that signify him closing the chapter on Moriarty and Sherlock, that he’s prepared to maneuver on from that, even when that a part of his life won’t be accomplished?
Yeah, it positively signifies that. He needs to maneuver on to the subsequent chapter. Whether or not he’ll be capable to try this or not nonetheless stays to be seen as a result of there’s nonetheless a universe on the market with a variety of completely different characters. And though Moriarty is lifeless, I imply, is he actually gone? We’ll should see.
Yeah. We don’t find out about a community that he might have on the market.
Precisely.
And the way they could react. There’s a lot to go to there.
There’s a lot to go there. Precisely. So we’ll should see. That is a type of issues that Craig is, significantly after seeing the finale and all the things that type of culminated with the finale, at a sure level, I believe it was most likely Episode 8, nobody was in a position to calm down. Shinwell had his scenario, Ingrid had her scenario, and naturally the final two episodes, the twins had their scenario. So he’s been such a looming presence over our lives and affecting us. I don’t know if that stress goes to be relieved for some time. It’s a type of issues to the place I believe we’re presumably going to have some kind of PTSD as a result of it’s been so traumatic coping with him for the entire season.
How does Watson really feel about dropping Ingrid as a part of his group, at the very least for now?
So when Watson assembled your complete group, not solely did he place confidence in them and he actually revered their mind, and he introduced them collectively as a group due to what all of them might present individually to finish the group, however there was positively one thing intriguing about Ingrid that was even simply past her being part of the group. He didn’t understand that it was going to be all the things that ended up taking place, so he acquired greater than he truly bargained for there. However I believe there’s a side of Watson who has not been excellent by any means, form, or kind. And I imagine that he believes in redemption tales. So I wish to assume that he might threat it yet one more time. He might. I don’t know, I haven’t talked to Craig, however he might threat it once more and preserve her round
And he wouldn’t care about Stephens’ emotions. That’s the factor. I really feel like if he needs Ingrid on the group, he wouldn’t care.
No, he wouldn’t care. I believe everybody has redeeming values. I believe everybody can redeem themselves, however she helped remedy a few instances this 12 months, individually. So I believe he positively values her contributions to the group.
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Has Watson forgiven Shinwell?
Now, that’s a tricky one. So we noticed Shinwell come again, and Watson was glad to have him again as a result of he put himself apart as a result of he believed he might contribute to assist remedy what was taking place. I believe initially, and in an effort to assist individuals, Watson will be capable to forgive. I’m undecided how he’ll be capable to overlook.
What are your hopes for Watson in Season 2?
I can’t wait to speak to Craig in much more depth about it as a result of he hasn’t actually advised me something. We had a few transient conversations. I need to discover his previous a bit bit extra. How did we get right here? I do know to start with, simply after the waterfall, growth, we’re within the clinic, however how did we get to that time of who he’s as a person, who he’s as a physician, and why does he do the issues that he does and exploring the private relationships, the private relationship with Laila, the love curiosity, and Mary, how does that work? Am I going to have the ability to let Mary go? She’s a lot part of my life. Along with that, simply extra mentoring of the fellows. He actually will get excited and impressed. He’s impressed by their mind, impressed by instructing and instructing and mentoring them.
As Shinwell says to Watson, what occurred to the Crofts, with Moriarty, and the truth that he used his DNA samples, it’s lots. Do you assume that is going to alter his method to his work in any respect?
That’s a great query. I believe it has to alter the method as a result of contemplating how such extraordinarily delicate DNA was used, it was weaponized, how all the things was weaponized, he has to alter the method for positive — presumably much less trusting, presumably extra guardrails. I’m undecided how Craig goes to discover it, however he has no option to as a result of it will’ve been due to my life’s work that we might have misplaced twins. And everybody who got here into the clinic and had given their DNA, their life was in danger. And due to me, they trusted me. It was my clinic. So I positively assume that he can’t simply go blindly — and he didn’t go blindly earlier than. He simply didn’t understand that somebody was able to doing such a devious factor. So yeah, I believe he positively has to alter.
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