THENdagini and Medical Drama: these are the two main ingredients of the new series Watson broadcast with the first episode today Tuesday 19 August on Canale 5 at 21:30. A first episode consisting of three episodes. The series is based on the works of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, and has the actor as its protagonist Morris Chestnut. Aired starting from January on the American CBS, Watson He had a good success: the first episode recorded 18.7 million spectators. This is the most viewed episode of the 2024-2025 season.
Watson The TV series on Canale 5: plot, episodes, cast and curiosity
Created by Craig Sweeny, Watson it is composed by 13 episodes set in Pittsburgh. The main filming took place in Vancouver, Canadaprecisely to the Bridge Studios and the Campus of the University of British Columbia.
The story starts six months after the only apparent death of Sherlock Holmes to the Reichenbach waterfalls. Survived the accident and convinced that he is the only survivor, Dr. John Watson decides to return to his medical career. Thus, he founds the Holmes Clinic in Pittsburgh: it is a structure specialized in rare diseases. But the past does not stop tormenting it: Moriarty, whom he believes dead, is actually still alive.
Morris Chestnut and Eve Harlow in a Watson scene (Mediaset)
What happens tonight in the first episodes of Watson
“A new beginning”, “Red Jobs” and “Waiting for the final joke” are the titles of the first three episodes of Watson, on air tonight. Six months after the tragic death of Sherlock Holmes, Switzerland, John Watson (Morris Chestnut) turned the page, dedicating himself completely to medicine. Now he directs a clinic specialized in rare diseases, trying to leave the world of investigations behind. But the past is not willing to let it go: Moriarty (Randall Park) is still around.
Meanwhile Watson and his medical team face an enigmatic case: a family father arrives in the clinic with a bullet stuck in the skull, and incredibly is still shiny. The man says he is a Scottish soldier and his behavior suggests that he is hiding something important.
The protagonist’s private life is at the center of history
While Watson tries to solve this mystery, he also finds himself investigating privately on the sentimental life of his ex -wife Mary (Rochelle Aytes)suspecting it has a new relationship. In the meantime, Ingrid Derian (Eve Harlow), one of his collaborators, desperately tries to decipher the signs that Watson sends them when he takes it in the act while he says lies.
Subsequently A stand suddenly falls on stage during a show. When it is urgently brought to the Watson clinic, What initially seems a simple illness is in fact transformed into a particularly complex medical case.
Also Watson hides a worrying secret: he lost his senses recently and has undergone a head injury. His symptoms are worsening And he does not want to reveal his health conditions, anxiously putting colleagues.
Morris Chestnut is John Watson (Mediaset)
The cast of Watson
Already seen in Rosewood And The Residentwhere Barrett Caine was interpreted, Morris Chestnut plays a decidedly unpublished Watson: he is a particularly tormented clinical geneticist. At his side there is Eve Harlow In the role of the neurologist Ingrid Derian.
Peter Mark Kendall plays the twins Stephens and Adam Croft, specialists in infectious diseases and functional medicinewhile Schlingmann is Sasha Lubbock, rheumatologist and immunologist. Ritchie Coster plays the role of Shinwell Johnson, a former criminal linked to Watson and Rochelle Aytes is Mary Morstan, a surgeon: she is the separate wife of Watson, medical director of the clinic. Finally, Randall Park is James Moriarty, the enemy who returns from the past. Sherlock Holmes only appears as a voice.
Watson It is an international success
It is the first time that Watson He becomes the absolute protagonist of a series, emancipating himself from the shade of Sherlock Holmes. From “shoulder”, it thus turns into a central figure. In addition to the American airing on CBS and streaming on Paramount+, Australia and Canada have also broadcast the series in recent months.