What Would’ve Happened in ‘Watson’ Season 3
What To Know
- Watson ended after a two-season run on May 3.
- Showrunner Craig Sweeny has shared details about what would’ve happened in a Season 3.
Watson ended its two-season run with a finale that wrapped up a few things but left quite a bit up in the air. Now, we have details about what could have happened next if it returned for Season 3.
The Season 2 finale saw Watson (Morris Chestnut) take care of his brain tumor, going into surgery in the episode’s final moments; it looked like he survived and went on to live the life he’d envisioned with his ex-wife Mary (Rochelle Aytes) on Baker Street. It also turned out that Sherlock Holmes (Robert Carlyle) was alive, facing his own consequences of the case of theirs that led to Watson’s brain tumor; the doctor figured out what was wrong with him, and the sleuth was doing much better and being treated the last time we saw him. But if the series had been renewed, it wouldn’t have been so simple.
“In Season 3, Watson would also have been Sherlock’s doctor treating ongoing complications from the ailment that plagued Holmes at the end of Season 2,” showrunner Craig Sweeny told Deadline. He also revealed that Sherlock turning out to be alive only become part of the story “after we saw what Robert Carlyle brought to the role of Sherlock Holmes. Watson’s Holmes and Watson were fun to write and watch, and so we devised a way for Sherlock to be present in the real world.”
That suggests that, if that last glimpse of Watson and Mary was real — Sweeny noted it “has several possible interpretations,” with one being that it’s something the doctor envisions “in what may be his dying moments” during surgery — it would either have to be in the future past that or something would have brought him back to UHOP, perhaps whatever would have happened with Sherlock.
There also would’ve been threads to follow for Watson’s team in Season 3. Sasha (Inga Schlingmann), in the aftermath of learning that Beck (Noah Mills) had pretended to be her birth mother and Ingrid (Eve Harlow), giving her a file on the real woman, broke up with Stephens (Peter Mark Kendall). Meanwhile, Ingrid continued to face questions from Lestrade (Rachel Hayward) about Beck’s death (and her father’s). We could easily see a Season 3 where Sasha and Stephens could have maybe found their way back to each other, and Ingrid would have had to figure out how to escape going to prison.
“The heart of Watson was the cases, so if we had come back, we would have continued to hunt the strange and amazing scientific outliers that made up our strongest episodes,” Sweeny told Deadline. “Of course, medical fellowships last three years, so a major theme of season three would have been exploring what would have happened to Ingrid, Stephens, Adam, and Sasha at the end of their Fellowships and how many new doctors would be worked into the mix.”
What will you miss about Watson? Let us know in the comments section below.
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I'll miss it for sure! One of the few shows with some creativity! Enough to keep you interested and watching every week.
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P
Loved Watson, will Definitely miss it. The actors were great and the writing wonderful.
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J
I loved Watson they always cancel good shows!
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K
Will definitely miss this show. It was great.
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A
CBS is really catering to the low level IQ tv viewers. What a shame.
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M
Watson was a show with great stories and content. It took me away from the real world for hour. The show Watson will be missed.
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V
I loved watching WATSON!!! I looked forward to watching it! I hate they canceled it!! Seeing all of the different cases and solving them were great! Now we will never know if the surgery fixed Watson completely and what really happened to Sherlock! I also wanted to see Shenwill get married! I wanted to see the triplets! Every time I love a show, it is canceled 😭😭 I could only hope they would bring it back with the same actors!
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I truly hope that CBS reconsiders this horrible decision. Watson is a great show. Cancel Elsbeth....pure stupidity. Maybe another network will pick up Watson. Fingers crossed 🤞
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P
Superior acting by all. Most episodes brought me to tears.
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S
We will miss all of the characters especially watson. Such a smooth guy. Lots of storyline kept us watching.
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R
I love Watson. CBS always canceling good shows and keeping the bad Television shows on. People like me are tried of watching mess on television.
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S
I am devastated. I will miss the smooth voice of Watson, the diagnoses, the spunky lines of Holmes, the character development, the romance development, the classy taste of the storylines, the possibility that Ingrid can turn things around now that she has a purpose in life, the compassion of Sasha, the twins becoming more unidentical in their characteristics, whether or not Shinwell wins his undeserved love’s heart forever, and whether or not Mary stays at UHOP or she and John begin a new and exciting adventure elsewhere. Fine. I will miss everything left unspoken. BRING IT BACK!
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C
I will miss it too. It was very creative and different than anything else. I am just trying to figure out what the song was that was playing in the final scene with Mary kissing John in the hospital bed before his surgery, and then faded out at the end on Baker street?
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Truly disappointing to see this show end. The innovative approach to a medical series with interesting and scientifically explored medical, personal, and human life situations, was so creative. I didn't like parts of the ending, as it seemed like there were too many loose and/or negative ends. Great shows seem to get canceled more frequently. These writers and producers need to consider what made this show special and perhaps reverse a really bad decision
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N
I cannot believe Watson was canceled 😢 😔 this is my absolute favorite show.It is so interesting every single episode.The actors and actresses are amazing, and the storyline is always intriguing. Why in the world would they leave a show like elsbeth on. One if the most ridiculous shows ever created?And cancel something as amazing as this show? Somebody must be tapping into too much cool aid.. I hope someone else picks this up.It is very sad to see this happen! And the way that season two ended, it was going to be a really great season three. Wake up people.You are making a huge mistake by letting this show go.
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I think CBS is racist and can't stand to see the portrayal of a genius black man who is respected and loved.
I am very disappointed and disgusted
I pray one of the streaming channels will pick it up.
CURSES CBS. THIS WAS A RACIST DECISION. SHAME!!!
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L
I can't believe it didn't make it. Too interesting?
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C
Watson was on at a bad time. We saved it and when we watched the last episode I checked on season 3 only to find out there was not going to be more. So sad, great show!
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A
This was getting so good and exilerating to watch! All the characters were exciting in their own way to watch. CBS is crazy to cancel the series and frankly disappointing as my wife and I loved the show!!!
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J
Wrong move!! this show was worth watching , plus actual facts are used making it more interesting to the viewer at least for me it was . Great cast !! It should have been one of the best shows for years to come !! Very disappointed Morris Chestnut easy on the eyes self & his cast will be missed . Hope to see them all in something special just like this show !!
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P
In a world where there is a complete void of interesting TV series, this is one of the only things left to watch. Sad that the storylines were cut short. So much interesting material left hanging. I will miss it for sure. What were the people who made this decision thinking??? Sadly they left room for another God awful cheap reality dreg.
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Bad move CBS. That was a damn good show. One more reason to watch other channels.
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P
Unbelievable…. Watson is one of the best shows I have seen. I’m so disappointed it has been cancelled. Like usual they pare always cancelled….
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A
Watson was a great show. I hope another network picks them up.
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B
It was a good show! I don’t understand why so many shows are cancelled on abc, cbs and nbc that are good! Too many reality shows that get renewed!
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M
Too bad it’s not coming back ! All the characters keep you very intrigued each and every week ! Dr . Watsons role is amazing and it’s a feel good story as he finds cures for so many on the show!
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M
The show went downhill for me after they stopped making Morris Chestnut take off his shirt at least once every episode.
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