Watson

Watson

2025
5
CBS
Running

In Watson a year after the death of his friend and partner Sherlock Holmes at the hands of Moriarty, Dr. John Watson resumes his medical career as the head of a clinic dedicated to treating rare disorders. Watson's old life isn't done with him, though — Moriarty and Watson are set to write their own chapter of a story that has fascinated audiences for more than a century. Watson is a medical show with a strong investigative spine, featuring a modern version of one of history's greatest detectives as he turns his attention from solving crimes to addressing the greatest mystery of all: illness, and the ways it disrupts our lives.

Episodes

Season 2

E1

A Son in the Oven

2025-10-13
60 min

Watson and the fellows spring back into action when Mary's mother accidentally poisons herself while suffering from a rare form of dementia that is progressing with impossible speed; Sherlock Holmes resurfaces after being presumed dead.

E2

Back from the Dead

2025-10-20
60 min

When a microbiology university researcher returns from an expedition to Siberia, she and her team members fall ill from a possible revived pathogen; Watson catches up with his friend Sherlock Holmes after finding out he is alive.

E3

Expletive Deleted

2025-10-27
60 min

Watson and the team work alongside Laila to help a patient named Maxine, a 30-year-old who looks 10.

E4

Happy When It Rains

2025-11-03
60 min

Watson and the team jump into action when four people become infected with a flesh-eating bacterium; Shinwell searches for meaning as a nursing student; Adam's wedding to Lauren risks being halted.

E5

Lucky

2025-11-10
60 min

While visiting another hospital, Watson becomes convinced that a man is suffering from locked-in syndrome and has been mistaken for a coma patient for over a decade; Sherlock is back in town and is staying with Watson.

E6

Buying Time

2025-11-17
60 min

Watson and the fellows race against time to save the life of Xavier, a 21-year-old athlete with a fast-growing, seemingly incurable cancer; Mycroft Holmes lets Watson know his team's work at UHOP may no longer have funding available.

E7

Giant Steps

2025-11-24
60 min

Watson's father, Hamish, visits UHOP to introduce Watson and the fellows to his protégé, Annabelle, a saxophone prodigy with musically induced blackouts.

E8

Livvy Sees The Doctor

2025-12-01
60 min

Watson and the fellows are taken hostage by a man with a bomb strapped to his chest who is desperate to find a cure for his 9-year-old daughter's illness.

E9

Shannon Says Bex Loves Micah

2025-12-08
60 min

Watson and the fellows help Laila's son Micah, who was injured in a car accident while pursuing his crush, Bex, with the help of his AI chatbot.

E10

Never Been CRISPR'd

2025-12-15
60 min

Watson's biohacker friend Hobie (aka the man with the glowing chest) returns when he rushes his new girlfriend to the Holmes Clinic after they partake in a gene-editing experiment that goes wrong. Meanwhile, Watson becomes suspicious of Sherlock.

E11

The Tunnel Under the Elms

2026-03-01
60 min

Watson and the fellows race against the clock to save a man and his pregnant wife from a terrifying sinkhole. Meanwhile, Ingrid's future with her therapy group becomes unclear.

E12

A Family Meal

2026-03-08
60 min

When a patient arrives at the Holmes Clinic plagued by a mysterious neurological disorder, Watson and the fellows discover they were forced to eat their parents amid a childhood survival incident. Meanwhile, Adam is struggling with how his future will change as a father.

E13

For a Limited Time Only

2026-03-15
60 min

Watson and the fellows fight to revive a 30-year-old woman, Audrey, after her heart inexplicably stops repeatedly until they discover she has a rare phenomenon called Lazarus syndrome. As these revivals continue, she uses the short window of time available to right her greatest wrong.

E14

Wrongful Life

2026-03-22
60 min

Watson is sued for Wrongful Life by a long-term patient suffering from VACTERL association, after undergoing multiple painful surgeries.

E15
Previous

A Third Act Surprise

2026-03-29
60 min

Watson and the fellows race to save the life of a young woman who needs a lifesaving kidney donation. Meanwhile, Sherlock returns to help crack unsolved cases in Pittsburgh.

E16
Next Episode

Respect the Process. Respect the Quirks

2026-04-05
60 min

Watson investigates a case involving a mentally unstable mother, with the woman's delusions serving as a mirror to his own newly discovered hallucinations.

E17

Unsolved Mysteries

2026-04-12
60 min
E18

Sic Semper Tyrannis

2026-04-19
60 min
E19

Episode 19

2026-04-26
60 min
E20

Episode 20

2026-05-03
60 min

Season 1

E1

Pilot

2025-01-26
60 min

Dr. John Watson resumes his medical career as the head of a clinic dedicated to treating rare disorders six months after the death of his friend and partner, Sherlock Holmes, at the hands of Moriarty. 

E2

Redcoat

2025-02-16
60 min

Watson and the fellows investigate the perplexing case of a family man with a bullet lodged in his head who insists he is a Scottish soldier and seems to be hiding something nefarious; Watson looks for clues to whom his estranged wife Mary is dating.

E3

Wait for the Punchline

2025-02-23
60 min

Watson and the fellows treat a comic who collapsed at an open mic night; the team becomes concerned when Watson collapses and suffers another traumatic brain injury.

E4

Patient Question Mark

2025-03-02
60 min

When Sasha discovers a link between her current patient and a cadaver she dissected during medical school, the team traces the case to Amish country.

E5

The Man with the Glowing Chest

2025-03-09
60 min

Watson takes a major ethical risk when he decides to treat a sickle cell patient with an unorthodox surgery; Ingrid struggles to get her sister admitted to her spinal project.

E6

The Camgirl Inquiry

2025-03-16
60 min

Stephens musters the courage to ask Watson to help him when his camgirl suddenly collapses during a video call; the team must act quickly to locate her before it's too late; Watson grapples with guilt over Sherlock's death.

E7

Teeth Marks

2025-03-23
60 min

While Watson and the team help a woman whose memory resets every three minutes, Watson struggles with auditory hallucinations and questions whether someone is behind his current decline; Moriarty plots his next move.

E8

A Variant of Unknown Significance

2025-03-30
60 min

Watson runs into an old friend of Sherlock Holmes when her son Angus is admitted to UHOP for temporary paralysis; the fellows help Watson after he grows fond of Angus, pursuing various leads to find a cure to his illness.

E9

Take a Family History

2025-04-13
60 min

Ingrid's lies come back to haunt her when her sister Gigi needs to be treated by the team after she develops side effects to the secret treatments Ingrid put her through; Watson and Mary bond over a tragedy.

E10

The Man with the Alien Hand

2025-04-20
60 min

Watson is thrown into a detective case when he is unsure whether the patient he is treating for one of the most rare ailments in the world, alien hand syndrome, is guilty of pushing his brother in front of a bus to his death.

E11

The Dark Day Deduction

2025-04-27
60 min

Watson confronts a traumatic event from his Army days that still weighs heavily on him after his friend's wife reaches out begging for help when her husband is seemingly having a psychotic break; Shinwell is asked for one last favor by Moriarty.

E12

Your Life's Work, Part 1

2025-05-04
60 min

When part of the team falls ill after becoming targets of a sinister plot, it becomes an all-hands-on-deck situation to save them before it's too late; Watson announces a new ambitious project that he has been working on.

E13

Your Life's Work, Part 2

2025-05-11
60 min

Watson and the team are faced with an impossible choice when two lives hang in the balance, but they only have one vial of antidote available; Shinwell races to help the team; Watson goes head-to-head with Moriarty.