Watson

I really wanted to like this show, now that a few others I watch have concluded their episodes for the season, but it really didn't impress me. I love medical shows, shows about mysterious diseases, but this didn't draw me in. I've watched Morris Chestnut in a few other shows, which is why I gave this one a chance.

I didn't need this association with Sherlock Holmes - it would have been fine just being a medical show with a character named Dr Watson.

One odd point: why did they feel the need to cast one actor to play Stephens and Adams? We're there no acting twins, brothers, or lookalikes available?

Like the other reviewer, I'll give this another chance, but if you're looking for "House," "Brilliant Minds" is better.

It has little to do with Holmes and Watson, the characters. It is so much a rip-off of House MD that frankly, it gets embarrassing to watch. Even the music is exactly as in House. Oh, and Morris Chestnut is not the right guy to play any kind of smart doctor.

It's not all bad, though. The writing and acting are not awful, the story moves along as it should... there is some potential, despite the bad decisions they made at conception.

So, what are the producers going to do to avoid getting cancelled at the end of the first season? It's an interesting challenge. Probably, they're going to have to choose whether they want to move away completely from the Conan Doyle characters, or not. I wish they would actually tap into it more - Moriarty should be a recurring villain in this series. At least that way, we would be thinking less about House while watching this series...

So So.

I want to see if the show gets its legs. The set was sophisticated. The question of whether they meant that John Watson is answered early enough to not be distracting the whole time.

I want to like it. The reason I will come back for more is Morris Chestnut can develop a range even if all the director wants to do is make him as sexy as possible, forget the plot. It can be terrible for a super tight script.

Slow start. What's the deal with the separated partner? Why these residents or new doctors? What makes the patient cases compelling enough to get free care?

Will Holmes or Moriarty join the cast this season?

It's enough of a hook to return.

I am a big fan of Morris Chestnut. This series feels very formulaic. Like any person only ever has one case to follow up on. Realistic please! I am not a doctor or detective but in my real life - I have several items open and being pursued at once allllll the time. The acting is a little stilted from the supporting characters. I will be hanging on for a few episodes to see how this develops. I usually give at least five episodes to a new show to see character and deeper storyline develop. Some mystery around how Moriarity is involved and how deeply with Watson. Did Sherlock really die? Or will he reappear?

We were really looking forward to Watson. We were also extremely underwhelmed. My biggest issue, which may or may not have contributed to low rating is the way Morris Chestnut talks. Because his voice is so low along with how fast he talks I could barely understand him. His lines were a mumbled jumble of words which I could not understand. Along with subject matter of the Pilot, I didn't get it. I also thought that the writers could have dumbed it down a little for we the audience to understand. I finally put it all together and understood what was going on. I also thought the Pilot was flat, nothing that drew me in to pay attention.

I will give it another chance or two and see if it gets better.