Morris Chestnuts CBS drama don’t need sherlock

Since Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes first appeared in print in the 19th century, the forensic detective and his friend, Dr. John H. Watson, been lasting figures in global literature and other media, including television. Recently, the BBC’s “Sherlock” and CBS ‘”Elementary” put both successful spins on the beloved Holmes and Watson figures. Now “Elementary” writer and producer Craig Soweny delivers a new (and completely not -related) assumes Dr. John Watson. While Lucy Liu portrayed Dr. Watson on “Elementary” on “Watson”, Veteran Actor Morris Chestnut Stars as a titular character. Seen in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, the series follows the self -insured and brilliant doctor six months after the death of his best friend, Sherlock Holmes. Holmes died in the hands of the malicious professor James Moriarty (a rather shocking guest star). While Chestnut is more than up to the assignment, a virgin pilot and forced Sherlock -Lore create for an unstable opening.

“Watson” opens with Sherlock Holme’s death. After a desperate attempt to save his friend, Dr. Watson from coma suffering from a traumatic brain injury (TBI). At the request of Holmes’ Will, Watson returns to Pittsburgh to open the Holmes Clinic at the city’s largest hospital. He and a team of young doctors dig into unique and clear cases that allow him to use his detective hat. Unjustified by his alarming TBI symptoms, Watson and his fellows take on a growing list of patients, which requires them to look beyond the obvious.

In addition to Dr. Watson consists of Holmes Clinic Squad of Dr. Stephens Croft and Dr. Adam Croft (Peter Mark Kendall), identical twins with a broken relationship. While Stephens is stuffy and stoic, Adam is outgoing but has an eerie past. Participation in Crofts is Dr. Sasha Lubbock (Inga Schlingmann), a rheumatology and immunologist specialist whose sweet southern behavior (thick Texas features included) keeps her locked in an unmarable romance. The most exciting doctor in the cohort is still Dr. Ingrid Derian (Eve Harlow), which also acts as Dr. Watson’s personal neurologist. Cold, Calculation and Watson’s clear favorite, Ingrid may be just a sociopath.

Although Ingrid stands out in the clinic, Watson and his alienated wife, Dr. Mary Morstan (Rochelle Aytes), is a highlight of the show. Mary is the director of the hospital where the Holmes Clinic is located, and chestnut and Aytes have fantastic chemistry despite their characters’ various patient care tactics. In addition, it is the past couple’s past that Mary easily wants to book, and Watson is desperate to keep open, AIDS in the excitement that runs through this first season.

The dazzling problem of “Watson” is that it is forced under the Sherlock Holmes tent pole. In the pilot alone, Chestnut uses the Word the word “Eureka!” And suddenly Watson’s driver, Shinwell Johnson (Ritchie Coster), whose ties to Scotland Yard is constantly mentioned (although this is Pittsburgh), is transformed into his fixes and closest confidant. It’s bisarr and swinging, forcing viewers to work harder to be grounded in history.

“Watson” could easily have worked like a clipped and dry medical mystery drama instead of trying to force a square stick into a round hole. The series’ opening scene shoots viewers into a Sherlock Holmes-type adventure, but then on a flash is the audience in Pittsburgh. To rename the figures would have worked without randomly trying to bridge these two worlds together.

There is still an important thing “Watson” is distinguished by. In an almost overwhelming landscape of hospital dramas from ABC’s “Gray’s Anatomy” to the maximum newcomer “The Pitt”, Watson “manages to examine” typically “medical crisis using fresh eyes. In section 5, the strongest of the five critics screened For review, Dr. Watson cares for a twenty-one woman in the midst of her increasingly challenging seal cell crisis “Do something similar when examining genetic cancer markers in section 4.

A confusing beginning and the unnecessary Sherlock Holmes influence gives a shaky start, especially in the first few episodes. But with an endless charismatic chestnut leading the charge, adds the addition of some much needed back stories and a focus on medical mysteries and the people who endure them, “Watson” eventually more solid ground. In the midst of countless other procedures, the audience may jump the ship well before it starts itself.

“Watson” premieres January 26 at CBS, with new episodes that fall weekly on Sundays.