Throughout the years, there’s been many Sherlock Holmes adaptation, from plays to shows to movies. All have kept the general detective, investigating genre. While some adaptations do try to make their adaptations as true to the source material as possible, this one is said to be loosely based on the original books by Author Conan Doyle. It will be, instead of being based around Sherlock Holmes himself, be based upon Watson, his assistant.
The new adaptation will take a different approach that of its predecessors. Instead, the series will be a fast-paced medical drama. The plot itself takes place in a reality in which Sherlock Holmes has died to his enemy, Moriarty. Watson has now gone back to working in the medical field. He is working with other doctors and is treating rare disorders. While this happens, Moriarty still has a part to play in the plot from the background and does act as an antagonist of sorts. The Pilot is said to release on January 26th of 2025.
The Director of the pilot episode is Larry Tang, who’s also directed other shows such as Supergirl, Nancy Drew, NCIS: Hawai’i. In the episode, according to Liza Foreman, writer for The Hollywood Reporter, Watson and his fellow doctors will be dealing with a “… case of fatal familial insomnia, which is coupled with the challenge of trying to help a pregnant woman with the neurodegenerative prion disease live long enough to deliver her baby.”
Watson is played by Morris Chestnut. He is an acclaimed actor, known for being an actor in the films and shows of Boyz n the Hood, The Resident, The Best Man Franchise, and Our Kind of People. In his roles he often plays as a doctor. The remainder of the class, according to tellyvisions.org, includes British actor Ritchie Coster, Russian actor Eve Harlow, and American actors Rochelle Aytes, Peter Mark Kendall, and Inga Schlingmann. What characters they play has yet to be released.
With this being a rare adaptation to focus on Watson, without the inclusion of Sherlock Holmes, it will be interesting just how the show will fare, and I audiences will still be interested without Sherlock’s involvement.
