Just starting its second season on CBS, Watson stars Morris Chestnut as Dr. Watson in a modern version of one of history’s greatest detectives. Instead of crime, he solves medical mysteries. 

A year after Holmes’s (Robert Carlyle) apparent death at the hands of his archenemy Moriarty (Randall Park) at Reichenbach Falls, Watson opens the Holmes Clinic of Diagnostic Medicine in Pittsburgh — right dahntahn near The Pitt? — to treat patients with strange and unidentifiable issues. But is Moriarty still alive?

Created by Craig Sweeny, who also made Limitless and The Code, I like how this moves Watson from a moron, as he often appears in adaptations, to the hero. He has a team that includes neurologist  Dr. Ingrid Derian (Eve Harlow), identical twins Drs. Stephens Croft and Adam (both played by Peter Mark Kendall), who are constantly fighting because Adam is dating Stephens’ ex-fiancée, Dr. Sasha Lubbock (Inga Schlingmann), former criminal Shinwell Johnson (Richie Coster) and Watson’s ex-wife, surgeon Dr. Mary Morstan (Rochelle Aytes). Holmes founded this clinic so that after he died, Watson would have something to do with his life.

Cases include fatal insomnia, Cowden syndrome, a bullet stuck in a brain, QT syndrome, sickle cell anemia and more. By the end of the season, it’s revealed that Holmes didn’t die, and the show references a Pittsburgh mystery and a third-act surprise.

I kind of like it when Holmes is moved to modern times, and I’m interested in seeing where this series goes!