CBS’ medical drama Watson just introduced a surprise pregnancy involving one of the show’s main characters.
During the Monday, November 3, episode of the show, Adam (Peter Mark Kendall) was anxious as wedding planning with fiancée Lauren (Amanda Crew) ramped up. Adam even found a way to get out of a cake tasting until Lauren brought the dessert to him — as a way to announce her pregnancy.
Adam later admitted to his twin brother, Stephens (also played by Kendall), that he wasn’t as happy as he should be with the news. Despite trying to fake his enthusiasm, Adam wasn’t sure he was ready to be a father. It remained unclear whether Adam will tell Lauren his concerns as the season continues to play out.
Based on Sir Arthur Conan Doyle‘s Sherlock Holmes stories, Watson (Morris Chestnut) takes place six months after Moriarty (Randall Park) kills the legendary detective. Watson came to terms with the loss of his best friend and partner by resuming his medical career as the head of a clinic dedicated to treating rare disorders.
Season 1 focused on Watson’s rivalry with Moriarty, but the next installment is expected to involve Sherlock Holmes (Robert Carlyle) — despite his character’s offscreen death prior to the events of the show.
Before the show returned in October, Chestnut, 56, and Rochelle Aytes teased whether viewers should be worried about the fates of their favorite characters.
“I will say that in this world of Watson, nobody is safe,” Chestnut shared exclusively with Us Weekly. “We’re dealing with a case by case basis with life or death situations. None of the cast is immune from that.”
The series previously showed Watson and the rest of his team almost making the difficult choice between Stephens and Adams. They opted to perform a life-saving brain surgery on Stephens before finding a way to keep Adams alive as well.
“It is a procedural show. We have a procedural show with the serialized spine. So ultimately, we will have a case of the week each week that we’re presented with,” Chestnut shared. “We have to diagnose and then solve them. But there are also going to be a lot of surprises and a lot of twists and turns that the audience may not expect.”
Chestnut said he was thrilled about Watson expanding its storytelling.
“You learn more about the characters on the show. We spent so much time as Watson was dealing with Moriarty and the loss of Sherlock Holmes that it was pretty much dominating,” he continued. “This year, we get more into the characters. We’re going so much more without Moriarty there. We’re going so much more into character development.”
Watson airs on CBS Mondays at 10 p.m. ET. New episodes stream the next day on Paramount+.
