The BEST episodes of Watson
Every episode of Watson ever, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Watson!
Six months after the death of his friend and partner Sherlock Holmes at the hands of Moriarty, Dr. John Watson resumes his medical career as the head of a clinic dedicated to treating rare disorders. Watson’s old life isn’t done with him, though — Moriarty and Watson are set to write their own chapter of a story that has fascinated audiences for more than a century.
#1 - Your Life's Work (2)
Season 1 - Episode 13 - Aired 5/11/2025
Watson and the team are faced with an impossible choice when two lives hang in the balance, but they only have one vial of antidote available. Meanwhile, Shinwell races to help the team, and Watson goes head to head with Moriarty.
#2 - A Son in the Oven
Season 2 - Episode 1 - Aired 10/13/2025
Watson and the fellows spring back into action when Mary’s mother accidentally poisons herself while suffering from a rare form of dementia that is progressing with impossible speed. Meanwhile, Sherlock Holmes resurfaces after being presumed dead.
#3 - Expletive Deleted
Season 2 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/27/2025
Watson and the team work alongside Laila to help a patient named Maxine, who is 30 years old but looks 10 years old. Meanwhile, Watson convinces Laila that he is serious about their relationship and Ingrid is struggling to ingratiate herself back at work as a hot newcomer joins her therapy group.
#4 - Your Life's Work (1)
Season 1 - Episode 12 - Aired 5/4/2025
When part of the team falls ill after becoming targets of a sinister plot, it becomes an all-hands-on-deck situation to save them before it’s too late. Meanwhile, Watson announces a new ambitious project that he has been working on.
#5 - The Man with the Alien Hand
Season 1 - Episode 10 - Aired 4/20/2025
Watson must confront the dark side of medicine when a patient is accused of murder.
#6 - Take a Family History
Season 1 - Episode 9 - Aired 4/13/2025
Ingrid’s lies come back to haunt her when her sister Gigi needs to be treated by the team after she develops side effects to the secret treatments Ingrid put her through. Also, Watson and Mary bond over a tragedy.
#7 - Happy When it Rains
Season 2 - Episode 4 - Aired 11/3/2025
Watson and the team jump into action when four new patients are brought to UHOP with wounds that appear to be infected with a flesh-eating bacterium following a tornado. Meanwhile, Shinwell searches for meaning as a nursing student and Adam’s wedding to Lauren risks being halted.
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#8 - The Camgirl Inquiry
Season 1 - Episode 6 - Aired 3/16/2025
Stephens musters the courage to ask Watson to help him when his camgirl suddenly collapses during a video call. He does not know anything about her real life, so the team must act quickly to locate her before it’s too late. Meanwhile, Watson grapples with guilt over Sherlock’s death and Sasha has doubts about her relationship.
#9 - Teeth Marks
Season 1 - Episode 7 - Aired 3/23/2025
While Watson and the team help a woman whose memory resets every three minutes, Watson struggles with auditory hallucinations and questions whether someone is behind his current decline. Meanwhile, Moriarty plans his next move.
#10 - The Dark Day Deduction
Season 1 - Episode 11 - Aired 4/27/2025
Watson confronts a traumatic event from his Army days that still weighs heavily on him when his Army veteran friend’s wife reaches out begging for help when her husband is seemingly having a psychotic break. Meanwhile, Shinwell is asked for one last favor by Moriarty.
#11 - A Variant of Unknown Significance
Season 1 - Episode 8 - Aired 3/30/2025
Watson runs into brilliant con artist and an old friend of Sherlock Holmes, Irene Adler, when her son Angus is admitted to UHOP for temporary paralysis. The fellows help Watson after he grows fond of Angus and pursue various leads to find a cure to his illness.
#12 - Back from the Dead
Season 2 - Episode 2 - Aired 10/20/2025
When a microbiology university researcher returns from an expedition to Siberia, she and her team members fall ill from a possible revived pathogen or “zombie virus.” Meanwhile, Watson catches up with his friend Sherlock Holmes after finding out he is alive, and Ingrid unexpectedly finds herself on the team’s floor.
#13 - The Man with the Glowing Chest
Season 1 - Episode 5 - Aired 3/9/2025
Watson takes a major ethical risk when he decides to treat a sickle cell patient with an unorthodox surgery, and the team faces their own dilemma when they must decide whether to look the other way or help the young woman. Meanwhile, Ingrid struggles to get her sister admitted to her spinal project.
#14 - Wait for the Punchline
Season 1 - Episode 3 - Aired 2/23/2025
Watson and the fellows treat a comedian who collapses at an open mic night and seeks their help, but throughout the investigation her past is revealed to be much more complex than initially believed. Meanwhile, the team becomes concerned when Watson himself collapses and suffers another traumatic brain injury as he continues to hide his worsening symptoms.
#15 - Patient Question Mark
Season 1 - Episode 4 - Aired 3/2/2025
When Sasha discovers a link between her current patient, who has advanced cancers and distinctive lesions on his tongue indicative of Cowden syndrome, and a cadaver she dissected during medical school, the team traces the case to Amish country.
#16 - Redcoat
Season 1 - Episode 2 - Aired 2/16/2025
Watson and the fellows investigate the perplexing case of a family man with a bullet lodged in his head who insists he is a Scottish soldier and seems to be hiding something nefarious. Meanwhile, Watson looks for clues to whom his estranged wife Mary is dating, and Ingrid tries to work out what her “tell” is when Watson calls her out for lying.
#17 - Pilot
Season 1 - Episode 1 - Aired 1/26/2025
Dr. John Watson resumes his medical career as the head of a clinic dedicated to treating rare disorders six months after the death of his friend and partner, Sherlock Holmes, at the hands of Moriarty.