The WORST episodes of Watson
Every episode of Watson ever, ranked from worst to best by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The worst 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 - 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.
#2 - 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.
#3 - Wrongful Life
Season 2 - Episode 14 - Aired 3/22/2026
Watson is sued for Wrongful Life by a long-term patient suffering from VACTERL association, after undergoing multiple painful surgeries.
#4 - Sic Semper Tyrannis
Season 2 - Episode 18 - Aired 4/19/2026
Following his brain tumor diagnosis, Watson goes on medical leave to seek treatment, leaving Mary in charge of The Holmes Clinic as a notorious South American dictator demands Watson see to his mysterious autoimmune condition personally. Meanwhile, Ingrid grows more concerned about Beck’s obsession with Sasha.
#5 - 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.
#6 - 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.
#7 - 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.
#8 - 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.
#9 - For a Limited Time Only
Season 2 - Episode 13 - Aired 3/15/2026
Watson and the fellows fight to revive a 30-year-old woman, Audrey, after her heart inexplicably stops repeatedly until they discover she has a rare phenomenon called Lazarus syndrome. As these revivals continue, she uses the short window of time available to right her greatest wrong.
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#10 - 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.
#11 - 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.
#12 - 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.
#13 - 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.
#14 - 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.
#15 - 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.
#17 - Never Been CRISPR'd
Season 2 - Episode 10 - Aired 12/15/2025
Watson’s biohacker friend Hobie returns when he rushes his new girlfriend to the Holmes Clinic after they partake in a gene-editing experiment that goes wrong. Meanwhile, Watson becomes suspicious of Sherlock.
#18 - 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.
#19 - Shannon Says Bex Loves Micah
Season 2 - Episode 9 - Aired 12/8/2025
Watson and the fellows help Laila’s son Micah – who was injured in a car accident while pursuing his crush, Bex, with the help of his AI chatbot.
#20 - The Rule of Three
Season 2 - Episode 19 - Aired 4/26/2026
As Adam’s wife goes in for a C-section to deliver triplets, chaos ensues when their OB-GYN passes out in the operating room. Meanwhile, a severe storm detours Watson and Mary’s trip to find a renowned doctor to remove Watson’s brain tumor.
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#21 - Lucky
Season 2 - Episode 5 - Aired 11/10/2025
While visiting another hospital, Watson becomes convinced that a coma patient is suffering from locked-in syndrome and has been mistaken for a coma patient for over a decade. After the patient is transferred to UHOP for treatment, he shocks the team with chilling messages. Meanwhile, Sherlock is back in town and is staying with Watson.
#23 - Livvy Sees the Doctor
Season 2 - Episode 8 - Aired 12/1/2025
UHOP veers into terror when Watson and the fellows are taken hostage by a man with a bomb strapped to his chest who is desperate to find a cure for his 9-year-old daughter’s illness.
#24 - 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.
