[Warning: The below contains MAJOR spoilers for the Watson Season 2 premiere “A Son in the Oven.”]
“What the hell?!” That’s what’s going by way of the pinnacle of Morris Chestnut‘s titular physician when he finds his good friend, the sleuth Sherlock Holmes (Robert Carlyle), who’s imagined to be useless, raiding his fridge on the finish of the Watson Season 2 premiere.
“His first thought is, does he imagine what he’s seeing?” Chestnut continues within the video interview above with him and Rochelle Aytes (Mary) after they stopped by TV Insider’s workplace forward of the premiere. “That individual is meant to be deceased. So, he simply can’t imagine not solely is that individual not deceased, however he’s raiding his fridge.”
We don’t get any solutions — is Sherlock actually alive, or is Watson seeing issues? — however no matter’s happening, “Mary’s not married to him anymore, in order that’s Laila’s [Tika Sumpter] drawback, for now,” quips Aytes.
Chestnut says he’s nonetheless determining Watson and Sherlock’s dynamic. “There’s nonetheless plenty of unresolved points that we have now to speak about, together with I type of actually need to confront him about this disappearing on me like he did, if he’s in reality alive,” he explains.
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In the meantime, it’s a heavy premiere for Mary, whose mom, Watson’s affected person with a worrying case of dementia, wants a liver transplant. Mary’s not a match, however, shock: Elizabeth (Juanita Jennings) had a son earlier than her whom she gave up for adoption, and he or she’s been visiting Miles (Khary Payton) in his bakery day by day. She appeals to him, and he agrees to donate.
“It was undoubtedly far more emotional and so heavy, so exhausting, but additionally very rewarding and difficult to get to play one other dimension of Mary, attending to see her in a extra weak gentle,” says Aytes.
As for that surprising reveal of Mary having a brother, “I don’t even suppose she might actually course of it within the second,” Aytes tells us earlier than praising the casting of Payton. “Wonderful actor. There have been similarities between the 2 of us. I used to be his face and I used to be like, ‘Wow, they did a fantastic job.’ I feel Mary is emotional as a result of she has a brother that she didn’t know existed, and I’m positive there is part of her that’s grateful to Watson for locating him. And I hope that they create him again to point out extra that they’ve stayed in connection in a relationship with one another.”
Whereas that is one thing that her mother hid from her, Aytes thinks that whereas Mary “was harm … there’s some grace, I feel, Mary gave her for being younger and never prepared. But it surely was surprising that she by no means advised her about this individual.” In spite of everything, as we see initially of the episode, Mary and her mom have a fantastic relationship. Aytes is hoping each Payton and Jennings return, plus she needs to know “who and the place [her] father is. Is he alive? Is he useless? Are we estranged?”
It’s whereas Watson’s sitting with Mary at her mom’s hospital bedside that we be taught that she was seeing somebody, however the different girl ghosted her after her mother received sick. Aytes isn’t positive what Mary’s searching for in a accomplice proper now.
“She was married to Watson for a very long time. Possibly she’s not prepared for one thing very critical, and it’s simply type of having fun with life. However I’ve hopes that Mary and Watson will get again collectively sooner or later,” she admits earlier than teasing, “Now we have little hints of our relationship all through the season. Now we have some flashbacks, which is at all times enjoyable.”
Watson has (seemingly) moved on, with Laila, however should you ask Aytes, “he’s not critical” about her. Chestnut considerably disagrees.
“Watson undoubtedly takes Laila severely as a result of there’s a baby that might be concerned, and we’ll see what occurs with that afterward within the season,” he explains. “However he does really feel like he nonetheless has some unresolved emotions, feelings, conditions, circumstances with Mary, so he’s conflicted in that regard and he has to determine how he’s going to cope with it.”
Watch the complete video interview with Morris Chestnut and Rochelle Aytes above as they break down the Season 2 premiere, focus on Watson and Mary’s relationship — and Watson’s with Laila — Sherlock’s return, Mary’s household drama, and rather more, together with about that secret place of Watson’s and Ingrid (Eve Harlow) presumably returning to the crew of fellows.
Watson, Mondays, 10/9c, CBS
