Editor's Note: The recap below contains spoilers for Watson Season 2 Episode 1. Five months ago, Watson ended a frustratingly lackluster freshman season on a resounding low note as it rushed to kill off Moriarty ( Randall Park ) and pair the titular Watson ( Morris Chestnut ) with a brand-new paramour, despite the sizzling chemistry he shares with his ex-wife Mary Morstan ( Rochelle Aytes ). The series’ Season 2 premiere is much of the same brand of predictability, laced with an overreliance on its audience to know the Sherlockian rules it’s playing by. The premiere is a very run-of-the-mill episode that doesn’t do anything particularly unique to re-engage its audience . However, Watson ’s tag — featuring a perfectly cast Robert Carlyle as S
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