‘Watson’ Scoop: What’s Mary Hiding From Watson?

Right now, two episodes into Watson, there are a couple of things that the titular doc doesn’t know. Morris Chestnut‘s version of Dr. John Watson, in CBS’s modern-day take on the iconic Arthur Conan Doyle characters, has no idea that the villain, Moriarty (Randall Park), who was responsible for the death (but is he really dead?) of his friend and sleuth Sherlock Holmes, is still alive. He also doesn’t know that he has someone close to him, Shinwell Johnson (Ritchie Coster), working for him. Plus, he doesn’t know that his ex-wife, Dr. Mary Morstan (Rochelle Aytes), is hiding something from him.

Ahead of the series premiere, Chestnut told us that when Watson left and joined Sherlock in London, “he left Mary in a very bad situation but didn’t realize it.” Since then, when talking to Chestnut, Aytes, and executive producer Craig Sweenyfor TV Insider’s digital cover story leading up to the second episode, we’ve gotten a few more details.