Warning: SPOILERS for Watson season 1, episode 13, "My Life's Work Part 2."
There were several major developments in the Watson season 2.
In all fairness, they really argue about anything they can. Stephens understands that he’s a bit shy and awkward, but he resents Adam for boasting more popularity despite not always being the smartest person in the room. Stephens particularly seems to hate that Adam managed to get a book published before he did, but the real issue in their relationship has been about Adam dating Stephens’ ex. The Watson season 1 finale finally paves the way for that feud to end.
Watson Season 1 Finale Fixes The Relationship Between Adam And Stephens
They Finally Addressed The Core Reason For Their Feud
Adam is the only one of the Crofts who plays a specific role in Moriarty’s ultimate plan in Watson, but the professor’s bioweapon unintentionally targets Stephens as well due to the twins sharing genetics. As a result, much of the Watson season 1 finale focuses on the Croft twins struggling to accept their mortality as a homegrown virus eats away at their brains. Watson flips a coin to save Adam with the one dose of antivirus he has, but Stephens is left with nothing but his own bitterly impending death.
Stephens’ ex Laura dating Adam has been a source of contention between the Crofts throughout the season, but Adam finally apologizes for seeing her while also declaring that he’s too deeply in love to stop now.
When Watson finally manages to save Stephens by essentially blackmailing Moriarty into giving him the cure, the Crofts have a much-needed heart-to-heart chat about their mutual love interest. Stephens’ ex Laura dating Adam has been a source of contention between the Crofts throughout the season, but Adam finally apologizes for seeing her while also declaring that he’s too deeply in love to stop now. In the end, Stephens wishes them well. And it’s about time, because Watson has desperately needed the Crofts to end their sibling rivalry for quite a while now.
Why The Croft Twins’ Bickering Made Watson Hard To Watch
It Became Too Difficult To Pick A Side Between Them
Given Watson’s generally positive reviews, it’s clear the Sherlock Holmes spinoff has gained a fair amount of favor from audiences and critics. However, the show’s Rotten Tomatoes score has also dropped as the first season continued, with its critical score decreasing from 62% to 53% while its audience score struggles to stay alive at just 34% fresh. But while there are numerous excuses for the show’s criticisms, the Crofts’ feud has made it difficult to truly sympathize with either one of them. Adam shouldn’t have dated Laura, but Stephens comes across as overly petulant about it.
Each of the twins possesses qualities that are simultaneously unlikable and relatable. Stephens struggles with self-doubt to the point that his most noteworthy relationship for half the season was with a nude webcam model. Adam acts like the life of the party while clearly dealing with a massive case of impostor syndrome. From an outside perspective, the Crofts have more in common with each other than any other two characters in the series, but they’re typically too busy arguing to see that. Now that the Laura issue is behind them, they can start embracing the strength of their similarities.
How Watson Season 2 Will Improve Now That Adam And Stephens Have Made Up
The Series Can Now Focus On Their Combined Strengths
Partly due to filming complications that naturally arise from Peter Mark Kendall playing both twins, the Crofts are rarely shown onscreen together at the same time. But when they do, there’s an awful lot of barking between the two. With the twins now saved and arguably the most dangerous version of Professor Moriarty laid to rest, Watson season 2 can begin exploring how Adam and Stephens operate when truly on the same team. Their two very different medical specialties often put them at odds, but it would be nice to see them combine their skill sets more often.
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Functional medicine and infectious diseases don’t sound like mutually exclusive specialties, but the Crofts often treat each other’s medical foci like foreign practices when Watson tells them to explore alternative causes for a patient’s symptoms. Now that the Watson season 1 finale has healed the personal rivalry between them, they can hopefully forces professionally in the future. The two have every chance of becoming the breakout mystery-solving duo of the series. They just need to combine efforts and put their heads together for the sake of greater good if we’re ever going to see them reach their true potential.
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Watson is a drama mystery series based on the character created by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. A year after the death of his partner, Sherlock Holmes, Dr. John Watson returns to his old life as a physician.
- Cast
- Morris Chestnut, Tommy O'Brien, Eve Harlow, Inga Schlingmann, Bethany Brown, Danny Mac
- Showrunner
- Craig Sweeny
- Directors
- Larry Teng
- Writers
- Craig Sweeny
- Creator(s)
- Craig Sweeny
- Producers
- Morris Chestnut, Aaron Kaplan
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