Patient Question Mark
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Patient Question Mark is the 4th episode in season 1 of the American TV series Watson aired on 2 march 2025 on CBS, starring Morris Chestnut as Dr. Watson. 43 min.
Watson is running a "signal-to-noise" exercise using three odd cases, and the team chooses William Betancourt, whose inflamed tongue and cancer risk point to Cowden syndrome, as the real diagnostic priority. Dr. Sasha Lubbock is shaken because Betancourt's tongue lesions resemble a cadaver she dissected in med school, so Watson has the team chase down the cadaver's identity through morgue records and an artist's old sketches, which leads them to Amish country and the patient's estranged relatives so they can warn the community and push early screening. The trip turns into a second medical scare when a child in that family presents alarming symptoms that ultimately trace back to illness linked to unpasteurized camel milk, while Watson tells Mary Morstan he won't contest their divorce — and Shinwell, under Moriarty's pressure, plants a tracker and is handed a way to siphon the clinic's genetic data.
References to the original Sherlock Holmes stories
- "Shinwell Johnson" : He was a former criminal allied to Sherlock Holmes to provide information from among the underworld. He appeared only in this story (The Illustrious Client, 1924).
- "Dr. Mary Morstan" : Mary Morstan was the first wife of Dr. Watson but she was not a doctor (The Sign of Four, 1890).
- "James Moriarty" : Professor James Moriarty was the arch-enemy of Sherlock Holmes (The Final Problem, 1893).
Photos
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Dr. John H. Watson (Morris Chestnut) -
Shinwell Johnson (Ritchie Coster) -
Dr. Ingrid Derian (Eve Harlow) -
Dr. Sasha Lubbock (Inga Schlingmann) -
Dr. Stephens Croft (Peter Mark Kendall) -
Dr. Adam Croft (Peter Mark Kendall) -
Dr. Mary Morstan (Rochelle Aytes) -
Rachel Smith (Sprague Grayden) -
Brenda (Karen Robinson) -
The Rep (Kacey Rohl) -
William Betancourt (Michael Kostroff) -
Treya Coblentz (Kelli Ogmundson) -
Benjamin Burkholder (Vincent Muller) -
Amos Smith (Cruze McKinnon) -
Nurse Jace (Alan Ramon Ward) -
Micah (Spiro Dellas)
Cast
- Dr. John H. Watson : Morris Chestnut
- Shinwell Johnson : Ritchie Coster
- Dr. Ingrid Derian : Eve Harlow
- Dr. Sasha Lubbock : Inga Schlingmann
- Dr. Stephens Croft / Dr. Adam Croft : Peter Mark Kendall
- Croft twins [1] : Andrew Dobbie, Riley Orr
- Dr. Mary Morstan : Rochelle Aytes
- Rachel Smith : Sprague Grayden
- Brenda the Battle Axe : Karen Robinson
- The Rep : Kacey Rohl
- William 'Call Me Bill' Betancourt : Michael Kostroff
- Treya Coblentz : Kelli Ogmundson
- Benjamin Burkholder : Vincent Muller
- Amos Smith : Cruze McKinnon
- Nurse Jace : Alan Ramon Ward
- Micah : Spiro Dellas (credited as "QADO")
Crew
- Director : Ron Underwood
- Screenplay : Teresa Tuan
- Executive Producer : Morris Chestnut, Aaron Kaplan, Sharon Moalem, Erin Moffitt, Brian Morewitz, Sallie Patrick, Craig Sweeny, Larry Teng
- Producers : Scott Graham, Geoffrey Hemwall, Aren Ophoff
- Music : Paul Leonard-Morgan
- ↑ Peter Mark Kendall = playing both roles of Adam & Stephens Croft (acting + speaking). Andrew Dobbie & Riley Orr = physical doubles used to make the twin scenes possible.
