The clock’s ticking for Sherlock.
The supposedly dead detective returned briefly to visit his old friend, without offering any real explanation of where he’d been or what he was investigating.
Sherlock left as quickly as he came, not even waiting for the outcome of Watson’s very interesting case on Watson Season 2 Episode 5.
Did Sherlock’s Mysterious Mission Tie Into Watson’s Case?
Sherlock kept watching his brother’s stock in a tech company crumble.
Meanwhile, Ingrid couldn’t get Schiff to help with the new tech that would allow Lucky to communicate more easily because his company was embroiled in lawsuits over it.
I couldn’t help wondering whether those two facts were connected, especially after Mycroft showed up at the end of the hour.
I’m not seeing the bigger picture here, but it seemed like it couldn’t be a coincidence that Mycroft claimed to own the clinic, he had tech stock that was crumbling, and Schiff had some problem with his partners in a tech enterprise.
Of course, that could all be a bunch of red herrings, but it seems likely none of it was coincidental.
Also, what the heck kind of influence does Beck have that he was able to end the lawsuits so Schiff could offer the tech to Lucky?
There Was So Much Weirdness In Lucky’s Case
Watson Season 2 Episode 5 was one of the strangest stories the series has had, even without adding in Schiff and the subplot about whether he was an alcoholic.
(By the way, did we know Adam goes to AA meetings? I didn’t remember that, but that doesn’t necessarily mean it’s never been mentioned.)
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The original concept of Lucky being this patient with locked-in syndrome who everyone had given up on was interesting, but I forgot this show isn’t Brilliant Minds — even though Watson loves his medical miracles, it probably wasn’t going to be about finding one for Lucky.
I wasn’t too happy with the story of the murdering nurse who put stuff in people’s IVs, though.
Murder By IV is My Last Favorite Medical Show Trope
It happens a lot on Days of Our Lives, which is committed to non-reality, so maybe that’s what soured me on it.
Still, it didn’t seem any more realistic on Watson.
I can buy the part about a nurse who only shows up at the hospital once a month slipping under the radar, but not the rest.
It didn’t make sense to me that patients dying every time this nurse had been around didn’t set off any alarm bells for anyone.
The nurse’s attack on Lucky was even sillier.
First of all, if she wanted to stop him from telling, then why didn’t she kill him outright?
The only way that makes sense is if she thought Watson’s team was more on the ball and would be suspicious if the patient they’d just transferred in had died.
She didn’t have to worry too much, though, because poisoning was the last thing on anyone’s mind when Lucky became non-responsive.
I don’t know why Shinwell was the only team member who realized that a guy who witnessed a bunch of murders would be the target for the killer.
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If I were on the medical team, the first thing I would have done was a tox screen.
Of course, I know what happened to Lucky, but that should still have been an easy call to make.
The Mystery Was Solved Too Quickly, Too
It was disappointing that the medical mystery of what caused Lucky’s Locked-In Syndrome and how to best help him went by the wayside, but that would have been forgivable if the murder mystery was more of a mystery.
It started out well, with Watson turning to Holmes for help and being amazed at Holmes’ telepathic-like ability to profile the killer.
But the nurse was discovered almost immediately, and the mystery of what she put in Lucky’s IV was solved almost as quickly.
The episode didn’t feel rushed exactly, but it did seem to bounce from plot point to plot point, often wasting potential.
Holmes left before the mystery was solved — and also, what was the point of Watson setting a no cocaine boundary if Holmes wasn’t going to stay there for more than a day?
Sorry, but Holmes popping in every few episodes isn’t working for me. Whatever he’s doing better be important, because so far his visits have been too short and nearly pointless.
We don’t know anymore than we did about how he survived the waterfall, why he went into hiding, or what he’s investigating.
Hopefully, Mycroft’s appearance is a step toward Holmes publicly admitting he isn’t dead.
Mycroft’s visit felt like a turning point, though I wasn’t sure exactly what was going on here.
Usually, rich moguls taking ownership of health care centers is bad news that ruins patient care in one way or another.
In Mycroft’s case, the only way it stops is if Holmes shows up and takes the clinic back. Hopefully, that’s where this is going.
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