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monition ! Spoilers beforehand for the Watson season 1 finale . AsWatsonseason 1 reason out with a major twist for Randall Park ’s Moriarty , showrunner Craig Sweeny teases just how his destiny will be finger across future seasons of the show . CBS ’s modern reimagining of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle ’s influential characters ascertain Dr. John Watson ( Morris Chestnut ) plant his own practice for peculiar caseful in the wake of his pardner ’s death . WhileWatson’stake on Sherlock Holmesis already established to have take on his remnant at Reichenbach Falls , his nemesis Moriarty presently reemerged in the pilot film episode , with a plot to take in genetic material for a villainous end .

AsWatson’sseason conclusion " My biography ’s Work Part 2 " conclude with Moriarty drawing his last breath , Sweeny confirm toTV Insiderthat the baddie is truly dead . The showrunner elaborated by explaining that with his collection of genetic sample and having already show what he is subject of with the Croft siblings , Watson decide that allowing Moriarty to pop off became the lesser of two evils , but would continue to haunt the tale into next seasons . Check out Sweeney ’s full explanation below :

Watson essentially vote down Moriarty — first of all , is Moriarty really dead ?

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Craig Sweeny : Yes .

Talk about the decision to do that .

Well , give thanks you for not using the Bible pour down him off , because that always feel like , oh , you did it for glib grounds . You want to make a problem for your character for which there ’s only one way out . And we did n’t lead off the season go , “ Oh , Moriarty is work to die at the closing of the season . ” But we created this constellation of circumstances where no matter what happened , no matter what they did with him , even if they put him in a lockdown prison in Colorado where there ’s no inter-group communication with anybody , he still has this treasure trove of DNA somewhere that would allow him to do to basically anybody in the world what he did to Adam and Stephens . And so I believe that Watson really approached that from a perspective of doing the least hurt and even though it upend and that decisiveness will have a lot of forking on the character go forward , I do n’t think even given that he would change what he did because it was a interrogative sentence of , how do I minimize the damage from this situation ?

Watson talking to Moriarty in the season 1 finale

What Morarty’s Death Means For Watson Season 2

The Villain May Have Left A Lasting Impact On The Doctor

As one of Holmes ' most well - sleep together adversary , many fans may be shock thatWatsonchose to have the baddie encounter an unfortunate end in its first season ’s finis . Even with the cure for the Stephens , Moriarty has proven himself up to of make annihilating viruses , with it being suggested that he has a list of targets in thinker already that are the " correct " hoi polloi . As such , Watson justifies his natural action as being something that will forestall any future harm .

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However , Moriarty leaves Watson with a moral interrogation , state that tolerate him to perish would not only be in contradiction to his Hippocratic swearword , but would allow him to kick the bucket with his secrets to die with him . The series has already get wind Holmes ( Matt Berry ) certify as auditive hallucination , soWatson may be haunted by the villain in succeeding time of year . This would allow Park to reprise his part as a vision , go forth Watson wondering not only if his decision was good as a medical master , but if Moriarty had leave any schemes that would occur after his death .

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Our Thoughts On Watson Season 1’s Moriarty Twist

More Doyle Foes May Give The Clinic Future Troubles

WhileWatsonseason 1 allowed the serial to twine up most of its loose ends , with the leading fictional character storing Moriarty ’s polo with the eternal sleep of his mementos of his life with the detective , its time of year 2 renewal show that there are still more cases to get . While Watson believe he preserve his expletive and treated Moriarty the best he could , it is clear that the decision will weigh on his mind going frontwards . what is more , while one of Doyle ’s villain may have come across his end , others may come out soon enough to thrust the clinic into further bedlam inWatsonseason 2 .

reservoir : telly Insider

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