Showrunner Craig Sweeny defined the stunning demise within the Watson Season 1 finale and the story selections behind it.

He stated the finale marked a turning level for Watson and that Moriarty’s finish could influence Season 2.
Craig Sweeny explains Moriarty’s demise in Watson’s finale
Within the Watson Season 1 finale, Moriarty dies after Dr. Watson infects Randall Park’s character with a genetically tailor-made illness. Watson asks Moriarty to treatment Stephens. However when he decides to not, Watson lets him die from the illness he has been contaminated with.
Craig Sweeny advised ScreenRant, “It was not a vengeful act by Watson.” “[It was] slightly a prophylactic one to forestall the injury that he was capable of do sooner or later with all of that DNA,” he added.
The present framed Moriarty’s demise as a crucial conclusion to the disaster attributable to his stolen DNA library. Sweeny acknowledged, “He was able to utilizing it to kill principally anybody on the planet and not using a hint that he had stolen the secrets and techniques of Watson’s sufferers.”
The choice to kill him was a part of a story arc wherein Watson steps out of Sherlock Holmes’ shadow. “Season 1 was the story of Watson changing into his personal man exterior of the shadow of Sherlock Holmes by confronting Holmes’ nemesis and defeating him,” Sweeny stated.
The showrunner emphasised that questions on Moriarty will stay related. “The open questions on Moriarty stay open and of curiosity to us narratively,” he acknowledged. “The overarching storyline that we do plan for Season 2 will accommodate some additional illumination of who that man was,” Sweeny added.
Sweeny additionally famous that Ingrid may have been swayed by Moriarty in a unique timeline. “If he had approached her in a barely completely different timeline than he did, he most likely would’ve had a unique outcome.” The showrunner added, “She related an increasing number of over the course of the season to each Watson and to Sasha, particularly.”
Though Moriarty is useless, Sweeny confirmed, “The Sherlock Holmes canon is not going to go away… precise occasions and characters from the tales will determine into Season 2.”
Notably, the producers haven’t but introduced the discharge date of Season 2.