Joan Watson

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Character Name: Joan Watson
Series: Elementary
Timeline: During 1x18, "Déjà Vu All Over Again"
Canon Resource Link: Elementary Wikia(not that great), Wikipedia
Character Background: Joan Watson grew up in a well-off family which, despite its troubles- her father's affair, high and conventional parental expectations- was ultimately a loving, reasonably well-adjusted one. She was valedictorian in med school and went on to become a skilled surgeon. During her residency she entered a relationship with Liam, a man who had come into the ER with injuries sustained while defending an old lady from a mugger. Unfortunately, he later became addicted to drugs. Joan held an intervention and took him to rehab but, ultimately, none of it seemed to stick and his unwillingness to help himself forced her to cut him loose.

Later, her career came to an end when a mistake on her part- still unelaborated on in the show- cost a patient's life. Her medical license was only temporarily suspended, but her surgeon's ego was wounded enough that she intentionally let it lapse entirely. Instead, she began work as a sober companion, accompanying recovering drug addicts through their transition from rehab to everyday life. Liam's self-destruction had given her a bit of experience in the workings of recovery, and she felt much more able to do this job, but it was far from the challenging, fulfilling career she'd become accustomed to. There was satisfaction in helping people, and defending her choices to friends and family who didn't understand helped her convince herself that her companion career really was right for her.

When she was hired as a companion for Sherlock Holmes, by his father, life got much more interesting again. Sherlock was difficult as a client, but his consulting detective work had a fascination that Joan hadn't experienced since leaving medicine. She'd been hired for six weeks, and as she became more and more involved in solving cases with him, the end of that time became something to dread- so much so that she called Holmes Senior and tried to mislead him about his son's progress in a failed attempt to get more time on that job, then lied to Sherlock about the answer she'd gotten in order to stay on without pay. Even being held hostage during a case gone bad didn't deter her.

After that same case gone bad forced him to contact his father, Sherlock caught her in the lie. Initially, he supposed she was worried about him and tried to present a more agreeable demeanor to make sure she knew he was all right to be on his own... but the longer she stayed, the more obvious it became that she was staying for her own sake rather than out of concern for him. So he offered her a paid position as something of an apprentice to him, and she soon realized that it was exactly what she wanted.

At her current canon point, she's working her first "solo" case and has recently left an intervention staged by old college friends concerned that her "job-hopping" is a self-destructive thing.

Abilities/Special Powers: Ordinary human, just very smart.
Third-Person Sample:
Joan stands in the entryway, biting her lip in frustration, and reads the inscription for what must be the dozenth time. I'm here, forgotten and alone... It should be a riddle of some kind, but those usually include some kind of clue or other. Some kind of metaphor or wordplay. She's not seeing either.

This is certainly another reason to wish Sherlock were here, but she strongly suspects he'd be as confused as she is. There aren't any scuff marks or dust or other signs of recent renovation, while everyone swears this door is a new addition. The gardens are immaculately kept, without a single gardener in sight. She's seen the way food materializes out of nowhere, although she's inclined to be suspicious of it.

The "magic" explanation is definitely gaining plausibility. Until right now, she'd have called it one of the impossible things to be ruled out, and she doesn't like it, but the facts increasingly support it. And assuming this isn't all some kind of bizarrely prolonged and vivid hallucination, it means she needs to learn about magic. Otherwise, how can she possibly understand anything that happens in Wonderland?

...and maybe she does like it, just a little bit. It's new and strange and interesting- a puzzle, in fact, and she's long past trying to deny her fascination with those.

First-Person Sample: ...so these just broadcast to everyone, right? All right. This is Joan Watson, and if anyone has the time to explain some things in more detail than what I could piece together, I would definitely appreciate that.

[She turns the phone a bit, showing the entrance hall behind her, so people inclined to speak to her in person can find her, then turns it back to her face.]

I'd also like to contribute however I can. I don't know what kind of skill sets are represented here, but I used to be a doctor. If that need's already being filled, then I'd like to get in touch with whoever's most active in investigating this... mass kidnapping.