Elsbeth — TV Episode Recaps & News

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If you’re familiar with the kind of television written by Robert and Michelle King, Elsbeth may trigger the same sort of sleeper-agent response it did in me. The Kings — creators of The Good Wife, its spinoff The Good Fight, and Evil — specialize in breezy, high-quality, old-fashioned procedural television. They also specialize in great guest roles for stars of the stage, because their shows happen to film in New York. With Elsbeth, they’ve spun off a character from Chicago-based The Good Wife’s universe, Carrie Preston’s daffy but hyper-observant defense attorney Elsbeth Tascioni, and set her loose on New York City, and the results and the guest stars are as delightful as you might hope. — Jackson McHenry, “Elsbeth Knows What to Do”

  1. Episode 10 A Fitting End
    Elsbeth Season-Finale Recap: Elsbeth’s Singular Style Our fashion icon is officially moving to New York.
  2. Episode 9 Sweet Justice
    Elsbeth Recap: He Wants Sweet Revenge Succession fans who have always wanted to watch Arian Moayed commit a murder, this episode is for you.
  3. Episode 8 Artificial Genius
    Elsbeth Recap: Death by Corporatespeak AI, tech CEOs, and garbage language are no match for Elsbeth.
  4. Episode 7 Something Blue
    Elsbeth Recap: He’ll Be Watching You More unexpected little dance numbers, please!
  5. Episode 6 An Ear For An Ear
    Elsbeth Recap: Paying Attention Pays Off Gina Gershon as a homicidal plastic surgeon? Bless this show.
  6. Episode 5 Ball Girl
    Elsbeth Recap: What If Parenting, But Too Much? Admit it: You’d also murder to help your kid’s tennis career.
  7. Episode 4 Love Knocked Off
    Elsbeth Recap: Catch Me If You Can Why are all of these murderers so bad at covering up their murders?
  8. Episode 3 Reality Shock
    Elsbeth Recap: Reality Certainly Does Bite In case Andy Cohen is watching: Lavish Ladies is absolutely, positively not The Real Housewives of New York.
  9. Episode 2 A Classic New York Character
    Elsbeth Recap: The Dumbwaiter Did It We’re finally back, and with two perfect guest stars.
  10. Episode 1 Pilot
    Elsbeth Series-Premiere Recap: Welcome to New York (Elsbeth’s Version) Have you ever wanted more time with Elsbeth Tascioni from The Good Wife? This how-dunit spinoff is for you!
  1. Episode 14 Scenes From An Italian Restaurant
    Elsbeth Recap: A Bottle of Red, Please! It’s not enough that Elsbeth solves modern crimes — she has to right historical wrongs, too.
  2. Episode 13 Tearjerker
    Elsbeth Recap: Such a Perfect Day Captain Wagner gets stuck with a nepo baby with a gun.
  3. Episode 12 Foiled Again
    Elsbeth Recap: Ferris Bueller Would Never! Matthew Broderick’s character is so arrogant that he thinks he can get away with pinning his murder on a cat. Not on Elsbeth’s watch!
  4. Episode 11 Tiny Town
    Elsbeth Recap: Love Is in the Air A man becomes so smitten with Elsbeth that he makes a grand transatlantic romantic gesture, and who can blame him?
  5. Episode 10 Finance Bros
    Elsbeth Recap: Let My Cameron Go Succession’s eldest son gives Elsbeth a run for her money.
  6. Episode 9 Unalive and Well
    Elsbeth Recap: Radically and Transparently Elsbeth realizes that her sunny demeanor keeps her from expressing her emotions or asking others for help.
  7. Episode 8 Toil and Trouble
    Elsbeth Recap: Lady Macbeth’s Accent It doesn’t get much better than Laurie Metcalf playing an egotistical and murderous television actor who does horrible accents.
  8. Episode 7 One Angry Woman
    Elsbeth Recap: Boundaries and Baseball Bats Elsbeth finally faces an adversary and a case she can’t solve by the end of the episode.
  9. Episode 6 Gold, Frankincense, and Murder
    Elsbeth Recap: Don’t Cross Mrs. Claus It’s the most murder-ful time of the year!
  10. Episode 5 Elsbeth Flips The Bird
    Elsbeth Recap: Don’t Duck This Up Pamela Adlon as a homicidal restaurateur and the return of Laura Benanti’s supermodel? Yes, chef!
  11. Episode 4 Elsbeth’s Eleven
    Elsbeth Recap: Triple Your Heist, Triple Your Fun Elsbeth is at the center of a heist story with an interclass solidarity message — am I in actual Heaven?
  12. Episode 3 Devil’s Night
    Elsbeth Recap: Sanctioned Mayhem Elsbeth gives us a Halloween episode to remember.
  13. Episode 2 The Wrong Stuff
    Elsbeth Recap: We Need More Men Smitten With Brilliant, Odd Women It’s about time Elsbeth had a love interest. Here’s hoping we see a lot more of him.
  14. Episode 1 Murder By Subscription
    Elsbeth Season-Premiere Recap: A Night at the Opera Elsbeth comes out the gates swinging with Nathan Lane as a murderous operagoer.

More Elsbeth

  1. director’s cut
    David Fincher, Is That You on Elsbeth?Try on Elsbeth’s detective hat for size and take a listen for yourself.
    By Tom Smyth
  2. close read
    The Recipe WorksElsbeth and High Potential illustrate the enduring appeal of quirky crime-solving-TV comfort food.
    By Brian Grubb
  3. the couple that slays together
    Paramount+'s "Evil" Special Screening
    Michael Emerson to Join Wife Carrie Preston on Elsbeth Season 2That must have been a fun commute for them.
    By Bethy Squires
  4. protect and serve looks
    Elsbeth’s Unserious Fashion Is So ImportantUnderestimate a grown woman in polka dots at your own risk.
    By Tom Smyth
  5. tv review
    Elsbeth Knows What to DoThe Kings’ Good Wife and Good Fight spinoff sets Carrie Preston’s character loose on NYC to remind us that procedural drama can still be fizzy fun.
    By Jackson McHenry

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