Elsbeth season 2 announced its first guest star; exciting as it is, it creates a plot hole in The Good Wife. A popular comedy-drama police procedural during its freshman run on CBS, Elsbeth is a spinoff of The Good Wife starring Julianna Margulies, with Carrie Preston’s Elsbeth Tascioni originating as an unconventional attorney within the legal-political drama. The Eslbeth spinoff was popular during its first season, garnering a 91 percent Rotten Tomatoes score and renewal for season 2, which will premiere in October. As the series gears up for Elsbeth season 2, it adds exciting new characters.
Viewers can look forward to guest appearances in Elsbeth season 2, with more episodes to introduce fresh characters and dynamics. That said, Elsbeth‘s first guest star for the series’ sophomore run already threatens the consistency of the world created by The Good Wife by introducing a familiar face. While the inaugural season 2 guest star is undoubtedly exciting, feeling like a natural choice for the series, the appearance of the actor could create a frustrating timeline inconsistency for fans of The Good Wife tuning into the Elsbeth series to expand on the lore of the original series – not override it.
Elsbeth Season 2 Brings Nathan Lane As Season 2’s First Guest Star
Elsbeth Season 2 Will Include Only Murders In The Building’s Nathan Lane
In an official Instagram post, the series announced that Nathan Lane will be Elsbeth’s first season 2 guest star. CBS announced Lane’s involvement in a brief Instagram reel featuring a handful of clips from his feature. One of the short clips shows Lane making a stabbing gesture, with Elsbeth recounting the crime in the subsequent clip. The clip suggests that Nathan Lane could play one of the procedural’s many villain characters, making him the latest guest killer to join the series. The clip shows Lane’s character saying, “You have a devious mind,” to which Elsbeth seemingly responds, “I’m a lawyer.”
Nathan Lane Plays A Different Character In Elsbeth After Being In The Good Wife
Nathan Lane Played Clarke Hayden In The Good Wife
Elsbeth‘s first season 2 guest appearance is complicated, considering Nathan Lane has an established presence in The Good Wife. Eslbeth exists in the same universe as The Good Wife since Carrie Preston’s Elsbeth Tascioni character directly hails from its cast, so Lane’s Elsbeth casting creates a massive inconsistency. If Carrie Preston plays the same character in both series, then it follows that Nathan Lane should, too. That said, Lane will likely join the cast as a killer rather than his TGW Clarke Hayden character, the lawyer and accountant Lane played in 15 episodes of Julianna Margulies’ CBS series.
While it is fun for dedicated viewers to anticipate potential The Good Wife cameos in Elsbeth, Lane’s appearance has a complicated twist. Lane will appear as a different character than the one he established with his robust presence in two seasons of The Good Wife, and as such, it is taking a character from the fabric of The Good Wife universe to add one to Elsbeth‘s story. Elsbeth needs to add new elements to keep Carrie Preston’s character fresh now that she’s an established detective. Still, it must adhere to the original series regarding what The Good Wife established.
