Elsbeth Season 2 has a killer guest star for the premiere in Nathan Lane. The Tony winner takes his commitment to the theater to campy heights as Carrie Preston‘s Elsbeth Tascioni suspects him of offing people with bad theater etiquette. His character is teased in the trailer below, which also reveals Vanessa Williams, Pamela Adlon, Rob Riggle, and Brittany O’Grady as additional guest stars for the season at large. The Nanny alum Daniel Davis is also a featured guest star in the premiere gallery below, and Aisha Tyler directs one episode this season.
The official premiere description from CBS sheds more light on Lane’s guest appearance. The description for the episode, titled, “Subscription to Murder,” reads: “When a womanizing finance executive is found stabbed to death after a night at the opera, Elsbeth suspects an obsessed opera lover (Nathan Lane) was driven to murder because of a ringing cell phone. Meanwhile, Elsbeth, Captain Wagner and Kaya must adjust to changes in the precinct as the consequences of Noonan’s [Fredric Lehne] wrongdoing continue to loom.”
See the full trailer for Elsbeth Season 2 below.
Elsbeth returns for its second season on Thursday, October 17 on CBS. Preston returns as her titular quirky character from The Good Wife, with Carra Patterson as Officer Kaya Blanke and Wendell Pierce as Captain C.W. Wagner.
See the stars in the premiere gallery below for a glimpse into Season 2’s first episode.
Elsbeth, Season 2 Premiere, Thursday, October 17, 10/9c, CBS
Preston is back as Elsbeth, chipper as ever
A little window shopping with Kaya and Elsbeth
Nathan Lane as Phillip Cross, whose theater etiquette lines you apparently do not want to cross
Elsbeth attends the opera for the first time in the Season 2 opener
Phillip can tell it’s her first time, and he’s not pleased to be sitting near her
Are Elsbeth and Kaya under cover at the opera, or will a chance meeting with Phillip make him stand out in their minds when they later hear about the murder?
Lane is a natural in a theatrical setting
Nothing can get Elsbeth’s mood down
Davis guest stars as Dr. Yablonsky
Dr. Yablonsky seems to give Elsbeth a much warmer welcome, but could he be the womanizing murder victim?
Elsbeth suspects Phillip is involved in the stabbing of the businessman
A special knife on display in your home/office isn’t the best thing to have when you’re suspected of stabbing someone to death
Elsbeth tries to get closer with Phillip while looking for answers
