For probably the most half, you’d by no means actually know that Elsbeth is a by-product of The Good Spouse and The Good Battle. Each infrequently, Elsbeth’s previous comes again to hang-out her, and sometimes her work as a lawyer in Chicago is talked about. Nevertheless, you don’t must have seen the earlier two reveals to grasp the lore. Nevertheless, as Season 3 approaches its premiere on the 2025 TV schedule, a visitor star has been added that marks this CBS collection’ strongest connection again to its predecessors.
Final season, Christian Borle’s Carter Schmidt got here to New York to pay Elsbeth a go to. This season, Sarah Steele will likely be reprising her function as Marissa Gold, per EW. For individuals who won’t keep in mind, Marissa made her debut on The Good Spouse in Season 2 (which you’ll be able to stream with a Paramount+ subscription). Because the daughter of Alan Cumming’s Eli Gold, she appeared after that in Seasons 3, 6 and seven. She was in 22 episodes of the flagship present in complete earlier than turning into an everyday on The Good Battle.
As I discussed, Steele was an everyday on The Good Battle, together with her run beginning on Episode 2 of Season 1. She appeared in 58 of the present’s 60 episodes, the place she served because the agency’s non-public investigator. Nevertheless, on Elsbeth, we’ll get to see how she’s switched careers, as she enters the story because the marketing campaign supervisor for New York mayoral candidate Alec Bloom.
Contemplating the numbers alone, Steele’s involvement in Elsbeth simply marks the present’s most direct connection again to the franchise, seeing as Borle appeared in 5 episodes of The Good Spouse and three episodes of The Good Battle.
Now, apart from the few visitor stars, Cary Agos (who was performed by Matt Czuchry) was name-dropped very early on within the present. He was in each episode of The Good Spouse, making his title the most important to get talked about. Elsbeth has additionally talked about her ex-husband just a few instances, and he was performed by Will Patton on the OG venture. Nevertheless, since they haven’t appeared in individual, they don’t seem to be the strongest connection.
Additionally, there have been just a few actors who’ve appeared on Elsbeth and The Good Spouse; nonetheless, they performed completely different characters. For instance, Nathan Lane was within the Season 2 premiere of Carrie Preston’s present. Nevertheless, he didn’t play lawyer and accountant Clarke Hayden. He performed the murderous opera aficionado Phillip Cross.
So, once more, Sarah Steele’s involvement in Elsbeth as Marissa Gold is a really, very large deal. Not solely is her character iconic, however she additionally opens a door for extra legendary characters to pop up, like Alan Cumming’s Eli Gold (I’d additionally like to see him play a brand new and campy assassin on Elsbeth, too). Although admittedly, that appears like a really far-flung dream.
Coming again to actuality, it will likely be fascinating to see what brings Marissa into the story. It appears like she’s taking a web page out of her dad’s e-book by stepping into politics and managing a marketing campaign. I can also’t wait to see what her interactions with Elsbeth are like and if any outdated recollections from their instances on The Good Spouse and The Good Battle come up.
Together with Steele, William Jackson Harper (who you would possibly acknowledge as Chidi from The Good Place) and Ivan Hernandez can even visitor star within the episode that’s titled “Poetic Justice.”
It’s unclear which episode that is particularly; nonetheless, odds are it will likely be early within the season. So, be certain to tune into Elsbeth’s third season beginning Sunday, October 12 at 9:30 p.m. ET on CBS. Then, be certain to maintain watching because it strikes again to its regular evening and continues to air weekly on Thursdays at 10 p.m. ET.