Spoilers forward for the vacation episode of Elsbeth Season 2, known as “Gold, Frankincense, and Homicide,” which will likely be accessible streaming through Paramount+ subscription.
Elsbeth celebrated the vacation season within the 2024 TV schedule with “Gold, Frankincense, and Homicide,” that includes Saturday Evening Dwell alum Vanessa Bayer because the killer of the week. Movie star Christmas Curator DeeDee Dashers’ hopes of getting away with killing her husband had been dashed by Elsbeth, however she was nonetheless unhappy that she’d be alone for Christmas. Kaya and Wagner saved the (holi)day by recruiting her son Teddy to point out up and shock his mother! It was a shock for viewers as effectively, and new forged member Ben Levi Ross spoke with CinemaBlend about touchdown the position and a Depraved-esque twist.
Teddy had been talked about on Elsbeth earlier than, and the previous lawyer instructed Kaya early in “Gold, Frankincense, and Homicide” that he could be spending Christmas together with his dad that yr. The end result? Elsbeth was in a Scrooge sort of temper for a good chunk of the episode, and there was no signal that her son would arrive any ahead of the 2025 TV schedule on the earliest.
I used to be lucky sufficient to talk with Broadway veteran and Tick, Tick… Growth forged member Ben Levi Ross about being forged to play Teddy reverse Carrie Preston’s Elsbeth. Since CBS hadn’t even introduced that the character had been forged, I requested the actor: what was it like for him to maintain the key till the episode would air? Ross defined:
They’ve actually saved it beneath wraps, which is absolutely cool. It has been considerably straightforward, simply because I get to go do the job and are available house. So I really feel like I am nonetheless concerned on this planet, even lengthy earlier than this episode has aired. I feel the one time that it is arduous to maintain a secret is if you’ve [finished].
Ross will return as Teddy within the subsequent episode for greater than just some moments in a Santa costume, and persevering with to play the character meant he did not should step away from the present with nothing to do however wait. The actor went on to share how his scenario reminds him of sure members of the Depraved forged. Worry not – should you do not need to be spoiled concerning the film, you’ll be able to maintain scrolling down past the photograph of Teddy beneath. In any other case, here is what the actor instructed us:
I am fascinated about Depraved and I am fascinated about Idina Menzel and Kristin Chenoweth maintaining that secret for years that they’d these cameos on this film. I do not know should you’ve seen it but. Spoiler alert – they do. And I used to be like, ‘That’s arduous,’ as a result of they shot it so way back and it was so anticipated. However not less than with this, I obtained to proceed to shoot within the center.
It stays to be seen simply how a lot Ben Levi Ross will seem within the second season of Elsbeth, and Carrie Preston’s real-life husband Michael Emerson is on the way in which subsequent week to trigger some problems. Teddy undoubtedly did get an introduction that offered him because the son of Elsbeth Tascioni, although! Who else would debut fairly like this?
After all, TV exhibits usually movie out of order attributable to scheduling. Understanding that Teddy would seem on the finish of the Christmas episode in addition to within the subsequent one, I puzzled if carrying the Santa costume was really Ross’ first scene of the collection. He shared:
It was my first scene. So I obtained all up in Santa garb and obtained onto set and obtained to satisfy everybody that day. That was a very enjoyable introduction to everybody. And all of us knew, everybody knew that I used to be coming again the subsequent week, so it was like just a little kind of style on set of assembly everybody, after which coming again for a correct episode.
The large second on the finish of the Christmas episode was Elsbeth and Teddy sharing a heat, joyful, merry and brilliant hug, and I not less than was already offered on Carrie Preston and Ben Levi Ross enjoying mom and son. In line with Ross, connecting with the Elsbeth main woman was “straightforward.” He mentioned:
It was actually so great and so pure and simple. I feel Carrie is simply probably the greatest actors we have got. I’ve been a fan of hers since True Blood, so coming in to simply the chemistry learn that we did collectively earlier than I obtained forged felt very straightforward and pure proper off the bat. There’s one thing very maternal nearly Elsbeth as a personality, I feel generally. She’s so heat and Midwest, and you’ve got that vitality. For me, my job is very easy, as a result of all I’ve to do is lean into that, and all of a sudden I really feel [like a] youngster.
The wait is not an excessive amount of longer earlier than we get to see extra of Carrie Preston and Ben Levi Ross enjoying mom and son, and I for one am already on board after seeing their fast scene on the finish of “Gold, Frankencense, and Homicide.” In case you missed it or simply need to heat your coronary heart yet again with one other watch, test the scene out beneath:
Tune in to CBS on Thursday, December 12 at 10 p.m. ET for the subsequent new episode of Elsbeth, which can introduce Michael Emerson’s difficult new character in addition to function extra of Ben Levi Ross as Teddy. You can even revisit earlier episodes of the hit drama streaming with Paramount+, in addition to The Good Spouse and The Good Battle with Carrie Preston’s appearances as Elsbeth Tascioni previous to getting her personal present.