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Elsbeth Season 2 Episode 1 Preview: Photos, Cast and “Subscription to Murder” Plot

September 12, 2024

Prepare for many more big-name guest stars on CBS’s Elsbeth season two. Series star Carrie Preston teased, “Just wait until you see this season’s murderers…and they are all slaying it,” on Twitter. And season two is starting off by setting the bar high, bringing in Emmy and Screen Actors Guild Awards winner Nathan Lane to play an obsessed opera lover.

Season two premieres with “Subscription to Murder” directed by Nancy Hower from a script by Jonathan Tolins. Episode one will air on Thursday, October 17, 2024 at 10pm ET/PT.

Carrie Preston stars as Elsbeth Tascioni, Wendell Pierce stars as Captain C.W. Wagner, and Carra Patterson is back as Officer Kaya Blanke. Robert King, Michelle King, Liz Glotzer, and Jonathan Tolins serve as executive producers.

“Subscription to Murder” Plot: When a womanizing finance executive is found stabbed to death after a night at the opera, Elsbeth suspects an obsessed opera lover (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 wrongdoing continue to loom.

Elsbeth Season 2 Episode 1 — Carrie Preston as Elsbeth Tascioni and Carra Patterson as Kaya Blanke in ‘Elsbeth’ season 2 episode 1 (Photo: Michael Parmelee © 2024 CBS Broadcasting, Inc.)

Elsbeth Season 2 Description, Courtesy of CBS:

Emmy Award winner Carrie Preston is back as Elsbeth Tascioni, the astute but unconventional consent decree attorney working with the NYPD to catch New York’s most well-heeled murderers utilizing her unique point of view. Season two of the critically acclaimed series brings new cases and challenges when mistakes of the past come back to haunt Elsbeth, her boss Captain Wagner (Pierce), and detective in training Officer Kaya Blanke (Patterson).