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‘Elsbeth’ Season 2 Finale Preview: Photos, Promo and Guest Stars

The Elsbeth season two finale is a who’s who of returning guest stars. And to top it off, the finale will feature a “musical number tribute to Chicago’s “Cell Block Tango.” Season two episode 20 was directed by Lionel Coleman and will air on CBS on Thursday, May 8, 2025 at 9pm ET/PT.

“Ramen Holiday” Plot: Elsbeth finds herself in prison with some of the same high-class criminals she put away. When one of them is stabbed to death, Elsbeth sets out to find the killer’s killer, while her colleagues back at the precinct fight to get her released, on the season two finale.

Returning guest stars include Stephen Moyer, Retta, Gina Gershon, Elizabeth Lail, Arian Moayed, André De Shields, Alyssa Milano, and Mary-Louise Parker.

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.

Retta, Mary-Louise Parker, Andre De Shields, Gina Gershon, Stephen Moyer, Carrie Preston, Arian Moayed, Alyssa Milano and Elizabeth Lail on the ‘Elsbeth’ season 2 finale set (Photo: Michael Parmelee © 2025 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).

Carrie Preston as Elsbeth Tascioni and Alyssa Milano as Pupetta Del Ponte in the season 2 finale (Photo: Michael Parmelee © 2025 CBS Broadcasting, Inc)
Alyssa Milano as Pupetta Del Ponte. Carrie Preston as Elsbeth Tascioni, Elizabeth Lail as Quinn Powers, Stephen Moyer as Alex Modarian, Gina Gershon as Vanessa Holmes, Arian Moayed as Joe Dillon, and Retta as Margo Clarke (Photo: Michael Parmelee © 2025 CBS Broadcasting, Inc)
Stephen Moyer as Alex Modarian and Elizabeth Lail as Quinn Powers (Photo: Michael Parmelee © 2025 CBS Broadcasting, Inc)
Carrie Preston as Elsbeth Tascioni, Mary-Louise Parker as Freya Frostad, Alyssa Milano as Pupetta Del Ponte, Gina Gershon as Vanessa Holmes, Elizabeth Lail as Quinn Powers, Retta as Margo, and Donna Lynne Champlin as Mama Martin (Photo: Michael Parmelee © 2025 CBS Broadcasting, Inc)
Gina Gershon as Vanessa Holmes, Alyssa Milano as Pupetta Del Ponte, Retta as Margo Clarke, Elizabeth Lail as Quinn Powers, and Mary-Louise Parker as Freya Frostad (Photo: Michael Parmelee © 2025 CBS Broadcasting, Inc)



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Rebecca Murray: Journalist covering the entertainment industry for 23+ years, including 13 years as the first writer for About.com's Hollywood Movies site. Member of the Critics Choice Association (Film & TV Branches), Alliance of Women Film Journalists, and Past President of the San Diego Film Critics Society.
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