Elsbeth Season 4 Episode 4 Preview: Nat Faxon & Erika Woods Guest Star

Elsbeth Season 4 Episode 4
Carrie Preston as Elsbeth Tascioni and Nat Faxon as Perry Codder Macintyre in ‘Elsbeth’ season 4 episode 4 (Photo: Michael Parmelee © 2026 CBS Broadcasting, Inc)

Loot‘s Nat Faxon and Power Book III: Raising Kanan’s Erika Woods guest star on CBS’s Elsbeth season four, episode four. Directed by Joe Menendez, episode four – “A Bad Lie” – will air on Thursday, November 5, 2026 at 9pm ET/PT.

“A Bad Lie” Plot: A prize-winning hole-in-one by Perry Macintyre (Faxon) leads Elsbeth and an insurance investigator to suspect foul play behind a country club president’s fatal accident. Meanwhile, Elsbeth and Lydia meet Teddy’s soon-to-be mother-in-law (Woods) and father-in-law.

Erika Woods as Yvette Stratton, Damian Young as Glenn Stratton, and Christine Ebersole
Erika Woods as Yvette Stratton, Damian Young as Glenn Stratton, and Christine Ebersole as Lydia Guðmundsdóttir in season 4 episode 4 (Photo: Michael Parmelee © 2026 CBS Broadcasting, Inc)

Elsbeth Season 4 Details, Courtesy of CBS:

“Emmy Award winner Carrie Preston returns as Elsbeth Tascioni, the brilliant yet unconventional consent decree attorney working with the NYPD to track down New York’s most entitled murderers utilizing her unique, intuitive point of view. The critically acclaimed series enters its fourth season with fresh cases, family drama, and new pressures on Elsbeth and the 11th Precinct, led by her boss, Captain C.W. Wagner (Wendell Pierce).” 

Ben Levi Ross as Teddy Tascioni and Hayward Leach as Roy Stratton
Ben Levi Ross as Teddy Tascioni and Hayward Leach as Roy Stratton in season 4 episode 4 (Photo: Michael Parmelee © 2026 CBS Broadcasting, Inc)
Kurt Fuller as Rory Torkelson and Carrie Preston as Elsbeth Tascioni
Kurt Fuller as Rory Torkelson and Carrie Preston as Elsbeth Tascioni in season 4 episode 4 (Photo: Michael Parmelee © 2026 CBS Broadcasting, Inc)
Carrie Preston as Elsbeth Tascioni and Damian Young as Glenn Stratton
Carrie Preston as Elsbeth Tascioni and Damian Young as Glenn Stratton in season 4 episode 4 (Photo: Michael Parmelee © 2026 CBS Broadcasting, Inc.)