Episode Details

Elsbeth Season 4 Episode 2, Death of a Playwright, takes the show to the New York theater scene, and Jason and Marissa are here for it. When celebrated playwright Richard Perrick dies, the rights to his work become a fight, and then the young winner of the Perrick playwriting award ends up dead at the bottom of a staircase. For once, Elsbeth Tascioni doesn’t show us the killer up front. This is a true whodunit, with a stacked guest cast including Nicholas Braun, Richard Thomas, John Doman, and Betsy Aidem, plus a cameo from Knicks star OG Anunoby. Back at the precinct, Captain Wagner is under pressure over a rising murder rate, and Detective Donnelly’s overtime habit catches up with her. Plus: Elsbeth’s mom is on the way.

00:00 – Intro, listener mail from Erica, and housekeeping

07:36 – Corrections: who’s playing Elsbeth’s mom, and the Smellsbeth ship

11:39 – A famous playwright dies and the guest cast arrives

24:24 – Elsbeth rolls up on a rickshaw and the investigation begins

30:48 – Wagner’s pep talk, the murder rate, and Donnelly’s overtime trouble

1:04:12 – A family secret blows the case wide open

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