ELSBETH: ‘Toil and Trouble’ Photos

ELSBETH investigates a death on the set of a police procedural on the Thursday, December 19 episode, “Toil and Trouble.”

“[Guest star] Laurie freaking Metcalf is what delighted me the most!” series star Carrie Preston, who plays Elsbeth, teased to Give Me My Remote via email. “We had worked together one other time (on GETTING ON) but obviously she was a dream guest star in a season full of incredible guest stars.”

“That episode is very meta—a procedural within a procedural—and there were times when we were filming where I would grab a water or a pen and have to ask the prop master if it was part of the set or not,” she continued. “I wanted to portray Elsbeth’s wide-eyed wonder at the world of tv and her true admiration of the actors and crew. She is a kid in a candy store on the set of FATHER CRIME.”

Check out photos from the hour…

CBS’ take on “Toil and Trouble”: “Elsbeth is thrown into the world of television after the showrunner of a long-running police procedural is brutally murdered in his office, and although it appears to be the act of a disgruntled fan, she begins to suspect the show’s longtime star Regina Coburn (Laurie Metcalf), who yearns for artistic fulfillment. Meanwhile, Judge Crawford (Michael Emerson) continues to be a thorn in Elsbeth’s side. WRITTEN BY: Matthew K. Begbie; DIRECTED BY: Darren Grant.”

ELSBETH, Thursdays, 10/9c, CBS

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