Elsbeth Tascioni acquired a blast from her “Good Spouse” previous earlier this yr, when her and Marissa Gold’s paths unexpectedly crossed. It wasn’t the primary time that Elsbeth’s former life in Chicago paid her a go to in New York Metropolis — but it surely is perhaps the final for some time.
As “Elsbeth” showrunner Jonathan Tolins tells TVLine, he and the writers aren’t creatively against bringing in additional “Good Spouse” and “Good Battle” alumni sooner or later, however their appearances would want to make sense in Elsbeth’s present world.
“We have solely actually had one character [from the ‘Good Wife’ universe] recur, which is Sarah Steele as Marissa Gold, and that was as a result of it felt like a pure use of her,” Tolins says. “I imagine she would have gone into politics. Christian Borle [came back] as an legal professional, Carter, in three episodes. Nevertheless it’s very difficult as a result of first, we’re in New York, and [those shows] happened in Chicago. We’re a cop present, that was a authorized present.”
There may be one loophole of types that “Elsbeth” has discovered throughout its run: A number of “Good Spouse” and “Good Battle” veterans, together with Nathan Lane and Hamish Linklater, have guest-starred on the CBS procedural as brand-new characters. However extra outstanding faces from the “Good Spouse”-verse, like Christine Baranski’s Diane Lockhart and Matt Czuchry’s Cary Agos — each of whom have been talked about however not seen on “Elsbeth” — would want to return as those self same characters, “and quite a lot of these folks, we will not afford,” Tolins laughs.
“Our funds is about up that our visitor funds often goes to the assassin,” he explains. “So until Diane Lockhart needs to kill somebody, it is difficult.”
“Elsbeth” will return to CBS’ primetime lineup with Season 4 this fall. A precise premiere date has but to be introduced, however new episodes will air Thursdays at 9/8c. (See all the broadcast networks’ full fall schedule right here.)