Elsbeth Tascioni received a blast from her “Good Spouse” previous earlier this 12 months, 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 — nevertheless it may be 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 wish 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 consider she would have gone into politics. Christian Borle [came back] as an legal professional, Carter, in three episodes. However it’s very difficult as a result of first, we’re in New York, and [those shows] came about in Chicago. We’re a cop present, that was a authorized present.”
There may be one loophole of kinds 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 wish to return as those self same characters, “and a number of these individuals, we will not afford,” Tolins laughs.
“Our price range is about up that our visitor price range normally 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.)
