Elsbeth Tascioni is a bit of an open wound in\u00a0Elsbeth<\/em><\/a> Season 3, according to Carrie Preston<\/a>. The lawyer turned NYPD consultant detective is an open book when it comes to her feelings, and she\u2019s uniquely skilled at sensing when things aren\u2019t right with her loved ones, but she still has things she keeps inside. The reason for her move from Chicago to New York<\/a>, for example, was a tightly kept secret until a pivotal scene midway through Season 2 of the CBS<\/a> procedural. After witnessing the murder of Judge Milton Crawford<\/a> (Michael Emerson<\/a>, Preston\u2019s husband) in the Season 2 finale, Preston tells TV Insider that Elsbeth\u2019s struggling in Season 3, premiering Sunday, October 12, at 9:30\/8:30c.<\/p>\n \u201cThat\u2019s something that she gets easily brought right back to. If something gets brought up that has anything to do with him or anything to do with a crime that she hasn\u2019t been able to solve or anything like that, she goes right back there. But that\u2019s Elsbeth,\u201d Preston says. \u201cShe\u2019s very connected to her emotions and to her intellect. She\u2019s very in her body, and so she\u2019s going to carry that throughout the season. We\u2019re going to start to see some interesting things that are associated with that murder that are going to come up in Season 3.\u201d<\/p>\n Crawford was shot and killed by the woman he framed for murder, Delia Kirby. The crooked judge was on the cusp of a Supreme Court nomination and almost got away with two murders until Elsbeth caught wise to his misdeeds. Before Elsbeth could bring him to justice, Delia took matters into her own hands, killing the judge on the steps of a New York City courthouse just as he was maniacally declaring that he was unbeatable. Elsbeth was traumatized by seeing it happen. While the quirky character feels everything deeply, Preston warns that she\u2019s still trying to downplay how this Crawford ordeal affected her. And let\u2019s not forget that his death also led to Elsbeth being sent to prison<\/a> on a misdemeanor charge \u2014 a form of retaliation from one of Crawford\u2019s judge friends.<\/p>\n \u201cLet\u2019s just say that it\u2019s going to rear its ugly head a little bit about six episodes in,\u201d Preston reveals of Crawford\u2019s postmortem impact. \u201cWe\u2019re going to meet somebody [who] is associated with Judge Crawford.\u201d<\/p>\n This unforgettable experience hasn\u2019t changed Elsbeth\u2019s approach to her work. \u201cElsbeth\u2019s tenacious. She\u2019s like a dog with a bone when it comes to her, what we call her Spidey sense, her intuition,\u201d Preston says. \u201cI feel like all of her chakras are open. She leads with her solar plexus. She just gets in there and hones in on the criminals. And her curious mind is what keeps her on her toes and keeps them on their back foot because she\u2019s just so smart. So I don\u2019t think it\u2019s getting in the way of her solving the crimes, but it is something that I think she has to compartmentalize sometimes in order to keep going.\u201d<\/p>\n The absence of her best friend, former NYPD detective Kaya Blanke (Carra Patterson<\/a>), isn\u2019t helping on that front. With the help of Captain Wagner (Wendell Pierce<\/a>), Kaya landed her dream job and had to leave for training in Washington, D.C. Viewers will get an update on Kaya\u2019s new era of detective work early on in the season, and Patterson will be back as a recurring guest star throughout Season 3, with her first return set for Episode 3 (see their reunion in the photo above). Elsbeth\u2019s definitely more sensitive with Kaya gone, but Preston says that Elsbeth sees herself in Kaya as she ventures off into the next phase of her life and career.<\/p>\n Michael Parmelee \/ CBS<\/p>\n<\/div>\n \u201cIt was tough to lose her friend, someone that she built trust with, and she just felt secure around,\u201d Preston explains. \u201cNow that person\u2019s not there, but at the same time, she, like a child, wanted to see her blossom. Elsbeth reinvented her own life and blossomed that way, and she wants her friend to have that same experience. So she\u2019s selfless in that way. She misses her, but she wishes her well.\u201d<\/p>\n That won\u2019t stop her from frequently seeking updates about Kaya\u2019s work, even when she\u2019s not supposed to know about it.<\/p>\n Headlines, puzzles and death notices from the Valley delivered to your inbox 7 a.m. daily.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n \u201cShe does have problems with boundaries,\u201d Preston says with a laugh, \u201cAnd so she keeps learning about how to give people their space and yet still show them her love.\u201d<\/p>\n As for Captain Wagner, \u201cHe misses [Kaya], too,\u201d Preston says, adding that the Elsbeth and Wagner bond \u201cis really strong this season.\u201d<\/p>\n The first season depicted the NYPD boss and the new consultant frequently at odds because Elsbeth was keeping her purpose for being at the precinct from him. The falling out that followed led to a period of rediscovery for the pair. Now, they\u2019re a completely united front in Season 3.<\/p>\n \u201cEven if it seems like she\u2019s going out on a limb, he\u2019ll let her go out on that limb,\u201d Preston says. \u201cHe will bring her back in if she goes way too far out, but he knows that her success rate is pretty high, and it makes his department look good when Elsbeth does well. So he wants to support her in that, and he\u2019s trying to put partners with her that can help facilitate that.\u201d<\/p>\n This is where the rotating officer escorts come in. In addition to returning cast Ethan Slater<\/a> (Officer Chandler), B (Officer Reynolds),\u00a0Danny Mastrogiorgio<\/a> (Mullen), Daniel Oreskes<\/a> (Buzz Fleming), and Micaela Diamond<\/a> (Detective Samantha Edwards), viewers will also meet a few new officers in Elsbeth\u2019s exploits. The first is Lindsay Mendez<\/a>, who appears in the premiere as Officer Grace Hackett (Stephen Colbert<\/a>, Amy Sedaris<\/a>, and Andy Richter<\/a> are the premiere\u2019s other guest stars). Another is Angus O\u2019Brien<\/a> as Officer Summerville, who appears in Episode 2.<\/p>\n \u201cNo one\u2019s going to fill Kaya\u2019s shoes,\u201d Preston admits, \u201cbut Elsbeth can\u2019t walk onto a crime scene without a uniformed officer with her; she\u2019s not an officer. So it is important to have people [who] will pinch-hit for Kaya.\u201d<\/p>\n Elsbeth,\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>Season 3 Premiere, Sunday, October 12, 9:30\/8:30c, Regular Time Period Premiere, Thursday, October 16, 10\/9c, CBS<\/strong><\/p>\n More Headlines:<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.yakimaherald.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Elsbeth Tascioni is a bit of an open wound in\u00a0Elsbeth Season 3, according to Carrie Preston. The lawyer turned NYPD consultant detective is an open book when it comes to her feelings, and she\u2019s uniquely skilled at sensing when things aren\u2019t right with her loved ones, but she still has things she keeps inside. 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