Elsbeth
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Elsbeth is in her Righting Past Wrongs era.
Why use a corkscrew?
Unfortunately, when Elsbeth arrives with Teddy and Roy, they see him on a gurney.
Pupetta shows up at the sceneawfully quicklyfor someone who works ten blocks away.
Shes in full performative grieving widow mode until she learns that Gene will be fine after some corrective surgery.
Then again, shes wearing a quite formal black pillbox hat with a bit of netting on top.
Its not the fullhat-and-mantilla worn by Jackie Kennedyat her husbands funeral, but its definitely suggestive of that look.
I dont know; Im just asking questions!
Back at the station, Fleming brings Elsbeth and Kaya up to speed on the Marasco murder.
He was always skeptical of the idea that Eddie Nova killed Goldie.
Those hardly seem likely defensive wounds in a double-tap unexpected shooting.
Itd sure be a shame if anything bad happened to him!
Guess who gets in the way of the investigation?
That guy is the worst, but he inadvertently gives Elsbeth what she needs to outwit him.
A new confession in the case would require the police to reopen and reinvestigate Goldies murder.
Could Pupetta be insisting on Gene Jr. coming aboard to exploit his expertise as a forensic accountant?
Hed have to make an in-or-out decision immediately.
What if Pupettas motive wasnt related to the FBI at all?
What ifshehad been the person meeting clandestinely with Goldie at that motel?
The two B-plotlines in Scenes From An Italian Restaurant concern Kaya and Teddys relationship with Roy.
Kaya is still working as a standard patrol officer and is quite rightly annoyed by it.
How do you catch lightning in a bottle twice?
Heres a thought: dont bother.
Does Elsbeth actually need a babysitter anymore?
Elsbeth relishes spending more time with Teddy and Roy, but theres trouble in paradise.
Teddy seems increasingly unsettled by Elsbeth and Roys easy rapport and similarities.
It could also be helpful for him to consider his and Elsbeths situation with Gene Jr. and Pupettas circumstances.
Whatever pain hes carrying around is serious.
Elsbeths maiden name is Gudrunsdottir, which is Icelandic.
This could be inElsbeths usual light and fizzy idiom or perhaps a brief foray into Scandi-noir.
Im here for any to all of that!
I celebrate the return of Elsbeths magnificent full-length orange puffer coat.
