Elsbeth Season 3 is one episode away from the finale, and Episode 19 is serving old Hollywood glamour, a repeat offender, and a murder weapon nobody on this show ever uses: a gun. Tracy Ullman returns to the Elsbeth universe as Betty, a retro gossip columnist straight out of a noir fever dream who kills talk show host Otis to protect her secret identity as Pop Lunatic, an anonymous online gossip account. To cover her tracks, she frames socialite Lorena Marchuk, planting the murder weapon in a very dangerous couch cushion. Elsbeth, Buzz, and Grace work to untangle the setup, aided by Nadine (Lauren Bonetti back at it again, now hawking dog fragrances), a very clever fake tip, and the one clue Betty never saw coming. Commissioner Tully continues to make himself known, and Wagner does what Wagner does: holds the line and gets the pods.

0:00 – Welcome to the pod, listener shoutouts, a five-star review from xdcrzy, and dreams of Will Gardner

4:08 – Jennifer O. bought us a coffee, Jason's curls have a timeline, and moiboi makes its comeback

6:57 – The Mix: Tracy Ullman returns as Betty, gossip columnist, 80s wardrobe, velvet limo, and a very juicy murder plan

20:10 – Betty shoots Otis with an actual gun and the hosts have thoughts about it

29:33 – Grace drops the Pop Lunatic bombshell; Wagner has the same reaction as the rest of us

45:04 – Elsbeth on the red carpet, Nadine smells popcorn, and Betty gets a warning shot in her gossip column

56:57 – Elsbeth springs the trap: one fake tip, one warrant, and a pre-written murder column that seals it

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