“I hate to pick favorites,” Elsbeth showrunner Jonathan Tolins told TV Insider of his Season 3 guest stars, but he can’t help but feel a special connection to the upcoming Dianne Wiest episode, “And Then There Were Nuns.” The executive producer tells TV Insider that he worked with Wiest 41 years ago on a production that inspired the trajectory of his career. To have Wiest on Elsbeth is a full-circle moment and “a special thrill.”

Wiest guest stars in Elsbeth Season 3 Episode 7, airing on Thursday, November 20, on CBS . In “And Then There Were Nuns,” a pop star’s (Lindsey Normington) purchase of a failing convent turns divine real estate into a murder scene as Elsbeth takes on the Mother of all nuns (Weist). Meanwhile, Teddy ( Ben Levi Ross ) digs into Alec Bloom’s ( Iva

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