Elsbeth dives into the world of late-night comedy when backstage tensions rise between a talk show host, his head writer and her on-air sidekick husband; Elsbeth meets a new police officer who is an aspiring stand-up comic when off the clock.

When "grief influencer" Raquel Drabowski's presumed-dead husband makes a miraculous return, their reunion takes a fatal plunge; Elsbeth's surprise reunion with an old friend could expose a dangerous undercover operation.