Elizabeth he let out another subtle dig by seeming to be amused by it Elon Musk with a joke about erectile dysfunction.
On the Thursday, April 23, episode of the hit CBS series, Elsbeth (Carrie Preston) was investigating a wealth healer (Constance Wu) who is accused of using patient secrets in insider trading that becomes the focus of a murder investigation. Elsbeth called Dr. Mallory Ryan (Wu) to ask for details about her patient logs.
“This is a September 2024 entry about a patient – name recreated – who developed chronic erectile dysfunction after a failed Space X launch,” Elsbeth asked Mallory. “Power of suggestion, I guess?”
Mallory clarified that it was “a painful experience for many top network guys” but Musk founded the company in 2002. This isn’t the first time the show has found different ways to talk about real people with past episodes that they intend to play with. Jordon Hudson, Bill Belichick, Leonardo DiCaprio and more.
Thursday’s episode also featured Kaya (Carra Patterson) to return. Since Elizabeth premiered, Preston’s title character was working alongside Patterson’s Kaya to solve cases in New York City. Season 2, which concluded in May 2025, ended with Patterson leaving the show as a series regular.
The show explained Kaya’s absence by revealing that she was on an undercover mission in Washington DC
“I was worried when Carra wanted to leave and what we were going to do without her,” Preston, 58, said. Us Weekly only in february. “But what ended up happening was we brought in Lindsay Mendez, B, Ethan Slater and we brought in all these great actors.”
The shakeup allowed the show’s writers to be creative.
“[It brought] change, growth, conflict, loss and all those things enrich any character. Our show for the first few seasons was also a romance where these two women were very connected and they were very different but they found this amazing harmony working together,” Preston Us said. “That doesn’t go away. So longing for that – his best friend – and being with him created a scene work that’s really fun and deep and emotional. “
The actress continued: “When Kaya comes back, we see that reunion. We see them go back to where they were, but they’ve both experienced different things that they can put into their friendship. It’s been fun, and the writers have done such a good job of not trying to fill Kaya’s shoes because you can’t, but instead bringing in sidekicks that are different than those people with El and those people with Kaya. All of those things don’t do anything but make it a richer draw for the cast and hopefully the audience.”
A new episode, however, revealed that Kaya may be back for good.
Elizabeth airs on CBS Thursdays at 9 pm ET. New episodes air the next day on Paramount+.
