Emerson ( The Practice, Lost) joins the series as a foil to his wife’s Elsbeth Tascioni, in which he will play Judge Milton Crawford, a haughty, soft-spoken and bespectacled man from an old New England family of public servants who sees his place in the nation’s elite as a birthright.

Following plenty of Season 1 buzz, Emmy Award winner Michael Emerson (Evil, Lost) has officially joined the CBS series Elsbeth for the show’s second season in a recurring role. He will star opposite his wife Carrie Preston,

"Elsbeth" star Carrie Preston breaks down the Season 2 premiere, working with Nathan Lane and being on "shaky ground"