Elsbeth Season 3 Episode 16 | The Misogynistic Mentor and the Tale of the Mayor’s Missing Truth

The Snark Side: The Chaotic World of TLC, Bravo, and Reality TV · Apr 17, 2026 · 35m

It’s Season 3, Episode 16 of Elsbeth, titled "Murder, He Wrote," and the snark squad is breaking down an episode that feels like a love letter to classic mysteries—if that love letter were written by a narcissistic sociopath. We’re unpacking the chilling performance of guest star Griffin Dunne as Elliott Pope, a celebrated (and deeply misogynistic) novelist who thinks he can write the "perfect crime" into his own book and get away with it. While Elliott was busy hiding the details of a bookstore owner’s murder in his latest manuscript, Elsbeth Tascioni was busy organizing the most high-stakes…