Elsbeth Season 3 Episode 4 recap: A Halloween maze turns deadly in an idyllic suburb

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Elsbeth Season 3 Episode 4 recap (Image via Instagram/@cbstv)
Elsbeth Season 3 Episode 4 recap (Image via Instagram/@cbstv)

Elsbeth Season 3 Episode 4 was titled Ick, A Bod.

It was a Halloween-themed episode, where Elsbeth and Detective Donnelly were assigned the murder case of Beryl, a woman living in the quiet suburban neighbourhood of Sleepy Hallows. The recent entry of CBS's crime-comedy series looked more like an episode from American Housewife, where a woman struggled to fit into a posh suburb.

Elsbeth Season 3 Episode 4 followed the rivalry between Sharon (the Queen Bee of Sleepy Hallows) and Beryl ( a newcomer). When Beryl tries to disrupt Sharon's carefully laid out rules for her community, chaos erupts. The conflict between the two women comes to a head on Halloween night, resulting in a murder.

Things kick-start when a Sleepy Hallows worker finds Beryl's severed head and the community's Halloween fun turns bloody. Did Sharon take things too far and murder Beryl? Or did the killer use their animosity as a cover-up for their own nefarious motives?

Here is the complete Elsbeth Season 3 Episode 4 recap.


Elsbeth Season 3 Episode 4 recap: The battle of the bests

Elsbeth Season 3 Episode 4 took us to Sleepy Hollow, a quiet and idyllic suburb led by Sharon. Sharon is the unofficial Queen Bee and the head of many major communities in her neighbourhood. She likes traditions and playing by the rules.

However, all of this goes down the drain when a new resident, Beryl, infiltrates Sharon's perfect suburban community. Beryl's free-spiritedness stands in stark contrast to Sharon's rigidity and she challenged her every move. While Sharon wanted to mark her territory by welcoming Beryl with her signature gluten-free pies and a three-ring binder laying out the neighborhood's rules, Beryl returned them to her.

To top it all off, Beryl suggested they cut down the old Maple tree festering between their properties, which had been a part of Sleepy Hollows since the very beginning. The cutting of the Maple tree was the final straw for Sharon and now she had vengeance on her mind.


Elsbeth Season 3 Episode 4 recap: Halloween maze turns deadly

Sharon finally gets her golden chance at vengeance in Elsbeth Season 3 Episode 4. While she planned to sabotage Beryl's much-anticipated Halloween maze in front of her community, it ended in murder. Beryl's maze was the talk of the town and featured many popular horror icons like the It-style clown and chainsaw-wielding doctors in scrubs.

However, the focus of all attention was a life-sized figure of Beryl as a Headless Horseman. This not only added a spooky touch to the maze but also gave a brilliant murder idea to Sharon.

When all the kids were enjoying themselves at the costume party in Elsbeth Season 3 Episode 4, Sharon took this opportunity and, wearing her anesthesiologist husband’s OR scrubs, severed Beryl's head from her body with an actual chainsaw.


Elsbeth Season 3 Episode 4 recap: How did Elsbeth unmask Sharon?

Sharon's head-severing Halloween activity brought this case to Elsbeth and Detective Donnelly as Beryl's headless body was found in the city. Sharon's animosity with Beryl was the talk of the neighborhood and Elsbeth was quite sure that she was the killer but she had a solid alibi. CCTV cameras proved that Sharon was preoccupied with her annual scarecrow display on her porch. While Beryl was being murdered, Sharon was spooking the kids on her porch.

However, Elsbeth was quick to notice something strange with Sharon's scarecrow costume and a quick search of her garage revealed what. Detective Donnelly found a scarecrow dummy (an exact-looking replica of her costume) stashed in Sharon's garage, which even had a fingerprint of one of the kids.

To seal the deal, Elsbeth also found traces of Beryl's DNA in Sharon's pipes (connected to her washing machine), which was a botched attempt to wash off the blood from her husband's scrubs. Elsbeth had nothing further to prove and with a solid case against Sharon, Donnelly finally put the killer under arrest.

You can stream Elsbeth Season 3 Episode 4 on Paramount+.


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Edited by Aashna