“She’s unique and unorthodox. She’s colorful. She’s a scatterbrained genius.” Can’t wait to meet the character detailed by Emmy winner Carrie Preston? You already have! Elsbeth Tascioni, Preston’s scrappy Chicago defense attorney from The Good Wife and The Good Fight, has landed her own witty spinoff, Elsbeth. “I feel like one of the luckiest actresses around because almost nobody gets the opportunity to play the same character on three different shows!” Preston says. Elsbeth premieres on Thursday, February 29 at 10/9c on CBS. Here, Preston explains what to expect from the beloved character’s solo outing. When the series opens, Elsbeth has left Chicago and moved to New York City. What’s she up to? Carrie Preston: She’s been brought in by the Justice Department on what’s called a consent decree to, in essence, babysit the NYPD and make sure they don’t do anything illegal or litigious.