Wikimedia Commons/Elsbeth CBS Celebrity Carra Patterson returns as Kaya Blanke in *Elsbeth* Season 3, grappling with an undercover identity crisis. Catch her again in the May 21 finale. May 1, 2026 AceShowbiz - Carra Patterson has made a notable return to the CBS procedural Elsbeth in its third season, reprising her role as Detective Kaya Blanke. Thursday's hour marked the return of the dynamic partnership between Kaya and Carrie Preston's Elsbeth, as Kaya resumed work at her precinct following the conclusion of her first undercover mission.