Elsbeth Season 3 Episode 12: All's Hair Recap

"All's Hair," Episode 12 of Elsbeth's third season, centers on the murder of a celebrity wigmaker after a delayed shipment of rare Molten-Gold hair. Five expert wig makers wait on the shipment, and Felix West, nicknamed "The Rug Doctor," becomes desperate enough to cut a teen's ponytail to finish a commission for a high-profile client.

When Domenico confronts Felix about poaching Lina Vyanti, the argument turns violent: a curling iron sears Felix and he retaliates, strangling Domenico with a cord before staging a robbery and fleeing. Elsbeth, Chandler and Detective Smullen follow clues at the scene—including the smell of Mama Cappelli's sauce and the theft of expensive wigs—and spot the burn Felix hides under a toupee.

Felix tries to frame a rival by planting a Diana Ross wig at a drag brunch, but investigators find a matching hair strand in Mama Cappelli's sauce jar that ties him to the theft. As he's escorted out he says, "So this is it.

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