None other than Lost and Evil star Michael Emerson – a.k.a. Carrie Preston's real-life husband – has joined the cast for Season 2, and I'm reminded of what showrunner Jonathan Tolins told us about casting guest stars.

From scary guy to wife guy, Michael Emerson has the range. At the NYCC Elsbeth panel, Emerson announced he’d be joining the show in a recurring role as a “haughty” judge. Starring Emerson’s wife, Carrie Preston,

Emerson ( The Practice, Lost) joins the series as a foil to his wife’s Elsbeth Tascioni, in which he will play Judge Milton Crawford, a haughty, soft-spoken and bespectacled man from an old New England family of public servants who sees his place in the nation’s elite as a birthright.