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‘So Help Me Todd’ Episode 2 Preview: Plot Details, Photos, Cast and Air Date

September 30, 2022

CBS’s new primetime drama So Help Me Todd‘s premiere set up the dysfunctional relationship between Todd, a disgraced private detective, and his mom, Margaret, a talented lawyer. Season one episode two – “Co-Pilot” – finds the two reluctantly working together. Directed by Michael Spiller from a script by Scott Prendergast, episode two airs on Thursday, October 6, 2022 at 9pm ET/PT.

Oscar winner Marcia Gay Harden stars as Margaret Wright, Skylar Astin plays Todd Wright, and Tristen J. Winger is Lyle. Madeline Wise plays Allison, Inga Schlingmann is Susan, and Rosa Arredondo stars as Francey.

“Co-Pilot” Plot: Margaret and Todd work two seemingly unrelated cases, only to discover a key piece of information in the details of Todd’s humorously boring civil case could help Margaret’s high-profile client.

Hiro Kanagawa, Clayton James, Thomas Cadrot, Artemis Litsiadis, Sunita Prasad, and Shawn Ahmed guest star.

So Help Me Todd Episode 2 — Skylar Astin as Todd and Marcia Gay Harden as Margaret in ‘So Help Me Todd’ season 1 episode 2 (Photo: Bettina Strauss © 2022 CBS Broadcasting, Inc)

The Plot:

Marcia Gay Harden and Skylar Astin star as razor-sharp, meticulous attorney Margaret Wright (Harden) and Todd (Astin), her talented but scruffy, aimless son whom she hires as her law firm’s in-house investigator. As the black sheep of the well-heeled Wright family, Todd is a laidback, quick-thinking, excellent former private detective who fell on hard times after his flexible interpretation of the law got his license revoked. Margaret’s penchant for excellence and strict adherence to the law is at complete odds with Todd’s scrappy methods of finding his way through sticky situations: by the seat of his wrinkled pants.

When Todd inadvertently teams with his mother on a case, she’s surprised to find herself duly impressed by – and proud of – his crafty ability to sleuth out information with his charm and his wide-ranging tech savvy. At last, Margaret sees a way to put her son on a “suitable” path to living an adult, financially solvent life she approves of, and she asks him to join her firm. Todd agrees since it means getting his license back and once again doing the job he excels at and loves.

Mother and son working together is a big first step toward mending their fragile, dysfunctional relationship, and they may even come away with a better understanding of each other at this pivotal point in their lives. But whether Todd and Margaret will be able to accept each other for who they are is another case entirely.