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‘So Help Me Todd’ Episode 1: Plot, Cast, Photos, and Trailer

August 29, 2022

Season one episode one of CBS’s new legal drama So Help Me Todd will premiere on September 29, 2022 at 9pm ET/PT. In support of the show’s debut, CBS has just released a batch of photos from episode one along with plot details, a trailer, and cast list.

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.

Episode one guest stars include Clayton James, Thomas Cadrot, Mark Moses, Artemis Litsiadis, Andrea Brooks, Christine Cattell, and Donia Kash. Amy York Rubin directed from a script by Scott Prendergast.

CBS released the following description of the pilot and season one:

“Pilot” – 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.