‘So Help Me Todd’ Episode 20 Photos, Cast and “More Fang” Plot

So Help Me Todd Episode 20
Marcia Gay Harden as Margaret and Lila Robins as Natalie Harris in ‘So Help Me Todd’ episode 20 (Photo: Michael Courtney © 2023 CBS Broadcasting, Inc)

Laila Robins (The Walking Dead, The Blacklist) reprises her guest starring role as Margaret’s sorority sister on CBS’s So Help Me Todd. Directed by Stuart Gillard from a script by Elizabeth J.B. Klaviter and Nicole French, episode 20 – “More Fang for Your Chuck” – airs on Thursday, May 11, 2023 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.

“More Fang for Your Chuck” Plot: Margaret must represent Chuck when he faces 20 years in federal prison after being accused of fixing a cash prize giveaway at the Portland Widows hockey game. Also, Lyle finds a new love interest in a forensic accountant and Allison asks Susan to be her divorce lawyer.

So Help Me Todd Episode 20
Desmond Chiam as Peter, Inga Schlingmann as Susan and Skylar Astin as Todd in episode 20 (Photo: Michael Courtney © 2023 CBS Broadcasting, Inc)

The Plot:

Marcia Gay Harden and Skylar Astin star as razor-sharp, meticulous attorney Margaret Wright and Todd, 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.

So Help Me Todd Episode 20
Skylar Astin as Todd, Clayton James as Chuck and Marcia Gay Harden as Margaret in episode 20 (Photo: Michael Courtney © 2023 CBS Broadcasting, Inc)
So Help Me Todd Episode 20
Clayton James as Chuck and Madeline Wise as Allison in episode 20 (Photo: Michael Courtney © 2023 CBS Broadcasting, Inc)
So Help Me Todd Episode 20
Skylar Astin as Todd, Marcia Gay Harden as Margaret and Tristen J. Winger as Lyle in episode 20 (Photo: Michael Courtney © 2023 CBS Broadcasting, Inc)
So Help Me Todd Episode 20
Skylar Astin as Todd, Clayton James as Chuck, Madelline Wise as Allison and Marcia Gay Harden as Margaret in episode 20 (Photo: Michael Courtney © 2023 CBS Broadcasting, Inc)
So Help Me Todd Episode 20
Madeline Wise as Allison and Marcia Gay Harden as Margaret in episode 20 (Photo: Michael Courtney © 2023 CBS Broadcasting, Inc.)