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‘So Help Me Todd’ Episode 5 Photos, Plot and Cast: “Let the Wright One In”

October 21, 2022

Three-time Emmy nominee Kate Burton (Grey’s Anatomy, Scandal) guest stars on CBS’s So Help Me Todd season one episode five, “Let the Wright One In.” Directed by Keith Powell from a script by Andy Berman, episode five will air on Thursday, October 27, 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.

Clayton James, Zarrin Darnell-Martin, Anne-Marie Johnson, Shawn MacDonald, Anisa Harris, and Rob Labelle guest star.

“Let the Wright One In” Plot: Margaret attempts to join an elite philanthropy club and must represent a former club employee accused of using the organization to smuggle drugs. Also, Todd goes undercover as a waiter at the elite club to get information to help Margaret’s case.

So Help Me Todd Season 1 Episode 5 — Marcia Gay Harden as Margaret and Skylar Astin as Todd in ‘So Help Me Todd’ episode 5 (Photo: Ed Araquel © 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.