‘So Help Me Todd’ Episode 4 Photos, Cast and Plot: “Corduroy Briefs”

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Rebecca Murray
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The case of an Olympic athlete and a faulty airplane is the focus of CBS’s So Help Me Todd season one episode four. Directed by Nicole French from a script by French and Elizabeth J.B. Klaviter, episode four – “Corduroy Briefs” – will air on Thursday, October 20, 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.

“Corduroy Briefs” Plot: Margaret and Todd work to bring justice to an Olympic athlete who lost his leg in a plane crash resulting from a defective aircraft

Clayton James, Thomas Cadrot, Sommer Carbuccia, Jeffrey Nordling, and Simon Arblaster guest star.

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Skylar Astin as Todd, Marcia Gay Harden as Margaret and Inga Schlingmann as Susan in So Help Me Todd season 1 episode 4 (Photo: Michael Courtney © 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.

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Marcia Gay Harden as Margaret and Sommer Carbuccia as Sean Phillips in episode 4 (Photo: Bettina Strauss © 2022 CBS Broadcasting, Inc)
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Sommer Carbuccia as Sean Phillips, Alvina August as Tyesha Johnson and Skylar Astin as Todd in episode 4 (Photo: Bettina Strauss © 2022 CBS Broadcasting, Inc)
So Help Me Todd Episode 4
Inga Schlingmann as Susan and Marcia Gay Harden as Margaret in episode 4 (Photo: Bettina Strauss © 2022 CBS Broadcasting, Inc)
So Help Me Todd Episode 4
Skylar Astin as Todd, Marcia Gay Harden as Margaret and Inga Schlingmann as Susan in episode 4 (Photo: Michael Courtney © 2022 CBS Broadcasting, Inc)
So Help Me Todd Episode 4
Jeffrey Nordling as Gus Eaton and Marcia Gay Harden as Margaret in the “Corduroy Briefs” episode (Photo: Bettina Strauss © 2022 CBS Broadcasting, Inc)
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Skylar Astin as Todd in episode 4 (Photo: Michael Courtney © 2022 CBS Broadcasting, Inc)




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