‘So Help Me Todd’ Season 2 Episode 8 Preview: Photos, “P.I.’s Wide Shut” Cast and Plot

So Help Me Todd Season 2 Episode 8
Jeffrey Nordlin as Gus and Marcia Gay Harden as Margaret Wright in ‘So Help Me Todd’ season 2 episode 8 (Photo: Michael Courtney © 2024 CBS Broadcasting, Inc)

CBS’s So Help Me Todd season two (the final season) episode eight is all about pranks and tennis. Episode eight, “P.I.’s Wide Shut,” will air on Thursday, May 2, 2024 at 9pm ET/PT. Ruba Nadda directed from a script by Earl Davis.

Oscar winner Marcia Gay Harden leads the cast as Margaret Wright and Skylar Astin stars as the titular Todd. Season two also features Madeline Wise as Allison, Tristen J. Winger as Lyle, Inga Schlingmann as Susan, and Rosa Arredondo as Francey.

“P.I.’s Wide Shut” Plot: While Margaret helps Susan serve justice for a tennis coach accused of drugging a teen athlete, Todd and Lyle embark on an epic office prank war.

Skylar Astin in Season 2 Episode 8
Skylar Astin as Todd Wright in ‘So Help Me Todd’ season 2 episode 8 (Photo © 2024 CBS Broadcasting, Inc.)

So Help Me Todd Season 2 Description, Courtesy of CBS:

So Help Me Todd stars Academy Award winner Marcia Gay Harden and Skylar Astin 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.

Marcia Gay Harden
Marcia Gay Harden as Margaret Wright in season 2 episode 8 (Photo: Michael Courtney © 2024 CBS Broadcasting, Inc)
Skylar Astin in season 2 episode 8
Skylar Astin as Todd Wright in season 2 episode 8 (Photo: Michael Courtney © 2024 CBS Broadcasting, Inc.)
Marcia Gay Harden and Skylar Astin
Marcia Gay Harden as Margaret Wright and Skylar Astin as Todd Wright in season 2 episode 8 (Photo: Michael Courtney © 2024 CBS Broadcasting, Inc.)
Jeffrey Nordling and Marcia Gay Harden
Jeffrey Nordling and Marcia Gay Harden in season 2 episode 8 (Photo: Michael Courtney © 2024 CBS Broadcasting, Inc)

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