Scott Prendergast’s newest project, So Help Me Todd, will be airing the third episode of the series this week. With Todd as the skilled but jobless Private Investigator, The show takes us through the world of crime and drama with the occasional touch of comedy.
The show stars Skylar Astin and Marcia Gay Harden, the award-winning actress, as the mother and child pair, who start working together under unfortunate circumstances. Todd lost his job two years ago when he got scammed into working for illegal activities and lost his license. He then starts working for a health insurance company that barely manages to pay his bills.
So Help Me Todd premiered for the first time this year on September 29th, 2022. The show had been in the archives for a while and was announced to be having a pilot in February. The show is filmed in a city that’s diverse in both its people and landscapes, Vancouver, Canada.
So Help Me Todd: The Plot of the Show
Todd, our main character, used to work for a boss that seemingly was doing shady activities behind the scene. The boss ended up dragging Todd into the mess, causing him to get arrested. Todd’s Mother, Margaret, is a very successful attorney and a perfectionist. Due to their complete difference in personalities, the mother and son duo don’t get around well with each other.
She often compares him to his sister, Allison. Allison worked hard to be an ER doctor on the whims of her mother and now lives with her husband. We are also informed about a brother who hasn’t been introduced yet, and we will be seeing him in the coming episodes.
When Todd goes to his mom’s house secretly to pay her a part of his loan of $9,000, he finds her in distress. He learns that her new husband had left her a few hours ago after he was diagnosed with Parkinson’s. The duo then set out on a journey to find out about him while also working on a murder case that Margaret was assigned.
Though both cases happen separately, when Todd is looking for his stepfather, he stumbles upon clues hinting about the other case. He presents it to his mom, and they end up solving both of them, thanks to Todd’s perfect guesses and slightly illegal ways.
Impressed by her son’s skills, she hires him as a temporary private investigator, as hers had gone on maternity leave.
So Help Me Todd Episode 2: Recap
The latest episode of So Help Me Todd was released on October 6th, 2022. It was the Co-Pilot and featured Margaret receiving a high-profile case of a Mayors Scandal.
As she was responsible for the generation of 31% of the Law firm’s income, she wanted to make sure that she would win the case, so instead of Todd, she asked Lyle to help her with it.
While Todd is assigned to a much boring case concerning dolls. Even so, he ends up visiting Lexi, the woman who accused the mayor at her apartment. Much to his shock, he finds her dead and collects her trash as Evidence. In the trash, he finds a small piece of paper with a design. While investigating it, he and his mother both end up at a women-only spa.
Todd somehow ends up stealing Elaine, the mayor’s wife’s car and finds evidence suggesting she was involved in the murder of Lexi. Elaine tries to kill herself, but Margaret catches her on time while Todd investigates a mysterious call on Elaine’s phone. He goes to the location the caller asked for and finds a man with a Viking sticker on his moped.
Later on the court, he finds him seated in the back and rings an alarm bell. While everything is in chaos, he informs the whole room that the man is the killer.
The man agrees to have murdered her and that he and Elaine used to be together and had a child together. To hide this, he was being paid by Elaine, but when she stopped paying, he schemed to get her wrongly accused.
So Help Me Todd Episode 3: Release Date
The next episode of “So Help Me Todd’ will premiere on October 13th, 2022. The show airs every Thursday with a 43-minute episode.
So Help Me Todd Episode 3: Preview
We can expect the next episode to focus on Todd’s friend from the past. After seeing him involved in a court case, Todd asks his mother to fight the case for him. Todd’s mother agrees to work for him, and ends up in a very inappropriate place. It will be exciting to see her work for her son, who was always treated as the Black Sheep in the family.
Streaming Guide for “So Help Me, Todd”:
So Help Me Todd airs at 9:00 pm ET and 8:00 pm CT on Thursday on CBS. The show is also streamed on FuboTV. With a charge of $2.99 or $1.99, the episodes can be bought or rented on platforms like Vudu and Amazon.
Canadian Viewers can access the show on Global TV at 9:00 pm and also on GlobalTV’s Website. Australian viewers can watch the episodes with a Paramount+ Subscription on its official website.
