So Help Me Todd season 2: next episode, recaps and everything we know about the show

Syklar Astin and Marcia Gay Harden in So Help Me Todd
Syklar Astin and Marcia Gay Harden in So Help Me Todd (Image credit: Michael Courtney/CBS)

After becoming one of the top new shows in the 2022-2023 TV season (no. 3 overall, according to CBS), So Help Me Todd season 2 reunites the investigating duo of Marcia Gay Harden and Skylar Astin.

Created by Scott Prendergast, whose previous credits include the FX series Wilfred, So Help Me Todd is another investigative crime drama for CBS, along with NCIS season 21 and NCIS: Hawai'i season 3, the FBI franchise (FBI season 6, FBI: International season 3 and FBI: Most Wanted season 5), S.W.A.T. season 7 and more. But what helps So Help Me Todd stand out is its mix of comedy and drama as its two talented leads try to solve different cases each week.

Here is everything you need to know about So Help Me Todd season 2.

So Help Me Todd season 2 next episode

So Help Me Todd will be back with a new episode on Thursday, May 2.

After this there are episodes left for So Help Me Todd, not just in the season, but in the series as CBS has announced that it is cancelling the courtroom dramedy.

The show is sharing Thursday nights with Young Sheldon season 7, Ghosts season 3 and Elsbeth.

Want to watch So Help Me Todd season 2? You must have access to CBS one way or the other. That can include a traditional pay-TV setup, a TV antenna, a live TV streaming service with CBS like Fubo, Hulu with Live TV or YouTube TV, or a subscription to Paramount Plus (Paramount Plus with Showtime tier offers live episodes, while you can watch the latest episodes on-demand the next day with any Paramount Plus plan).

So Help Me Todd season 2 recaps

Keep up with So Help Me Todd season 2 courtesy of our in-depth recaps for the series:

So Help Me Todd season 2 episode 1, "Iceland Was Horrible"
"Margaret and Todd tackle a case involving a murder on live local morning news and must rethink their working relationship after Todd decides to open his own PI business." Read WTW's So Help Me Todd season 2 episode 1 recap.

So Help Me Todd season 2 episode 2, "Your Day in Court"
""As Margaret and Todd work on two separate cases, Todd suspects a crime is happening in the courthouse right under their noses." Read WTW's So Help Me Todd season 2 episode 2 recap.

So Help Me Todd season 2 episode 3, "The Queen of Courts"
"Margaret and Todd defend the 'Queen of Hearts' (Sandra Bernhard), a notoriously unscrupulous lawyer accused of orchestrating a fraudulent accident that resulted in the death of a 'fake victim.'" Read WTW's So Help Me Todd season 2 episode 3 recap.

So Help Me Todd season 2 episode 4, "Dial M for Margaret"
"While in the hospital recovering from an emergency appendectomy, Todd is convinced he overheard a plot to murder someone. When Margaret realizes her difficult but very important clients are interested in Todd’s theories, she jumps into the role of private investigator and brings them along for the ride. Also, Todd gets to meet his personal guru, Dick Franks (Dean Winters), a grizzled veteran private investigator who shares the hospital room with him." Read WTW's So Help Me Todd season 2 episode 4 recap.

So Help Me Todd season 2 episode 5, "End on a High Note"
"Margaret and Todd defend international opera star, supreme diva and Lyle’s mother, Jaqueline." Read WTW's So Help Me Todd season 2 episode 5 recap.

So Help Me Todd season 2 episode 6, "Is the Jury Out?"
"Lawrence enlists Todd’s services to find out the sexual orientation of a judge. Also, with her client’s livelihood at stake, Margaret and Lyle search for a reluctant witness." Read WTW's So Help Me Todd season 2 episode 6 recap.

So Help Me Todd season 2 episode 7, "Faux-Bituary"
"Margaret and Todd team up to help a man who has been declared legally dead, even though he is very much alive." Read WTW's So Help Me Todd season 2 episode 7 recap.

So Help Me Todd season 2 cast

Oscar-winner Marcia Gay Harden and Skylar Astin headline So Help Me Todd as the mother and son investigating team. Harden plays Margaret Wright, a meticulous attorney, who hires her son Todd, a private detective whose methods are best described as "scrappy," to work at her law firm as an investigator.

Harden, in addition to winning an Oscar for her supporting role in 2000's Pollock, is a three-time Emmy nominee who has starred in The Morning Show, The Newsroom, Code Black, Fifty Shades of Grey, Damages and Mystic River.

Astin is likely most recognized from his time in the Pitch Perfect franchise, though he also has starred in Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist, Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, Ground Floor and an arc on Grey's Anatomy season 18.

The rest of the regular cast of So Help Me Todd includes Madeline Wise (Star Trek: Picard season 2) as Allison, Tristen J. Winger (2023's White Men Can't Jump) as Lyle, Inga Schlingmann (Law & Order: SVU) as Susan and Rosa Arredondo (Roswell, New Mexico) as Francey.

So Help Me Todd season 2 plot

The basic premise of So Help Me Todd is seeing how this mother-and-son team works together to solve cases despite having very different world views. The show has a case-of-the-week format, so there isn't really a larger overarching plotline, though character relationships evolve across the season.

So Help Me Todd season 2 trailer

Check out the promo for So Help Me Todd season 2 right here:

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Michael Balderston is a DC-based entertainment and assistant managing editor for What to Watch, who has previously written about the TV and movies with TV Technology, Awards Circuit and regional publications. Spending most of his time watching new movies at the theater or classics on TCM, some of Michael's favorite movies include Casablanca, Moulin Rouge!, Silence of the Lambs, Children of Men, One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest and Star Wars. On the TV side he enjoys Only Murders in the Building, Yellowstone, The Boys, Game of Thrones and is always up for a Seinfeld rerun. Follow on Letterboxd.