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SO HELP ME TODD [EPISODE CHANGE]
Air Date: Thursday, March 14, 2024
Time Slot: 9:00 PM-10:00 PM EST on CBS
Episode Title: (#SHM204) "Dial Margaret For Murder"
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Editor's Note: The previously published version of this storyline misspelled Stefanie Mah Woodburn's name. See below for the updated version.
WHILE TODD RECOVERS FROM AN EMERGENCY APPENDECTOMY, MARGARET INVESTIGATES A POSSIBLE MURDER PLOT WITHOUT HIM, ON "SO HELP ME TODD," THURSDAY, MARCH 14
Dean Winters Guest Stars as Grizzled Veteran Private Investigator Dick Franks
Award-Winning Actress Robin Givens Directed This Episode
"Dial Margaret for Murder" - 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, on the CBS Original drama SO HELP ME TODD, Thursday, March 14 (9:01-10:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network, and streaming on Paramount+ (live and on demand for Paramount+ with SHOWTIME subscribers, or on demand for Paramount+ Essential subscribers the day after the episode airs)*. Award-winning actress Robin Givens directed this episode.
WRITTEN BY: Stefanie Mah Woodburn
DIRECTED BY: Robin Givens
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BROADCAST
HISTORY:
9/29/22
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5/16/24
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STATUS:
canceled/ended (2023-2024 season) |
TIME SLOT:
completed airing its current season |
SEASON(S):
2 (31 episodes, 0 of which have yet to air) |
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ADDITIONAL NOTES:
confirmed as canceled on 4/19/24 |
DESCRIPTION:
(from CBS's web site, February 2024) Academy Award® winner Marcia Gay Harden and Skylar Astin star as razor-sharp, meticulous attorney Margaret Wright (Harden) and Todd (Astin), her talented but aimless son whom she hires as her law firm’s in-house investigator. As the black sheep of the Wright family, Todd is a laidback, quick-thinking, 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. 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. But whether Todd and Margaret will be able to accept each other for who they are is another case entirely. |
PRINCIPAL CAST INFORMATION:
· Inga Schlingmann as Susan
· Madeline Wise as Allison
· Marcia Gay Harden as Margaret
· Rosa Arredondo as Francey
· Skylar Astin as Todd
· Tristen J. Winger as Lyle
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RECURRING/PREVIOUS CAST INFORMATION:
· Geena Davis as Margaret (Originally Cast)
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CREW INFORMATION:
· Amy York Rubin as EP/DIR (Pilot)
· Craig Shapiro as EP (Pilot)
· Elizabeth Klaviter as EP
· Jay McGraw as EP
· Julia Eisenmann as EP
· Liz Kruger as EP (Pilot)
· Phil McGraw as EP
· Scott Prendergast as CRTR/EP
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GENRE(S):
· drama
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STUDIO INFORMATION:
· CBS Studios
· Stage 29 Productions
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