The BEST episodes of So Help Me Todd
Every episode of So Help Me Todd ever, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of So Help Me Todd!
As a kid, Todd wanted nothing more than to be a private detective. Now that he is, he’s quite good at it. The rest of his directionless life? That’s a bit of an unsolved mystery, especially to his uber-successful lawyer mom. So when she offers him a job as an in-house investigator at her firm as a way for him to get his act together, he reluctantly agrees, as long as Mom promises to let her adult son be who he wants to be.
#1 - Dial Margaret for Murder
Season 2 - Episode 4 - Aired 3/14/2024
While in the hospital recovering from an emergency appendectomy, Todd is convinced he overheard a plot to murder someone. When Margaret realizes her clients are interested in Todd's theories, she jumps into the role of private investigator.
#2 - Long Lost Lawrence
Season 1 - Episode 7 - Aired 11/10/2022
When Margaret is disappointed that no one but Todd can attend her family Thanksgiving dinner, Todd tries to convince his brother, Lawrence, to come home. Also, Margaret’s family inadvertently helps her crack a case involving an injured bank teller and robbery.
#3 - Are You There Todd? It's Me, Margaret
Season 1 - Episode 21 - Aired 5/18/2023
When Margaret is too sick to work on the final day of an important negotiation, Todd must step in and impersonate a lawyer while Margaret uses her investigative skills. Also, Margaret and Gus finally share their first kiss.
#4 - Your Day in Court
Season 2 - Episode 2 - Aired 2/22/2024
As Margaret and Todd work on two separate cases, Todd suspects a crime is happening in the courthouse right under their noses.
#5 - Psilo-Sibling
Season 1 - Episode 12 - Aired 2/2/2023
Lawrence and the governor seek Margaret’s help with a personal legal matter related to the governor’s sister, and while Margaret is ecstatic to be of assistance, Lawrence refuses to let Todd anywhere near the case.
#6 - The First Date is the Deepest
Season 1 - Episode 17 - Aired 4/13/2023
Margaret helps a client who lost his mother during a routine surgery at Allison’s hospital, performed by her colleague Dr. Ross Woods. Also, Margaret and Gus go on their first date and Todd is asked by the firm to investigate Gus.
#7 - The Devil You Know
Season 1 - Episode 10 - Aired 1/5/2023
When Margaret finds herself on the verge of losing a prominent case involving the murder of an investigative journalist, Todd seeks help from an unlikely source: his imprisoned ex-girlfriend, Veronica.
#8 - Gloom and Boom
Season 1 - Episode 18 - Aired 4/27/2023
When a stranger with a bomb appears at the law firm demanding Margaret reverse her efforts to free her client on death row or the bomb will detonate, Margaret and Todd must rely on their legal and detective skills to untangle the crime, uncover the intentions of the bomber and save everyone at the firm.
#9 - Wall of Fire
Season 1 - Episode 13 - Aired 2/9/2023
When Todd agrees to help Susan’s fiancé locate a missing employee, he stumbles into a case Margaret agreed to co-counsel with Gus. Margaret and Todd realize their cases are converging and a firewall is put into place to prevent them from communicating with each other.
#10 - Corduroy Briefs
Season 1 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/20/2022
Margaret and Todd work to bring justice to an Olympic athlete who lost his leg in a plane crash resulting from a defective aircraft.
#12 - Side Effects May Include Murder
Season 1 - Episode 11 - Aired 1/12/2023
When Margaret’s client faces an attempted murder charge, she mounts a creative defense to prove her client’s innocence, and Todd takes an experimental drug to find evidence. Also, Allison finds herself in trouble and reaches out to Todd for help.
#13 - Iceland Was Horrible
Season 2 - Episode 1 - Aired 2/15/2024
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.
#14 - So Help Me Pod
Season 1 - Episode 6 - Aired 11/3/2022
Margaret and Francey enlist the help of a popular true crime podcaster, Lea Luna, to help exonerate a client who is serving a life sentence. Also, Todd solicits dating advice from his sister and Susan when sparks fly between him and Lea.
#15 - 86’d
Season 1 - Episode 19 - Aired 5/4/2023
Margaret represents Lauren, Susan’s good friend, in a hostile work environment lawsuit after she quits her job at a Michelin-starred restaurant, but it unexpectedly turns into a murder trial when the head chef is found dead. Also, when Todd gets sick, Margaret must go undercover as a dishwasher in a fancy restaurant while Todd acts as a restaurant critic to gather more intel on the possible suspect.
#16 - Against All Todds
Season 1 - Episode 14 - Aired 3/2/2023
When Veronica appears at the law firm requesting a favor from Todd, he agrees to help but soon realizes she may be out for revenge. Also, Margaret is upset when she is taken off a high-stakes case.
#18 - Twelve Worried Persons
Season 1 - Episode 16 - Aired 3/30/2023
When a juror dies during Susan’s first big trial as lead attorney, Margaret and Todd work to exonerate Amy, a juror from the same trial suspected of the murder. Also, Margaret’s sister Patty is in town and sparks fly between Todd and Amy.
#19 - Ivan the Terrible
Season 1 - Episode 15 - Aired 3/9/2023
Margaret represents a gifted 17-year-old hacker charged with releasing classified defense documents and faces off against her college nemesis. Also, Todd is tasked with babysitting the teen hacker for the duration of the trial.
#20 - Second Second Chance
Season 1 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/13/2022
When Todd reunites with a childhood friend with a checkered past, he convinces Margaret to represent him in a minor legal case.
#21 - Swipe Wright
Season 1 - Episode 9 - Aired 12/15/2022
Margaret asks Todd for help on a seemingly straight forward wrongful termination case over a dating app, but with Todd’s investigation they quickly realize it’s much more complicated. Also, tensions between Margaret and Gus simmer as they come across each other on a dating app.
#22 - The Queen of Courts
Season 2 - Episode 3 - Aired 2/29/2024
Margaret and Todd defend the "Queen of Hearts," a notoriously unscrupulous lawyer accused of orchestrating a fraudulent accident that resulted in the death of a "fake victim."
#23 - Big Bang Theories
Season 1 - Episode 8 - Aired 12/8/2022
When Lyle’s niece, Angie, is accused of committing a crime on her college campus, Lyle enlists Margaret and Todd to vindicate her.
#24 - Let the Wright One In
Season 1 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/27/2022
Margaret attempts to join an elite philanthropy club and must represent a former club employee accused of using the organization to smuggle drugs. Also, Todd goes undercover as a waiter at the elite club to get information to help Margaret’s case.
#25 - More Fang for Your Chuck
Season 1 - Episode 20 - Aired 5/11/2023
Margaret must represent Chuck when he faces 20 years in federal prison after being accused of fixing a cash prize giveaway at the Portland Widows hockey game. Also, Lyle finds a new love interest in a forensic accountant and Allison asks Susan to be her divorce lawyer.