The BEST episodes of So Help Me Todd season 1

Every episode of So Help Me Todd season 1, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of So Help Me Todd season 1!

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.

Last Updated: 4/30/2024Network: CBSStatus: Continuing
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Long Lost Lawrence
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7.84
209 votes

#1 - 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.

Directors: Daniella Eisman
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Are You There Todd? It's Me, Margaret
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7.77
150 votes

#2 - 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.

Directors: Nancy Hower
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Psilo-Sibling
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7.70
172 votes

#3 - 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.

Directors: Ali LeRoi
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The First Date is the Deepest
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7.70
160 votes

#4 - 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.

Directors: Daniel Willis
Writer: Earl Davis
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The Devil You Know
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7.66
174 votes

#5 - 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.

Directors: Kabir Akhtar
Writer: Lisa Parsons
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Wall of Fire
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7.66
174 votes

#6 - 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.

Directors: Wendey Stanzler
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Gloom and Boom
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7.66
163 votes

#7 - 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.

Directors: Nick Gomez
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Corduroy Briefs
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7.63
233 votes

#8 - 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.

Directors: Nancy Hower
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Side Effects May Include Murder
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7.61
161 votes

#9 - 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.

Directors: Daniel Willis
Writer: Andy Berman
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So Help Me Pod
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7.59
219 votes

#10 - 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.

Directors: Randy Zisk
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86’d
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7.59
165 votes

#11 - 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.

Directors: Larry Teng
Writer: Lisa Parsons
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Against All Todds
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7.58
161 votes

#12 - 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.

Directors: Brad Silberling
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Ivan the Terrible
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7.57
162 votes

#13 - 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.

Directors: Jay Karas
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Twelve Worried Persons
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7.56
172 votes

#14 - 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.

Directors: Ali LeRoi
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Second Second Chance
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7.55
241 votes

#15 - 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.

Writer: Lisa Parsons
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Swipe Wright
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7.55
162 votes

#16 - 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.

Directors: Michael Spiller
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Let the Wright One In
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7.54
212 votes

#17 - 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.

Directors: Keith Powell
Writer: Andy Berman
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Big Bang Theories
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7.54
185 votes

#18 - 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.

Directors: Nancy Hower
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More Fang for Your Chuck
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7.51
156 votes

#19 - 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.

Directors: Stuart Gillard
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Pilot
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7.46
334 votes

#20 - Pilot

Season 1 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/29/2022

Razor-sharp, meticulous attorney Margaret Wright hires her talented but scruffy, aimless son, Todd, as her law firm's in-house investigator.

Directors: Amy York Rubin
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Co-Pilot
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7.37
286 votes

#21 - Co-Pilot

Season 1 - Episode 2 - Aired 10/6/2022

Margaret and Todd work two seemingly unrelated cases, only to discover a key piece of information in the details of Todd’s humorously boring civil case could help Margaret’s high-profile client.

Directors: Michael Spiller
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