So Help Me Todd Season 2 Episode 1 Review: Iceland Was Horrible

Man, it is good to have So Assist Me Todd again.

The CBS dramedy was successful in its freshmen run, with viewers enthralled with the continuing mischief between a mom and son who labored extremely properly collectively regardless of their fixed bickering.

And I am comfortable to report that cute bickering was again in spades throughout So Assist Me Todd Season 2 Episode 1, which noticed Margaret and Todd working a case Margaret was determined to attain.

The So Assist Me Todd Season 1 finale ended with fairly the bang when Harry confirmed up after his Icelandic sabbatical, and with just a few days passing from that disclose to the occasions right here, it was clear Margaret selected to not take care of any of it.

As a substitute, she was shacking up with Gus Easton, and I am unable to say I blame her.

The desire-they/gained’t-they dynamic between Margaret and Gus was a spotlight of the primary season, particularly as Margaret fought exhausting to reclaim her life and uncover herself as a single girl.

Gus could not have been somebody she noticed herself with at first, however they developed a really form dynamic over time, which noticed them working collectively and all the time teetering on the sting of one thing extra.

Seeing them collectively to begin the hour was good as a result of that is what Margaret deserves. She deserves one thing good and uncomplicated, and also you could not blame her for simply eager to unplug and roll round within the sheets for a number of days.

There’s nothing flawed with taking time to maintain your self in spite of everything.

However maybe Margaret might have clued SOMEONE into what was taking place again at her house since she needed to know Harry’s sudden reappearance could be met with varied feelings.

However earlier than we get into one other Wright household dinner gone awry, there was a case to be solved, and it was fairly important for Margaret to get it proper after she discovered the agency wasn’t doing so properly.

You have to love Beverly simply giving it to Margaret straight in regards to the dire straits of the agency seventeen seconds after she was named companion.

And giving Margaret the duty of firing folks? Yeah, that was by no means taking place.

Margaret could also be many issues, however one factor she’s actually not is somebody who will not go down with a combat.

As quickly as I noticed Todd’s title on the record, I knew Margaret’s mind was already operating rampant with alternative ways she might save the agency and finally save Todd’s job.

Little did she know Todd was already scheming up his subsequent enterprise enterprise.

Skylar Astin was actually born to play this function. Todd is a continuing swarm of nervous vitality, and Skylar suits into his footwear so completely, bringing heat, attraction, and humanity at each flip.

There are numerous laugh-out-loud moments throughout any hour of the sequence, however Margaret’s first foray into his little closet workplace had some respectable stomach laughs.

When the sequence started, Todd was an absolute misplaced soul, and he spent an incredible period of time making an attempt to get his life collectively and work out what was subsequent.

He knew he could not reside with Allison eternally, and he knew he needed to get his license, and seeing him begin this season along with his personal place AND his license actually felt like a full circle second for him.

Todd’s blasé angle can typically masks his competence, however he is a masterful investigator, and getting an opportunity to get again to his life is total factor for him. Nonetheless, it does put him at odds with Margaret.

The center and soul of the sequence has all the time been Todd and Margaret, and it all the time shall be. The sequence is blessed to have a well-rounded supporting solid that may deal with its fair proportion of entertaining storylines.

However Margaret and Todd’s dynamic is the bread and butter.

The case of the week involving a morning information station homicide is the sort of case we have come to count on. It may be exhausting to stability homicide and laughs, however the sequence all the time does a strong job of guaranteeing the stakes are excessive, however there’s nonetheless room for enjoyable.

Lisa Rinna was virtually unrecognizable as morning present anchor Jennifer, accused of killing philandering James, who could or could not have had relations with lots of people working inside shut proximity to 1 one other.

So Assist Me Todd loves a twist, and whereas the killer was by no means going to be poor Roy, it was additionally by no means going to be the 2 different anchors who by no means obtained an opportunity to work together a lot with Margaret or Todd.

The primary rule of a procedural is that the killer will all the time have not less than a number of talking traces!

Todd’s capability to navigate and combine himself into any scenario is barely one of many causes he is such a reputable PI.

He needed to suppose rapidly on his toes when he discovered himself caught within the reside studio, a spot he had completely no enterprise being, even when he was the well dressed intern to the lead weatherman.

Watching Todd make a idiot of himself all for the sake of fixing a case will merely by no means get previous. And he needed to do some severe theatrics on reside tv for Margaret to know what he was making an attempt to place down.

Contemplating I am fairly certain we by no means even discovered the lighting technician’s title, he wasn’t very excessive on the suspect record, however his reasoning appeared to be that of some folks in James’s life: a scorned lover sick of being ignored.

A pleasant, neatly wrapped case was nearly the one factor that was concluded neatly as we revisited that dinner, which noticed Allison’s hair on full show and Harry’s presence grossly undesirable.

Poor Allison noticed her marriage implode and located herself sleeping on Todd’s sofa, but the one factor anybody needed to confront her about was her new locs! The hair seemed very contemporary, if I do say so myself, and contemplating the very fact she was at the moment coping with identification theft, it was wholly justified.

It is fascinating seeing this function reversal between Allison and Todd, along with her needing his assist this time and being genuinely enthusiastic about her brother discovering his objective once more and having a plan.

Allison had been struggling for a long while before her marriage bit the dust, and now she has the chance to take a step back and figure out what she wants and who she is in this next phase of her life.

And she may not want to admit it, but it’s not too far off what her mother just went through.

Speaking of Margaret, her decision to not tell anyone about Harry came back to bite when Todd almost committed homicide, and Gus basically broke up with her.

As a proud Margaret and Gus shipper, I’m starting to get a bit frustrated with the start-and-stop nature of their relationship, even if I understand this time why Gus wasn’t too excited to hear Harry was back.

I don’t know if Gus is supposed to be Margaret’s next big love, but he’s certainly someone who makes her smile. And we keep getting teased with their relationship, only for it to fall apart.

Harry isn’t a threat to Gus, as shown in Margaret’s passionate speech when she kicked him to the curb, but Margaret could have been upfront with Gus about what drove her to Gus’s in the first place.

I thought you were running to me. I didn’t quite realize it was away from him.

Gus [to Margaret]

Perhaps he would have told her right then and there that he wasn’t interested, or maybe he would have understood and welcomed her with open arms. Unfortunately, she’ll never know because she never gave him that choice.

Margaret deserved that moment to look Harry in his eyes and tell him exactly what she thought of him and what she thought of herself. It was a long time coming, but Harry’s reluctance to accept her words makes me think he won’t disappear again.

But with a fledging firm and forever family drama, he may be the least of Margaret’s worries.

So Help Me More Notes!

Todd breaking the wine glass and going after Harry was literally the funniest thing I’ve seen on any show in a long time. It was unexpected and the perfect way to have Todd and Harry reunite.

An in-love Lyle is one I want to see more of! Let the man sing and be in love! Life is short!

Susan seemed happy about her marriage, yet it felt like something was off whenever she talked about it. Of course, there are some residual Todd feelings, but it also felt like we were missing something.

If they’re setting up Susan versus Margaret with Beverly’s clear intention of bringing Susan on as a partner to get her to do her bidding, I am 100% here for it, even if not a single part of me thinks Susan would turn on Margaret.

Can we find Todd a genuine love interest this season? The second they made Peter not be the absolute worst, the Todd/Susan ship got a lot less appealing.