SPOILER ALERT! This story contains details about the series finale of So Help Me Todd on CBS. For the small but dedicated fanbase of the drama that stars Marcia Gay Harden and Skylar Astin, it wasn’t a surprise that the two-year-old crime dramedy was ending for good on May 16.
What was a surprise was how it ended — with a maddening cliffhanger that involved the arrival of law firm partner Merritt Folding (or rather, his feet) and how Margaret [Harden] was going to be fingered for shenanigans that she did not commit.
That’s not exactly the way you want to leave things with viewers who are already smarting about the show’s cancelation. Creator Scott Prendergast understands how painful that would be for fans and would like to offer some relief.
Here, he explains why they ended on a cliffhanger and what would have happened if the series had returned for a third season. DEADLINE Let’s start with the cliffhanger.
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