‘So Help Me Todd’ star Skylar Astin on TV’s quirkiest mother/son combo

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So Help Me Todd” stars Marcia Gay Harden and Sklyar Astin — by turns funny, offbeat and all-too-human — has driven the CBS dramedy to a breakout inaugural season … and an early Season 2 renewal.The series returns March 2 (9 p.m.) with new episodes after a two-week hiatus.

It centers on the mother-and-son dynamic between high-powered attorney Margaret Wright (Harden) and her ingratiating son, Todd (Astin), a talented, quirky, somewhat reckless private investigator who, after losing his license, is hired by his mom to snoop around for information that will help her clients.

Their snappy repartee has been a hit with viewers and critics alike as Todd and Margaret balance their personal and professional lives: Margaret’s second husband left her in the series opener and she juggles different relationships with each of her three children; Todd lives in his married sister Allison’s (Madeline Wise) garage and pines for his engaged ex-girlfriend, Susan (Inga Schlingmann), an attorney at Margaret’s firm.“It really was there from Day One,” Astin, 32, said of his rapport with Harden. “That’s not to say that it’s easy but I think it comes naturally to us because we’re both fearless performers so we’re not afraid to make a mistake.“We came in at different times and were both offered the roles individually so it was kind of ‘Let’s see how this goes,’ he said.