#shmt cbs

[thewickedbohemian]

Watched the So Help Me Todd S2 premiere and I Have Thoughts

Nice to see Todd taking things to the next level and feeling even more like Shawn Spencer (even down to the helipad thing feeling totally a Shawn reaction, or maybe an Ezekiel Jones one)

Speaking of which, it seems Todd's trickster luck's still in full force (as since early on S1 SHMT I've grouped Shawn, Ezekiel and Todd together in my mind as similar tricksters who feel like they all have the same pseudo-magical freaky luck/Bugs Bunny bullshit (Shawn has been Word-Of-God said to work by Bugs Bunny rules as much as one could in a live-action setting) going on hmm maybe crossover fic potential esp. since Bugs Bunny takes a lot of Doylist influence from the mythological Loki do with that what you will )

Alison's blonde hair leading to (esp. as she might be an INFP like me) even more "self-recognition through the blorbo" (as if she'd had bangs it would look a lot like mine) and between that and how much I already am in the weird state of both relating to and crushing on Todd, if we get more depth on Lawrence and there's something other than gayness there for me to connect to (like people have said if anyone in the ensemble could be neurodivergent autistic!Lawrence is a possibility) it's going to be (albeit without the crush for the example with minors) The Middle all over again with me vibing with all three siblings and a mom a lot like mine

Speaking of dyed hair is it just me or does Margaret's look as if she dyed it black I mean seriously she looked a bit like an older Regina Mills at some points

OK so how many permissions did they had to get for how much they expied about CBS news (I mean to the degree of having a J. Giannola as an anchor and I think the weatherman's name was also similar to one of our local (Oregonian here) guys)

Even if it was only briefly Lyle singing was not on my bingo card (that and the announcement of Heather Morris joining the recurring cast makes me wonder if musical episode in our future?)

Love the Margaret/Harry and Todd/Susan moving on parallels

Between those and all that stuff with the station full of gays including the actual-news-interns thinking Todd's cute and even down to them pointing out his "gay" look at dinner, potential tease for Todd rebounding with a guy?

Love the whole Phantom Of The Opera motif with not just the lighting "chandelier" drops and the music but the culprit being the lovestruck guy with the facial disfigurement who right before the final drop said something about "love never dies" (aka the title of the POTO sequel)

Major ?! about the whole scene with Beverly and Susan and the partner track, I know firms can have more than three partners but if you'll pardon throwing a blorbo from another show briefly under the bus what is it with badass beautiful bitches named Beverly and butting their butt into everyone's business (and yes the alliteration was accidental until about halfway through)

Just going to bring this petition back around so people keep fighting to make sure this isn't the end (it being Elsbeth's lead-in (albeit two weeks later than I originally thought) indicates the network has some degree of faith but I want to make sure especially because online acquaintances in the industry have told me IF it gets a third season (but that's the operative part here) a fourth is almost a guarantee)

[almcfoster]

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[thefirsthogokage]

SHMT's audience keeps growing 🥺 I'm so proud

[thewickedbohemian]

Thoughts on a show that deserves to not have this end its run and a show that can carry CBS's Blue Sky torch while the former hopefully makes it to another network

So Help Me Todd

ok where are they

boy is Todd a fish out of water

nice to see you two again

Never noticed the logo's a nest before

Hi Judy from seemingly out of nowhere nice to know they're continually dating not just one

ok where'd everybody go

ADHD's worst nightmare, reception

As if Margaret needs more on her plate Allison

OK Beverly sounding like a GoT character

hi suits, hi potential setup

nice multitasking and nice trick

Wright vs Easton

OK gay Tyle moment and Pitch Perfect reference

not Lyle getting an Elliot Spencer moment of accidental fame

anyone else think Margaret might be autistic

no no no triggering phobias

Todd how much phone shenanigans have you been doing

So Judy is Todd's Todd, cute

We're just bringing out all the returning faces

Gus goes dad mode on his gf

getting a little bit of Librarians vibes with the trio working together

Esp. because Judy knows multiple languages

metaphorically-RIP Francey

Answer the phone Margaret

this smells like a setup

good standing up for yourself Allison

cue ending montage proving why we should have a S3; Jodd kiss, senior associate Susan, detective!Allison in the future etc.

not as dangerous a cliffhanger as I was expecting but still something that means we deserve more seasons to have answers

Elsbeth

ok so alcohol snobs now (why are we always investigating rich people's cases here)

writer girl's cute

some of their talk feels like it codas the SHMT that just ended

mom had almost that kind of roommate

taking matters into his own hands I see

would the real Gemma Nelson please stand up, we're gonna have a problem here

I love that both SHMT and Elsbeth had bribery framing metaplots

Elsbeth playing with everything again

Bejeweled breast pumps no thanks

that looks like the cutest mocktail I've ever seen

whatcha doin with your shoes

still think Claudia's the real mastermind

nice unintentional foreshadowing (or at least dramatic-ironic foreshadowing) with the bartender thing

Joe feels like the most sympathetic killer and Gemma the most unsympathetic victim this show's ever had

the random acts of kindness shit (though not to lethal levels obviously) reminds me of stuff my sister used to do in a club at her high school

Ivy's too obvious a red herring even without the dramatic irony

No Broadway reference so far I'm surprised unless Deborah S. Craig counts (as she's half of what counted in E3)

Cue everyone immediately trying to make that mocktail (he listed the ingredients it's a matter of ratios)

I would think the story about bullying's a lie except Teddy's gay

and Joe's superhero complex suddenly got scary

One sting another sting

And Captain Wagner pulls a Todd

Weirdest Elsbeth outfit ever and ending you'd expect of a season finale when it's not

[thewickedbohemian]

Thoughts on a show CBS should make room for and its perfect "roommate"

So Help Me Todd

In medias res so in medias I can barely follow

Okay so why is Beverly in France

I would take that as a Tyle tease if they didn't both have a date

Lylex, please, not in that much public

Todd, Lyle can hear you

And yet again with thing I interpret as metaphor for show's issues, this time Susan's career (#savesohelpmetodd #renewsohelpmetodd #wrongdecisionCBS #makeroomforsohelpmetodd)

Oh hi Gus Oh hi three patterns at once

That's a little too-suspiciously suspicious

Todd being all ADHD again

Of course the burner plays Pokemon music

Todd got punked, of course

And Todd gets revenge via emotional manipulation and a whole lot of donuts

Susan totally looking like more Margaret's daughter than Allison

generation wars, girl athletes who sound like walking TikToks and sus tennis coaches, did the writers of Elsbeth write this

And the prank war's still on

Wow, Judy cleans up nice

Way to be subtle Todd and isn't those distractions suspicious

Ok, Alex isn't Alex, and my hopes for a potential S3 involving a Lyle/Todd/Judy triangle similar to the Leverage and Librarians OT3s just went up

To be fair Todd kinda deserved getting got by his own prank after the glue

More proof SHMT and Elsbeth are meant to be together, yet another "Ball Girl" (Elsbeth S1E5) reference with Margaret playing tennis in astrobrite pink

Of course parking tickets tipped off Lyle

Judy's turned on by detecting ;)

Margaret/Gus = Tyle parallel?

was she supposed to be the one who got glitterbombed (I'm surprised she didn't forcibly shut down their prank war)

And so a trap is laid

Susan seems like yet another "kid" of Margaret's she has to save

Spontaneous date night go

So Alex isn't even Mabel and I have a crazy idea for how we get CBS to get this back if the two remaining episodes of the season don't contradict this; we have the real her join the ensemble of one of the FBIs linking SHMT to that universe without diluting it

Elsbeth

controlling parents, creepy bosses and people not being who they seem, I guess this is a dual-way parallel

could the dance guy be more obviously gay

Another dumb Elsbeth murderer, the tape makes it not look like an accident

Of course she found the cake

I love the throughline of the murders mirroring her adapting to New York

Convenient sus affair is sus

Please tell me those fleeting mentions of Fosse and Broadway aren't all that count as our Broadway-reference-of-the-episode

What is Elsbeth wearing?

So not gay just Extra^TM

Of course Elsbeth wants to learn that Chicago dance

even more SHMT flashbacks as Kaya whose side are you playing

For half a second I thought they were going to pretend to be lesbians and this was going to be SVU with Benson and Rollins at the fertility clinic all over again

Having a bit too much fun with the golf cart are we, I'd be the same if I could drive worth a darn

Oh so that's where the tape went

I know it's not the exact one but it's more than just rainbow; Elsbeth looks like she's wearing Riley's sweater from Inside Out

Yoda are we quoting?

Please don't ADHD out near the dangerous things in the kitchen

Dissolves in water, huh...

Time for a science lesson

Oh so there's the Hot Honey Rag, I was worried we weren't going to get a proper Broadway reference (and now I'm wondering how Carrie Preston's singing voice is as Elsbeth could totally pull off a Psych-esque musical episode just like SHMT)

Elsbeth's place is just so Elsbeth and there's everyone from previous episodes who didn't turn out to be a murderer and I think the intern chick and hip hop tour guide are going to be a thing (and fingers crossed these people show up in more episodes that didn't just spotlight them)

Uh oh here comes the captain and now things are getting as whose-side-are-you-on as they are for Susan on SHMT

[thewickedbohemian]

Thoughts on a show too good for CBS's treatment of it and a show I'm glad CBS loves if it had to have another "favorite child" than the first one

So Help Me Todd (#savesohelpmetodd #renewsohelpmetodd)

So we're truly picking up where we left off

I don't know if Lyle's doing the right thing or not

Hello conspicuously suspicious Beverly

Don't remember Margaret and Gus being that far along

What the Chuck, this was unexpected (and also makes me wonder if a S3 is going to somehow mean him back)

Cue the great law firm lock-in

THE STACHE IS GONE!!

The dollar trick giving me Tracker flashbacks

Guys please don't be so loud in potential earshot of potential brokers

I missed Todd talking into his watch

Very Psych with the speculative-y stuff being portrayed

Beverly's too obvious but Judy's too obviously non-obvious

Not just because she's hiding in the dark but perhaps a case for autistic Allison

That book club story sounded fabricated

another reason why this show must go on, Jodd is love Jodd is life

autistic4autistic bonding moment

Francey would make sense but she also could be interviewing for another job

Todd's ADHD going wild and I wonder if it's a process of elimination and whoever he doesn't say

Though the idea of Susan did convince me for a sec (maybe whatever shenanigans went on between her and Beverly was flipped turnways and Susan was the bad seed but Beverly wanted in)

IT closet, nice callback (and maybe it's just mismemory from last season but never figured Francey for a Lyle-esque nerd)

Cool little parallel again

Margaret's such a 1w2 and Allison's such a middle child

What's with the donut

ok who's stinging who to catch who again

Todd you sound high

Uh Folding's right there or at least his gizmos are

Doesn't Allison look like a party-crashing-ex

There's that case solved

And another metaphor for fighting for this show with the rent

So Lylex now Lyriel but still on

Todd and Judy figured it out

Why do I get the feeling Todd's impersonation of Folding is going to blow this all up

Elsbeth

Now I know why this looked like a testimonial ad

So basically the thing from Wisdom Of The Crowd

except she's making it look useful

I find it hard to believe no zoom glitch in an hour

Elsbeth being chaotic again

Please don't put that in the evidence bag

One kind of puppy girl meets another

Do the writers of this show just not know how to write youth

Found the Broadway connection, hello Eric William Morris

OK themes feeling very much like the SHMT I just watched

Saved by the knock

Hello AI puppies

And Elsbeth found the stim toys

Nice grifting over there

So the whole episode's going to be about AI huh

Case cracked on a headband (at least to those who know)

Quinn's so fake she's tripping over her own words and contradicting herself like an AI-generated person

Again with the theme of the digital enhancement altering reality

I have a guess as to why she might have wanted Ellen out

A little thematically pushy with the "ask a librarian" thing

Called it (and surprised the angle wasn't mentioned with the pretty white girl who knows how to social media stealing the black girl's idea)

Elsbeth back at it again with the grifting but what is that outfit

Figurative puppy meet literal puppy

Callback with her headband but there's the Jessica-Fletcher-esque epiphany

Surprise motherforker

And garbage in garbage out thematic parallels too

[thewickedbohemian]

As we cannot let this be the penultimate So Help Me Todd ever, if we must get the show to another network I heard from the friend who made this petition that the CW would be the best place so here's a petition to get it there. Also, if SHMT were not only brought there but tandemed with The Librarians: The Next Chapter the way CBS wanted-to-do-and-then-fumbled with it and Elsbeth that could not only save a potentially-failing-otherwise network and keep a beloved show alive but breathe new life into both fandoms as all the fans of the original The Librarians who aren't already watching So Help Me Todd would be drawn in if it's right before the spinoff.