Nobody Asked for 'The Last Thing He Told Me' Season Two—But I'm (Mostly) Glad It's Here

Hannah and Bailey are back

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Published Feb 20, 2026

the last thing he told me season 2 review

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Let me start by saying, I never really thought The Last Thing He Told Me needed a season two. As my husband put it earlier this week, "It's the season two no one asked for." But this isn't a negative.

We both really enjoyed the first season. In it, Jennifer Garner and Angourie Rice truly shine as a woman and her stepdaughter searching for their missing husband/father, played by Game of Thrones star Nikolaj Coster-Waldau. And while we don't get the happiest of endings, we do get an ending—a world where our characters are finally able to move forward.

So it came as quite a surprise when Apple TV renewed The Last Thing He Told Me for a second season. Needless to say, I was skeptical going into season two...here, my honest review.

The sophomore season picks up five years in the future. Hannah (Garner) still can't stop looking over her shoulder, Bailey (Rice) has deep questions about her deceased mother and Owen (Coster-Waldau) is snapping photos of bad guys and secretly dropping lockets into Hannah's pockets. Perhaps most surprising of all? Hannah and Bailey have made nice (like attend-your-birthday-party nice) with Bailey's biological grandfather (David Morse).

The season two premiere episode initially unfolds exactly as I'd imagine given the way season one concluded: Hannah and Bailey are trying to move forward with their lives sans Owen. Things get off to a...slow start.

However, there are a few Easter eggs (no spoilers here!) that imply the speed is about to pick up.

For one, Hannah is giving Alias-light vibes. She's worried that she's being followed, she's got a brand-new alarm system and she's training in boxing (an excuse to let Garner tap into her incredible fighting skills I hope?). On the Bailey front, her digging into her mother's past reveals a guest star who is far too famous to only have a brief episode-one scene (implying she'll be back with a lot more to do soon).

And then, about two-thirds into the first episode...things seriously pick up.

Finally, we get some real momentum, real conflict and, in the final moments of the episode, a real twist.

As before, Garner and Rice are a delight to watch on screen together. And now that things are really speeding up, with their "back-to-normal life" thrown into upheaval, I'm absolutely on board for the rest of season two. Fingers crossed those boxing lessons get put to good use soon...

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