Produced by Reese Witherspoon’s Hello Sunshine, The Last Thing He Told Me has emerged as one of Apple TV+’s most visible dramas by blending psychological thriller and family melodrama. Starring Jennifer Garner, the series is built around a familiar contemporary suspense premise: the disappearance of a man exposes not only a crime, but the fragility of an entire life built on false identities.

In the first season, Hannah Hall sees her marriage collapse when Owen Michaels suddenly vanishes, leaving behind only an enigmatic message and a trail of secrets. As a financial scandal involving Owen’s company comes to light, Hannah forms an unexpected bond with Bailey, Owen’s teenage daughter, who initially rejects her. Their relationship becomes the emotional core of the narrative.

Alongside Garner, the cast includes Nikolaj Coster-Waldau as Owen and Angourie Rice as Bailey, with supporting performances by Aisha Tyler and others who help sustain the series’ hybrid tone between suspense and domestic drama.

The season finale broadly mirrors the ending of Laura Dave’s novel. Hannah makes a risky deal with the man pursuing Owen — his former father-in-law and Bailey’s grandfather — in order to secure the girl’s safety and bring the hunt for Owen to an end. The outcome is deliberately ambiguous: Owen remains alive but absent, while Hannah is left to rebuild her life in a state of emotional suspension, caught between the impossibility of closure and the responsibility of caring for the daughter of the man who shattered her stability.

Now, the series returns for a second season, premiering on February 20, with the core cast reprising their roles and the introduction of new characters. This new chapter expands the narrative universe with international settings, including Paris, and a storyline that explores the long-term consequences of Owen’s disappearance, the limits of Hannah’s agreement, and the new conflicts that emerge when old secrets resurface.

If the first season divided opinions by oscillating between sophisticated suspense and melodrama, the second appears to aim for a broader scope and deeper moral tension. More than solving the initial mystery, The Last Thing He Told Me now seems determined to investigate the lasting impact of lies, and the cost of surviving them.