‘The Last Thing He Told Me’ Season 2 Trailer: Hannah Fears She Can’t Trust Owen After His Return

We’re just one month away from the premiere of The Last Thing He Told Me Season 2 on Apple TV. Nearly three years after the first season’s release, the thriller, executive produced by Reese Witherspoon, is back with another installment.

The streamer is keeping the anticipation for the series’ return alive with a jam-packed trailer, released on January 20. The Last Thing He Told Me was initially conceived as a one-off limited series, but its continued success saw the show picked up for a second season in March 2024, nearly a full year after Season 1’s debut.

Scroll down for everything we know about the return of The Last Thing He Told Me and to check out the new trailer.

When will The Last Thing He Told Me premiere?

On November 5, 2025, Apple TV+ finally confirmed that Season 2 of The Last Thing He Told Me will premiere on February 20, 2026. There will be eight episodes, with the finale airing on Friday, April 20.

Prior to the announcement, the cast and crew had shared updates about production on social media. In a November 2024 Instagram post, executive producer and star Jennifer Garner confirmed that the second installment had entered production, while also seemingly confirming that some familiar faces would be returning alongside her.

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Where will The Last Thing He Told Me be streaming?

After putting up some impressive numbers in its first season, The Last Thing He Told Me Season 2 will be also be on Apple TV, with expectations for continued success.

What is The Last Thing He Told Me about?

Season 1 of Last Thing He Told Me centered on Hannah Hall (Garner), a woodturner who settled down in sunny Sausalito, California, with her husband Owen (Nikolaj Coster-Waldau) and her moody stepdaughter Bailey (Angourie Rice). As she attempted to get closer to Bailey, the unthinkable happened: Owen disappeared, only leaving behind a note imploring Hannah to protect his daughter.

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Stripped of their only common link, the two surviving Hall women had to join forces to uncover the truth behind Owen’s sudden departure and who exactly this man really is. By the end of the season, Hannah discovered that Owen and Bailey had escaped a life in Texas as part of the witness protection program, and realizing Owen’s presence could put Bailey in danger, Hannah decided to make a deal to protect her stepdaughter, leaving Owen forced to stay in hiding.

A five-year time jump showed Owen and Hannah crossing paths as he passed her a secret message, and the second season will pick up at that point. “After Owen shows up after five years on the run, Hannah and her stepdaughter Bailey find themselves in a race to figure out how to reunite their family before the past catches up to them,” a logline for the season reveals.

Who is in The Last Thing He Told Me Season 2 cast?

In addition to Garner, Rice, and Coster-Waldau, David Morse (who plays Owen’s father-in-law Nicholas Bell) will also be returning from Season 1. The new season will also add Judy Greer and Rita Wilson in starring roles. Augusto Aguilera is back as US Marshal Grady Bradford, while Josh Hamilton, Nick Hargrove, Michael Galante, John Noble, Michael Hyatt, and Luke Kirby are also joining the cast.

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One Season 1 main cast member who is not on the returnee list is Aisha Tyler, who played Hannah’s best friend.

Is there a trailer for The Last Thing He Told Me Season 2?

Yes, Apple TV released the trailer on January 20. It begins with Hannah asking, “How could you not tell me there’s a crime family that’s trying to kill you?” and Owen responding, “It would be putting you at risk. I want to fix it.”

As Owen appears to be gathering evidence, Hannah questions, “You’re trying to build a case that would take down the Campanos? These are erratic, amoral people.” Bailey also asks Hannah, “Isn’t it safest for us to stay away from him?” and Hannah assures her, “We are going to do this together. All of us.”

Hannah and Bailey also cross paths with Greer’s character, who tells them, “If there’s a place you think that no one would find you, you should go there. And tell no one.” Hannah receives a mysterious text telling her to “get out of the house,” while the mysterious Campanos seem to be chasing her and Bailey down.

Amid wild action sequences, Bailey heartbreakingly asks Hannah, “My dad. Can you trust him?” and Hannah responds, “I don’t know if I can.”

Will The Last Thing He Told Me Season 2 be based on a book?

The first season of The Last Thing He Told Me was based on The New York Times bestselling novel of the same name by Laura Dave. Season 2 will be based on Dave’s sequel book, The First Time I Saw Him, which was released on January 6.

Apple TV confirmed that The First Time I Saw Him is the source material for Season 2, despite Dave previously telling Us Weekly, “The show is going to get to be a big surprise for me. There’s a wonderful team of writers in place, my husband is involved, but actually I don’t hear anything because it’s happening. I’m going to get to see all that a little bit later.”

How did The Last Thing He Told Me Season 1 end?

The last thing viewers see in The Last Thing He Told Me Season 1 is a brief reunion between Hannah and Owen.

After surviving Owen’s reappearance and brokering a deal with some shady mobsters, Hannah chose a stable life with Bailey as opposed to a life on the run with Owen.

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Then, the story jumped forward five years, and Hannah and Bailey are closer than ever. A disguised Owen reappeared to throw one final wrench into things. Because of his past, he and Hannah can’t be together, and before anyone else could spot him, he was gone once again.

Owen’s history stemmed from his marriage to his first wife, Kate, whose father, Nicholas Bell, was a lawyer for a criminal family. After Kate died in a car accident and Owen suspected the crime family was to blame, he leaked evidence that wound up putting Nicholas in jail. Out of fear of Nicholas’ retaliation, Owen took Bailey and started a new life. However, when his company, The Shop, became the subject of a fraud investigation, Owen feared being publicly connected to the case would put him back on Nicholas’ radar, which was why he disappeared.

The Last Thing He Told Me, Season 2 Premiere, Friday, February 20, 2026, Apple TV