BROKAW: 'the last thing he told me' finally returns for its sophomore season
After more than two years, the mystery-thriller that centers on Hannah and her stepdaughter Bailey is back. Season two escalates the stakes: Owen returns, the Campano crime family resurfaces, and long-buried connections between the Michaels and the mafia come into sharper, deadlier focus. The new run began streaming on February 20, 2026, with episodes released weekly at 12: 00 a. m. ET.
Season two ramps up the threats and unearths past bargains
The second season picks up with Hannah and Bailey trying to rebuild ordinary lives that were shattered by Owen’s disappearance. Their fragile peace is short-lived when Owen reappears and the relentless Campano family reenters their orbit, determined to settle a vendetta that spans decades. As the vendetta threads through every character’s choices, the series widens from its initial two-person core into a layered portrait of loyalties, betrayals and legal compromises that haunt the present.
Central to this escalation is the Campano patriarch, who must confront the consequences of actions taken in his name. The story also follows the ripple effects of past deals that connected the Michaels family to the crime syndicate, reframing what felt like isolated incidents in season one into a web of long-term obligations and entanglements.
New faces, returning players and fresh character arcs
Jennifer Garner and Angourie Rice return as Hannah and Bailey, continuing their fraught but deeply tethered partnership. Owen’s return re-centers the plot, but season two deliberately broadens the cast and the moral complexity of the narrative. A key addition is an actor portraying the Campano leader, whose presence forces reckonings within the crime family and calls into question who bears responsibility for past violence.
Notable additions include a character who is Hannah’s estranged mother, drawn back into the fold with a carefree demeanor that masks a complicated abandonment history. Another addition reintroduces a member of the mafia family who has spent years trying to distance herself from organized crime; her renewed relationship with her father reshapes alliances and creates new pressures on Hannah and Bailey.
Season two also gives renewed attention to Nicholas Bell, a figure whose past work as the family’s long-time attorney comes back to complicate present loyalties. As his dealings with the crime family surface, the show interrogates the ways professionals can be entangled in criminal infrastructures—and how the ramifications reverberate through family life.
What viewers should expect next
Fans who were drawn to the first season’s blend of intimate family drama and unraveling mystery will find season two extends those themes while widening the story’s scope. Bailey’s search into her late mother’s ties to the mafia adds a dangerous investigative thread that raises the emotional stakes and introduces new moral quandaries for the younger character. The writing balances tense plot reversal with character-driven moments, steadily moving toward revelations that reconfigure what audiences thought they knew.
The season concludes with a cliffhanger that positions the series for another chapter, suggesting creators are preparing to expand the saga further. For viewers who have waited, the return offers fresh intrigue, more complicated loyalties and a promise that the family at the heart of the story will not find peace without paying a high price.
