Jennifer Garner — jennifer garner says she wants to have a 'physical fight' with Judy Greer
jennifer garner said she wants to have a “physical fight” with Judy Greer, adding the line “I'd like to wipe the floor with her, ” a remark that has drawn attention as season two of The Last Thing He Told Me reaches new twists. The comment lands while the show’s second season and a recently published sequel novel occupy different storytelling paths.
Jennifer Garner on-screen reunion
The season-two episode recap picks up with a five-year jump and a restrained, devastating reunion: Hannah finally sees Owen again but he must remain disguised and disappear after a brief encounter. That reunion underscores how the past has not been resolved for the family, and it sets the tone for a season that blends quiet emotional beats with renewed danger.
Owen is shown living under a new identity in Houston, working at a port and photographing locations that suggest he is gathering evidence against a criminal organization. At home, Hannah and her stepdaughter Bailey have been absorbed into the family of a man identified as Nicholas Bell, whose uneasy coexistence with mob figures leaves Hannah and Bailey vulnerable. The episode frames the family’s uneasy safety as dependent on dark, longstanding bargains.
jennifer garner and Judy Greer
The public remark about wanting a physical fight involves two cast members tied into those tangled relationships on screen. Judy Greer plays Quinn, a character with family ties to the crime figures who loom over the protagonists; Quinn’s presence and a gift of old photographs help push Hannah and Bailey into confronting what they do and do not know about their pasts. The episode also shows Hannah training in self-defense, organizing art exhibitions and living with persistent paranoia—signs the danger is very much active.
Within the story, Owen claims to Detective Grady that he is close to obtaining definitive evidence against the criminal family and may at last be able to reunite with his wife and daughter without endangering them. The narrative tension escalates when surveillance images identify a mysterious man photographing sensitive locations and when evidence Owen compiles is found erased or corrupted, implying someone remains a step ahead.
Season two divergence and stakes
The trajectory of season two has been described as diverging from the sequel novel published earlier this year. One principal cast member who plays Bailey said the filming overlapped with the book’s completion, meaning the production read new material as it arrived. That overlap has left the show and the book on somewhat different creative tracks: the series’ writers and the author were working in parallel, and key creative figures did not always share the same information while production was underway.
That disconnect helps explain why viewers can expect surprises: the showrunner and the author were not always synchronized, and one cast member teased that devoted readers will still encounter unexpected turns. On screen, those turns include secret meetings between Bailey and Quinn, Teddy Campano viewing surveillance photos of the photographer, and the painful scene where Owen watches Hannah from a distance at an exhibition and cannot reveal himself.
Looking ahead, the immediate indicators within the story point to a few clear scenarios. If Owen’s investigation survives the compromise that erased his data, it could provide a path toward exposing the criminal family and resolving the central separation. If the corruption of evidence reflects a larger, ongoing cover-up, the show’s stakes will keep tightening around Hannah and Bailey’s attempts at normalcy. Either way, the parallel but different storytelling choices being made by the book and the series mean audiences should expect narrative departures and “loads of surprises” as the season unfolds.
