Jennifer Garner, Angourie Rice on The Last Thing He Told Me Season 2
jennifer garner drew attention this week with a blunt on-set remark about co-star Judy Greer, while cast comments and a scene-by-scene recap for season two’s premiere confirm a five-year jump and a fragile reunion that immediately reignites danger for the principal characters.
Jennifer Garner: 'Physical fight' comment
Jennifer Garner said she wants to have a "physical fight" with Judy Greer and was quoted saying, "I'd like to wipe the floor with her. " The remark surfaced alongside broader discussion of the new season and sits alongside cast conversations about how the adaptation diverges from the book sequel.
Season 2 premiere: Reunion and danger
The season two premiere resumes at the precise emotional point where the story left off but advances the timeline by five years. Hannah finally sees Owen again; he is disguised, using a false name, and living modestly. Their reunion is brief, silent and devastating: Owen cannot approach or speak to his daughter and must disappear again. That encounter confirms an unresolved past and sets the episode’s emotional stakes.
Owen is shown living in a trailer and working at the port in Houston. He appears to be gathering incriminating photographs and evidence against a criminal organization that has upended his life. A suspicious car and surveillance activity suggest he may already be hunted, and surveillance images of a mysterious man photographing sensitive locations draw the attention of that criminal family.
Meanwhile, Hannah and her stepdaughter Bailey are integrated into the family of Nicholas Bell, who has been identified in the narrative as an enemy of Owen. Their safety is framed as dependent on a dark arrangement between Nicholas and the mob’s leadership. At a family gathering Hannah spots the mob boss, and Bailey receives old photographs of her mother that connect to Quinn, a character tied by blood to the criminal family.
Owen seeks out Detective Grady and says he is close to obtaining definitive evidence against the criminal organization; if he succeeds, the narrative indicates he may finally reunite with his family without endangering them. By the episode’s end, however, critical evidence Owen compiled has been erased or corrupted, signaling that someone is already one step ahead.
Angourie Rice on adaptation choices
Angourie Rice discussed how season two will differ from the book sequel. She said the series was being filmed while the sequel novel was being written, and the cast only read the sequel as it came out. Rice noted that season one followed the original novel closely, but the second installment of the show will not strictly mirror the book sequel. She described a production process in which the creative teams were not always synchronized: some choices for the series unfolded differently from what was being written for the novel, producing a separate path and "loads of surprises. "
Judy Greer, who plays a character connected to the criminal family, has similarly acknowledged catching up with the novel only recently and described the process of making the show and the book as sometimes operating on different tracks.
What to watch next
The premiere establishes three clear threads to follow: Owen’s attempts to gather admissible evidence, Hannah and Bailey’s uneasy placement within an antagonistic extended family, and the question of who has the capacity to erase or corrupt critical data. If the evidence-gathering thread continues to advance, it creates a plausible path for a safer family reunion; if obstruction and surveillance escalate, the characters’ fragile safety could rapidly collapse.
Key takeaways
- Season two opens with a five-year jump and a painful, silent reunion.
- jennifer garner made a public on-set remark about a co-star that has drawn attention.
- Cast remarks confirm the series will diverge from the sequel novel in meaningful ways.
