"The Last Thing He Told Me," Season 2
Jennifer Garner (with Nikolaj Coster-Waldau) returns in “The Last Thing He Told Me,” Season 2 from Apple TV+
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"The Last Thing He Told Me," Season 2

It’s no sin to wallow in escapist trash, especially with Jennifer Garner is doing her action thing, but after eight hours you just might cry uncle.

By Peter Travers
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★★ (2 out of 4)

Hey, wait a minute. How is there a second season of eight episodes of Apple TV’s “The Last Thing He Told Me” when the first go-round in 2023 pretty much wrapped things up? Author Laura Dave, who wrote the bestseller the series is based on, only delivered one book. So why this part 2?

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