Apple TV+‘s latest series, “The Last Thing He Told Me,” is an adaptation of the book of the same name written by Laura Dave, who is also one of the show’s co-creators alongside Josh Singer and Lauren Neustadter. The novel was published in May 2021 and quickly became a bestseller, having sold almost two million copies in the United States alone and remained a New York Times bestseller for more than a year. The novel also won the Goodreads Choice Award for Best Thriller/Suspense of 2021 and Amazon and Apple’s Best Book of the Year for 2021.
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Now, Apple TV+ and Hello Sunshine‘s latest collaboration will star Jennifer Garner as Hannah, who must figure out why her husband mysteriously disappeared and left her stepdaughter to fend for herself. Angourie Rice will play Hannah’s stepdaughter, and the show will also star Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Aisha Tyler, Augusto Aguilera, Geoff Stults, and John Harlan Kim. Olivia Newman, who recently helmed “Where The Crawdads Sing,” will be directing the pilot and additional episodes, with Deniz Gamze Erguven, Daisy Von Scherler Mayer, and Lila Neugebauer also directing several episodes.
The plot synopsis reads:
The series follows Hannah (played by Garner), a woman who must forge a relationship with her sixteen-year-old stepdaughter Bailey (played by Rice) in order to find the truth about why her husband has mysteriously disappeared.
Produced by Dave, Singer, Garner, Neustadter, and Reese Witherspoon, the first two episodes of “The Last Thing He Told Me” will premiere on Apple TV+ on April 14, and subsequent weekly episodes will run until May 19.