It’s shows like this that give you an idea that the golden age of quality series is coming to an end, that much of what was once innovative is now just routine. It starts off with this thriller being what feels like its 100th series in the last three months, jumping back in time a few days after a breathless opening sequence to tell how it all came about from there.
This flashback quirk isn’t as exciting as some series creators seem to think. In addition, “The Last Thing He Told Me” is one of those series that don’t know the difference between long-windedness and narrative depth. The miniseries, which is an adaptation of Laura Dave’s bestseller of the same name, expands the thriller plot to seven tough episodes: When her husband Owen (Nikolaj Coster-Waldau) suddenly disappears, Hannah (Jennifer Garner) has to reunite with her 16-year-old stepdaughter Bailey (Angourie Rice) as she tries to find out where her husband is and realize that he is a different person from who she previously thought he was. Even for an hour and a half feature film, the fabric would have been pretty thin. (AppleTV+)
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