![]() ![]() He agreed to leave them alone in exchange for having a relationship with his granddaughter. ![]() In the end, and oh boy is this lame, Hannah personally negotiated a deal with Nicholas (David Morse), the mobster father-in-law. He received it, but in the present, a scandal at his current company, guaranteed to create headlines, prompted Owen to go into hiding again because he knew the scandal would alert the mob to his whereabouts. In turn, Owen agreed to testify against the mob in exchange for witness protection. The reason is that the father of Owen’s first wife was the head of a Texas mob, and although the details are not that important, they are very dangerous. It turns out that Owen is not actually Owen he is “Ethan.” Owen and Bailey are in the witness protection program, although Bailey, who was born Kristen, did not know this because she was too young to remember when she and her father entered it. Hannah and Bailey spend much of the rest of the story trying to figure out why. Owen disappears at the beginning of the story, leaving behind a large sum of money. It has the exact same underwhelming ending, which makes sense because Laura Dave adapted the novel to the screen herself.Ī quick rewind is in order: “The last thing he,” referring to Owen (Nikolaj Coster-Waldau), “told me,” his wife Hannah (Jennifer Garner), was to take care of his daughter, Bailey (Angourie Rice). ![]() I had held out hope, despite how closely the Apple TV+ series adhered to the novel, that the television series might rethink the ending or come up with something better. For example, see all of Stephen King’s books. ![]() A bad ending does not always ruin a novel for me, though. However, I did not like the ending of Dave’s novel. It had a killer opening, I liked the characters, and though the twist is kind of lame, I didn’t see it coming. Spoilers for both the book and the TV series.ĭespite the fact that it was a huge bestseller, I often feel like an outlier when I confess that I liked Laura Dave’s novel The Last Thing He Told Me, upon which the Apple TV+ series is based. ![]()
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