Garner leads the series, a position she should be used to, considering her big break came from the 2001 series Alias. Originally Julia Roberts was cast as Hannah, but she stepped away from the project, which allowed the opportunity to go to Jennifer Garner. Without Owen, Hannah and Bailey's relationship is tested in a new way that shocks them both when they realize they have forged a bond stronger than the forces working against them and Owen. Hannah's relationship with Owen is further complicated by Bailey, who has never had a mother before and now doesn't know how to relate to a stepmother. All of this information questions the validity of their marriage and love story. She interacts with people who arguably know more about her husband than she does. As Hannah learns more about her husband's history, she questions how well she knew him, considering how much of his past was a fabrication. When he goes missing, they're forced to connect in a way they never thought possible as they attempt to unravel the secrets of Owen's life. Hannah is not Bailey's mother but her stepmother, and the two of them have an icy relationship neither is entirely sure how to relate to the other, and their only connection is Owen. Many believe his disappearance is connected to these crimes, but as Hannah learns more about Owen's past, she realizes there is something bigger and much more threatening. Owen disappears the same day his tech company makes headlines about criminal activity. It's a story about love, family, and the choices to protect loved ones. He leaves instructions to 'protect her,' which Hannah interprets as protecting his daughter Bailey.

The central character Hannah Michaels, played by Garner, receives a single, vague message from her husband, Owen, before his disappearance. However, the story is far more complicated than that.

The basic premise of The Last Thing He Told Me's novel is that a wife looks for her husband after he inexplicably goes missing.

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