Aahana Swrup
In ‘The Last Thing He Told Me’ season 2, danger once again finds its way into the lives of Hannah Hall and her stepdaughter, Bailey. Five years since the disappearance of Owen Michaels, aka Ethan Young, his wife and daughter have managed to find a new beginning free of the looming threat of the Campanos mob. Even so, despite the relative safety around them, Hannah can’t help but continue perpetually looking over her shoulder. Meanwhile, Bailey grows increasingly curious about her biological mother’s past and begins seeking answers. However, the stability they have discovered starts to crumble soon when the mother’s paranoia proves to be right. Unbeknownst to them, chess pieces stay moving behind the scenes as Owens works on a secret project in hopes of finally earning his freedom from the shadows. SPOILERS AHEAD!
Owens’ Clandestine Operation at the Harbor
The episode begins five days before the season 1 epilogue, with Owens deep undercover. However, instead of simply lying low, he is on a reckless mission that holds his freedom at the end of the finishing line. The father of one, currently living out of a nondescript trailer park, works at the harbor. This effectively provides him with the right cover to spy on Teddy Campano, whom he suspects of running a trafficking ring for his family. Therefore, when Owens sneaks around the harbor’s container yard, it’s to snap pictures of the young Campano heir in the middle of what seems to be an illicit meeting with a professional collaborator.
However, as it turns out, the man on the run isn’t risking his life on an unreliable solo mission. He has a partner in crime of his own. Owens is actually working with US Marshal Grady Bradford. The pair shares their kindred motive of bringing the Compano family down. For the same reason, the former seems to have cut a deal with the law enforcement agent, wherein the latter would initiate the crime syndicate’s downfall through legal channels if the other man could get him with enough evidence.
This includes an established connection between the crime family and the shipping company, Rafina, that they seem to be employing. Owens is obviously doing this in hopes of getting rid of his enemies and ensuring his family can finally be safe again. Nonetheless, the mission is a tricky one and comes with more than its fair share of pitfalls, especially for someone like Owens, who is already on the chopping block for the Campanos. As such, when news of a mysterious and nosy harbor worker reaches one of the Campanos, it only promises bad things for Owens and his family’s future.
Bailey Makes Friends With a Member of the Campano Family
Early in the episode, Hannah and Bailey are seen attending the birthday party of Nicholas Bell, the latter’s grandfather. However, their time at the celebration is cut short when the mother notices a member of the Compano family is a part of the extensive guest list. However, before leaving, the kid manages to snag a file of photographs from her uncle, Charlie. The photos belong to her mother, Katherine, and many of them include her longtime best friend, who happens to be none other than Quinn Campano. Yet, as it turns out, the latter is something of a black sheep in her crime syndicate family, pursuing a career in law under her new assumed name, Quinn Faverau. Off-the-bat, Bailey becomes interested in the lawyer regardless of her familial connections.
Initially, Hannah is wary about the same, perplexed about why her daughter would want to talk to a Compano. As a result, Bailey ends up sneaking away to meet up with Quinn on her own. Their first meeting goes well enough, as they talk over some coffee and the lawyer tells Katherine’s kid all about her former best friend. In many ways, this offers a highly helpful perspective to Bailey, who has so far only had vague memories of her mother to go off on. Hannah is understanding of the same by the time her daughter comes around to disclosing the truth of her secret visit to her. However, by then, the mother also develops a secret of her own, born of a strange encounter at her latest exhibition.
Hannah’s Paranoid Fail-Safes Come in Handy
Despite the safety provided by her deal with Nicholas, Hannah has spent the past five years paranoid about the potential of looming danger. Every stranger on the street is a possible Campano hired hand, and every knock on the door could mean disaster. For the same reason, she has installed security systems at her house, routinely takes self-defence classes, and even procures a secret knife for the worst-case scenarios. Eventually, just when she begins to suspect that her paranoia was for nothing, the dreaded scenario unfolds. Right as Hannah is leaving her house for the day, a man comes up to her under the guise of a call about a gas leak.
From there, it doesn’t take long for the stranger to attack Hannah and get her back inside the sealed house. Nonetheless, his plan of abducting her by forcing her into his car fails when the craftswoman fights back. She uses her secret blade to stab the attacker and uses his momentary surprise to escape from the house. After years of preparing for the worst-case scenario, she already has a plan in place. She races against the Campanos’ hired hands to get to Bailey and flee with her. The daughter understands the gravity of the situation as soon as she takes in her mother’s bedraggled state. As such, the mother-daughter duo is able to run away with their lives, effectively shaking off the mobsters on their tails.
Hannah and Bailey Meet a Familiar Face at Cape Codd Inn
As per Hannah’s plan, she and Bailey withdraw all the cash from their covert bank vault, planning on hiding away for some time. Instead of leaving a plastic trail in predictable places, they’re going to jump around from one subpar hotel/rest stop to another. Yet, the first place Hannah chooses for this hideaway comes with a history of its own. Earlier in the day, right before the stranger attacked her outside her house, she received a strange warning from someone over text. The anonymous sender also mentions Cape Codd, which leads the craftswoman to believe that her husband is on the other side of the message.
Hannah and Owens had stumbled across the Cape Codd Inn during one of their earlier vacations as a couple. As such, she believes that her husband wants her and Bailey to show up at the location. While the daughter remains confused about why they would want to listen to Owens, who put them in danger in the first place, Hannah is curious to see if she can get any answers out of the place. Shortly after her arrival, she also received an unexpected phone call from Charlie. As it turns out, Nicholas has just passed away from a heart attack, which is why the Campanos have felt comfortable enough to come after his granddaughter. In the end, someone does show up to meet her at the Inn. Nevertheless, it isn’t her husband, but rather his collaborator: Grady.
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