Nikolaj Coster-Waldau and Jennifer Garner in “The Last Thing He Told Me,” now streaming on Apple TV+. Mindel estimates Jennifer Garner, who plays Hannah in the show, dined at Poggio at least four or five times during the month-or-so the team was filming in town last year. Michael Mindel, one of the partners behind the Italian restaurant, says author Laura Dave took a little creative liberty with the Poggio menu and while the show didn’t film at the restaurant, Poggio did make it into the script - and was a favorite haunt for one of the show’s stars during shooting. It’s Bailey’s favorite restaurant and in an attempt to win some points with her, Hannah recreates a “homemade multigrain linguini in a brown butter sauce” from Bailey’s birthday meal at the restaurant.

Some of the filming for the show took place in the seaside city, with a local woman’s houseboat on Liberty Dock serving as Hannah and Owen’s home.Īnd while the book is, of course, a work of fiction, it does include a mention of the very-real Sausalito restaurant Poggio. If you’re one of the many who already devoured the mystery-thriller, then you already know it’s set in the North Bay community of Sausalito, where the main character Hannah attempts to unravel the mysterious disappearance of her husband Owen while also caring for her angsty teenage stepdaughter Bailey. The show is based on a book of the same name, which hit shelves in May 2021 and rocketed to the top of the New York Times Bestsellers list, where it enjoyed an impressive 65-week run. The Last Thing He Told Me premieres globally on Apple TV+ with the first two episodes on Friday, April 14 followed by new episodes every Friday through May 19.A longstanding Sausalito Italian restaurant is getting a little shine on the small screen thanks to the much-anticipated Apple TV+ show The Last Thing He Told Me, which debuts today, Friday, April 14. Olivia Newman directs the pilot episode, and the all-female director lineup for the series includes Deniz Gamze Erguven, Daisy Von Scherler Mayer, and Lila Neugebauer.Ĭreated and adapted by Laura Dave and Academy Award winner Josh Singer, The Last Thing He Told Me marks the first collaboration between the married couple, who both serve as executive producers alongside Garner and Hello Sunshine’s Reese Witherspoon and Lauren Neustadter. The series is produced for Apple by Hello Sunshine, who optioned the book from author Laura Dave and serves as the studio on the project with 20th Television.

As Hannah begins to unravel the mystery, she realizes that Owen has been keeping secrets from both her and Bailey, and now they’re left to find him or potentially face the consequences alone. She tries unsuccessfully to reach her husband and has little to say when Bailey asks where he’s gone.

The last thing he told her