‘Finding Alice’ Recap: ‘Funeral’

Written by John Edward Betancourt

Caution: This article contains spoilers for Episode Two of ‘Finding Alice.’
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When we are at our lowest and struggling with some major problems in life, we tend to do whatever we can to keep our minds from having to focus upon the problem at hand. For some people, that involves hiding away from the world, while others… focus on something distracting. Such as a hobby or any kind of engaging activity that keeps their mind clear, and while friends and family tend to tolerate such an act because they know that the tough time in question is overwhelming… they never know when to quite step in and stop it. Which is why it is important to keep someone around in our lives, that knows knows how to reach us and get us back on track so we can finally confront our problems.

If anything, this particular scenario and this type of person are top of mind today, because they are spotlighted in the next episode of Finding Alice. For when we catch up with Alice in ‘Funeral’, she’s quickly starting to obsess over something unhealthy to not deal with the death of Harry. Specifically, she is laser focused on his son, and in turn her stepson, George. To the point where she was ignoring Harry’s funeral arrangements and the pending sale of her home and her family for that matter as well and that’s when Charlotte stepped up to the plate. Because she recognized the state her mother was in and knew that if she didn’t step in now and say something, disaster would quickly come to fruition, and she bravely stood up to her mother and cut through her fog and in doing so… was able to get Alice to refocus on the matters at hand and that allowed for some powerful moments to take place.

For having clarity once again, allowed for Alice and Charlotte to realize that all of the arrangements they were making and all the cemeteries they were looking at was nothing more than a waste of time. Because in the end the best place to lay Harry to rest would be in the garden of the home that he built and well… while she and Charlotte and the new friends surrounding Alice, all agreed that this was a phenomenal idea, Harry’s parents had other thoughts on the matter. Specifically, they thought it was a terrible idea and would ruin any chance at selling the home and well… for a brief moment, their sour words made it appear as though the plan was going to fall through, and Alice would slip back into other avenues of thinking to cope. But instead, the power of this idea and the support that Charlotte had for it… motivated both women to just go for it and make it happen regardless of the rules. 

Which meant that one fine day, they assembled their friends and family at the house for a beautiful memorial service, one that allowed for Charlotte and Alice to speak their minds and empty their hearts of the pain they were currently experiencing, and once that came to an end… they went through with the burial, giving Harry rest at last and peace to their minds and well, all of these elements made for some beautiful and moving segments for certain. For it was quite incredible to see a broken mother and daughter rally and rise to the occasion and support one another. But while it was nice to enjoy those moments and be reminded of the fact that we should have a friend or family member around that can do what Charlotte did here, make no mistake about it… there are still some dark and troublesome clouds waiting for Alice on the horizon.

Because Harry’s dad really doesn’t seem to care all that much about what will become of Alice and Charlotte when they sell the house since he is obsessed with just offloading it and of course, he hated what Alice did for his son and... there is still the possibility that Harry was murdered in cold blood and that the killer is still out there. Something that the police are getting involved in, now that they have the CCTV footage, courtesy of Charlotte and well, it will be interesting to see where these issues take us in the weeks to come. Since they will have a profound impact upon Alice and Charlotte when the house goes up for sale and when the police reveal their findings. But while we wait to see what comes next, we can revel in the majesty of one quality journey. One that did a fine job of reminding us of how important it is to truly celebrate the life of those we love, in a way that genuinely honors them and everything they stood for. Until next time.  

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