‘The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart’ Recap – ‘Part 7: Sturt’s Desert Pea’

Written by John Edward Betancourt

Sigourney Weaver and Alycia Debnam-Carey as June Hart and Alice Hart in Episode 107 of ‘The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart’ – ‘Part 7: Sturt’s Desert Pea’. (Photo Courtesy of Hugh Stewart/Prime Video.)

Caution: This article contains spoilers for the Series Finale of ‘The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart’. To revisit the show’s penultimate episode, click here. This article also contains discussion regarding domestic violence, which may be triggering to some individuals.
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One particular aspect of the human condition that is genuinely fascinating is how our search to find the answer to one important question begets another important question. Because time and time again, when we seek out a big answer, it in turn prompts us to ask another big question and well… while fascinating this all makes sense. For we are beings that are curious and deep down have desire to grow, so we search and fight for answers upon answers and find them along the way and become better people for it. Which is top of mind today, simply because… that’s precisely what the series finale of The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart on Prime Video focuses upon. For ‘Part 7: Sturt’s Desert Pea’ is all about questions, answers and what we do with the knowledge we acquire.

Which of course, related to Alice’s journey. For after being badly beaten by Dylan and humiliated and manipulated to save his hide and make her look like the monster here… Alice felt no recourse but to return home. For she had nothing now, and felt alone, so June and Twig dropped by to pick her up and offer more truth. For June was still hellbent on healing and doing right by people in her final days, so she revealed the truth about Charlie and well, that allowed for Alice to return to the beginning if you will. To her original hometown wherein she began to ponder upon questions and found answers that helped her to grow. Such as, what do we do when we learn that our life has been filled with trauma and pain and that has brought us down a dark path?

Well… we take a moment to breathe, and heal, and process what’s happened. So, we can begin to look at our life in an objective manner and understand the habits and steps that lead us to the darkness that we think is normal, and how to leave them behind. Which Alice did here. For she stayed with Charlie and Sally, and connected with her little brother and took the time to do just that. Wherein she slowly came to learn that she needed to love herself, first, and that she wasn’t responsible for the pain that was imparted upon her. It was merely the will of others, and that she no longer had to bend to those wills. She could forge her own path, she could offer forgiveness and kindness and heal, and the first step to making that happen was a choice.

Wherein she could reach out to her grandmother and offer that olive branch of peace, or answer Dylan’s calls once again since he was poking about, and she chose the former. To offer forgiveness and understanding, to start her healing journey and seize her life at last. But alas, June passed away before that could begin. Which in turn offered up another big question for Alice. In that… who then do we become when cannot find closure to our pain but are eager to heal? And well, Alice quickly came to learn… that we can be the bigger person, we can be better, and we can still heal. We merely need to hold to our plan to heal, to love us and be someone that offers forgiveness to ourselves and those who chose the wrong path. Which she did and found the beginnings of peace at last whilst also offering a message to us.

One that outright informed us… that Alice’s journey, isn’t unique. It’s an everyday thing. For so many women are abused physically, and emotionally, and too many are left to heal on their own or endure worse because they don’t have a support network and because we are afraid to talk about the truth. About how men will cross that line and cause such harm. Ergo, the time has come… to believe those that speak up and punish those that harm and make this no longer acceptable. So that there are no more ‘Lost Flowers’ as June put it, and there is only healing and growth and support in this life. Because that is what we all need, akin to a flower for certain and well, this was the right way to end this series. One that was bold, brilliant, and powerful, and put forth an amazing discussion on trauma, it’s lifelong impact and how it is never too late to let it go and move forward and heal.

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