As this episode of Alice & Jack begins, Jack (Domhnall Gleeson) stays with Alice (Andrea Riseborough) while she is inseminated. Alice asks if Jack can do it. The doctor says no, but Jack can put his hand on top of hers. Then, Alice asks if she and Jack can have a moment alone. Once they’re alone, they begin making out. Maya (Aimee Lou Wood) and the receptionist hear them banging. Alice wonders if anything has ever done that in there before. They think they should leave. Alice admits that was a waste of money. At home, Jack tells Alice that it’d be a high-risk pregnancy. He offers to stay because he likes fussing over her. Alice asks if he wants to talk about what happened today.

She agrees to let him stay on the couch for the night. Rachel (Thalissa Teixeira) calls Jack the next day because she didn’t hear from him. He tells her that they made love on the insemination table. She ends up hanging up on him. Alice calls Jack to tell him she is pregnant. She thinks she is getting good at real life. Alice asks if they can think about it. Jack isn’t sure they’ve never not thought about it. They return to the doctor together. Dr. Feldshue (Amanda Lawrence) says they did the standard ten-week work-up. It showed some genetic abnormalities that could be indicative of an illness. It could be cancer. They soon find out that it is Alice and not the baby. At work, Jack speaks to the team about Stage 4 bile duct cancer with distance metastases.

He believes the only way to save the patient’s life is to harness her own immune system. Jack continues talking to them about cancer cells. Outside, Paul (Sunil Patel) isn’t optimistic about their chances. He complains that Jack is taking resources away from Dengue Fever. Jack asks if he should just let her go. Paul tells him to let the doctors do what they do although Jack believes they will fail. Paul relents but warns Jack not to get his hopes up. Jack catches up with Alice to see how she is doing. She asks how much he has slept. Jack doesn’t want to worry about himself right now. She wants to go to their roof even though it’s a long trip. Jack agrees to set it up. Later, Jack calls Paul to say he thinks it has to be protein.

Jack meets Lynn and tells her it’s weird with Alice. The doctor enters and tells Jack he has Ehlers-Danlos syndrome. It’s where the artery meets his heart. The doctor says it’s an aortic aneurysm. If it had gone undetected, it likely would’ve led to dissection and death. Now that they know, they can prevent it from killing him. His odds are 100% if he behaves himself. Jack goes to work and receives an update from Paul. Jack admits he hasn’t told Alice about his condition. Maya tells Alice about her trip. Jack jumps in with Alice before they hit the road. He reveals he doesn’t like leaving Paul in the lurch because it makes him anxious. Alice doesn’t get anxious about anything now. The driver gets into a crash.

Jack begins panicking because it’s going to take them so long to reach the airport. Alice offers to ask the driver to take their luggage back to her apartment. As they walk around, Alice admits she would’ve liked to try to have kids again. They agree to stop for a fizzy drink. They sit down and talk about the possibility of going skiing. Alice says she’d never go back to finance. Jack believes he’ll be a lab rat until he dies. They talk about getting older and losing their wits. Jack says they’re a couple of streets from Celia’s school. They find out that she is meeting a boy although she didn’t tell Jack about that. Alice won’t let him go over. They decide to go get drinks instead. Jack questions why she isn’t angry. She explains she doesn’t want to spend the days she has left being angry about the ones she’s not going to have.

Jack won’t be okay if she isn’t one of the 2 percenters. Alice believes they’re going to see each other again no matter what happens. She reminds him she asked if he was religious when they first met. He asked her back and she never answered. Alice doesn’t know because it is hard to find proof. She believes there are hints though. Alice suggests Jack is one hint. Paul calls to tell Jack they’re through the first hundred million candidates. Jack says she wouldn’t want this and it isn’t going to work anyway. He tells Paul to go back to the other projects.

 

Alice & Jack Review

This episode of Alice & Jack had the potential to be emotionally powerful, but it really fell flat in that area. Up until this episode, the series hadn’t done a great job of creating compelling characters that are easy to care about. When the big cancer revelation was made, it should’ve been heart-stopping but it hasn’t.

Instead, it was more about figuring out how the writers were going to end the series. Alice & Jack didn’t need six episodes at the rate it is going because a lot of scenes are just mind-numbingly boring, inauthentic dialogue. When all is said and done, it is looking more likely that Alice & Jack will be a frustrating, lifeless experience that is better avoided.

This episode scores a 4 out of 10. Recaps of Alice & Jack can be found on Reel Mockery here. Find out how to support our independent site at this link. Learn more about advertising with us here. Discuss this show and others with friends at the Reel Mockery Forum.