As this episode of Alice & Jack begins, Maya (Aimee Lou Wood) tells Alice (Andrea Riseborough) what time it is. Alice tells her to go even when Maya offers to stay. Once Alice is alone, she looks at dating profiles on her phone until she sees Jack. Meanwhile, Jack (Domhnall Gleeson) and Paul (Sunil Patel) work. Jack says he doesn’t think it’s right to judge someone based on a picture because it’s fascism. Jack meets Alice. In the present, Jack speaks to Celia as they walk at the cemetery. Celia asks if they can pick a spot. Jack reveals Alice doesn’t want to be next to anyone dull. Alice leaves Jack a message telling him about the new hospital rules. Then, Jack meets with Dr. Pell (Clare Burt) who says it is slightly later so they need to keep watching it.

She gives him advice for preventing it from exploding. Jack visits Alice who is tired of getting flowers. She asks about his disease, but Jack says he has a syndrome and not a disease. Jack scratches her back before climbing into bed with her. Alice tells him he’ll be back to get back in the game when she is dead. In all honesty, she doesn’t want him to have any contact with any woman ever again. Jack was thinking about giving up work. Alice urges him not to do that because he’d die. Jack says Alice is his calling now. Jack wakes up to beeping and learns there is no pulse detected. Jack is told she has passed. When they come in to take her body, Jack is told he can see her again in the viewing room downstairs. He is told he can do whatever he needs to including crying.

Jack follows Alice’s body to the viewing room where he speaks to her in private. He remembers his conversations with Alice. Jack also remembers speaking about Alice just before her wedding which never happened. Jack thinks about some of their last conversations. The worker returns and tells Jack he has to get to work. Jack is given a few more minutes with Alice. He kisses Alice and says he’ll see her soon before leaving. Outside, Jack calls Celia and leaves her a message telling her about Alice’s passing. Jack asks about having dinner with her tonight if she is free. Before long, Jack begins having issues with his heart. Alice catches up with him and hugs him. She admits she wondered how all of this would happen. They get their pictures taken and hang out.

Jack is shown sitting on a bench. He and Alice talk about how it has been different this time. Alice asks him to scratch her back. Jack thinks he peaked just now. Celia goes to Alice and Jack’s graves. Then, she goes to a storage lock-up and begins shredding papers. She finds a shoebox with stuff about Alice including a note to Jack saying they’ll meet again. Celia leaves with the box.

 

Alice & Jack Review

After the finale of Alice & Jack, it’s hard to be blown away by the series. After all, the finale was pretty much just a recap episode that skimmed over most of the things that happened previously. As a matter of fact, it would be possible to just watch the finale and skip the five episodes before it. Viewers would get the same story and the same headache without blowing five more hours on a series that doesn’t justify it.

What little that did happen in the finale was predictable and cheesy. It was never possible to legitimately care about the characters because they were both so horrible in their own ways. It’s baffling that Jack kept going back despite being treated so harshly. The relationship was never fully developed because the scenes primarily focused on the bad. That could be one of the main reasons it felt like Jack was a whipped puppy who kept returning to its master for yet another whipping.

At the very least, a strong finale may have salvaged this and provided at least some emotional value. Instead, the finale was a copout considering three-quarters of it was rehashed scenes. The dialogue and relationship were inauthentic and out of touch. Truthfully, this was a lifeless affair that ended in the cheesiest, laziest way possible. The finale scores a 3 out of 10 because it feels like little to no effort was put into the final episode.

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