Summary[]
This article contains details of the events during the episode "Cobalt" which were directly contributed to or witnessed by Alicia Clark.
Plot Details[]
Madison is making Alicia's bed and finds Susan's letter to her husband Patrick. We can also see Alicia's drawing from Susan's wall, now on Alicia's bedside table. Madison reads the letter.
Alicia's not kidding
Chris is lying on the top of someone's car when Alicia rides up on a "borrowed" bike and teases him, flirts with him. She tells him to come with her to see something. He does and she shows him a house that belonged to a very rich family. Expensive toys that Chris plays with and expensive clothes, jewellery and makeup that Alicia puts on. Chris sees
Alicia knows Chris has seen her
her sliding the strap off a shoulder as she looks in the mirror and backs off in a hurry, Alicia sees him disappear and smiles. In the rich family's house he looks younger, and she looks older.
Alicia drains the bottle, then throws it at the wall
Alicia's first smile in a while
Chris and Alicia have both changed clothes now, dressed in the expensive clothing that's been left behind and they're drinking champagne from the bottle. They are looking at the pictures of the family that lived there, wondering where they went. Alicia asks Chris if he wonders what happened to them and Chris, still staring at a picture of that family on the mantelpiece, says he doesn't. Alicia sits at the grand piano and watches Chris throw the picture on the floor - she drains the champagne bottle and throws that as well. They wreck the room and grin at each other.
The soldiers aren't patrolling, they're taking large screen TVs and kid's bikes
Alicia and Chris can see something's wrong
Dressed in their own clothes again and walking home, Alicia and Chris hide from what they think at first are the patrols they're so used to. But the soldiers are looting now, taking flat screen TVs etc. Alicia can see that something is wrong.