Summary
After the last episode seemed to signal who was responsible for Nick’s death, “The Son” shows the characters as they start to piece everything together. But, one character is possibly heading to a dangerous situation as the episode closes.
This recap of the Netflix series Clickbait episode 7, “The Son,” contains significant spoilers.
Arriving at Balfour, Ethan speaks to AL_2005, most likely the same person he texted in bed at the end of episode 6. He’s quickly dismissed by other students at Balfour before Michael Hastings (Blake Draper) mocks his family. Ignoring him, Ethan walks away. But what he wasn’t expecting was for Kai to hear what Michael said. Kai hits Michael, and Ethan has to drag Kai away.
Clickbait episode 7 recap
During family dinner, Pia tells them that she doesn’t believe Simon killed Nick. Quickly, Sophie takes Pia to one side as she wants to keep Ethan and Pia out of it. Pia agrees but does reveal that she knows Nick didn’t tell Sarah to kill herself as their father killed himself. Sophie, who had thought their father died of a heart attack, is hurt by not knowing: “I thought I was a part of this family”. With the family dinner over, Kai is the only one eating, with Ethan more interested in messaging AL_2005.
After Ethan watches media clips of Nick’s other women, one of them claims to not even know a Nick Brewer. After contacting Pia, Ethan begins to speculate whether a “catfish” was involved. (Ok, so maybe Ethan didn’t kill Nick after all). Following Kai’s fight, Sophie meets with the principal (and her boss), Elaine. As Michael’s father wants to press charges against Kai, Elaine wonders if due to the situation whether it’s the best fit for Sophie to still be at work.
Whilst Ethan is contacted relentlessly by AL_2005, he wants to help Pia find the catfish. But after what Sophie said during dinner, Pia is somewhat reluctant. But after learning about what they are doing anyway, Sophie soon argues with Pia. Pia claims that Sophie needs Nick to be the bad guy. Sophie tells her that Nick was right; Pia does destroy everything she touches. Sophie then bans Pia from seeing Ethan and Kai.
With Pia chasing the catfish lead, Det Amiri appears more preoccupied with a new case, whilst Emma maintains that she did have a physical relationship with Nick. Pia meets with Vincent, as Pia thinks that the catfish must be someone that Nick knew. She asks him to help track that person down. Although, she’s sure it’s linked to someone from the volleyball team.
After receiving more messages from AL_2005, Ethan goes to see her. When he does, he learns her name is Alison. Alison/AL_2005, who has social anxiety and is not good at IRL (In Real Life), tells Ethan that he might have more luck speaking to Emma than Pia, as he’s Nick’s son. The attempt works, and after Emma doesn’t recognize Nick’s voice, she finally admits that she never met Nick.
Pia meets with Tara, who had fought with Nick before quitting the volleyball team. Getting more information than when journalist Ben Park tried, Tara reveals that she fought with Nick as he didn’t want her to quit the volleyball team. After an ex posted pics of her online, she didn’t want to go to the police in fear that she would become a target. After Pia asks how it relates to Nick, Tara reveals it because her ex is Matt Aldin: Nick’s colleague.
Storming to Nick’s workplace, Pia tells the receptionist Dawn to unlock Matt’s PC. When she does so, Pia finds several photos of Nick on it. The same images that got used on Nick’s dating apps.
Emma emails Ethan with some pictures, so he sends them to Alison/AL_2005, who starts a process to track them down to an address. After Sophie’s reveals that charges won’t be pressed against Kai, she also adds that they should all leave Balfour. Following on from this, Ethan plays the clips where Emma confesses to not meeting Nick. In the background, Kai acts very suspicious as he listens before he snoops on Ethan’s email. He finds the address that Alison/AL_2005 tracked using Metadata.
The ending
Pia rings Det Amir and tells him what she’s found on Matt’s PC. She speculates that Nick must have found out that Matt was behind the apps and paid him a visit after fleeing from Simon and Daryl. Returning to her flat, Matt sits waiting for her. He claims it was a consensual relationship with Tara Wilson and denies posting nude images of Tara. He starts getting angry at Pia for snooping on his PC, but when her roommate returns, he leaves.
As the night draws in, Sophie checks on his son. But Kai isn’t in bed. Armed with a bat, Kai is heading to the address he got from Ethan’s email.
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