alone than ever, but she's at least able to live and die on her own terms." The character has had "a real growth", Debnam-Carey said. She "went from being a normal teenage girl before the apocalypse to someone who has been really ravaged by it. And not in necessarily a bad-ass way. [...] There has been something very dark, very real, and very traumatic." Alicia emerged as a leader and a fighter. In the fourth season, Alicia becomes the only surviving character introduced in the series premiere. This season, Alicia's journey has her "struggling to emulate the hero that Madison ended up becoming" while dealing with loss of both her brother and her mother, wrote Ian Sandwell of Digital Spy. She is confronted with the decision to forgive or take vengeance on a child, a choice that gives her a new perspective and role. Morgan reaching out to Alicia later compels her to accept companionship and search it for others. Alicia "can come back to finding herself", Debnam-Carey said. She "is able to face her demons and also have such generosity, empathy and forgiveness, and come to some sort of relief with her relationship with Charlie, who has basically destroyed her family." It is the "beginning of Alicia as a new person", and she chooses to be a "protector of sorts" in her journey for redemption, while remaining a realist. Liam Mathews of TV Guide described Alicia as "a normal kid" who grows "into a wily survivor tormented by inner demons". In a 2020 interview, Debnam-Carey commented on a potential father/daughter flashback scene between Alicia and her deceased father: "I'm always for showing some of the more revealing aspects of a character, before this whole apocalypse ... But I do think now she has had to work through so much pain and grief and we're on the other side of it in a way." Reception Alicia became a fan favorite character as viewers have "watched her grow from a callow young woman to a confident and strong force of nature." Alicia and her brother Nick were the series' emotional anchors from the beginning, Vanity Fairs Laura Bradley wrote, "especially Alicia, whose insistently open heart was a welcome presence in this cruel world". Debnam-Carey's performance in the series has received acclaim, especially for the third season episode "This Land Is Your Land" and fourth season episode "Close Your Eyes". E.A. Hanks