Interesting observation. I think you're on to something: up until now Alicia has shown little if any sign of focusing on the big picture. Maybe the dawning realization was that if she did think about it, she would be a materialist — as drearily empty and meaningless a worldview as that is.

Something more was going on with Alicia's depression than grief over the death of Will. Alicia has just won a custody battle on behalf of her client by pillorying the client's soon-to-be ex-husband with beliefs that are awfully similar to her own. Doesn't the summary of philosophical materialism that Alicia elicited…