There are many superhero shows out there, The Flash, Arrow, Supergirl, but their storyline and atmosphere are so different from Daredevil and Jessica Jones. Jessica Jones is immersed in a dark and intriguing atmosphere, surrounded by abuse, rape and injustice, she tries to just live.

I loved the cast, especially Krysten Ritter and David Tennant, who played marvelously a villain so three-dimensional, so complex compared to other villains on tv. Killgrave is the most interesting villain I have encountered, his power represents what every human fears but besides that, he is motivated by some of the most pure emotions.

One of the aspects that I loved is that, in just one season, we see a huge character development in every character (which is refreshing for a superhero tv series).

There were some aspects that irritated me at the beginning . I don’t know anything about Marvel or DC Comics, nothing about superheroes and their worlds. So I kept asking myself if Jessica Jones was an inhuman, how did she get her powers, if this was in the same universe as Daredevil, etc. Later I got my answers to these (a little bit stupid) questions, although I still think they should have introduced me better to Jessica Jones’ world. (I also spotted some goofs through the season and let me tell you, if I saw then, everybody did.)

I’m not going to lie, the fact this is a series about women only makes me like it more. It’s so rare to find women as leads in quality TV shows, it’s time for the world to realize having a woman leading a show doesn’t make it weaker, most of the time it makes it even stronger.
I admit I enjoyed Daredevil much more but this still captivated me so much. It is a breath of fresh air.

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3/3.5 stars

Recently started watching this show and for the first several episodes I was very intrigued. Kilgrave the super-villain (acted insanely well by Tennant), is compelling, and Jones at first is sympathetic, interesting, and supporting characters have promise.

Unfortunately by Episode 7 I had lost quite a bit of interest. After a while Jones - perpetually drunk, unwashed, sullen and angry - grates; she is very one-dimensional. Although what happened to her was terrible, other people have suffered at Kilgrave's hands, but no one takes it to the persistent pity-party levels Jones does, or does as good a job at alienating people. She's not coping, and snarls at anyone who tries to help her. She doesn't want people to get hurt because of her, but she is so emotionally crippled and wound so tightly by what happened it is difficult to trust her judgment and perspective, or sometimes even if she is sane. She can't see that every moment she lives her life in a broken way is a victory for Kilgrave.

Episode 7 is a good example. After Kilgrave leaves her a terrible 'present', she hatches a wacky, unbelievable plot that she eventually convinces her friends to sort of go along with, against their better judgment. (Just the idea that a 'detective' would THINK you could get locked up immediately in SuperMax is absurd.) It's not even clear that she has really thought this through but her wild ranting and demand that everyone listen to her finally 'wins' people over. You get the feeling after a while any price is okay as long as she beats Kilgrave. Kilgrave is a bloody monster, but I'm not certain Jones wouldn't be okay with the entire world going to Hell if she could finally catch him.

She's just too one dimensional. Her potential thoughtfulness and complexity is lost in a haze of booze, self-recrimination and self-pity. After a while she doesn't really engender sympathy but encourages eye rolls.

I also haven't felt the connexion with Luke. Carnally maybe, but there is nothing that gives you a feel for them together, except for one scene at a food truck and protracted interactions in the bedroom.

Ruben is a wasted character; I thought there would be more to him and his infatuation, but no. Malcolm and Simpson clearly have parts to play and I am still a bit curious what will happen but that is now really tempered. I was excited to see the next episode but I need time to recover after the mess that was 7.

Another drawback... I read Netflix is postponing season two until next year. That's just too long a break!

Netflix's next Marvel series, which is quite, and focuses on trauma from abuse; physical, sexual and/or psychological.

Kristen Ritter was pretty good as the titular character, as was David Tennant as Kilgrave, respectively.

While I was disappointment that it ended, I am at the same time pleased that it did in good form.

Of the 5 Marvel shows Netflix did this one is by far the weakest, Jessica Jones tries to be a Privet detective show and goes extremely heavily on all the clichés. Kilgrave is an interesting villain, but can't make up for the weak character that Jessica Jones is. I would recommend any of the Netflix marvel shows over this one, even Iron Fist season 1 was more entertaining than this.