Here we are, the penultimate
episode of Jessica Jones’ first
season. It starts with a bang. More accurately, the explosion of Luke Cage’s
bar. He walks out, on fire, but, you know, the whole unbreakable skin helps
prevent fire damage. Jessica puts him out, and then hears his story.
Apparently, he’d been following Jessica in the hopes of getting his hands on
Kilgrave. Vengeance was still on his mind. He didn’t even get a chance to throw
a part before Kilgrave took control. He was forced to tell Kilgrave his and
Jessica’s history, which lead to the whole bar bombing. He's a jealous fellow, that Kilgrave. Kilgrave ordered him to blow the place. They head for Jessica’s
apartment to regroup.
With Kilgrave, he and his Dad are
experimenting to see the limits of his powers. Kilgrave is rather upset that
his range is limited, and that even after their tinkering, he still can’t
control folks for longer than 12 hours.
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| Stop drop and roll! If it hurts. If not, then just wait for it to go out, Cage. Unbreakable skin must be kind of awesome. |
While Jessica has earned an ally in
Luke, she seems to lose one as Malcolm has elected to return to his parents. He
was feeling pretty burnt out after nearly dying so many times without a word of
thanks from Jessica. After a bit of investigating, Jessica and Luke learn that
Dr. Anderson’s research used a specific biochemical, AAV1. They surmise that
the chemical is tied to enhancing Kilgrave’s powers. They go to the only lab in
town that carries it. Their suspicions are confirmed by Jessica, who points out
that the scientists won’t stop working. We don’t see it, but she comments that
the whole place smells like P$$% and S&!#. They stake the place out, and
bond a little. Cage says that his time as Kilgrave’s minion gave him clarity
about what it’s like to have Kilgrave pulling your strings. He forgives her.
Jessica and Cage chase after a
Kilgrave controlled currier, but lose him at a park. Jessica finds him again,
just soon enough to see him commit suicide. Jessica, while disheartened at
losing their only lead, still tries to repay Cage for his help and forgiveness by
giving him his wife’s Flashdrive.
Back with Kilgrave, we learn that
they’re using the AAV! Chemical in tandem with the stem cells from his and
Hopes fetus. They’ve increased his control time, but not to the level that
Kilgrave wants. Dr. Anderson demands that he be allowed a couple hours’ sleep,
to improve his ability to work. Kilgrave nearly makes him put his hand in a
blender. Worst son ever.
While at Jessica’s apartment, they
find a video of Kilgrave attempting to control a concert hall full of people.
They go to said concert hall to look for clues. Kilgrave shows up, Jessica and
Cage split up to keep Kilgrave from controlling Cage. Unfortunately, Cage does
get ensnared. When Kilgrave confirms that he still can’t control Jessica
despite his powers being radically boosted, he goes with one of the oldest
villain clichés. Care to take a guess? That’s right, “If I can’t have her,
nobody can,” and sic’s Cage on her.
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| Certainly looks like the scene of a final show down. And yet there's still one more episode. Interesting. |
While Jessica’s fight with Simpson
was pretty intense, this one is on another level. This time she’s not fighting an
above average human, but a man with super strength on par or surpassing her
own, and who is nearly invincible thanks to his skin. Oh, and she has qualms
with fighting him, as she’s, you know, in love with him. Cage’s smashing is
nearly as good as the Hulks, and Jessica dodging is a match for Spider-Man.
After wrecking up the concert hall, they take their fight outside. I’ll spoil
the ending in the next one.
Trish’s subplot involves recovering
in the hospital after her heart attack. Her mother violates her and Jessica’s
restraining order, which is bad, but let’s Trish know she’s got some info on
Simpson, and the company that made his superpills, IGH. Malcolm also decides to
stay after getting crazy neighbor Robyn to forgive him for disposing of her
brother’s body.
This defiantly feels like a penultimate
episode. Kilgrave’s attempts at increasing his powers is honestly the first
supervillain thing that he’s done. Sure, he’s kidnapped, extorted, sexually
assaulted, and killed folks. But regular bad guys do that. Supervillains make
complex and convoluted plans to make themselves more feared/powerful. Jessica
and Cage reconnecting is very good. Their actors, Krysten Ritter and Mike
Colter, still have a great chemistry. I enjoy their banter; it was a shame that
Cage was only in like five episodes. I still hate Robyn and everything related
to her, and am glad that her subplot is finished. I really hope she moves
between season. On the other hand, I really enjoy Malcolm, and it’s good to see
him wrestle with what he believes is right, and what’s right for him. I’m also
glad to see that he didn’t decide to bail. I hope he remains a major part of
the show. It feels like things are going to come to a head next time, with the Jessica Jones season finale.
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