I think what happened at the end of
the last episode needs a little explaining. Obviously, Spoiler warning. The
episode ended with Jessica just barely fending off a mind controlled Luke Cage.
She had a shot gun to his face, and pulled the trigger. Obviously, buckshot doesn’t
have much effect on someone with unbreakable skin. Thing is, while Luke Cage’s
skin is unbreakable, and his muscles are as strong as steel, his soft tissues
are still, well, soft. Basically, blasting his head and causing him to fly back
and slam onto the asphalt, knocked his brain around. It disabled Luke, but
caused a fair amount of swelling in his brain.
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Jessica rushed Luke to a hospital. Despite the staff trying to get her to stay back, she somehow follows them. While the regular staff is rather…ill equipped to handle someone with skin they
can’t cut, thankfully, Clare Temple was on staff. She was the nurse that helped
Daredevil in Daredevil, for those that don't recognize the name. With Clare’s
help, Jessica is able to get Luke Cage out of the hospital. Cops had shown up,
looking for Luke in connection to his bar blowing up, and Kilgrave forced every doctor, nurse, and patient that heard his command to look for her. They’re able to get Cage to Jessica’s apartment, with only a cut on Jessica's leg for collateral damage. After a
small seizure/stroke scare, they are able to get Luke stable. Well, as closed
to stable as they can. Despite Clare's attempts to bail, Jessica is able to convince the nurse to look after Cage while she takes care of Kilgrave.
With Kilgrave, who is growing
rather desperate, he demands that his father give him all of their dangerous
cocktail of power enhancing juice. Dr. Anderson is hesitant, but when Kilgrave
demands something, it has a tendency to happen. After getting injected, his veins start turning purple, and he roars in triumph.
Jessica and Trish find Kilgrave’s latest
hideout. Jessica goes in alone, and finds an armless Dr. Anderson. He’s just
alive enough to warn her that Kilgrave is too powerful, and that she should
run. Jessica also finds a picture of the Anderson family, back before Kevin
became Kilgrave. Make a sad moment sadder…well played. Another picture showed
that the owners of Kilgrave’s hideout also had a very nice boat. She and Trish
rush to the closest marina. It’s an all-out brawl, Jessica verses Kilgrave’s
ever expanding army. No spoilers, but it’s really well done. The episode ends with Luke Cage disappearing, Trish investigating the company responsible for Jessica's powers and Simpson's drugs, IGH, and Jessica continuing to help people at Alias Investigations. With Malcolm, who seems to be taking on a secretarial and/or partnership with Jessica.
This was a solid ending to a good
show. It closed out the Kilgrave opening story arc, but still left a few questions
unanswered. Particularly the IGH company, and its connection to Jessica’s
powers. When it was discovered that Jessica was immune to Kilgrave’s powers, I
thought their final showdown would be rather one sided. I mean, without the
mind control thing, Kilgrave is just some British dude against a woman with
Super Strength. Doesn’t take a genius to figure out who’d win that fight. But, his
expanded powers ensure that he had a lot of people willing to do horrible things
to Jessica and each other on his faintest whim. That does make things a little
harder for our hero. I’m glad I watched this show, can’t wait to see how
Jessica Jones ties into the greater Marvel Cinematic Universe, and what season
2 has to offer. I wonder if we’ll see her in Luke Cage? Just have to wait and see, I guess. Next time… something
DC related. I’ve really been ignoring them lately.
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