Jessica Jones, S01E05- The Sandwich Saved Me (Patreon)

Second post of the day, patrons, and it's just for you! Today Owen and I continue on our coverage of Jessica Jones, and this episode has so much going on that I'm really glad I took notes. 

First off, we get to see Jessica BK (Before Kilgrave) and I'm pleased to see that the writers have been smart and resisted making her too different from Jessica AK. She's still surly and antisocial, but she's more optimistic and she's willing to consider actually trying to become a hero. It makes you wonder where she would be now if it hadn't been for Kilgrave completely fucking up her life. 

There's a very ambitious plan for capturing Kilgrave and bringing him to this oh-so-convenient observation room that Simpson knows about, but it goes predictably off the rails. Apparently Jessica underestimated how much Kilgrave cares about his own life, and he's got actual mercenaries, not mind-controlled thralls, in his employ to guard his ass. Plus he's wearing a tracker so not only do they find him right away, but now the location of the observation room is blown and they can't go back there. 

In the end, the control that Kilgrave has over Jessica persists, as he blackmails her by using the safety of Malcolm as leverage. Seeing who Malcolm was before he was turned into an addict is super sad, and I'm just not done with being shocked at the variety of ways Kilgrave fucks up people's lives. 

 

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