The second season of Netflix’s Jessica Jones didn’t live up to the best moments from the first season, as it dropped some of the initial run’s social commentary and pushed a frustratingly prolonged disagreement between its main characters too hard, but disappointing episodes of Jessica Jones are still better than no…

Despite a nearly three-year hiatus, the second season of Marvel’s Jessica Jones hit Netflix on International Women’s Day as fired up as ever. The new episodes find the private eye, played with laconic perfection by Krysten Ritter, dredging up secrets from her own past for a change. She’s still very close to her best…

“You should be very afraid of the woman who has absolutely nothing left to lose.”

“AKA Playland” feels a bit like Thelma & Louise if instead of driving off a cliff together at the end, Louise got shot in the head and Thelma went on to live a normal, happy life as a superhero. The episode opens with Jessica and Alisa on…

“AKA Pray For My Pats” is a relatively solid episode of Jessica Jones that nevertheless helped me figure out why this season isn’t working as well as the first. It’s now clear that this season is telling an overarching story about female anger, but it’s struggled to find compelling motivations for why so many of its…

I’ll give the second half of Jessica Jones’ second season this: It’s way less slow and boring than first half of the season was. The pace has improved significantly, the plot twists are coming faster, and there’s no doubt the show is a lot more engaging to watch. But is it actually telling a more interesting,…

Well, it was nice while it lasted. After a string of solid episodes, “AKA Pork Chop” returns to the messiness that defined the first half of Jessica Jones’ second season. But it does at least provide an informative case study on how to build a season-long story. And how not to.

In my review of Jessica Jones’ second season premiere I praised the show for positioning Jessica’s murder of Kilgrave as its emotional fulcrum. But the truth is, I only meant that compliment to a certain extent. I like the idea of exploring Kilgrave’s murder in terms of what it means for Jessica as a character; how…

We’re a little more than halfway through Jessica Jones’ sophomore outing, which seems like the perfect time to stop and take stock of how the season is shaping up. So here’s my biggest question: What was the point of anything that happened in the first six episodes?

I’ve always been a sucker for a flashback episode, particularly in these Defenders series. Flashbacks let a show fill in the gaps, bring to life things that have only been mentioned in passing, and reveal new sides of familiar characters and actors. In the case of these Defenders shows, they also offer a break from…

In the final few moments of this episode we watch Jessica come to a realization we don’t know she’s making. She hears a familiar song, spots a familiar hand cream, and smells a familiar perfume. And then she sees a photo of herself and her little brother and the seemingly impossible suddenly starts to feel a whole lot…

“It’s better to let things go before they drag you under,” Jessica explains while praising the way octopuses will simply ditch their injured arms and swim away when they’re attacked. So much of this season has been about characters investigating the past in order to find answers about the present. But there’s also…

“AKA God Help The Hobo” opens with a New York City heatwave. Jessica Jones, of course, is still dressed in jeans and a leather jacket because that’s how she rolls. But the heat has upped everyone’s emotions. I’m always a fan of these Marvel Netflix shows adding more of an episodic feel to their “13-hour movie”…

It’s cliché to say “a hero is only as good as their villain,” but it’s true that these Defenders show have all been at their strongest when they’ve paired their heroes with a compelling antagonist: Daredevil and Kingpin. Luke Cage and Cottonmouth. Jessica and Kilgrave. Though I initially assumed Will Simpson would…

“Maybe I am a freak, but someone made me this way. And this lab rat’s got some complaints.”

If there’s one thing I’ve learned from watching these Netflix Defenders shows, it’s that you don’t come to them for plot. None of these shows have fully succeeded at telling a tight but compelling story over a 13-episode season, although the first seasons of Daredevil and Jessica Jones came the closest. (Iron Fist and…

Two and a half years after it debuted, Marvel’s Jessica Jones returns to Netflix on March 8 with all its strengths—and weaknesses. Let’s go ahead and get this out of the way: Yes, the new season suffers from the same pacing issues that have plagued the individual Defenders’ series and their group outings. The number…

With the vernal equinox now less than a month away, Netflix is springing its March offerings on subscribers. In addition to the original Ghostbusters movies and a new chapter in the Benji series, you can look forward to new seasons of Marvel’s Jessica Jones and A Series Of Unfortunate Events, as well as the final…

First of all, this is a brand-new Jessica Jones trailer, very different from the first extended look we got at season two earlier this month. But you know what it looks an awful lot like? A trailer promoting season one of Jessica Jones, weirdly enough.

The first extended look at season two of Marvel’s Jessica Jones begins with its inebriated protagonist (Krysten Ritter) at her usual barstool, but quickly delves into all the trauma and mysteries that lie ahead for our reluctant superhero.