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This is how you introduce a villain. These shows know how to establish a villain. Its something that the Marvel Cinematic Universe has always struggled with. Credit: MYLES ARONOWITZ/Netflix After all, Loki Fever didnt fully catch on until his second appearance, inThe Avengers. And now both of Marvels Netflix series have taken advantage of that concept in a nearly identical fashion. Call it the Yoda Principle. How could someone this small be the powerful Jedi that weve heard so much about?...

Things get complicated between Jessica and Luke. Three episodes in, andJessica Jonesis already breaking new ground… and breaking one bed. The scenes between Jessica and Luke werent superfluous and only there for the shock value, either. Credit: Netflix (Although, I appreciate any justification for working Sweet Christmas! into the dialogue.) Some (literally) pick people up at bars. Some convert their apartments into fortresses and take personal defense classes. (I mean, whose mom hasnt tried to sell her soul to the devil?...

Now theres Kevin, and he seems at least a little deserving of some empathy. The problem is that theres no telling what the complete truth of Kilgraves past is. Hes got his own version. Credit: Myles Aronowitz/Netflix His parents tell another. And the videos of their experimentations only complicate the matter. Nothing is as black-and-white as it seemed before after Jessica locks Kilgrave up in the hermetically sealed room. Or at least, thats how she sees it....

As expected, Kilgrave has created Jessicas childhood home, but added an armed, mind-controlled guard, Hank. True to his word, the Purple Man isnt going to make Jessica reveal everything shes carrying. He wont, however, allowed her to go unchecked. Credit: Marvel/Netflix A quick search reveals her phone in record mode. reckon it’s Jessica wanted to get Kilgraves confession for the Schlottmans deaths. I came here to end the collateral damage youre piling up around me, she says....

Jessica’s secret has her and Luke’s relationship hanging in the balance. and while the scenario might have been heightened, the emotions were very, very real. The episode is bookended by some sentiments from Malcolm, who is slowly emerging from the drug-induced fog. Credit: Marvel/Netflix He explains that there is some freedom to be felt under the control of Kilgrave. Taking away autonomy also removes consequence. Theres no guilt or fear....

What did Jessica’s two hands say to Kilgrave’s head? He was just trying to do his job, and his boss has to be ragging on him. Claire Temple.Jessica Jones biggest connection toDaredevilarrives in the season finale in the form of Rosario Dawson. Credit: Marvel/Netflix Claire is as busy as ever when she runs smack-dab into a pair of superpowered individuals, but whatever. Shes seen this kind of thing before, and frankly, Matts powers are just as impressive....

She took a life, and thats so counter to who she is. [Kilgrave] was her reason for getting up at 3 oclock in the afternoon, Ritter joked. She spends most of the show trying to get him into prison. Credit: Netflix She doesnt want to kill him, but that becomes her only choice. Here are more highlights from theJessica Jonespanel at Vulture Festival. Before the series became part of Netflix, the showrunner composed a script for a potential pilot on ABC....

Now, fans will once again be able to read new comics with Jessica Jones on the cover. That is the signature in which people think of her, of those visuals. Youre going to find out about it in the first issue. Credit: Myles Aronowitz/Netflix Shes at a place youll least expect her. Youre going to find all of her relationships have altered. And were slowly going to find out why....

And so it wasnt as though we just put it in there. Balance dealing with rape while having her sexually active, the word survivor is the important part of that. Certainly the assault has become a part of her psyche, but it has not defeated her. Credit: Netflix I think she is fiercely her own person. She is unapologetically who she is and wants what she wants. She never let Kilgrave take that....

Dont blink … or youll miss a slyDoctor Whoreference hidden inJessica Jones. Youre not ten anymore, she tells him. Its a reminder that works on two levels; Tennants Doctor was the tenth onscreen incarnation of the character. Credit: Netflix See the sequence below. Netflix Netflix Netflix Netflix Netflix Netflix

She took the exhaustion all in stride, preferring to look at it as research. you’re free to read our entire conversation with Ritter from the set ofJessica Jonesbelow. ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: Was wanting to play this part a no-brainer? Credit: Netflix I feel like Im probably the coolest one because its such a character piece. This is actor candy. This isnt like all of the other Marvel superhero properties or movies youve seen....

She’s not here to make you like her. And that’s the point. Jessica Jones doesnt apologize. Credit: Myles Aronowitz/Netflix She throws her clients through windows. She drinks too much to be functional. Shes rude and off-putting and shell insult anyone, no matter their standing and vulnerability. As a television show,Jessica Jonesalso doesnt apologize. Whats more, itshowsus the trauma, through graphic flashbacks and triggering situations. Jessica, for all intents and purposes, is the antithesis of a hero....

There’s no shortage of blood in this dark hour. And I thought the pilot was dark. In its tenth episode, AKA 1,000 Cuts,Jessica Jonesturned the macabre meter all the way up. Credit: Netflix/Marvel But really, this is all Hogarths fault. If Kilgrave hadnt been involved, its likely that Wendys skull would still be intact. See, its all cause and effect. His mind-control power is technically a virus, spread through microparticles that he emits....