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Where I Lost Emotional Contact

posted 9 years ago by robertblakenyc
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The series started very well for me and then steadily declined.
I was emotionally invested but the plot methodically removed every tether.
After episode one I was fearful for Jessica, liked her and Luke supporting each other and wanted Hope free.
And this grew through the next two shows.
1) But Luke and Jess dissolve, oh well
2) Jessica moves in with Kilgrave! Huh?
3) And it's revealed Jessica is immune, so she has nothing to worry about.
4) Finally Hope kills herself, oh no!
After the above, I was over and done with the show
It was just a question of how much death and suffering I would see until the end of the show; Oh by the way it was a lot.
There was no way for this to feel like a win anymore.
At the end of Daredevil, I was Hell Yeah!😁
At the end of Jessica Jones, yeah whatever 😩

[–] blizter-toto 9 years ago

Yup, I feel the same. I had a hard time finishing it.

[–] jordangloria 9 years ago

I just finished season one and Jessica jones is the dumbest lead character iv ever seen in a tv show it's annoying. Which makes me hate the show. Lol the writers could've made her smarter instead of this annoying dumb screw up who gets everybody killed everyday. Stopping him isn't rocket science she had a few good opportunities and missed she's supposed to be strong or a "super hero" she seems helpless and like she just makes everything worst, people just keep dying and dying lmao smh very dissapointed in this show. The cast is great though I love the cast all the woman are beautiful

[–] dmcreif 8 years ago

Stopping him isn't rocket science she had a few good opportunities and missed she's supposed to be strong or a "super hero" she seems helpless and like she just makes everything worst, people just keep dying and dying lmao smh very dissapointed in this show.

Because at this point, she's trying to prove Kilgrave's abilities are real so she can exonerate Hope.

[–] jadedbaby 9 years ago

Agree. At the beginning, I cared about the characters and found them interesting and believable. By the end, I was so frustrated with the meandering, nonsensical storyline, I didn't care about the characters anymore and just wanted it to be over. Kilgrave? meh. who cares. kill him already so I can watch something else.

[–] robertblakenyc 9 years ago

The show confused nihilism for realism.

[–] pathofthesword 9 years ago

I was blown away by the first episodes as well. Then they became dumb all of a sudden as soon as Kilgrave appeared. It's as if that was one of his abilities.

After a while, I just tuned in to see if they'll get back to the sharpness of the opening episodes but they just devolved into like those characters from the SAW franchise, so obnoxious and idiotic, you just don't care anymore even if they die gruesome deaths.

[–] anna-tole97 9 years ago

I felt the same way. All of the strong things that this show had going for it were ruined by the end of the show. Hope ended up dying anyway, simply because Jessica was so obsessed with saving Hope that she was unable to man up and deal with Kilgrave. Luke basically disappeared and that relationship became unimportant. Jessica was immune (maybe didn't have to kill Luke's wife?) and is able to simply snap Kilgrave's neck, something that she should have done within the first episodes. This should have been a movie, not an entire season.
Plus, the headphones Trish wore? Why the heck didn't they use that tactic beforehand?! The entire show they could have just been wearing headphones! The whole show just went in unnecessary circles.

[–] afterlight 9 years ago

Just to clear something up: Jessica became immune after killing Luke's wife, that action severed Kilgrave's control over her. The thing is that Jessica didn't know that, she only realized it later in the show when she disobeyed Kilgrave's "command" to let him go.

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Without passion, we'd be truly dead.

[–] dmcreif 9 years ago

There's also the fact that, and I'm treading lightly here, but victims of abuse sometimes might have complicated feelings regarding the abuser in question. That's why just killing Kilgrave isn't as simple as it looks for Jessica.

[–] robertblakenyc 9 years ago

but victims of abuse sometimes might have complicated feelings regarding the abuser in question.

Yes but unfortunately the series didn't have the courage to go there.
Here everyone was a complete total victim free of any and all responsibility.
It would have been very interesting if Jessica time with Kilgrave wasn't always bad.
Some really awful relationships begin fun adventurous and exciting.
It would have been nice with Kilgrave more of an enabler that brings out the worse in people.
This needed to be more adult not in sex and violence but in complex emotional states and motivations

[–] haxemon 9 years ago

While I tend to agree, that is by no means confirmed. That might have been the catalyst or just the first time she was aware (in hindsight) or that Kilgrave noticed.

She was clearly immune at that point but it may not have been the first moment. And if Kilgrave had been able to catch up with her she may have fallen back under his control for all we know (i.e. as the shock wore off a bit).

Not really disagreeing since as stated I tend to think she was slowly building an immunity and that act (killing Reva) was the straw that broke the camel's back.

Reading my signature constitutes admission that I am correct. (Too late)

[–] afterlight 8 years ago

Very true, interesting points!

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Without passion, we'd be truly dead.

[–] StarkTech 9 years ago

There was nothing to connect to right from the start and they never developed anything or anyone worth caring about. That is THE huge flaw of this poorly written series.

[–] robertblakenyc 9 years ago

they never developed anything or anyone worth caring about.

Are you serious or just being hyperbolic?
When Jessica was running down the street suffering a panic attack, it was nothing for you?
Hope Shlottman at the end of the first episode didn't move you?
Wow!

[–] skoobydoo6789 9 years ago

Same here. I just lost interest. Still haven't finished the show. The Jessica Jones Alias comics are way better than the tv show.

If it's all the same to you, I'll have that drink now.-Loki (Marvel's Avengers)

[–] Kia00 9 years ago

There was very little emotional connection at all. That's why most people rip the writing on this show and call it atrocious.