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Watching Season 1

posted 8 years ago by antimike
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Just now watching it.

Episode 1:
Bad guy with mind control superpower? That's evil.
On the other hand superpower 'being very strong' seems even kinda lame, well :)

Episode 2:
Why didn't she tell the police *everything* about Killgrave?
Sure they would think she is cracy. But it doesn't make a difference to the police, i mean it's not like they can charge her for telling an unbelievable story. Sure it's a bit uncomfortable the police not believing it. But it sets the police up to be more prone to find and suspect Killgrave if they find out more suspicious information.

This guy Killgrave seems to be only be able to be stopped if a lot of people know about him and his powers. And with telling all she makes the story of the girl Hope believable. Them two saying the same story to the police gives them both more credibility. Jessica Jones telling another story makes Hope's story of course non-credible at all to the police.

Of course i guess she has no confidence in the police and wants no trouble and get prove first.

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Kidneys, jumping.. most evil bad guy ever

[–] dmcreif 8 years ago

Why didn't she tell the police *everything* about Killgrave?
Sure they would think she is cracy. But it doesn't make a difference to the police, i mean it's not like they can charge her for telling an unbelievable story. Sure it's a bit uncomfortable the police not believing it. But it sets the police up to be more prone to find and suspect Killgrave if they find out more suspicious information.

This guy Killgrave seems to be only be able to be stopped if a lot of people know about him and his powers. And with telling all she makes the story of the girl Hope believable. Them two saying the same story to the police gives them both more credibility. Jessica Jones telling another story makes Hope's story of course non-credible at all to the police.

Of course i guess she has no confidence in the police and wants no trouble and get prove first.

Because mind control isn't a terribly obvious power. This isn't like Loki's staff, where characters under Loki's control had their eyes turn blue. Kilgrave's power leaves no visible side effects on the outside. Even most of his own victims aren't entirely sure what had happened. Of the few survivors Jessica found, many more either didn't really understand what had happened, or just didn't want to talk about it. I mean, there's a reason why real-life sexual assaults often go unreported: because the victims just don't want to talk about it, don't want to report it, don't want to even think about it. Considering how much victim-blaming rape survivors often get in real life, even from people who should know better, trying to explain Kilgrave would just make things worse.

Also, Jessica's trying to stop Kilgrave from harming other people. If anything, Jessica probably felt that Kilgrave would just mind control any cops who tried to take him in and use them as his own flying monkeys. I mean, that's what happened when he sent Simpson after Trish.

[–] antimike 8 years ago

Makes sense!

On the other hand she makes Dr Kruger also confess, and then they have two victims..
with her it would already be three.

Episode 3:
Superhero sex, that's something new
Reasons 'Accident' and 'experiment' for superpowers.

Ok, Lawyer makes point of Jessica also doing testimony.
Jessica says she is busy getting Kilgrave 'instead'.

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Argh. She sees him through the glass ceiling. But she has no gun. Else she could have just shot him.
How do you kill a guy that can mind-control you?
But he cannot 'sense' you. So the solution is probably not being seen and shooting him. Or poisoning.

Or he gives his mind control demands verbally? Makes not so much sense but then just covering your ears would work. Preacher Style.

He does not mind-control Jessica anymore? He cannot?

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After the Simpsons cop who tried to kill Jessicas friend comes to his senses she tells him to 'go home and just forget what happened' ?!

Why in hell. These (the cop, and the whole family where Kilgrave stayed) wherre the witnesses they were desperately looking for, to show that Kilgraves powers are real!

Jessica told the lawyer of Hope herself! And they made a whole radio show with Jessica's friend so more people can speak up.
Wtf?

[–] antimike 8 years ago

Episode 4:
Policeman now being fully awarse Kilgrave is there and how it works. Offers to help with whole police force. Jessica says no no no.

She doesn't want him hunted? To not escalate things?

[–] tadaia 8 years ago

What's crazy is how many more innocent people died for Jessica's "Hope crusade", when she could've just killed that clown and ended the madness. I got annoyed with the show halfway through the season, asking why is she even going through all of this.

[–] dmcreif 8 years ago

What's crazy is how many more innocent people died for Jessica's "Hope crusade", when she could've just killed that clown and ended the madness. I got annoyed with the show halfway through the season, asking why is she even going through all of this.

Jessica is earnestly trying to save Hope and needs Kilgrave both alive and capable of demonstrating his powers. In fact, her unwillingness to kill Kilgrave, even when given opportunities to do so, plays into the main theme of the season, that of abuse and recovery. Jessica NEVER thinks clearly where Kilgrave is concerned, because even though she's immune to his mind-control power, he still controls her life to a debilitating degree. Just seeing his face again paralyzes her, even though she was braced for it to some degree, because this man took away everything she had, even herself. Many abuse victims never get to the point where they can confront their abusers, even to report them to the police and let the legal system handle it, never mind squashing said abuser's head like a grape.

[–] dmcreif 8 years ago

Argh. She sees him through the glass ceiling. But she has no gun. Else she could have just shot him.
How do you kill a guy that can mind-control you?
But he cannot 'sense' you. So the solution is probably not being seen and shooting him. Or poisoning.

Or he gives his mind control demands verbally? Makes not so much sense but then just covering your ears would work. Preacher Style.

Here's a simple answer: Because Jessica already carries an extreme level of guilt for the deaths in her life. I mean, no one sane wants to kill anyone, but having spent most of her life carrying guilt for the deaths of her family, then the horrific trauma of being made a willing slave, then the guilt of kililng Reva, then the guilt of believing that Reva's murder is the reason she was free, then Kilgrave setting up the situation so she feels guilty for the deaths of Hope's parents and Ruben. . . I don't think it's unreasonable that she wanted to solve the problem and be the hero without killing. Plus victims of prolonged psychological and emotional torment and manipulation have complicated feelings toward their abusers. It's not as simple for her as it is to us.