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Marvel’s Jessica Jones (Netflix, Season 2)
Kilgrave is gone, Jessica has saved New York twice now, but she's still constantly drunk and her friends are all different sorts of messes. Her family, too--despite all being dead, they manage to be a massive layer of drama in her life.
I’m amazed that they manage to use The Whizzer, one of the lamest superheroes of all time (who I’d forgotten Marvel even owned the rights to) and managed to make him both plot-relevant and fairly sympathetic. They toss you a number of mid-episode curveballs, especially early on: Episode two seems to set up Simpson as a major antagonist, spins it so he’s likely recovered and will be working with the good guys again…and then he’s dead. While I do think they once again drag out the season's plotlines into more episodes than they really need, they do a good job of keeping you guessing where everyone's going to end up.
While this does feel a bit more like a “superhero” show, it remains quite dark, with major plotlines revolving around drug addiction, family drama and what it means to be a murderer. Jessica still only occasionally uses her powers for anything other than breaking door locks, and her ability to jump hella high is all but forgotten. The fact that the “powered” characters in this show aren't bulletproof and aren't trained martial artists limits the fight scene insanity they get involved in.
Season 2 Trish is drastically more troubled than Season 1 Trish—she hits the downward spiral early, makes a number of very, very bad life choices, and seems poised to make more terrible choices when and if there's a Season 3. Not that Jessica makes the best choices herself, though she ends the season on a mild up-note. Of the recurring cast, Malcolm makes out the best of all, cutting ties with the trainwreck that is Alias Investigations and looking good in a nice suit. For that matter, despite the ongoing issue of health problems, Hogarth comes out smelling like roses and with all of her revenge enacted.
Overall: I'm still getting frustrated by the pacing of the Netflix Marvel shows, though running multiple characters' plotlines with their own set of interweaving twists does help. I'd love to see this cast make some headway on digging themselves out of their ongoing hot mess lives, though.
I’m amazed that they manage to use The Whizzer, one of the lamest superheroes of all time (who I’d forgotten Marvel even owned the rights to) and managed to make him both plot-relevant and fairly sympathetic. They toss you a number of mid-episode curveballs, especially early on: Episode two seems to set up Simpson as a major antagonist, spins it so he’s likely recovered and will be working with the good guys again…and then he’s dead. While I do think they once again drag out the season's plotlines into more episodes than they really need, they do a good job of keeping you guessing where everyone's going to end up.
While this does feel a bit more like a “superhero” show, it remains quite dark, with major plotlines revolving around drug addiction, family drama and what it means to be a murderer. Jessica still only occasionally uses her powers for anything other than breaking door locks, and her ability to jump hella high is all but forgotten. The fact that the “powered” characters in this show aren't bulletproof and aren't trained martial artists limits the fight scene insanity they get involved in.
Season 2 Trish is drastically more troubled than Season 1 Trish—she hits the downward spiral early, makes a number of very, very bad life choices, and seems poised to make more terrible choices when and if there's a Season 3. Not that Jessica makes the best choices herself, though she ends the season on a mild up-note. Of the recurring cast, Malcolm makes out the best of all, cutting ties with the trainwreck that is Alias Investigations and looking good in a nice suit. For that matter, despite the ongoing issue of health problems, Hogarth comes out smelling like roses and with all of her revenge enacted.
Overall: I'm still getting frustrated by the pacing of the Netflix Marvel shows, though running multiple characters' plotlines with their own set of interweaving twists does help. I'd love to see this cast make some headway on digging themselves out of their ongoing hot mess lives, though.