Warning: Spoilers
Full disclosure: before Marvel announced the Netflix series Jessica Jones, with season one slated for a November 2015 release (they were still referring to it as A.K.A. Jessica Jones at the time), I’d never heard of the character before. I was drawn to it because it sounded like an interesting concept: a former superhero turned private detective. The last place I’d expect to find a superhero would be in a car, camera in hand, staking out a seedy motel where a cheating spouse is meeting her lover.
Also, Krysten Ritter was in it, playing the eponymous heroine. I thought she did a really good job in the series and movie Veronica Mars (often compared to this series) and enjoyed much of her other work as well. Seeing her in this series has only made me admire her even more.
Much of the material written online about season one have looked at it through a feminist point of view: the mind-controlling Kilgrave (David Tennant) is the patriarchy, and Jessica its victim. This is almost inevitable in this day and age. I’m not seeking to discredit the feminist point of view or say that it’s invalid, but I will say that it’s not the only possible lens through which to view it. In fact, I’m sure most would agree that it’s not a very complete way of looking at things. However, neither will I pretend that what I say here will be more “complete” than what others have said: I simply want to present my own view, which can be summarized in one sentence:
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