Marvel's Jessica Jones
Series, 2015, Marvel Television, Set in Hell's Kitchen
Marvel's Jessica Jones is #14 of 69 in release order and #65 of 69 in chronological order in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
The story
After a tragic ending to her short-lived super hero stint, Jessica Jones is rebuilding her personal life and career as a detective who gets pulled into cases involving people with extraordinary abilities in New York City.
Marvel's Jessica Jones recap
In season 1, Jessica Jones, a super-strong private investigator in Hell's Kitchen, drinks to cope with trauma. Kilgrave, a man who controls people with his voice and once held her as a captive under his control, returns and forces a student, Hope Shlottman, to kill her parents. Jessica tries to prove that mind control is real to free Hope, with help from her adoptive sister Trish Walker, a radio host, while falling for Luke Cage, whose wife she killed while under Kilgrave's control. In season 2, Jessica investigates IGH, the company that experimented on her after the car crash that killed her family, and finds her mother Alisa alive, super-strong and violent. Trish becomes obsessed with getting powers of her own and ends the season by shooting Alisa dead. In season 3, Trish has powers from an IGH procedure and becomes a vigilante, while Jessica hunts Gregory Sallinger, a brilliant serial killer with no powers. After Sallinger murders Trish's mother Dorothy, Trish starts killing criminals.
Marvel's Jessica Jones ending explained
The series ends with Jessica stopping her sister. Trish kills Sallinger while he is being moved to court, and Jessica exposes her and lets her go to the Raft prison. Jessica considers leaving for Mexico but hears Kilgrave's voice urging her to abandon everyone, and decides to stay in New York. Jessica returns in Daredevil: Born Again season 2.
Where to watch Marvel's Jessica Jones
Marvel's Jessica Jones is streaming on Disney+ in the US. You can rent or buy it on Amazon, Apple TV, and Google Play.
Ratings
IMDb 7.8/10, Rotten Tomatoes 83%
Where it fits
- Release order: after Ant-Man, before Captain America: Civil War.
- Chronological order: after Marvel's Daredevil, before Marvel's Luke Cage.
What to watch before Marvel's Jessica Jones
Nothing. Marvel's Jessica Jones (2015) doesn't continue an earlier version, so it stands on its own. Marvel's Jessica Jones itself is optional in the Marvel Cinematic Universe order.
Cast
- Krysten Ritter as Jessica Jones
- Rachael Taylor as Patricia 'Trish' Walker
- Eka Darville as Malcolm Ducasse
- Carrie-Anne Moss as Jeryn 'Jeri' Hogarth
- David Tennant as Kilgrave (voice)
- J.R. Ramirez as Oscar Arocho
- John Ventimiglia as Detective Eddy Costa
- Benjamin Walker as Erik Gelden
- Janet McTeer as Alisa Jones
- Rebecca De Mornay as Dorothy Walker
- Wil Traval as Will Simpson
- Jeremy Bobb as Gregory Sallinger
Created by Melissa Rosenberg.