Marvels Jessica Jones
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How is everyone recovering fromthe twistiest of twists?
Jess isnt really an orphan after all.
Her mom has been alive yet unrecognizable this entire time.
I loved this twist.
I did not see it coming.
But looking back, it feels true to the show that the real villain here is a man.
I keep thinking about what the Whizzer said: With great power comes great mental illness.
I told you that you were dangerous.If shes behaving, shell never get out.
And if she misbehaves, according to Karl, its all the more reason she cant get out.
Karls whole thing is that he has a ponytail and is a cool doctor, not a regular doctor.
His shtick is so grating.
If my cells were different, then I would be different, she insists, but hes unfazed.
How is Jessica faring without her mom?
Shes … getting by.
Jess pointedly uses her superstrength to bust open an ATM.
Dollar bills fly everywhere.
She can get anything she wants, see?
Sterling wants to open a club called Alias.
The one tiny problem is that he hasnt raised enough money.
Is he even trying?
Does he have a job?
Jess brings Sterling to meet Trish, ending their separation.
Sterling waits all of 20 seconds after meeting Trish to hit her up for money.
Meanwhile, Alisa is still under Karls care.
(Its all very Killmonger.)
It throws our heroine, such as she is, in even more stark relief.
By comparison, Karl believes in his moral clarity: Hes saving lives.
His technology brings out a heartbeat where a typical doctor would get a flatline.
And that is what makes watching him so stomach-churning.
Alisa is a patient and a prisoner; she owes Karl her life and she should hate him forever.
He remade her so much that its hard to tell how much her is left.
Finally, Alisa sneaks out of IGH.
She wants to see her daughter.
She follows her into a bar, then into the bathroom.
This scene gutted me, friends.
I havent since I was 8, Jess says, citing some childhood accident.
The look on her moms face she remembers!
She is still in there.
But then it all goes to shit.
Was he, as he insists, just saying this to get them off his tail?
Honestly, I think he would have done it for real.
She bashes his head into a wall, killing him.
On the bright side, at least Jess never found out Sterling was a dirtbag?
Jess is better off without her.
She retreats back to the lab.
An animal you’re free to kick and collar.
Trish and Jess reunite on their rooftop.
Jess begs Trish to go to her mom to get back into rehab.
Trish resists, not wanting to leave Jess alone.
Ill be more alone if you die, Jess says.
Back at the lab, Karl takes responsibility for what Alisa has become.
Alisa asks for forgiveness.
(Jess punches her hard across the face.)
I said it before and Ill say it again: Jess really should have left a note with Malcolm.
