Netflix Retrospective - Jessica Jones Season 2 Episodes 10-13

Netflix Retrospective - Jessica Jones Season 2 Episodes 9-10

Netflix Retrospective - Jessica Jones Season 2 Episodes 7-8

OK, we finally have some payoff of the build-up from the previous 6 episodes, we know the killer is Jessica’s mother and that opens a can of worms that will likely last the rest of the season. Will it be good? Well let’s take a look.

Netflix Retrospective - Jessica Jones Season 2 Episodes 5-6

Once more we’re with Jessica Jones

Netflix Retrospective - Jessica Jones Season 2 Episodes 3-4

Jessica Jones likes to touch on uncomfortable subjects, which is not entirely surprising given what Jessica’s most famous comic storyline is. But I can’t deny hearing how a character was sexually assaulted as a child, doesn’t make me feel comfortable, and that perhaps is intentional as societal acceptance when it comes to stuff like this should be challenged. But being uncomfortable is not the same being entertained, so they really need to pull something out to keep that part going.

Netflix Retrospective - Jessica Jones Season 2 Episodes 1-2

The Defenders was not a good show, even at only 8 episodes it was boring, so will things change in its aftermath. The first show to come out was the second season of Jessica Jones. There are no guest stars and any reference to the series is purely tangential. I get the need for a show like this to stand on its own but I feel that entirely misses the point of these crossovers, to have knock-on effects for each individual character. Only Iron Fist and Daredevil really capitalise on this, but before we get to those, we have to start with Jessica Jones. Can she hold her own without the not purple Purple Man, let’s take a look

Netflix Month - The Defenders - Fish in the Jailhouse/The Defenders

Let’s finish this series, and Netflix Month shall we?

Netflix Month - The Defenders - Take Shelter/Ashes, Ashes

We return with the next quarter of the Defenders

Netflix Month: The Defenders - Worst Behaviour/Royal Dragon

Welcome Back to our retrospective on the Defenders. I’m only doing recaps for Stranger things, alright, let’s get straight into this

Netflix Month: The Defenders - The H Word/Mean Right Hook

Phew, it’s a been big year for Marvel’s Netflix series. In 2018 they’ve brought all their individual shows up to s2 with new series of Jessica Jones, Luke Cage and a shorter season of Iron Fist. And they’re yet to slow down with third series of Daredevil and Jessica Jones and another Punisher series (I’m not interested enough in the Punisher to review him, not the fault of the actor, but just the character himself)

We’ll look at Jessica Jones and Luke Cage’s second seasons next year and Iron Fist in early 2020, assuming I’m not burnt out. But before we get to that, here’s the moment this was all building to: The Defenders

After the initially positive but later mixed reception of Luke Cage and the initially negative and later mixed reception of Iron Fist, this series received mixed reception. Has Netflix lost its spark? Let’s find out as we begin Netflix Month

  

With the first 2 episodes of the Defenders.

4 Issue Test #42 - The Defenders

Note: At the point of typing the Defenders series hadn’t come out yet.

Luke Cage, Daredevil, Iron Fist and Jessica Jones, together they are the Defenders, a street level Superhero team that deal with things below the pay-grade of people like the Avengers. I’ve reviewed a lot of their individual outings with all but Jessica Jones not meeting the standard I look for in comics.

So, in the writer’s seat we have Brian Michael Bendis. If you ever want the definition of a hit-and-miss writer, look up Bendis. I literally did an editorial on why Civil War II was a piece of sh*t. But Bendis also wrote Jessica Jones which I enjoy and was responsible for all the Miles Morales Spider-man issues, which have mostly been good, so maybe something’s here to enjoy. Let’s find out.

4 issue test #37 - Jessica Jones

Next and actually last in the Marvel now stuff is Jessica Jones, a title I specifically picked up because of the Netflix series, for those wondering my opinions on DD season 2 and Luke Cage. I thought DD started strong but ultimately went off track around the half-way mark and was overly depressing and Luke Cage was average if not a little higher.

I know I'm cheating a little with this image but... I also don't care

Writing this comic is Brian Michael Bendis, who’s writing Spider-man which somehow I’m still reading and Civil War II, which was utter utter utter utter sh*t (see my recent editorial). So yeah, Bendis is hit and miss with me and mostly miss but the was the one responsible for the interpretation of Jessica Jones the Netflix series was adapted from so maybe he’s struck again, let’s take a look.

4 issue Test #29 - Power Man and Iron Fist

I loved Power Man and Iron Fist during the Avengers: Earth’s Mightiest Heroes stories. And whilst Luke Cage was hardly my favourite character in Jessica Jones, he left a decent impression and despite the production problems I am looking forward to Iron Fist’s series when it eventually comes out. (I will review Daredevil season 2 eventually)

But of course, something really grabbed my attention and if you were been hanging around my facebook page at the time of release, you know what I think of the #1 cover which was used as a promotional poster. So, will this series surpass my expectations? Let’s dig in.

Netflix Retrospective: Jessica Jones episodes 10-13 review

And our retrospective of Jessica Jones draws to a close, does the series end a high? Well, let's take a look

Netflix Retrospective: Jessica Jones episodes 7-9 review

Netflix Retrospective: Jessica Jones episodes 4-6 review

Netflix Retrospective: Jessica Jones episodes 1-3 review

Sorry it's late, but I can promise it has nothing to do with drink, so let's dive into the first 3 episodes of Jessica Jones