Jessica Jones Season 2

I finally finished this a few weeks ago. I'll elaborate more, as is my way, but I have to say this. I didn't like this season. At all. It made me truly appreciate how great Killgrave was as a villain in the first season.

I won't leave you with just that bit. I'll try to keep from any spoilers.

The biggest crime of this season is that it was boring. What I want from Jessica Jones is a story about a very good Private Investigator as she solves mysteries. This is the show that would greatly benefit from being a procedural and not serialized tv. At the end of the day, we just haven't seen enough of Jessica Jones doing a lot of investigation before that goes out the window for the main plot. Now you may be feeling this is an unfair assessment, but that is the lasting impression I get.

With that being said, let's go into this season. I feel like this show wasted all the good will it earned from the first season and the Defenders.

The characters have unsatisfying arcs which I will elaborate down below. A mysterious woman shows up and starts murdering people. The rest of the season follows Jessica and her confrontations with the mysterious woman. I know this has been out for a few months now, but I don't want to spoil the twist.

Clearly, I have run out of steam on writing this. When I love a show, I talk about it endlessly. When I hate a show, I talk about it endlessly. In this case, I just feel apathetic. Which is sad because I have nothing against the character.

However, in this season, we see more self-destructive behavior from Jessica which is tiring because we saw this arc last season. It is time for her to grow and we don't really get that. Also, we have to simultaneously deal with Trish as she gets hooked on the designer drug that made our made villains from the last season. Watching both of these characters circle the drain at the same time is maddening.

Also, we get more Hogarth and she is also dealing with her own stuff. We have three strong female leads all dealing with drama at the same time, but rarely interacting with each other. As a viewer, this is frustrating watching all of these characters deal with their issues in silos.

My final complaint is the setting. In the first season, we spent most of our time in New York and it felt like it. Here, they almost go out of their way to NOT be in New York City. The stylistic touches we got were practically absent this season. This show was at it's best with a strong villain and the villain in this season was terrible. The also comes to an unceremonious end.

I'm sure this will get a third season and I hope they can right the ship.