This show is a masterpiece. Something we needed for all the horrible shows being released lately.
The armored Stormtroopers are incredibly useless. The two at the beginning of the episode getting flanked by walkers while clearing them with machine guns. And at the end the Delta team managed to flip the vehicle driving in a completely flat field and one of them gets killed almost immediately? I'm questioning how have they managed to last this long xD
"You look like a damn fool"
this is a wonderfully depressing and dark episode
I really like how it approaches the idea of how kids would develop in a world like this
how some might be desensitized to the whole idea of zombies
it's also one of the defining Carol moments of the show
I really like it at the beginning, but at the 10th episode I was mad. I can get why Jessica didn't kill Killgrave before, but at first just made her look like a fool, having all that moments that she could kill him any time, even after she hadn't the "Hope" excuse anymore, like, she just did it so fast on the last episode, WTF she didn't do it before???
And using headphones?? Really?? It wasn't like "breathing the same air", it wasn't a virus???
I really hope that the story gets better on the second season, the actors played the roll so well and this has potential to be a huge super hero story.
Please Netflix, don't screw with this hero!
Compelling cinema. As fresh in 2016 as when I first saw it in 1995. Career enhancing roles from Natalie, Jean & Gary make this a great way to spend a couple of hours.
Daryl just needs a big hug
this just felt like a throwaway episode honestly very filler
there is a cool cameo if you're a fan of Gotham but that's about it
6.8/10. So let's start with the positives. I really enjoyed the twist that Audrey was trying to lure Jessica in with her case so that she could shoot her for being a superhero. One of the elements that often distinguished Marvel comics from those of D.C. was the fact that in the Marvel universe, people with powers were treated with suspicion, and in the D.C. Universe, they were respected as heroes. We haven't had much of that suspicion in the MCU, outside of an evil senator or Hank Pym. I appreciated the frightened but angry performance of the actress who played Audrey, that accurately conveyed how a lot of people, rightly or wrongly, would feel after their city was destroyed by a superpowered rumble.
To the same end, I appreciated Jessica's frustration with that attitude, (even if it felt like a sort of cheap way to throw in the backstory that she lost her parents in an accident), and her attempt to make Audrey squirm by fibbing and telling her that there are powered people around every corner. The "I want a divorce" line was a bit too cute, but it was still the stand out scene of the episode.
The other scene I particularly liked was the final one, with Kristyn Ritter's subtle breakdown at the end of the episode. I've gone back and forth on Ritter's performance so far. It's never sunk anywhere below "fine", but I've had a hard time warming to her character. The standard quip machine action girl routine doesn't help, but something in her performance is kind of offputting. Then again, that may very well be a feature, not a bug. This is a woman who has pushed away all the people who were close to her in the wake of her trauma, who's demeanor is meant to prevent people from getting in, and if that includes the audience, then maybe it's just a sign of Ritter doing a good job at conveying that. She certainly has the dead-eyed, thousand yard stare down, and her quivering lip at the end really communicated her hurt at uncovering that Kilgrave had gotten to Malcom.
I also thought Carrie-Anne Moss put in a good performance here. The steely lawyer can be too much of a trope to work in a lot of settings, but she gives shading to the archetype in this episode, both in her interactions with her soon-to-be ex-wife, and with Jessica. Her little smile-half-smile as she looked back at the support group after Jessica's outburst was some great, measured acting.
But the outburst itself made me roll my eyes a bit. Don't get me wrong, it makes total sense that Jessica would blanche at the slightest hint of the idea that Kilgrave could help people after what she'd been through, but something about the performance, or maybe the writing, didn't work for me. It felt more like a scene that said, "Hey Everyone! We're conveying how toxic the very idea of Kilgrave is to Jessica! (And maybe sewing seeds to Hogarth cooperating with him, hint-hint.)" rather than something that felt like a genuine, angry reaction to that type of idea.
By the same token, I liked the idea of Trish warming up to the cop who attacked her more than I liked the execution of it. Again, all the character decisions make complete sense, and there's a lot of good material in the idea two people who are each victims, but in different ways, who are connected by their trauma, finding and comforting each other. But their conversations had such unsubtle, almost meetcute banter that I couldn't buy it.
And similarly, the BSG-esque idea that you don't know who you can trust, that you never know who's watching you or observing you or working with the bad guys, is an interesting and creepy one, but outside of the unnerving kid, I didn't really buy it here. Sure, finding out that it's Malcom who's doing the photographing makes the twist more personal at the end, but Jessica's been looking over her shoulder for the entire season so far. It's hard to feel a particularly heightened sense of the creepiness here given that the sense she's being watched has been the status quo the whole way.
But more than anything, outside of those two stand out scenes, I mostly felt myself feeling kind of bored during the episode, which is never a good sign. Even when the dialogue or performances have been uneven, there's usually a firm progression in the episodes as Jessica gradually uncovers some piece of the mystery. Despite the "find the photographer" story, which was more amorphous than direct, this episode meandered, and I find myself waiting for Jessica to get to the fireworks factory. As I've said before, this is still a show that plays around with a lot of ideas and themes that I find very compelling, but that I cannot get into in terms of how they do it.
The impending conflict between Al and Hearst is both intriguing and a little dull. For the most part, the rest of the denizens of Deadwood and beyond have been folks Al could manipulate, or at least figure out, in order to get to the outcome he wants. Arguably, the only way that Hearst's people and the Yankton crowd managed to get the upper hand last season was because he was sick. So there's something to be said for Al having a legitimately formidable opponent. Still, it seems like such an obvious fight, and while Hearst puts some weight behind this threats, Major Dad seems like a stock antagonist to some degree, which blunts the excitement of the two leading lights of the town having a disagreement over Cornishmen being killed at Al's Bar.
And Bullock is back on the angry asshole train. Him taking his anger at giving himself away to Hearst vis-a-vis his past dalliances with Alma out on Farnum was an interesting story choice, especially him stewing over it later. It's another instance of Bullock tying his own noose and lashing out at others over it. And there's juice to the idea that he's willing to run for sheriff again, even though he doesn't really want to, simply because the alternatives or worse. There's political commentary there.
We also go back to Joanie's story for much of the runtime here. She's never been my favorite character on the show -- her performance and her conflicts tend to hit the same couple of notes over and over again -- and she tends to be connected to Cy, whom I wish had died in the S2 finale and spared us Powers Boothe's scenery chewing for another twelve episodes. Still, the idea of struggling with depression is one worth exploring, even if this one waxes and wanes in its quality. It is interesting to see her managing the Bella Union in Cy's absence, even when it's clear she doesn't really want to.
And of course there's more Alma drama, this time a faint and a concern about whether or not her pregnancy might be the cause. Trixie's speech to her about taking the laudanum, not for her but for the baby, is an interesting one, and Elsworth's concern for her and rapport with Sophia are sweet as always. Relatedly, Trixie's fuss at Al trying to scheme his way into giving Sol Star a house and Trixie a secretly adjascent room for "appearances" if he's to become mayor was a source of good scenes, if only for Sol's deadpan "I thought you were just going to piss" in response.
There was other stuff at the margins. Jane is still a hoot in every scene; her rivalry with Mose has comedic promise, and she had the line of the night. (Every day takes figurin' out all over again how to fuckin' live.") And It's nice to see Martha Bullock finding her place in Deadwood even after the death of her son.
Overall, kind of a business-as-usual episode of Deadwood, without a lot to get excited over, but steady work regardless.
Alex is such a fucking bitch???? Yeah, sure, neglect your daughter, lie to your husband and convince him and everyone that he's crazy and focus all your attention on Holden. Stupid selfish bitch
There are many superhero shows out there, The Flash, Arrow, Supergirl, but their storyline and atmosphere are so different from Daredevil and Jessica Jones. Jessica Jones is immersed in a dark and intriguing atmosphere, surrounded by abuse, rape and injustice, she tries to just live.
I loved the cast, especially Krysten Ritter and David Tennant, who played marvelously a villain so three-dimensional, so complex compared to other villains on tv. Killgrave is the most interesting villain I have encountered, his power represents what every human fears but besides that, he is motivated by some of the most pure emotions.
One of the aspects that I loved is that, in just one season, we see a huge character development in every character (which is refreshing for a superhero tv series).
There were some aspects that irritated me at the beginning . I don’t know anything about Marvel or DC Comics, nothing about superheroes and their worlds. So I kept asking myself if Jessica Jones was an inhuman, how did she get her powers, if this was in the same universe as Daredevil, etc. Later I got my answers to these (a little bit stupid) questions, although I still think they should have introduced me better to Jessica Jones’ world. (I also spotted some goofs through the season and let me tell you, if I saw then, everybody did.)
I’m not going to lie, the fact this is a series about women only makes me like it more. It’s so rare to find women as leads in quality TV shows, it’s time for the world to realize having a woman leading a show doesn’t make it weaker, most of the time it makes it even stronger.
I admit I enjoyed Daredevil much more but this still captivated me so much. It is a breath of fresh air.
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Father Gabriel, please, die, please.
I find this one to be pretty weak I never really cared for Beth's character we do get some interesting insight into Daryl's past before the Apocalypse
that is the saving Grace of this episode
Pros: Great soundtrack, ok-to-good acting, Visually compelling, the story isn't too bad either.
Cons: the final fight scenes are underwhelming as is the main villain, the writing is cringe-worthy at times.
All in all, I could have been better. But it still delivers an enjoyable experience.
