This review contains spoilers for Marvel's Jessica Jones Season 2, episode 11, titled "Thee Lives and Counting." To see where we left off, check out our review of Season 2, episode 10 and follow along with our full season binge here.
That's more like it.
We've waited all season for Kilgrave to reappear, and episode 11 deploys him perfectly -- not somehow resurrected in a way that would undercut the impact of his death, but as the devil on Jessica's shoulder, giving voice to her worst impulses and deepest insecurities. Kilgrave (or rather Jessica's subconscious manifestation of him) is probably right that he'll always be inside her -- there's no erasing the trauma of rape or the other heinous things he forced her to do, but by taking back control, both mentally and physically, Jessica is refusing to let herself be defined by how others see her.
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That's more like it.
We've waited all season for Kilgrave to reappear, and episode 11 deploys him perfectly -- not somehow resurrected in a way that would undercut the impact of his death, but as the devil on Jessica's shoulder, giving voice to her worst impulses and deepest insecurities. Kilgrave (or rather Jessica's subconscious manifestation of him) is probably right that he'll always be inside her -- there's no erasing the trauma of rape or the other heinous things he forced her to do, but by taking back control, both mentally and physically, Jessica is refusing to let herself be defined by how others see her.
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