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03-08-2018, 07:02 PM
'Jessica Jones' Season 2 is a bit of an uphill climb
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Marvel's Jessica Jones Season 1 is one hell of an act to follow. It opened on an abrasive alcoholic and her deeply ingrained trauma, on a double homicide of parents by their daughter, and Marvel's most fearsome small screen villain, if not an all-time contender (https://mashable.com/2017/07/10/spider-man-homecoming-vulture-mcu-villain-ranking/).
It shouldn't come as a surprise, then, that Jessica Jones (https://mashable.com/category/jessica-jones/) Season 2 feels immensely slow by comparison.
SEE ALSO: 'Jessica Jones' pulp covers reveals Season 2 episode titles (https://mashable.com/2018/03/05/jessica-jones-pop-art-covers/)
Don't get us wrong, Season 2 isn't bad – at least, not in the first five episodes screened for critics – but it drags from the get-go and it's hard to ignore. Jessica has all-but dissociated from everything with Kilgrave, and she's essentially in denial of her newfound fame and duty since The Defenders (https://mashable.com/category/the-defenders/) (let alone all those supernatural shenanigans). She's recognizable on the street and the phrase "superhero vigilante" is bandied about like this is Daredevil (https://mashable.com/category/daredevil/) Season 1 establishing Hell's Kitchen. Read more... (https://mashable.com/2018/03/08/jessica-jones-season-2-review/)
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Marvel's Jessica Jones Season 1 is one hell of an act to follow. It opened on an abrasive alcoholic and her deeply ingrained trauma, on a double homicide of parents by their daughter, and Marvel's most fearsome small screen villain, if not an all-time contender (https://mashable.com/2017/07/10/spider-man-homecoming-vulture-mcu-villain-ranking/).
It shouldn't come as a surprise, then, that Jessica Jones (https://mashable.com/category/jessica-jones/) Season 2 feels immensely slow by comparison.
SEE ALSO: 'Jessica Jones' pulp covers reveals Season 2 episode titles (https://mashable.com/2018/03/05/jessica-jones-pop-art-covers/)
Don't get us wrong, Season 2 isn't bad – at least, not in the first five episodes screened for critics – but it drags from the get-go and it's hard to ignore. Jessica has all-but dissociated from everything with Kilgrave, and she's essentially in denial of her newfound fame and duty since The Defenders (https://mashable.com/category/the-defenders/) (let alone all those supernatural shenanigans). She's recognizable on the street and the phrase "superhero vigilante" is bandied about like this is Daredevil (https://mashable.com/category/daredevil/) Season 1 establishing Hell's Kitchen. Read more... (https://mashable.com/2018/03/08/jessica-jones-season-2-review/)
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