3: Marvel’s Jessica Jones by Laura Dengrove
To me, no other show stuck out more in 2015 than Jessica Jones, and I don’t think I’ll need Kilgrave to help convince you otherwise. This was truly the year of Marvel, with the new Avengers film, Agent Carter, and Daredevil all rising through the ranks and making Marvel a household name for success in the business, and Jessica Jones was no exception. With its accurate depiction of PTSD, rape, drug addiction, and other hardships you soon forget this is a show about superheroes and you are immediately sucked into its plot from the very beginning.
While the writing in the show was so good I’m pretty sure you could hear Stan Lee weeping from joy, it is the performances that truly stand out and make this a one of a kind show from the folks over at Marvel studios. Krysten Ritter and David Tennant made the show as Jones and Kilgrave respectively, with Tennant possibly creating the best villain Marvel has seen since Loki (and maybe the best comic book live adaption villain I’ve seen since Heath Ledger’s joker.) I know I’m singing high praises here, but the praises are not falling upon deaf ears. Tennant was a force to be reckoned with as the sadistic, brat like villain Kilgrave and somehow manages to create a character you know you should hate, but can’t help feeling bad for him and wanting him to go on in some sick, masochistic way. You easily forget the hero persona Tennant is known for as the famous Tenth Doctor in Doctor Who, and he manages to steal every scene he is in, making him the series MVP. However, Kilgrave may be making me write that, so who knows the real truth?
Ritter also creates amazing depth as the titular character and heroine of the show, proving just how much women can kick ass and look good doing it. She portrays the nitty gritty lifestyle of Jones in amazing clarity, and shows all the hardships Jones has to face on a daily basis due to the severe trauma Kilgrave has inflicted upon her. This was also due in part to the fantastic writing, as it portrays issues many would choose not to talk about, such as rape, and fully goes and explores that dark underworld that has inflicted many in our modern day society.
I have nothing but high expectations for the show’s second season, and I know, for me, it made 2015 a truly memorable year in television. Now someone pass me a whiskey and let me know when Alias Investigations is back in business.
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