Jessica and Luke forever
It’s been over two years since Jessica Jones Season 1 premiered on Netflix, and with Season 2 right around the corner, it’s time for a refresher.
The first season of Jessica Jones was one of Netflix’s stronger outings with Marvel, especially considering how disappointing much of what came after was. Jessica Jones Season 2 might get off to a slow start, but it builds momentum from there. And in its early episodes, it spends a lot of time looking back toward its past.
That means you’ll have to remember a lot from Season 1. Check out the following slides to find out exactly what, and check out Jessica Jones Season 2 on Netflix March 8.
14. Jessica’s parents died in a car crash.
You probably didn’t forget this if you were a fan of Season 1, but Jessica’s parents (and younger brother) died in a car crash when she was a kid. She was also in the car, and was the only survivor.
13. Jessica doesn’t know how she got her powers.
Jessica is aware that she was experimented on illegally following the crash that killed her parents, but most of the details of exactly how she got her super strength remain a mystery.
12. Jessica and Trish grew up together.
Jessica’s biological family may have died in a car accident, but she does have an adoptive family in Trish. Trish and Jessica were classmates until the Jones family died, when Trish’s mother adopted Jessica as essentially a publicity stunt. They’ve been close “sisters” ever since.
11. Trish does not have a good relationship with her mother.
Trish’s mother is a toxic presence in her life (when they’re on speaking terms). From early in her childhood, Dorothy pressured Trish and pushed her into bad situations, causing a lot of problems for Trish that lasted into her adulthood.
10. Trish was a troubled child star named Patsy.
Trish hasn’t always been Trish–her birth name is Patricia, and she went by “Patsy” during her career as a child star. Her modeling, acting, and singing career ended in adulthood, when she overcame her drug problem. She now hosts a radio show called Trish Talk.
9. Will Simpson went nuts.
In Jessica Jones Season 1, Trish dated Will Simpson, a former police officer who goes berserk trying to take out Kilgrave. He winds up taking experimental combat drugs that turn him into a rage monster who can’t control himself, and Jessica and Trish have to take him down. In the comics, his code name is Nuke.
8. IGH
IGH was a minor plot point in Season 1 that’s about to become much more important. Simpson gets his crazy pills from the mysterious shadow company, which may or may not also be responsible for Jessica’s powers.
7. Kilgrave
Kilgrave was the main bad guy in Jessica Jones Season 1. He used his power–the ability to force people to do whatever he says–mostly to coerce women into having long, unwilling relationships with him. That includes Jessica, who eventually got her revenge by snapping Kilgrave’s neck. That doesn’t mean we’ll never see him again, though.
6. Jeri Hogarth and her dramatic personal life
Carrie-Anne Moss’s Hogarth is a high-powered lawyer who’s appeared in multiple of Marvel’s Netflix shows, though she got her origin in Jessica Jones Season 1. Her personal life fell apart throughout the season, largely (though not entirely) thanks to Kilgrave (let’s not forget the affair with her secretary). It continues to do so in Season 2.
5. Foggy Nelson
This Daredevil side character, played by Elden Henson, is also there in Jessica Jones Season 2 for some reason.
4. Jessica works out of her apartment.
Jessica Jones runs a detective agency called Alias Investigations, a nod to the title of her comic books, “Alias.” Her office is also her apartment, and her assistant, Malcolm (Eka Darville), lives down the hall.
3. Malcolm used to be an addict.
Malcolm wasn’t always the ripped, well-manicured dreamboat he is today. For much of Season 1, he was a drug-addled addict who Jessica regarded, at best, as a pain in her butt. It’s a point the show isn’t keen to let you forget in Season 2.
2. Kozlov
Dr. Kozlov is a minor character from Season 1 who will play a larger role in Jessica Jones Season 2. He’s the former army doctor who gave Will Simpson his berserker pills, and he also worked (or possibly still works) for the mysterious company IGH.
1. Jessica and Luke Cage are familiar
We don’t know whether Luke Cage will pop up again in Jessica Jones Season 2, but it’s worth remembering that he and Jessica are intimately familiar with one another. Because it was great.