Finished Jessica Jones!

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... and I am MUCH happier with it in the end than I was when I complained about it before. I still stand by my issues in this comment thread (nothing in the final episodes really fixed it; actually it just drove me EVEN CRAZIER that nobody ever tried to shoot Kilgrave from a distance ... or use superstrength to throw things at him ... or come up with a functional PLAN) -- but the final two episodes were pretty much a pure idfest for me. Being forced to try to kill your loved ones! Hurt/comfort! CLAIRE! Trish and Jessica's "I love you" code! Jessica's final fakeout to Kilgrave, and the final scenes where the "become a monster to take down a monster" theme is actually made explicit, and yet it still ends on a note of hope -- ahhhhhh. Very pleased.

So yeah, still have my reservations about certain aspects of the show, but it REALLY nailed my buttons in the last couple of episodes, and went out on a high note that made me look forward to eventually getting more.

And, after the "I love you" scenes, I sincerely hope there are tons of Jessica/Trish out there.

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I'm really delighted to hear that! I'm not sure if it's a pairing that I personally go for or not, but there was SO MUCH raw material in the show. SO MUCH.

And yeah, that last scene is a delight. Especially after everything Malcolm went through in the show -- I love that he's bounced back to the extent that he has.