Jessica Jones (season 2)

The second Jessica Jones

season of the Season 2
American
streaming
television series
Jessica Jones,
which is based
on the Marvel
Comics
character of the
same name,
follows Jones
as she takes on
a new case
after the events
surrounding her Promotional poster
encounter with
Krysten Ritter
Kilgrave. It is
set in the Rachael Taylor

Marvel Eka Darville

Cinematic J. R. Ramirez
Starring
Universe Terry Chen
(MCU), sharing
Leah Gibson
continuity with
Carrie-Anne Moss
the films and Janet McTeer
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serving as
showrunner.

Krysten Ritter stars as Jones, with Rachael Taylor, Carrie-

Anne Moss, and Eka Darville also returning from the first
season, as well as Wil Traval and David Tennant in guest
roles. They are joined by J. R. Ramirez, Terry Chen, Leah
Gibson, and Janet McTeer. The second season was ordered
in January 2016, with filming beginning in April 2017, back-
to-back with the miniseries The Defenders. Filming
concluded in September 2017.

The season was released on March 8, 2018. It received

mostly positive reviews from critics, who once again praised
Ritter's performance and the series' female focus, but felt
the season suffered from pacing issues and a lack of a
compelling villain after Tennant's Kilgrave from the first
season. A third season of Jessica Jones was ordered on
April 12, 2018.[1]

Contents
1 Episodes
2 Cast and characters
2.1 Main
2.2 Recurring
2.3 Notable guests
3 Production
3.1 Development
3.2 Writing
3.3 Casting
3.4 Filming
3.5 Music
3.6 Marvel Cinematic Universe tie-ins
4 Marketing
5 Release
6 Critical response
7 References
8 External links
Episodes
Origina
No. No. in Directed Written
Title release
overall season by by
date 
"AKA Start
Anna Melissa
14 1 at the March 8, 2
Foerster Rosenberg
Beginning"
Super-powered private investigator Jessica Jones has become known
a vigilante hero around New York City since she killed her tormentor
Kilgrave. Trish Walker, Jones's best friend and adopted sister, attempts
convince Jones to investigate her past and IGH, the company that gave
her abilities, but Jones is not interested. Walker is dealing with declinin
ratings for her radio show Trish Talk, and sees her ex-boyfriend Will
Simpson—who was also experimented on by IGH—following her. Pryce
Cheng, another investigator, seeks to absorb Jones into his company a
the request of lawyer Jeri Hogarth. When Jones attacks and injures
Cheng, he plans to sue her with Hogarth, who is already facing a lawsu
from her former assistant and lover. Jones is approached by Robert
Coleman, who also calls himself "Whizzer" and was given superspeed
IGH. When he is killed in an apparent construction accident, Jones trac
his medication to an abandoned building which she remembers being
taken to and experimented on.
"AKA Aïda
Minkie
15 2 Freak Mashaka March 8, 2
Spiro
Accident" Croal
Jones goes to the home of Miklos Kozlov, the IGH doctor who had
experimented on Simpson. She finds a shiva for Kozlov, who has died in
"freak accident". One of Kozlov's army patients believes that Simpson
behind this, and Jones suspects that he also killed Coleman. Walker as
Malcolm Ducasse, Jones's neighbor and work partner, to help her rathe
than further involve the reluctant Jones. Walker confronts Maximilian
Tatum, a director, about the sexual relationship they had when she was
child actress working for him, threatening to publicly reveal this unless
helps her get access to records at a hospital he has influence over. Afte
Tatum refuses, Walker runs into Simpson. Jones also arrives, having
tracked Walker down when she did not answer her phone. Simpson cla
that someone else who was experimented on by IGH has killed Kozlov a
Coleman, and that he is just there to protect Walker since she was noti
investigating IGH. This other person soon appears and kills Simpson wh
Jones gets Walker to safety.
"AKA Sole Mairzee Lisa
16 3 March 8, 2
Survivor" Almas Randolph
Hogarth is diagnosed with ALS, and her law-firm partners Steven
Benowitz and Linda Chou plan to buy her out based on a clause in their
contracts. Jones agrees to investigate the other partners to find blackm
material for Hogarth. Jones receives an eviction notice from her buildin
new superintendent Oscar Arocho, who fears Jones's abilities. She also
discovers the name Leslie Hansen in the abandoned IGH building. Hans
was a doctor at the hospital where Jones was taken following the accid
that killed her family. Jones and Walker find Hansen's apartment empty
and a charred human head in the basement. Walker uses her radio sho
to ask the public for information on Hansen, and receives a call from a
woman claiming to be Hansen. Jones meets with her, and learns that s
died after the accident but was brought back to life by IGH; the
superpowers were a side-effect. Jones angers the woman who escape
using abilities similar to Jones'. DNA analysis shows that the charred he
belongs to the real Leslie Hansen.
"AKA God
Deborah Jack
17 4 Help the March 8, 2
Chow Kenny
Hobo"
Hogarth looks into ways to painlessly end her life, which her doctor doe
not support. Cheng fires Hogarth for no longer prioritizing him and his
lawsuit, and also offers Ducasse a job at his company; Ducasse turns
down the role, and Jones promises to work with him better. Jones and
Walker try to find out who the mysterious woman posing as Hansen wa
and Jones scares Tatum into getting the IGH files from the hospital. In
addition to Jones and Coleman, there is a file on Inez Green. They find
living on the streets, where she explains that she was a nurse at the
hospital who was seriously injured by the mysterious woman. Jones an
Walker promise to keep her safe. Cheng sends one of his men to steal
of Jones's research from her office, hoping to find something to use
against her. The man is attacked by the mysterious woman, who tears h
apart. When Jones arrives, she is arrested for the murder. Walker tries
help her using an IGH performance enhancer she took from Simpson, b
is also arrested. Ducasse takes Green to safety.
"AKA The Millicent Jamie
18 5 March 8, 2
Octopus" Shelton King
Jones spends a day at the police station before Hogarth convinces her
tell the truth. Detective Eddy Costa believes Jones, and releases her w
the promise that she will keep Costa informed of her investigation. Wal
bailed out by her mother, struggles with after-effects of using the IGH
drug. Her new boyfriend Griffin Sinclair asks her to marry him, but Walk
turns him down. She takes the IGH drug again. Ducasse takes Green to
Hogarth, who agrees to protect her. Hogarth asks Green about IGH's
experiments. Jones meets with David Kawecki, an inmate at a mental
hospital serving time for the murder of Green's fellow nurse, who was
actually killed by the mysterious woman. Jones learns of a shared inter
in octopuses that Kawecki has with an IGH doctor, and visits the
aquarium. She recognizes the doctor, Karl Malus, in a new memory from
after the accident. He meets with the mysterious woman, who upon
discovering Jones surveilling them, smashes the glass enclosure of an
aquarium in order to create a commotion to cover their escape.
"AKA Jet Raelle
19 6 March 8, 2
Facetime" Wilkinson Tucker
Walker becomes addicted to the IGH drug, and starts looking for crimin
to attack. Security footage from outside the aquarium shows Malus
drugging the woman and forcing her to leave with him, despite the pair
appearing to be a loving couple before. Jones sends Ducasse to his old
university—where he was suspended for his previous drug habit—to
investigate Malus; they learn of Justis Ambrose, who attended universi
with Malus and appears to have been paying for all his personal expens
for years. Jones confronts Ambrose, who explains that his son Eric was
born with a fatal genetic defect which Malus cured with his experiment
treatments. Eric appears to have no special abilities, and Jones threate
him to gain Malus' location. Green realizes that Hogarth has ALS, and t
her that there was an IGH patient that could heal people by touching
them, and he saved her life after the woman had attacked her. Jones g
to the location, where she finds Malus and the woman living together. T
latter claims to be Jones's mother.
"AKA I
Jennifer Hilly Hicks
20 7 Want Your March 8, 2
Getzinger Jr.
Cray Cray"
Years earlier, after Brian Jones and his son Phillip are killed in an accide
his wife Alisa and daughter Jessica are rushed to hospital. Dr. Leslie
Hansen secretly takes them to IGH. Jessica is saved and returned to
hospital in 20 days, but Alisa's injuries are severe and her treatments ta
years, altering her looks and causing increased strength and extreme
mood swings. Jessica is adopted by the Walkers, but grows away from
foster family over time especially after her adopted sister Trish become
drug addict at the beginning of her pop star career. Intent on seeing
Jessica, Alisa escapes IGH by killing a nurse and severely injuring Gree
She finds Jessica living with a new boyfriend, Stirling Adams, but sees
apparently attempt to exploit her and kills him in a fit of rage. Returning
IGH, Malus promises Alisa that he will cure her of the side effects. Adam
death leads to Jessica re-connecting with Trish, helping her become
sober. Now, Jessica refuses to forgive Alisa and attacks her; Malus
renders Jessica unconscious with a sedative.
"AKA Ain't
Zetna Gabe
21 8 We Got March 8, 2
Fuentes Fonseca
Fun"
Trish sleeps with Ducasse, and he notices that she has become addicte
to the IGH drug. When she refuses to admit this, he leaves and decides
continue Jessica's investigation into Hogarth's partners. He discovers
that Benowitz is secretly gay, and frequents a gay bar unbeknownst to
wife. Ducasse tells Benowitz that Chao had hired him, and Benowitz giv
Ducasse blackmail material that he has on her. Outside of the gay bar,
Ducasse is attacked by homophobic thugs. Trish rescues him, and give
him some of the IGH drug to help him heal, but it is too much for Ducas
and he runs off. Hogarth visits Shane Ryback, the man who can heal
people with his hands. He is in prison, but she takes him on as a client.
Jessica calls the police to Malus' house, and he flees. Alisa decides to
stay with Jessica and hopes to prove that she is the same person who
raised Jessica, despite looking different and having extreme mood
swings. They go to Jessica's apartment, where they are shot at from
outside. Jessica is hit, enraging Alisa.
"AKA
Shark in
the Rosemary Jenny
22 9 March 8, 2
Bathtub, Rodriguez Klein
Monster in
the Bed"
Wanting revenge for the death of his man, Cheng tries to kill Alisa.
Shooting at her from across the street, he only hits Jessica. Alisa races
find and kill Cheng, but Jessica is able to render him unconscious first,
and convinces Alisa to find a solution other than murder. Ryback is
released from prison, and attempts to heal Hogarth, but cannot promis
that it will work. During a live broadcast of her radio show, Trish, under
influence of the IGH drug, rails against the superficiality of her show's
programming and quits. She is offered a desirable job on television, bu
realizes that she has run out of the drug. Arocho, whose relationship w
Jessica has become less hostile and more romantic, comes to Jessica
when his ex-wife kidnaps their son Vido. Jessica and Alisa race to save
Vido, using their abilities for good. Alisa sees the potential of a life with
Jessica doing good like this, but still wants to protect Jessica by killing
Cheng and running away. Jessica frees Cheng, and when Alisa gives
chase she is confronted by police, and surrenders to them.
Aïda
"AKA Pork Neasa Mashaka
23 10 March 8, 2
Chop" Hardiman Croal
Hogarth arranges a plea deal for Alisa, where she can avoid the Raft, a
superhuman prison, if she gives up Malus. Alisa agrees when Jessica
promises to keep Malus safe. Trish struggles with withdrawals during h
television audition, where she overhears that the super-powered killer h
been caught. Jessica explains everything to Trish and Ducasse, but tell
them to stay away. She finds Malus and convinces him to go to a count
with no extradition so Alisa can talk about him without fear of him being
caught. He first waits for a new passport provided by Arocho, and also
tells Jessica that he never treated Ryback. Hogarth does not believe
Jessica when she says this, but arrives home to find Green and Ryback
have robbed her (and thus realizes she was not cured). Trish and Duca
decide to track down Malus themselves, while Jessica discovers that A
is being tormented by one of her guards, Dale Holiday. Investigating him
Jessica finds evidence that he has murdered inmates before. He attack
her, and she accidentally kills him in self-defense.
"AKA Jack
Three Jennifer Kenny &
24 11 March 8, 2
Lives and Lynch Lisa
Counting" Randolph
Jessica makes Holiday's death look like suicide, and begins having
hallucinations of Kilgrave. Trish knocks Ducasse out and restrains him,
and asks Malus to give her abilities like Jessica's. Jessica arrives with t
passport from Arocho to give to Malus, to find him gone. She tracks the
down just as Ducasse escapes, but Trish manages to get away with
Malus. With Holiday dead, Alisa gets a new guard who treats her well.
Jessica berates Ducasse for not trusting her, and for taking advantage
their working relationship. They both agree that he should no longer wo
for her. Malus takes Trish to the old IGH facility, where he begins to put
her through the same process that changed Jessica and Alisa. Jessica
arrives and stops the procedure, and then is almost convinced by her
hallucination of Kilgrave to murder Malus. She stops herself, but he
decides to end his own life. Malus destroys the facility with himself insi
it, while Jessica gets Trish to the hospital. Alisa learns of Malus' death v
a news report, kills her new guard and escapes from prison.
 Raelle
"AKA Pray
Liz Tucker &
25 12 for My March 8, 2
Friedlander Hilly Hicks
Patsy"
Jr.
Alisa goes looking for Trish, blaming her for Malus' death. She terrorize
the Trish Talk studio, before seeing Trish's mother in an interview
discussing why Trish is now hospitalized. She finds Jessica protecting
Trish at the hospital, but still attempts to kill the latter. When Costa and
partner, Ruth Sunday, arrive they try to arrest Alisa. Jessica tries to talk
Alisa down, but Alisa grabs Sunday and jumps out of the hospital, lettin
Sunday fall to her death. Costa tells Jessica to stay out of the way of th
police, but Jessica secretly organizes to meet with Alisa at Trish's
apartment. Meanwhile, Trish is angry at Jessica for stopping the
procedure early, but soon begins to have violent convulsions. Hogarth
tracks down Green, and tells her a fabricated story about Ryback secre
conning multiple women. Giving Green a gun, Hogarth watches her
confront Ryback and shoot him. Hogarth then calls the police. At Trish'
apartment, Jessica considers killing Alisa, but is unable to do it. Alisa
knocks Jessica out and kidnaps her.
Story by :
Jesse
Harris
"AKA Uta
26 13 Teleplay March 8, 2
Playland" Briesewitz
by :
Melissa
Rosenberg
Jessica attempts to resist Alisa, but eventually decides to work with he
They drive towards the Mexico–U.S. border, saving a family caught in a
traffic accident on the way. Jessica meets with Arocho to arrange new
papers so they can cross the border, but he is followed by the police.
Jessica and Alisa then drive towards the Canada–U.S. border, but are
confronted with police road blocks. They then go to the nearby
amusement park Playland, where Alisa decides to wait until the police
arrive. Trish sees a news report on the traffic accident and talks to Cos
 about the road blocks. Remembering that the Jones family had visited
Playland before the accident, Trish goes there and kills Alisa. Jessica
takes the blame, but does not forgive Trish. Trish later discovers that he
reflexes appear to be heightened. Ducasse gives the blackmail materia
found to Hogarth, allowing her to leave the law firm with enough money
start her own. Ducasse then begins working for Hogarth as part of
Cheng's agency. Jessica embraces some aspects of normal life with
Arocho.

Cast and characters

Main article: List of Jessica Jones characters

Main

Krysten Ritter as Jessica Jones[3]

Rachael Taylor as Patricia "Trish" Walker[4]
Eka Darville as Malcolm Ducasse[5]
J. R. Ramirez as Oscar Arocho[6]
Terry Chen as Pryce Cheng[7]
Leah Gibson as Inez Green[8][9]
Carrie-Anne Moss as Jeri Hogarth[10]
Janet McTeer as Alisa Jones[11]

Recurring

Hal Ozsan as Griffin Sinclair

Maury Ginsberg as Steven Benowitz
Kevin Chacon as Vido Arocho[12]
 Rebecca De Mornay as Dorothy Walker[13]
John Ventimiglia as Eddy Costa
Lisa Tharps as Ruth Sunday
Callum Keith Rennie as Karl Malus[11]
Eden Marryshow as Shane Ryback

Notable guests

Wil Traval as Will Simpson[14]

Elden Henson as Foggy Nelson[15]
Daniel Marcus as Maury Tuttlebaum
David Tennant as Kilgrave[16]
Rob Morgan as Turk Barrett[17]
Tijuana Ricks as Thembi Wallace

Production
Development

In January 2015, Netflix COO Ted Sarandos stated that

Jessica Jones the series was "eligible to go into multiple
seasons for sure" and Netflix would look at "how well [they]
are addressing both the Marvel fanbase but also the broader
fanbase" in terms of determining if additional seasons would
be appropriate.[18] In July 2015, Sarandos said some of the
Defender series would "selectively have multiple seasons as
they come out of the gate,"[19] with series showrunner
Melissa Rosenberg saying she was hopeful Jessica Jones
would get an additional season before The Defenders.[20]
Rosenberg later expanded on this, saying that Marvel
Television and Netflix were working out the placement of a
potential second season, though "[i]t might not be possible
from a logistical standpoint" to have a second season of
Jessica Jones debut before The Defenders;[21] Sarandos
later confirmed this to be the case, stating that the season
would air after The Defenders released in 2017.[22] On
January 17, 2016, Netflix ordered a second season of 13
episodes.[23] Raelle Tucker joined the season as an
executive producer and writer, replacing Liz Friedman from
the first season, who departed the series to work on the pilot
for the ABC series, Conviction.[24]

Writing

Rosenberg and the season's writers were halfway through

the writing process by August 2016,[25] with the scripts
completed by the end of October 2016.[26] Writing during
the 2016 United States presidential election, Rosenberg
noted she "was just so angry" and that she and the writing
team tried to tap "into the rage Hillary [Clinton] must have
felt every day" for the characters.[27] With The Defenders
releasing before the season, Rosenberg used the miniseries
as an opportunity to help "set up" elements for the season,
working with The Defenders executive producers and writers
Doug Petrie and Marco Ramirez to do so.[28]
Rosenberg wanted to "continue with [the Jessica Jones]
character" in the season, saying, "She's a very damaged
character, her damage goes beyond [David Tennant's]
Kilgrave. There's a lot to mine from in her backstory and in
her present day situation".[29] Actress Krysten Ritter said
that the second season would evolve from the first, and that
for Jones, "The first season was in her head and the second
season is in her heart,"[30] adding that Jones "is in a pretty
dark headspace" at the beginning of the season and that the
season would be "more of an emotional thriller this time."[31]
On whether Tennant could return for the second season,
Rosenberg said, "Sure, when you have David Tennant, you
want him around forever....But the show is called Jessica
Jones and the story is about Jessica's arc and how does that
play out in its best form?" It was noted that Kilgrave would
be "hard to top", though, with Marvel Television head Jeph
Loeb saying, "One of the things that's important about any
Marvel show is your hero is often defined by how strong your
antagonist is,"[32] with Rosenberg adding that the objective
for the new villain, or villains, for the season would be not to
match or do what was done with Kilgrave.[28][33] As Kilgrave
does appear in the season, Rosenberg felt it was important
to have him return to "be that mirror again" for Jones, as he
is "such a part of her construction and her dilemma".[31]

Rosenberg also hoped to "further expand on the ensemble

and on Jessica's world" by giving more screen time to
supporting characters,[34][35] noting that in the first season,
"the trick of a show that's called Jessica Jones [is if] she's
not in the scene, it's not a guarantee that scene will end up
in the final picture. You have to earn secondary character
stories. You have to flesh them out enough so that they can
eventually carry stories of their own" in future seasons.[35]
She also wanted to continue to explore the relationship
between Jones and Trish Walker, stating "That is the core
relationship in the piece. It is about female friendship, it is
about how friends evolve—they're sisters, really—and it's
about how they evolve and ping off each other."[33] On
Jones becoming famous after her heroics in the first season,
Ritter said, "She keeps her circle small because she doesn't
want people in her life, so there's no textbook on how to deal
with new popularity or new eyes on you."[30] Speaking on the
social issues she hoped to tackle in the season, after
covering "issues of choice, interracial relationships,
domestic violence, [and] issues of consent" while also
exploring "feminism and being a woman in this world" in the
first, Rosenberg said, "I'm not quite sure yet what the social
issues are that we're dealing with [in season 2]. We're just
trying to find some resonance for [Jessica Jones] and a new
place to push her, to give Krysten something new to play and
really push the boundaries of the character."[33]

After much of the first season was taken from the Alias
comic book, Rosenberg wanted to continue that trend with
the second season, but acknowledged that "the MCU is very
different from the comics in terms of its mythology. In the
books there were things building towards "Civil War" and all
that, and here that's not the case. The nature of that is we're
probably not going to be able to continue to do parallel
storylines [to Alias]".[29] On having Jones continue to
struggle with the same issues in the second season, Loeb
said, "The end of the [first season]—and it was one of the
things that was very important when we talked about the
end of the first [season]—was that it wasn't, 'Ooh, I
triumphed and now I can get in my hovercar and join the
Avengers.' That wasn't the story we were interested in
telling."[36] Rosenberg elaborated by comparing the Jessica
Jones to her previous series Dexter, saying that she learned
"you can advance the character, but you never want to cure
the character. With Dexter, the moment he felt guilt or
accepted that he was 'bad,' the show's over. He's no longer
a sociopath. The equivalent for us would be if Jessica
somehow recovered from the damage that had been done to
her. People don't just heal".[25] She added that Jones' killing
of Kilgrave at the end of the first season was "a life changing
experience" and something that would affect the character
going forward.[35] Rosenberg also stated that the season
would be "about digging deeper into this chaos and peeling
back those layers [of Jones' life], just going to the core of
her being" after the first season focused on Jones' trauma
and facing her abuser.[31]
Casting

After the season was ordered, several main cast members

revealed that they would return for the second season,
including Ritter as Jessica Jones,[3] Rachael Taylor as
Patricia "Trish" Walker,[37][4] and Carrie-Anne Moss as Jeri
Hogarth.[38][10] Eka Darville also reprises his role as Malcolm
Ducasse.[5] In March 2017, J. R. Ramirez was cast as Oscar
Arocho, which was revealed in July after the airing of his
character's death on Power.[6][39] In April 2017, Janet
McTeer was cast in an undisclosed role, described as
someone who has "an enormous impact on Jessica's life."
[40] She was revealed to be playing Alisa Jones, Jessica's

mother,[11] who was briefly portrayed in flashbacks by Miriam

Shor in the first season.[41] By July, Leah Gibson had also
joined the cast,[8] in the role of Inez Green.[9] Also joining in
the season is Terry Chen as Pryce Cheng.[7]

In August 2017, David Tennant was confirmed to be reprising

his role as Kilgrave,[16] appearing as a hallucination,[42] with
Wil Traval also returning as Will Simpson.[14] Recurring
characters in the season include Rebecca De Mornay
reprises her role as Dorothy Walker,[13] Kevin Chacon as Vido
Arocho[12] and Callum Keith Rennie as Karl Malus.[11] Elden
Henson and Rob Morgan reprise their roles as Foggy Nelson
and Turk Barrett from previous Marvel Netflix series,
respectively.[15][17]
Filming

Filming began the week of April 3, 2017 in New York City,

once again using the working title Violet.[43] This followed
the end of production on The Defenders in March,[44] with
Ritter having indicated in May 2016 that the season would
film back-to-back with The Defenders.[45] Filming occurred
at the Long Island Aquarium and Exhibition Center.[46]
Filming for the season wrapped on September 14, 2017.[47]

Approaching the second season, Rosenberg wanted to

increase the number of female directors working on the
series as a further push for representation. This was a goal
that "Marvel was completely on board with", and given the
demand of many talented female directors at the time, the
series' producers looked to book only female directors first,
and approach male directors later in the pre-production
phase if needed. Another member of the production
suggested that the series book only female directors for the
season, which Rosenberg "hadn't contemplated [as a]
concept prior to that conversation". She quickly made that
the goal of the production, and in October 2016, Rosenberg
confirmed that all 13 episodes of the season would be
directed by women.[26] Oscar's paintings in the season were
created by comic book artist David Mack, who has drawn
covers for Jessica Jones comics.[12][48]
Music

A soundtrack album for the season was released by

Hollywood Records and Marvel Music digitally on March 16,
2018, featuring selections of the original score for the
season composed by Sean Callery, as well as the original
song "I Want Your Cray Cray".[49]

All music composed by Sean Callery.[49]

No. Title Length

1. "Jessica Jones Main Title (Double Shot Version)" 5:11
2. "The Experiment Room" 2:12
3. "Malcolm Suits Up" 1:11
4. "The Bear on the Wall" 5:13
5. "Alisa’s Theme" 2:32
6. "Run Whizzer Run" 2:51
"I Want Your Cray Cray" (performed by Rachael
7. 2:49
Taylor & Kandi Mark)
8. "Hogarth’s Unexpected News" 1:34
9. "Malcolm and Trish" 1:21
10. "Gunpoint" 3:16
11. "Rooftop Movie Night" 1:20
12. "Alisa Surrounded" 4:11
13. "It Didn’t Have to Be You" 2:51
14. "Hogarth Getting Even" 1:54
 15. "Roadside Assistance" 3:27
16. "The Abandoned Lab" 4:09
17. "Cheng Window Shot" 2:00
18. "Escaping the Fire" 4:18
19. "The Ferris Wheel" 3:28
20. "Starting at the Beginning" 1:17
Total length: 51:75

Marvel Cinematic Universe tie-ins

The season makes several references to the events of

Captain America: Civil War, including Vido Arocho's toy
Captain America's shield being broken, as well as mention of
the Raft prison. The season also mentions the Rand
Corporation from Iron Fist.[12]

Marketing
In December 2017, a teaser trailer for the season was
released, along with announcing the season release date.[50]
A trailer was released on February 7, 2018.[51] Ahead of the
season releasing, Netflix revealed the episode titles and
creative teams with pulp comic covers for each episode
created by women artists. The artists included, in respective
order for each episode: Stephanie Hans, Jen Bartel,
Elizabeth Torque, Kate Niemczyk, Colleen Doran, Erica
Henderson, Audrey Mox, Joyce Chin, Jenny Frison, Amy
Reeder, Emanuela Lupacchino, June Brigman, and Annie Wu.
[52] The season held its red carpet premiere on March 7,

2018 at the AMC Loews Lincoln Square.[9]

Release
The second season of Jessica Jones was released on March
8, 2018,[50] to coincide with International Women's Day,[51]
on the streaming service Netflix worldwide, in Ultra HD 4K
and high dynamic range.[53]

Critical response
On review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, the season has an
approval rating of 83% with an average rating of 6.97/10,
based on 86 reviews. The website's critical consensus
reads, "While Jessica Jones is a slower burn with less focus
than its inaugural season, its enticing new character arc
more fully details the most charismatic Defender."[54]
Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the
season a score of 70 out of 100 based on 19 critics,
indicating "generally favorable reviews".[55]

In her review of the first five episodes of the season, Allison

Keene of Collider gave the season 4 out of 5 stars. She felt "
[t]he season really starts to kick into gear.. once we’re
introduced to the central mystery: the truth behind IGH,"
with the season getting "better and better as it goes along."
However, as with previous Marvel Netflix series, the season
suffered from pacing issues, featuring "a minimal or non-
existent score, scenes that go on for too long, and a limited
number of edits that add up to everything feeling like it’s
happening in real time. It’s not as bad as any other Marvel
series on Netflix in this regard — not even close — but it’s
still a problem, and one that has unbelievably still not been
addressed in terms of episode count (or shorter runtimes
within episodes)." Keene also felt the season missed a
"driving force" by not having David Tennant back as Kilgrave,
but was glad the season largely ignored the events of The
Defenders to focus on Jones and her relationships.[56]
Awarding the season a "B", Liz Shannon Miller from
IndieWire said the season's all-female directors kept "the
show’s noir bent in place though doesn’t push too hard into
the realm of art — but the clean approach works, as does
Ritter’s always grounded and believable performance." She
also enjoyed the Hogarth medical storyline, saying it was
"one of the most compelling new storylines", despite it not
connecting to the overall larger narrative through the first
five episodes. For Miller, Janet McTeer was "the most
dynamic element of these early episodes. While she has
potential as a foil, there’s not enough of her to keep us
hooked, not to mention the lack of the emotional hook that
we had with Kilgrave in season 1." Miller also felt the plot
lacked direction, and agreed with Keene about the pacing
issues.[57]
Digital Spy's Jo Berry said in her review, "While the
beginning of the new season lacks the focus of the first, and
is missing a truly menacing bad guy for Jessica to go up
against, the new additions and expanded storylines don't
detract from Ritter's powerhouse performance... Pacing
quibbles aside, this is a darkly enjoyable return for Jessica
Jones, thanks to the strong scripts, slick direction and
Ritter's gripping performance."[13] In a more mixed review,
The Washington Post's David Betancourt noted the season
"lacks shock value". While Ritter "still brings her A-game...
It’s the lack of Kilgrave that at first seems to be what’s
missing from season 2." He did praise the supporting cast,
feeling Darville "has a standout performance" as Malcolm,
with his connection to the larger storyline "surprising and
enjoyable to watch", and also praising Taylor, adding it
"wouldn’t hurt to bring [Taylor] in" as her comics alter ego
Hellcat, to help the season that "lags at the beginning".[58]

Conversely, Susana Polo from Polygon was left disappointed

and bored by the early episodes, also noting the lack of
compelling antagonist for the season. She said, "I don’t see
Jessica Jones' second season winning over anyone who was
lukewarm about her first — or anyone who skipped it entirely.
I’m a big fan, and even I left these first five episodes
wondering exactly what had happened to the series that
gripped me and never let go in 2015."[59]
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