A.K.A. Ladies Night

As the first episode it was not so good. I do not like its to much. I had to wait and see what will gona happen.

I've never read the comics. Only heard of Jessica Jones through DareDevil and I gotta say, JJ doesn't even compare to Daredevil. The production quality just isn't there and the heroine (is that the right spelling?) seems a bit miscast or maybe she isn't a very good actress. I'll watch episode 2 but after that I'm done. This episode opens like I'm supposed to care about the girl but I have no idea who she is and her personality didn't help. Alright so she's being tormented by some psychic lunatic and? Hoping this show turns out interesting since it has ties to DD. I can't get into specifics about how the show compares to the comics because I never read them. It's just a really slow start and so far there is no hook. Well she has super human strength so at least there is that.

I have been looking forward to this series for many months and I am not disappointed. While the episode felt slow at times, as the entire series did, it successfully created a dark, noir atmosphere and tone, feeling very similar to the Alias comic series. This pilot was the best piece of psychological thriller I have seen in a long time, picking up more as the episode went on with a good representation of PTSD.

The love triangle sub plot fails to hold me and I failed to care about any characters but Jessica in the pilot, but the series needs breathing room so that can be forgiven. Krysten Ritter gives us an excellent portrayal of Jessica Jones with her delivery of the dry wit and sarcasm. One scene I did like was Jessica viewing the apartments across the street through binoculars, which was a clear homage to 'Rear Window', my favourite Hitchcock film.

I highly recommend you give the series a try; I'd be surprised if the pilot doesn't hook you. Especially the last couple of minutes.

Go and watch Daredevil or The Punisher instead. Or you know what? Watch the first two episodes of this and if it is your thing, enjoy the rest.

After having enjoyed the first season of Daredevil very much, I was looking forward to this a lot. On the whole this episode - the premise - didn't disappoint, although it certainly wasn't perfect. It didn't give a very deep look into any of the characters except Jessica, so I can't make any judgements on them yet. Kilgrave, played by David Tennant, looks like a very intriguing villain, and it was only the plot around him that I really cared about in this episode (although that was great). Luke Cage (who will also be getting his own series in September 2016) was also in it for around ten minutes, and was generally fine - although, again, at this very early stage I don't feel I can make any judgements. That being said, after what I saw of him here I'm not exactly hyped for his show. The other major character was Jessica - a very plainly spoken, psychologically disturbed character played by Kristen Ritter. It was very hard to resonate with her or find her at all a charismatic lead, mostly due to her attitudes and one- toneness. Hopefully she'll improve though.

The best part of this episode was the very intriguing ideas and unique story. I will definitely be continuing this show because, after all, this seems to be one of a kind. However one of the only ways the writers were able to advance any plot was to have Kristen Ritter narrating several times throughout the episode - which ultimately just seemed like lazy writing, and was slightly cringe-worthy at times. It was a fairly slow episode, and I hope the pace picks up as the show goes on, but on the whole I would recommend trying this to anyone, and I look forward to see where the plot goes from here.