One of the things I’ve loved so much about Jessica Jones‘ inaugural season is how small-scale it’s been. Unlike most of Marvel’s slate, the show eschews big-budget battle scenes and citywide destruction. The more personal...

Jessica Jones moved firmly into its endgame with “AKA Take a Bloody Number.” These are always risky episodes: there are a lot of plates to keep spinning, because the show has to start wrapping up...

“AKA I’ve Got the Blues” was the first real let-down that Jessica Jones has had all season. There was no real narrative impact, and a negligible sense of momentum. This is to be expected when an...

After a string of fantastic episodes, “AKA 1,000 Cuts” is the most uneven that Jessica Jones has been in a while. But the episode works surprisingly well as a reminder that this show can be genuinely...

Goddamn, what a fantastic episode of Jessica Jones. “AKA Sin Bin” built upon the momentum established with “AKA WWJD?” and capitalized on it, delivering a truly haunting episode that ratcheted up the tension until it was...

“AKA WWJD?” was the best episode of Jessica Jones to date, and the most amazing thing about is that the bulk of it is just two people talking. Yep, this is a bottle episode for the...

More than any other episode so far, Jessica Jones really shows its hand with “AKA Top Shelf Perverts.” This is a dark hour of television, darker and more mature than most Marvel fare dares to go. It had...

Ah, here it is: the dreaded transition episode. If you’re a regular reader of mine, first of all, Hi, all six of you! Second of all, this should be a familiar refrain. My bitch...

Here’s what I expected going into Jessica Jones: a gritty neo-noir enlivened by a heroine with honest-to-goodness super powers. What I wasn’t expecting was to be so deeply, thoroughly unnerved. “AKA The Sandwich Saved Me”...

Jessica Jones hits its stride with “AKA 99 Friends,” right as it bares it soul. While Daredevil focused on themes of pain and guilt, Jessica Jones deals with trauma and PTSD – in short, how to survive. This is...

“AKA It’s Called Whiskey” is far and away the best episode so far of Jessica Jones, for many reasons. First and foremost: it’s genuinely disturbing. This episode gets under your skin, and really shines a light...