Though her abuser Kilgrave is gone, Melissa Rosenberg says Jessica Jones won't be miraculously cured when the show returns with the second season.
- Sep 21, 2016
AceShowbiz - A dark and gritty Marvel superhero series, "Marvel's Jessica Jones" centers on the titular heroine (Krysten Ritter) who is suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder. Her attempts to move on were thwarted by her abuser Kilgrave (David Tennant), until she resolved to take action against him in the first season.
Though Kilgrave is now gone, series creator Melissa Rosenberg says Jessica Jones won't be miraculously cured in season 2. "She was kind of messed up even before Kilgrave came along," Rosenberg tells Esquire, "and so in season two we can explore what's possible for her moving forward."
Rosenberg adds, "I learned from working on 'Dexter' that 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."
She goes on explaining, "The equivalent for us would be if Jessica somehow recovered from the damage that had been done to her. People don't just heal, you don't go through that just to say, 'Oh, he got arrested, he's in jail, I'm OK now.' That trauma is a huge part of who she is now."
Now that Luke Cage (Mike Colter) is busy with his own quest to fight against some bad guys, there will be a change in the characters' dynamic. Jessica's relationship with her adopted sister Trish (Rachael Taylor) will be even more firmly at the core.
"I fell like for me that's what is unique about the relationship, that they are such intimate friends, and I think they don't have to become lovers-that being said, one never knows," Rosenberg coyly says.
With "Luke Cage" set to hit Netflix on September 30 and "Marvel's Iron Fist" slated for 2017, "Jessica Jones" won't likely arrive until late 2017.
