Krysten Ritter as Jessica Jones. This is her anti-superhero uniform.
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Warning: this review contains minor spoilers to several episodes of the show.
The opening scenes of Netflix’s new series, Jessica Jones (based on the titular Marvel comic book character), are light, playful, and stylized. Jones (played by Krysten Ritter) narrates off-screen as a camera takes shots of a couple who are apparently having an affair. The man who wanted these shots taken, who we assume is the husband of the woman in the photographs, is then seen taking his anger out on Jones. What does she do? She punches him through her apartment’s glass door. “And then there’s the matter of your bill,” she adds.
It’s a great introduction. Jones works as a private investigator for her own company, Alias Investigations, and possesses superhuman powers but is more interested in drinking whiskey than flying. For part of the first episode, it seems like the show might carry on like this, with Ritter (who was also excellent in Don’t Trust the B---- In Apartment 23 and Breaking Bad) making sardonic comments, taking on new cases, and drinking in between. A light, quirky, detective show, right? Not really. Although there are several jokes sprinkled in each episode, Jessica Jones is a dark, bold series that includes gruesome deaths and tackles heavy issues like abusive relationships, rape, PTSD, and drug addiction.
Throughout the beginning of the first season, which was created for Netflix by veteran scriptwriter Melissa Rosenberg (Dexter, the Twilight films) and released in its entirety on Friday, Jones is often stuck between wanting to distance herself from her past while also being forced to come to terms with it. There are several opportunities for the reluctant superhero to run away and start a new life, but Jones decides to deal with her issues and help others.
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