Superhero Media: Jessica Jones - Season 3

Once the Marvel Netflix experiment was wound up, it took me a little while to get back into it, with aborted attempts at watching Luke Cage and Iron Fist before I was once again lured into the postmodern noir of Jessica Jones. Following on directly from the conclusion of the previous season, Jessica and Trish are at odds over the death of Jessica's birth mother and Jeri faces down her own mortality as her ALS advances and she contemplates suicide. Death is the overriding theme of the third season, with Gregory Sallinger, a serial killer and very loose take on Foolkiller from Marvel Comics, being the primary antagonist of the series. Whilst, yet again, not as impactful or resonant as the first season, Jessica Jones remains a thrilling and engrossing character piece, with no one emerging unchanged from their starting place in the first episode. Whilst there is a feeling of "wrapping up" for many characters, Jessica herself is left unfettered at the close of the story, ready to move on to the next adventure, whatever that may be. 

At the time of writing (June 2020), there is no word on the possible return of the Netflix heroes to the Marvel Cinematic Universe, be it through film or Disney+, though the pervading rumour is that Daredevil will return in the next Spider-Man outing. I really hope that we get to see Krysten Ritter fill the hoodie and fingerless gloves of Jessica Jones again, she brings a lot to the character, embodying the pathos and trauma that she is built on and managing to pull off the super-strength sequences with a casual detachment that few other heroes display. I'm not necessarily sold on the idea of Jessica joining the Avengers, but having her as a supporting character in another film would be ideal, especially if that film had a mystery element to it. I'd also be sad to be losing the supporting cast from Jessica Jones, but by the close of the third season, only Jeri and Malcolm are around in any capacity, though I would be down for seeing Hellcat join a Thunderbolts team if that ever happens. 

Why am I not talking so much about the story of the third season? Well, it's a fun ride, but not all that memorable compared to what has come before, especially as David Tennant was too busy voicing Scrooge McDuck to do more than a one-line cameo. As odd as it is to write this knowing no one will see this article for a few years, I really don't want to spoil what happens in this series. Hell, I came to this a year late and I know plenty of other people who have given up on Marvel Netflix already. If you're languishing for something to watch and haven't given this a go yet, it is well worth a binge, even just to see where the characters end up. Though, again, hopefully we haven't seen the last of all of them.