10 TV Shows That SUCKED After The First Season

10. Jessica Jones

This one hurts because the Netflix era of Marvel TV shows is very overlooked among the ballooning state of the MCU in this day and age. Chief among these largely underrated shows was Krysten Ritter’s turn as Jessica Jones. For all the debate about finally getting female-led MCU movies like Captain Marvel in 2019 and Black Widow in 2021, Jessica had already beaten them to the punch by heading up her own show starting in 2015.

The first season centred on topics that Marvel’s blockbuster movies couldn’t: assault, coercion and PTSD. Ritter perfectly played off against the salaciously hateable Kilgrave as played by David Tennant. With its alcoholic protagonist and her hedonistic lifestyle; this wasn’t the bright and shiny heroes of the silver-screen, this was a look at how super powers could affect normal lives.

Later seasons had the occasional moment and the cast performed well, but generic storylines that simultaneously dug into Jessica’s estranged Mother whilst her best friend gained her own super-powers completely lost the focus of what made the show great.

Furthermore, Jessica’s story was so specifically attached to Kilgrave so, when the villain was defeated at the end of season one, it could never quite fill the void no matter what the writers tried.