Jessica Jones Season 2 Review: 10 Spoiler-Free Reactions To First Five Episodes

8. The Supporting Characters Are Much Better Than Before

Returning from Season 1 are three key players in Jessica’s life: Carrie-Anne Moss’ Jeri Hogarth, Elka Darville’s Malcolm Ducasse, and Rachael Taylor’s Trish Walker.

All were good in the first season, but get even more layers to add this year and have some interesting subplots of their own.

Jeri has the beginnings of a fascinating arc in these early stages, with Moss delivering a mix of fierce wit and charm. Malcolm does run the risk of being on the sidelines a bit too much, with little to do other than become Hell’s Kitchen’s resident player, but a team-up with Trish and some greater trust from Jessica keep him interesting enough.

Trish, however, definitely works best. Rachael Taylor did a pretty good job as Jessica's best friend in the first season, but she's made a step-up this year in terms of screentime and it pays dividends.

Taylor is asked to play a much wider range here, moving from being Jessica's best friend into someone with a bigger storyline of her own, and she nails some of the more dramatic beats she's asked to play outside of her relationship with Krysten Ritter's hero.

That, too, is expanded upon here, as new secrets emerge and we see just how much they differ yet ultimately care about each other, with Trish providing both a support pillar for and interesting contrast to Jessica, and Taylor and Ritter display just how much great chemistry they have developed.