Jessica Jones Season 3 Review: 4 Ups & 6 Downs

3. The Genuinely Surprising Plot Twists

Jessica Jones Season 3
Netflix

No spoilers here (of course), but for as many narrative mistakes as this season makes, it does occasionally manage to sneak up on viewers with a genuine surprise that catches them off-guard.

Perhaps this is a by-product of lowered expectations as the season progresses, but there are at least two major moments - including a significant character death - that actually hit with shock value and emotional impact tantamount to season one.

Sure, they're bright spots in a season mostly stuck in first gear, but these moments should nevertheless shock fans out of their apathetic stupor for at least an episode or so.

Too often the season defers to the most trite and obvious narrative path possible, but every so often it actually dares to do something different and even surprising.

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