8. Where Was Daredevil?
Jessica Jones takes place in Hell's Kitchen, the broken-down area of New York where anything goes. If you've heard it before, it's because it is the home to another Marvel character, Matt Murdock, aka Daredevil. Rosario Dawson's nurse Claire Temple did show up to help Jessica out in the season finale, and there were references to the Man Without Fear on her part, but he himself didn't make an appearance. While that isn't wholly difficult to understand - you've already got Jessica Jones and Luke Cage here - it was a little bit strange that this world, which is so similar, doesn't make any reference to him outside of Dawson''s character (there's also a police officer in a small recurring role earlier in the series as well). If Kilgrave is doing all these terrible things in Hell's Kitchen, wouldn't Daredevil hear about it? Similarly, if there's a man going about beating up violent criminals, wouldn't Jones be aware of him? Obviously they'll connect on a larger scale further down the line, but it just seemed somewhat odd that they don't at least seem aware of each other.
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