Marvel's Jessica Jones: 5 Ways Kilgrave Could Return In Season 2
5. Jessica Killed A Fake Kilgrave
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One of the most interesting (and terrifying) things about Kilgrave was just how much his presence pervaded the show's atmosphere. He was here, there and everywhere for the majority of its proceedings, and it lent the series a somewhat disorienting quality - both for its viewers and the characters involved.
Jessica was fighting through PTSD for much of the first season, and, given the connection shared between her and Kilgrave, it could be possible that the person she killed wasn't actually him. Rather, the act of eliminating Kilgrave could have symbolic value in Jones destroying the remnants of the character lingering in her mind. Obviously he'd have to appear as a physical apparition as other characters saw him in his closing moments, but it could be the case that he was just a projection of both his - and Jessica's - conscious.
It would certainly make for a spectacular reveal if the character returned in a physical form for season two, only for Jessica to realise that the Kilgrave of yesteryear was just a projection of the actual Purple Man.
Scratch that, it would be tragic. Because Kilgrave's awful. God.
WhatCulture's very own resident movie guy, Ewan has been working in the content creation biz for over 10 years now, having started as a freelance contributor to WhatCulture Gaming all the way back in 2015. After graduating with a First-Class Honours in History from Northumbria University in 2017 (where he won a prize for a totally killer dissertation on the Watergate years), Ewan took on the role of Comics Editor at WhatCulture and quickly developed WhatCulture Comics into one of the biggest superhero-focused channels on YouTube. He followed this with a brief hiatus at Screen Rant in 2021, where he worked across the Gaming and Film sections as a writer and editor, before returning to WhatCulture as a Senior Content Producer / Presenter in 2023. He started his own podcast, We Love Dad Movies, in 2022, and has contributed several written pieces to the Eisner-nominated comics website Shelfdust as well.
In his current role, Ewan incorporates his love of cinema, comic books, and history into written pieces and video essays for WhatCulture's Film & TV channel, as well as WhatCulture Gaming and WhatCulture Horror, with a particular focus on nineties-era Dad Movies, old school Westerns, and Golden Age Hollywood Noir. John Carpenter is his fave, and he thinks Batman Beyond should never have been cancelled. If that's your vibe, you'll probably like his stuff.
