Marvel's Jessica Jones: 5 Ways Kilgrave Could Return In Season 2
3. The Character Lingers In Jessica's Mind
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One of the most revolutionary things about Jessica Jones was, of course, that it followed a protagonist living with post-traumatic stress disorder. It depicted mental health issues in a comic book context more explicitly than Daredevil, and indeed, drew plaudits from multiple campaigners and outlets because of it. It would be likely, then, to suspect that we'll be seeing a renewed depiction of Jessica's mental health in the next season.
If Kilgrave is featuring prominently, however, then we'd wager that Jessica has still been left reeling from the events of the first season, and that his presence - while eliminated in a physical sense - persists mentally.
That'd be a huge loss for the character, who seemed to have tied up (snapped?) all the loose ends when she dealt the killing blow to Tennant's villain back in the finale. It could be the likeliest course of action, however, if the show's unwilling to tread too heavily into sci-fi territory.
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.
