50 Fun Facts About Jessica Jones

Which actress, earlier Jane Margolis in Breaking Bad, stars as private investigator Jessica Jones?

Krysten Ritter beat Teresa Palmer in the final round of auditions, and later made her directing debut on a season 3 episode.

Which former Doctor Who star plays Kilgrave, the mind-controlling villain of Jessica Jones season 1?

David Tennant had been the first choice years earlier, when the series was being planned for network television, but he was unavailable then.

Which power does bar owner Luke Cage reveal when Jessica Jones helps him fight off a gang?

Unbreakable skin is why, late in season 1, Jessica has to fire a shotgun at Luke's head at point-blank range just to knock him out.

What is Trish Walker's job when Jessica Jones begins, years after her fame as a child star?

Radio talk-show host Trish uses her programme to insult Kilgrave on air in season 1, and he sends a police sergeant to kill her for it.

In which Manhattan neighborhood, also Daredevil's turf, does Jessica Jones run her detective agency?

Hell's Kitchen has changed so much that the crew filmed in parts of Brooklyn and Long Island City that still looked like the old neighborhood.

In which crossover miniseries does Jessica Jones team up with Daredevil, Luke Cage and Iron Fist?

The Defenders sets the four heroes against the Hand, an ancient organization led by a character played by Sigourney Weaver.

Which three letters open every Jessica Jones episode title, a leftover from the show's first name?

AKA survived because the series was first announced with those letters in front of the heroine's name, before the title was shortened in 2015.

Jessica Jones season 2 arrived on Netflix in March 2018 to coincide with which annual observance?

International Women's Day suited the season: every one of its 13 episodes was directed by a woman.

In Marvel comics, Kilgrave from Jessica Jones is better known by which colorful supervillain name?

The Purple Man was created by Stan Lee and Joe Orlando in 1964 as a Daredevil villain, decades before he was tied to Jessica.

How does Jessica Jones finally kill Kilgrave beside a yacht in the season 1 finale?

Jessica snaps his neck after pretending that his control over her had returned, which lured him within arm's reach.

What does Jessica Jones call the business she opens after abandoning her short career as a superhero?

Alias Investigations borrows its name from Alias, the 2001 Marvel comic series that introduced Jessica.

Which actor plays Luke Cage in Jessica Jones before taking the lead in a Netflix series of his own?

Mike Colter put on 30 pounds of muscle for the part, having signed on without reading a single script.

Which star of The Matrix films plays powerful attorney Jeri Hogarth in Jessica Jones?

Carrie-Anne Moss plays a character who is a man, Jeryn Hogarth, in the comics; the series made Hogarth a woman and a lesbian.

Which Twilight screenwriter created Jessica Jones and ran the show for all three seasons?

Melissa Rosenberg first developed the series for a broadcast network in 2010, then rebuilt it from page one for Netflix.

Besides superhuman strength, which power does Jessica Jones have only in a limited form?

Flight is among the powers her comic-book counterpart gains when the family car hits a convoy carrying radioactive chemicals.

What does Kilgrave buy with his poker winnings in Jessica Jones, then invite Jessica to share?

Her childhood home becomes the setting for several days of uneasy cohabitation, which Jessica ends by knocking him out and carrying him off.

What hits Kilgrave in Jessica Jones, leaving Jessica to believe for a time that he is dead?

A bus left him needing new kidneys, which he simply ordered the ambulance driver who picked him up to donate.

Which missing college athlete do her parents hire Jessica Jones to find in the first episode?

Hope Shlottman is found within the episode, but Kilgrave's orders still grip her and she kills both her parents.

What is the name of Luke Cage's late wife, whom Kilgrave forced Jessica Jones to kill?

Reva Connors had hidden a box holding footage of Kilgrave as a boy, and he made Jessica dig it up before the killing.

Under which nickname was Trish Walker of Jessica Jones famous as a child television star?

Patsy is the character's name in Marvel comics too, where she debuted in 1944 as the star of a teen romantic comedy.

Which Tony-winning actress plays Alisa, the mother Jessica Jones had long believed dead?

Janet McTeer took over a part played in season 1 flashbacks by Miriam Shor; years of secret medical treatment explain the changed face.

Which scientist saved the young Jessica Jones after a car crash and gave her powers in the process?

Dr. Karl Malus later starts the same procedure on Trish at her own request, then blows up his laboratory with himself inside.

Which secretive company paid Jessica Jones's medical bills after her family's fatal crash?

IGH is only a name that Trish uncovers late in season 1, but the hunt for the people behind it drives the whole of season 2.

Where is Jessica's mother sitting when Trish Walker kills her in Jessica Jones season 2?

On a Ferris wheel at Playland, the amusement park the family had visited before the crash; Jessica then takes the blame for the death.

Which feline codename, Trish Walker's in Marvel comics, titles a season 3 episode of Jessica Jones?

Hellcat's comics-accurate yellow and black suit is one of the costumes Trish tries on in season 3 before settling for a hat and bandana.

Which country is Jessica Jones about to leave for when she changes her mind in the series finale?

Mexico is abandoned the moment she hears Kilgrave's voice in her head urging her to leave everyone behind, and she stays in New York instead.

To which prison for superhumans is Trish Walker sent at the end of Jessica Jones?

The Raft is also where Luke Cage tells Jessica he sent his own brother, a visit that steels her to turn Trish in.

Which serial killer spends the third season of Jessica Jones trying to expose Jessica as a fraud?

Gregory Sallinger believes powered people cheat at life, and he first crosses Jessica's path by stabbing her in her own apartment.

What ability does Erik Gelden have in Jessica Jones season 3, at the cost of physical pain?

Sensing evil in others had made him a blackmailer: he squeezed money out of wrongdoers until one of them turned out to be a murderer.

Which organ does Jessica Jones lose in surgery after a masked attacker stabs her early in season 3?

Her spleen even earns a mention in an episode title, and her assistant Gillian only lets her leave hospital with a bagful of medication.

To which neighbor and former addict does Jessica Jones hand her agency's keys in the series finale?

Malcolm Ducasse had first entered her life as Kilgrave's unwilling spy, photographing her in exchange for the drugs he was hooked on.

Which police sergeant in Jessica Jones is sent to kill Trish Walker, then becomes her boyfriend?

Will Simpson later takes experimental combat pills that heal his injuries but leave him so unstable that he murders a detective.

Which Risky Business star plays Dorothy, Trish Walker's abusive mother, in Jessica Jones?

Rebecca De Mornay's character adopts the orphaned Jessica as a publicity stunt, meant to boost her own daughter's child-star career.

Which actress reprises her Daredevil role as nurse Claire Temple in Jessica Jones season 1?

Rosario Dawson played the nurse in five Marvel series in all; here she looks after an unconscious Luke Cage while Jessica hunts Kilgrave.

Which rival investigator does Jessica Jones attack in the season 2 premiere over his takeover bid?

Pryce Cheng answers with a lawsuit, and later in the season he opens fire on her apartment from across the street.

Which nickname does speedster Robert Coleman use when he asks Jessica Jones for help in season 2?

Whizzer dies in an apparent construction accident soon afterwards, and his medication leads Jessica to the building where she was once experimented on.

Which sea creatures, a fascination of two season 2 characters, lead Jessica Jones to an aquarium?

Octopuses interest both a mental-hospital inmate and the doctor Jessica is hunting, so she stakes out the tanks and spots him there.

Which Marvel heroine was Jessica Jones's planned best friend until her own solo film ruled her out?

Carol Danvers gave way to Trish Walker, a swap the showrunner came to prefer because a best friend without powers made a better mirror for Jessica.

Which broadcast network first developed Jessica Jones, only to pass on it before Netflix stepped in?

ABC wanted the story refocused on a different heroine with a glamorous Fifth Avenue life, pushing Jessica into a supporting part.

Which Alfred Hitchcock film inspired the voyeuristic feel of the Jessica Jones title sequence?

Rear Window suits a sequence that peers into lit apartment windows, painted in the watercolor style of the original comic's cover artist.

Which condition is Jessica Jones left with after months under Kilgrave's control?

PTSD is treated as part of her daily life rather than a plot device, and the writers chose never to show the abuse itself on screen.

Which part of Jessica Jones's outfit began as an Acne Studios design, copied at least ten times?

Leather jacket and faded jeans work as armor for Jessica, the costume designer said, keeping the rest of humanity at a distance.

Which future superhero is Jessica Jones's high-school classmate and crush in Marvel comics?

Peter Parker never noticed her: when they meet again as adults in the comics, he recalls her only by an unkind nickname.

Which classic detective film influenced both the Jessica Jones comic and the look of the TV series?

Chinatown lent the show its long, wide shots, with one figure close to the camera and another far away in the background.

Which lawyer friend of Matt Murdock turns up at Jeri Hogarth's firm in Jessica Jones season 2?

Foggy Nelson is played, as in Daredevil, by Elden Henson, one of several faces from the other Marvel series who drop in.

What carries Kilgrave's mind control in Jessica Jones, unlike the pheromones of his comic-book counterpart?

An airborne virus means his commands fade after about 12 hours without contact, and Jessica's blood might hold the key to a vaccine.

Which kind of drug does Jessica Jones track down in season 1 because it shuts off Kilgrave's powers?

A surgical anesthetic would have left him powerless, which is why the surgeon who gave him new kidneys had to operate with him fully awake.

Which American broadcasting honor did season 1 of Jessica Jones win in its entertainment category?

A Peabody Award went to season 1, whose finale separately won a Hugo Award for short-form drama.

What is the name of Jessica Jones and Luke Cage's daughter, introduced in Daredevil: Born Again?

Danielle takes her name from the comics, where the couple call their baby after Luke's best friend, Danny Rand.

Which comics writer created Jessica Jones for a mature-readers Marvel series launched in 2001?

Brian Michael Bendis at first planned the book around an existing heroine, then invented a new detective and kept only the first name.