Ghost of Jessica's Past - Jessica Jones / Crush Syndrome

I was on the second episode of Jessica Jones during work breaks today, seriously digging the psychology of the supernatural figure seemingly dead yet still quite present named Kilgrave (so far only voiced by Doctor Who's David Tennant), tormenting the show's titular troubled PI superheroine (Krysten Ritter). Kilgrave is a master at mind control and manipulation, able to request his victims to do his bidding. Thus far Kilgrave's voice and memory haunts and intimidates her. Hope (Erin Moriarty) murdering her parents in the pilot episode (Ladies Night) at the urging (against her will) of Kilgrave, the subsequent arrest, Jessica's inability to rescue her from him, Jessica's request for power attorney, Jeri Hogarth (Carrie-Anne Moss) to represent Hope if she can prove Kilgrave is alive and responsible for the parents' murders, her concern that news star buddy, Trish Walker (Rachael Taylor), will get hurt if she continues to insert herself in Jessica's business, and Jessica's worry that Kilgrave will come for her at any moment...the second episode established how Kilgrave was seen very little and yet he's a significant figurehead, the topic on the lips and very present in conversation. Ritter is particularly impressive when revealing the fear and anxiety in Jessica Jones... Kilgrave really got inside her and her psyche is his playground. So I'm definitely invested in her journey through all this.

*** / ****

---AKA Crush Syndrome