Kilgrave escapes with Hogarth, having made a deal with her to secure a divorce.
Wendy patches him up and he orders her to kill Hogarth, but Pam interrupts and kills Wendy.
A pilled-up Simpson shoots Detective Clemons and burns down the safehouse, destroying Jessicas evidence.
Kilgrave turns up in Jessicas apartment and she beats then captures him.
Kilgraves father and Trish work on a vaccine but Kilgrave releases then kidnaps Hope.
She asks Jessica to kill him for her.
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Well, Ill say this about this episode.
It was a huge antidote to the plotless wheel-spinning of the last couple.
And then before the episode is out, she kills herself so that Jessica will agree to kill Kilgrave.
As developments go, its not one I find either satisfying or coherent.
A few episodes ago it discarded its genre as inconvenient in favour of shapeless, protean plotting.
You may be fine with that.
Im struggling with it.
My analysis of Hopes death doesnt lead me to any good conclusions.
She makes the choice to help Hope rather than run from the situation.
But now Hope is dead, and Jessicas redemptive arc has essentially died with her.
Shell never be a hero, not least because her current plan is essentially find Kilgrave and murder him.
A bold storytelling choice, perhaps, but its also incredibly bleak.
Now thats gone, I dont know what to think.
Incidentally, nothing in this episode was really from the comics.
And as strong as his powers were, you didnt need a vaccine to reject his commands.
Notably, Doctor Doom had enough willpower to simply shrug them off!
Shame theres no Doom in the MCU, really.
Read Jamesviewing notes on the previous episode, AKA Sin Bin, here.
