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* DestructoNookie: Jessica and Luke's one-night stand made the bed only last that one night.

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* DestructoNookie: Jessica and Luke's one-night stand made the bed only last that one night.[[AvertedTrope Averted]] Luke retrains himself to avoid [[ManOfSteelWomanOfKleenex hurting Jessica]] during their first night together.
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* SuddenDownerEnding: Jessica had just reunited Hope with her parents, then Kilgrave sent his final message.
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* BrainwashedAndCrazy: Hope.

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* BrainwashedAndCrazy: Hope.Hope is Kilgrave's latest victim, forcing her to scuttle her life by dropping out of college, maxing out her credit card and then killing her parents.



* DestructoNookie: Jessica and Luke's one-night stand.

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* DestructoNookie: Jessica and Luke's one-night stand.stand made the bed only last that one night.



** One for Kilgrave, kinda - [[XanatosGambit he'd set up the old couple to find Jessica and make her find the girl,]] [[ShaggyDogStory and then set up the girl to kill her own parents if Jessica succeeded.]]
* EstablishingSeriesMoment: The show starts with Jessica spying on a couple having vigorous extra-marital sex outside, setting the tone for the series.
* TheDreaded: Zebediah Kilgrave is this to Jessica, due to what he did to her in the past.

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** One for Kilgrave, kinda - [[XanatosGambit he'd Kilgrave to show how twisted he can be. He set up the old couple to find Jessica and make her find the girl,]] [[ShaggyDogStory girl, and and then set up the girl to kill her own parents if Jessica succeeded.succeeded. [[ShaggyDogStory Thereby making it pointless.]]
* EstablishingSeriesMoment: The show starts with Jessica spying on a couple having vigorous extra-marital sex outside, outside and Jessica taking photos of it while saying that she excels at finding the worst in people, thus setting the tone for the series.
* TheDreaded: Zebediah Kilgrave is this to Jessica, due to what he did to her in the past. As soon as she finds out he's in the city, she books an immediate flight to ''Hong Kong''.



* TitleDrop: Luke Cage [[BlatantLies claims it's "ladies night" (despite there being hardly any ladies in the bar)]] just to get Jessica out of her rather twisted Film/BreakfastAtTiffanys routine.

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* TitleDrop: Luke Cage [[BlatantLies claims it's "ladies night" (despite there being hardly any ladies in the bar)]] just to get Jessica out of her rather twisted Film/BreakfastAtTiffanys routine.

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* BookEnds: The episode starts and ends with Jessica narrating about facing reality and making a decision.



* EstablishingCharacterMoment: Jessica throws a jerkass client through her door, then snarkily discusses his bill.

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Jessica throws a jerkass client through her door, then snarkily discusses his bill.

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* MythologyGag: Unintentional, but Jessica claims she has "laser eyes", just like [[Series/AgentsOfSHIELD Phil Coulson]] did with his "laser finger".

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* MythologyGag: MythologyGag:
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Unintentional, but Jessica claims she has "laser eyes", just like [[Series/AgentsOfSHIELD Phil Coulson]] did with his "laser finger".finger".
** Compare the opening scene where Jessica throws a client through her door with ''[[http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/alias_investigations_earth_616_0001.jpg this]]''.
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Jessica Jones, a down-on-her-luck, private detective with super-human strength and a drinking problem, gets a missing person case that is not as clean-cut that it originally seems. Soon, her investigation brings her on the trail of a ghost from her past; one that still very much haunts her in the present.
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** One for Kilgrave, kinda - [[XanatosGambit he'd set up the old couple to find Jessica and make her find the girl,]] [[ShaggyDogStory and then set up the girl to kill her own parents if Jessica succeeded.]]


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* TitleDrop: Luke Cage [[BlatantLies claims it's "ladies night" (despite there being hardly any ladies in the bar)]] just to get Jessica out of her rather twisted Film/BreakfastAtTiffanys routine.
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* MythologyGag: Jessica claims she had "laser eyes", just like [[Series/AgentsOfSHIELD Phil Coulson]] did with his "laser finger".

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* MythologyGag: Unintentional, but Jessica claims she had has "laser eyes", just like [[Series/AgentsOfSHIELD Phil Coulson]] did with his "laser finger".

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* ContinuityNod: Jessica claims she had "laser eyes", just like [[Series/AgentsOfSHIELD Phil Coulson]] did with his "laser finger".


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* MythologyGag: Jessica claims she had "laser eyes", just like [[Series/AgentsOfSHIELD Phil Coulson]] did with his "laser finger".
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* CasandraTruth: Jessica's target sees her displaying her powers and threatens to reveal her. She lets him know that [[FlatEarthAtheist most people are still unwilling to believe in such things]], even now, so he'll just come off as a nut.

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* CasandraTruth: CassandraTruth: Jessica's target sees her displaying her powers and threatens to reveal her. She lets him know that [[FlatEarthAtheist most people are still unwilling to believe in such things]], even now, so he'll just come off as a nut.
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* CasandraTruth: Jessica's target sees her displaying her powers and threatens to reveal her. She lets him know that [[FlatEarthAtheist most people are still unwilling to believe in such things]], even now, so he'll just come off as a nut.
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* ContinuityNod: Jessica claims she had "laser eyes", just like [[Series/AgentsOfSHIELD Phil COulson]] did with his "laser finger".

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* ContinuityNod: Jessica claims she had "laser eyes", just like [[Series/AgentsOfSHIELD Phil COulson]] Coulson]] did with his "laser finger".
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* ContinuityNod: Jessica claims she had "laser eyes", just like [[Series/AgentsOfSHIELD Phil COulson]] did with his "laser finger".
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* OhCrap: Talking to a waiter at a restaurant over how everyone suddenly gave a diner whatever he asked for, a horrified Jessica realizes Kilgrave is back.
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* PottyFailure: Hope has been told by Kilgrave not to move while in bed, confessing to Jessica she peed in the five hours she was stuck there.
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* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: Realizing Kilgrave is back, Jessica immediately starts asking people for money to buy the first plane ticket out of town.
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* EstablishingCharacterMoment: Jessica throws a jerkass client through her door, then snarkily discusses his bill.
* EstablishingSeriesMoment: The show starts with Jessica spying on a couple having vigorous extra-marital sex outside, setting the tone for the series.
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* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Hope after [[spoiler: unwillingly shooting her parents]], together with a BigNo.

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* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Hope after [[spoiler: unwillingly shooting her parents]], parents, together with a BigNo.
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!This !!This episode contains examples of the following tropes



* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Hope after [[spoiler: unwillingly shooting her parents]], together with a BigNo.

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* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Hope after [[spoiler: unwillingly shooting her parents]], together with a BigNo.BigNo.
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* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Hope after [[spoil: unwillingly shooting her parents]], together with a BigNo.

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* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Hope after [[spoil: [[spoiler: unwillingly shooting her parents]], together with a BigNo.
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* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Hope after [[unwillingly shooting her parents]], together with a BigNo.

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* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Hope after [[unwillingly [[spoil: unwillingly shooting her parents]], together with a BigNo.
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* TheDreaded: Zebediah Kilgrave is this to Jessica, due to what he did to her in the past.

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* TheDreaded: Zebediah Kilgrave is this to Jessica, due to what he did to her in the past.past.
* TheGhost: Kilgrave doesn't appear in the episode, even during the flashbacks his face is never shown.
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Hope after [[unwillingly shooting her parents]], together with a BigNo.

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Jessica vows to prove Hope's innocence, even though it means tracking down a terrifying figure from her own past.

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Jessica vows to prove Hope's innocence, even though it means tracking down a terrifying figure from her own past.!This episode contains examples of the following tropes
* BrainwashedAndCrazy: Hope.
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* DestructoNookie: Jessica and Luke.

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* DestructoNookie: Jessica and Luke.Luke's one-night stand.
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* DestructoNookie: Jessica and Luke.

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* DestructoNookie: Jessica and Luke.Luke.
* TheDreaded: Zebediah Kilgrave is this to Jessica, due to what he did to her in the past.
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* DestructoNookie

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* DestructoNookieDestructoNookie: Jessica and Luke.
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* Destructo-Nookie

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* Destructo-NookieDestructoNookie
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Jessica vows to prove Hope's innocence, even though it means tracking down a terrifying figure from her own past.

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Jessica vows to prove Hope's innocence, even though it means tracking down a terrifying figure from her own past.past.
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Jessica vows to prove Hope's innocence, even though it means tracking down a terrifying figure from her own past.

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