History Recap / JessicaJones2015S1E2AKACrushSyndrome

* ChildHater: Kilgrave.

* EstablishingCharacterMoment: The first time we see Kilgrave in the present, he invades a family's home, completely overwhelming their lives, crushes a child's toy for no reason then locks both children in the closet, including telling the girl to pee in the closet.

* TitleDrop: Dr Kurata says that one of Kilgrave's kidneys was destroyed in the accident and the other was starting to break down due to crush syndrome (destroyed muscle tissue releases protein and enzymes into the blood, which damages the kidneys).

* YourCheatingHeart: Having learned that his booty call is married, Luke kicks her out of his bar. Likewise, it turns out that Hogarth's wife is aware that the former is cheating on her with her secretary.

!Tropes:

* TrespassingToTalk: Luke waits in the dark for Jessica to return to her office.

* BavarianFireDrill: Jessica disguises herself as a nurse to get the information she needs about the ambulance driver who helped Kilgrave survive and fake his death.

* CrazyCatLady: The interior of the second locker Jessica breaks into at the hospital is plastered with photos of at least twelve different cats (and one male acquaintance, likely a vet). Jess reacts with only a very small "Eugh".
* DeathByOriginStory: We learn that the picture in Luke's medicine cabinet is of a dead woman named Reva Connors and that Jessica has a photograph of him at her funeral, showing her stalking has been going on for a while.

* PottyFailure: One of the kids made to go into the closet by Kilgrave pees herself since he told her to [[ExactWords go]] in there.
* PunctuatedForEmphasis: Jessica does this twice, both trying to convince someone, first Hogarth ("Take. Hope's. case!") and then Trish ("I can't. Risk. you.").
* ShoutOut: When Jessica is interrogated by Oscar Clemmons, she mentions she enjoys antiquing as an icebreaking gambit; much like Lester Freamon from ''Series/TheWire'', another character played by Clarke Peters, Clemmons reveals he's got an eye for the finer things as well. In the same conversation, there's a different ActorAllusion: Jessica claims she was on her way to Pennsylvania, which is Krysten Ritter's home state (she hails from Bloomsburg in the northeast part).

* WouldHurtAChild: Kilgrave doesn't give a damn if the kids he brainwashes into locking themselves in a closet will ever get fed.

* BolivianFireDrill: Jessica disguises herself as a nurse to get the information she needs about the ambulance driver who helped Kilgrave survive and fake his death.

* ICannotSelfTerminate: Jack Denton, the man who was forced to give his kidneys to Kilgrave, is on dialysis, and has had a stroke which has made him unable to walk or talk, writes KILL ME on a notepad to Jessica. [[spoiler: She doesn't.]]

* BarBrawl: Luke gets into one with his fling's husband (which Jessica ends joining), which serves to demonstrate both his mental toughness and his physical invincibility.

* ChildHater: Kilgrave

* BarBrawl: Luke gets into one with his fling's husband, which serves to demonstrate both his mental toughness and his physical invincibility.

* ShoutOut: When Jessica is interrogated by Oscar Clemmons, she mentions she enjoys antiquing as an icebreaking gambit; much like [[Series/TheWire Lester Freamon]], another character played by Clarke Peters, Clemmons reveals he's got an eye for the finer things as well. In the same conversation, there's a different ActorAllusion: Jessica claims she was on her way to Pennsylvania, which is Krysten Ritter's home state, as she was born in Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania.