Line #19 Recap/JessicaJones2015S1E1AKALadiesNight


1	Jessica Jones, a down-on-her-luck PrivateDetective with super-human strength and a drinking problem, gets a missing-person case that is not as clean-cut as it originally seems. Soon, her investigation brings her onto the trail of a ghost from her past; one that still very much haunts her in the present.
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3	!!This episode contains examples of the following tropes:
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5	* AnswerCut: Jessica tells Luke that though she isn't flirting with him, she still wants something from him. He asks what it is. Cut to them having sex in his bed.
6	* ArtisticLicenseSports: Hope's mother refers to Hope as "on athletic scholarship" for track and field at NYU. NYU competes at the division 3 level and therefore cannot give out athletic scholarships as per NCAA rules.
7	* BookEnds: The episode starts and ends with Jessica narrating about facing reality and making a decision.
8	* BrainwashedAndCrazy: 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.
9	* 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]] or simply want to [[WeirdnessCensor pretend they don't exist]], even now, so he'll just come off as a nut.
10	* CeilingBanger: Jessica's attempt of throwing her boot against the ceiling to silence her [[RightThroughTheWall noisy neighbors]] upstairs turns into an EpicFail.
11	* CelebrityParadox: Zack, Trish's assistant, is arguing with Trish over why it would be bad to get [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madeleine_Albright former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright]] on the show, and she mentions he tried to get Creator/ChanningTatum onto ''Trish Talk''. Channing Tatum co-starred with Creator/SamuelLJackson (Nick Fury) and Creator/KurtRussell ([[Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxyVol2 Ego the Living Planet]]) in ''Film/TheHatefulEight'', and co-starred in ''Film/GIJoeRetaliation'' with Creator/ElodieYung (Elektra in ''Series/Daredevil2015'' season 2 and ''Series/TheDefenders2017''), Matt Gerald (Melvin Potter in ''Daredevil''), and Adrianne Palicki (Bobbi Morse in ''Series/AgentsOfShield'').
12	* ChekhovsGunman: All those giant banners about the "Talk with Trish" show are for a reason: Trish will turn out to be an actual character in the series.
13	* ContinuityNod:
14	** Unintentional, but Jessica claims she has "laser eyes", just like [[Series/AgentsOfSHIELD Phil Coulson]] did with his "laser finger".
15	** The cinematography when Jessica is grabbing Hope from the hotel room echoes Matt's rescue of the boy from the Russians.
16	* DestructoNookie: [[AvertedTrope Averted.]] Luke restrains himself to avoid [[ManOfSteelWomanOfKleenex hurting Jessica]] during their first night together.
17	* CuttingBackToReality: Jessica suffers numerous flashbacks to her time spent with Killgrave, all of which are at first framed as if real: in one, she's spying on Luke Cage from a fire escape when the camera slowly begins to zoom in on her face and Kilgrave appears next to her, whispering in her ear - only for a cut to reveal that she's alone. In another scene, Jessica is half-asleep at her desk when Kilgrave suddenly dips into view and licks her forcibly across the cheek. Next cut, Jessica shoots upright in a panic... only to find that it was just a nightmare.
18	* TheDreaded: 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 tries to book an immediate flight to ''Hong Kong''.
19	* ElevatorEscape: Jessica heads for the elevator but comes too late to save the old couple. [[spoiler:Their own daughter]] pulls a revolver and smiles creepily as the doors close.
20	* EpilepticFlashingLights: Light flashes in the corridor after Jessica triggers the fire alarm.
21	* EstablishingCharacterMoment:
22	** Jessica throws a jerkass client through her door, then snarkily discusses his bill.
23	** Kilgrave sets up Hope's parents to find Jessica and make her find Hope, and then sets up Hope to kill her own parents if Jessica succeeds, [[ShaggyDogStory thereby making it pointless]].
24	* EstablishingSeriesMoment: The show starts with Jessica spying on a couple having vigorous extra-marital sex 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.
25	* FavorsForTheSexy: Luke mentions several reasons for helping Jessica, including "You're hot"
26	* {{Foreshadowing}}:
27	** While Jessica's in his bar, Luke mentions [[Series/LukeCage2016 Pop]].
28	** When Jessica is at the suit and tie shop talking to the owner, the camera lingers on a rack of purple neckties, telling us that Kilgrave is Hope's mystery "boyfriend" one scene before Jessica learns this.
29	* TheGhost: Kilgrave doesn't appear in the episode; even during the flashbacks his face is never shown.
30	* HeroicBSOD: Jessica has one after the [[ElevatorActionSequence elevator assassination]].
31	* HopeSpot: Jessica has rescued Hope, connected with her personally, and put her on the path home with her parents. Then, as the elevator doors close, Hope gives a creepy smile and pulls out a revolver.
32	* IronicEcho: "Laser eyes." Moron.
33	* LecherousLicking: Kilgrave, during Jessica's short NightmareSequence. Despite his famous OralFixation, Creator/DavidTennant was [[{{Squick}} mortified]] at the thought of having to lick Creator/KrystenRitter, who was very understanding.
34	* MadnessMantra: Jessica recites the names of streets near her childhood home to help cope with PTSD from her time with Kilgrave.
35	* ManchurianAgent: It turns out that Kilgrave is counting on Jessica to return Hope to her parents, and so he gives her a latent order to kill them upon reuniting with them just to send Jessica a message.
36	* ModestyBedsheet: Kind of. Luke is seen with his naked chest while Jessica is still (or again) fully dressed after their sex scene.
37	* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Hope after unwillingly shooting her parents, together with a BigNo.
38	* MythologyGag: Compare the opening scene where Jessica throws a client through her door with ''[[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/alias_investigations_earth_616_0001.jpg this]]''.
39	* ObsessiveCompulsiveBarkeeping: Luke is cleaning glasses during his talk with Jes at the pub.
40	* OhCrap: Jessica already realizes something's fishy when she arrives at Niku, as she remembers Kilgrave took her here. Then she talks to the maitre'd, and he mentions that a man fitting Kilgrave's description made him kick another couple out, made the sommelier comp him a $500 bottle of wine, and got the chef to make him the Italian pasta dish he used to like at the previous restaurant that existed here.
41	* OverTheShoulderCarry: How Jessica gets Hope out of the hotel room.
42	* 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.
43	* PrivateEyeMonologue: Jessica's [[{{Bookends}} opening and closing]] monologues, establishing her personality, worldview, and methods on the job.
44	* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: Realizing Kilgrave is back, Jessica immediately starts asking people for money to buy the first plane ticket out of town--and out of the country, and the Western Hemisphere.
45	* SherlockScan: Jessica jokes that she can tell from the residue on the bar that "four years ago a man named Horace had buffalo wings".
46	* SuddenDownerEnding: Jessica has just reunited Hope with her parents, then Kilgrave sends his final message.
47	* 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 twisted ''Film/BreakfastAtTiffanys'' routine.
48	* VertigoEffect: When Jessica looks at the hotel room at the end of the floor.
49	* YourDoorWasOpen: Or [[BlatantLies so Jessica claims]].

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