'Jessica Jones' Star Krysten Ritter Says Season 2 Is 'Emotional Thriller'

The first look at Season 2 of “Jessica Jones” is finally here — and so is David Tennant’s Kilgrave, back to be as tormenting as ever to Jessica (Krysten Ritter).

In an interview with Entertainment Weekly, which released a first-look photo from Season 2, Ritter said that it felt like a “celebration” having Tennant back on set.

“The content is maybe not much of a celebration [laughs], but having him be present and spending time with him on a personal level kind of felt like one,” she said.

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Jessica Jones First Look Entertainment Weekly

She that that the photo, above, “took my breath away” because “playing Jessica is the most creatively fulfilling series of my life, and also the most difficult.” Seeing the photo, Ritter said, “my heart was broken for her all over again.”

Ritter said in the interview that Jessica is in a “pretty dark headspace” at the beginning of Season 2. “If Season 1 was in her head and in her mind, then Season 2 will be more in her heart,” she said. “This season is more emotional. It’s still a psychological thriller, but it’s more of an emotional thriller this time.”

Showrunner Melissa Rosenberg told EW that Season 2 will go “even deeper” than Season 1 did into Jessica’s trauma and facing her abuser–Kilgrave.

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“She was somewhat of a mess even before Kilgrave came into her life, so it was really just about digging deeper into this chaos and peeling back those layers, just going to the core of her being,” Rosenberg said. “That was our objective.”

The premiere date hasn’t been released yet, but “Jessica Jones” will return in 2018. You can watch Season 1 on Netflix.

'Luke Cage': 11 References to Other Marvel Netflix Series

Each of the Marvel series on Netflix share a universe (it's actually the same universe as the movies). This TVverse will eventually culminate when these heroes unite in "The Defenders" -- but for now they're mostly united by a few common elements and Easter eggs, including a nod to the upcoming "Iron Fist."
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"Luke Cage" does, of course, refer back to Luke's involvement in the events of "Jessica Jones," but it's pretty oblique for the most part. In the series premiere, Pop (one of the few who know about Luke's secret superpowers) mentions the time Jessica had to shoot Luke in the head with a shotgun.
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Turk Bennett was a supporting character in "Daredevil," until the Devil himself shut down Turk's gun dealer operation, at which point Turk, apparently, fled to Harlem and started hanging out at Pop's barbershop.
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Claire herself is a unifying element amongst all the Marvel Netflix series thus far, as she has made prominent appearances in "Daredevil," "Jessica Jones" and "Luke Cage."
We learn that part of "Luke Cage" takes place during the second season of "Daredevil" because when Claire Temple makes her first appearance, she references the recent ninja attack on the hospital where she worked in Hell's Kitchen as being the reason she's visiting her mom in Harlem.
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In episode 6, we get to hear a part of an episode of "Trish Talk" in which Trish Walker, Jessica Jones' adoptive sister, discusses the public emergence of Luke Cage Harlem.
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When Luke Cage and Diamondback face off in the United Palace Theater in episode 8, Diamondback claims credit for all the misfortune that's befallen Luke, from his imprisonment to the death of his wife Reva. He then admits he was joking about Reva -- which we knew because, in "Jessica Jones," she was killed by Jessica when they were both under Kilgrave's influence.
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In "Jessica Jones," Luke and Jessica recover a USB stick that had belonged to Reva. In the ninth episode of "Luke Cage," we discover it has lots of secret files about Luke from his time at Seagate Prison.
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In the tenth episode, Mariah gives a speech about the troubles with New York's super-people and mentions Jessica having to kill the mind-controlling villain Kilgrave.
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Assistant district attorney Blake Tower played a major role in "Daredevil" Season 2, and he pops up in episode 11 of "Luke Cage" to help Inspector Ridley handle a hostage situation at Harlem's Paradise.
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When federal agents come to take Luke back to prison in the finale, Claire Temple says she knows a good lawyer who will take his case to prove his innocence. She's talking about Matt Murdock, aka Daredevil.
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In the finale, Claire Temple grabs a phone number off a flyer for self-defense classes. The person giving the classes is none other than Colleen Wing, a skilled martial artist and swordswoman who will appear in the next Netflix Marvel series, "Iron Fist," in 2018.
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The Marvel TV shows don’t work closely together, but ”Luke Cage“ is still rife with nods to ”Jessica Jones“ and ”Daredevil“

Each of the Marvel series on Netflix share a universe (it's actually the same universe as the movies). This TVverse will eventually culminate when these heroes unite in "The Defenders" -- but for now they're mostly united by a few common elements and Easter eggs, including a nod to the upcoming "Iron Fist."

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'Luke Cage': 11 References to Other Marvel Netflix Series

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