Jessica Jones (TV Series) A.K.A. 1,000 Cuts (2015) User Reviews

A very violent episode, full of converging plot lines.

[TouchTheGarlicProduction · 9/10 · 22 November 2015]

The first half of the episode focuses on the fallout from the last episode. Kilgrave makes Hogarth take him to a doctor, but loses track of his father. The father reveals something very interesting about Kilgrave. The cop is left to guard the evidence, but Will shows up and his strange behaviour comes to a head, as does Hogarth, Pam, and Wendy's love triangle in the violent mid-episode climax.

The support group grows increasingly displeased with Jessica, choosing to revolt at the worst possible time, messing up Hope's release. This demonstrates how so many seemingly disparate plot lines all merge into one seamlessly in this episode. This leads to the other violent climax of the episode.

Overall, this was a good follow-up to the previous stunning episode, which was very violent and very clever at bringing story lines together.

I have Hope. The person, not the feeling. Well, the feeling too. I'm a hopeful man.

[jhudson-11704 · 8/10 · 31 December 2018]

This episode feels like a step back, especially after the 3 prevailing episodes, yet it still does deliver for the most part. We get to discover more of Jessica and Kilgrave's "relationship, Simpson's story lights up, Jery's story actually mixes into the main one and we get an amazing cliffhanger for the episode. There were a couple things in this episode that weren't great IMO especially one but that doesn't mean that this isn't a solid episode.

Let's start with Jery. Her storyline was starting to get so dull and eating up the runtime as if it was just to get more of Moss on screen. While it did help the main story, letting Kilgrave escape and learn about his unborn child, Jery's storyline did abruptly end like wham, bang, she's dead, story done. Also, how did Pam know that Jery was at Wendy's place? I will say though that this does further Jery's character as she has shown disdain for Wendy but still has trust in her. This could go to some compelling areas as we can see what lengths Jery will go to in order to finish the job.

Simpson gets back on the field but he's playing a completely different game than everyone else. He has a roasting session at the warehouse, where we see the effects of those pills he's taking. Also, killing Clemons, a respected detective and Simpson's colleague, just because he doesn't think Kilgrave should be killed showed just how ruthless and dangerous he is. With Simpson destroying all evidence of Kilgrave's powers, this leaves our characters the only choice but to kill Kilgrave, along with something else that happens in the episode. Simpson, though, does bring a big shot of adrenaline that this show needs that can lead to some great action into the last few episodes.

Delving into Jessica and Kilgrave, we see how both viewed their relationship. This is fascinating to look into as for practically all dysfunctional relationships, the memories both people have can be skewed. Although it is kind of clear that Jessica's version is the truth, I do totally believe that Kilgrave loves her and that he himself believes that he can still win her over. These two are the best characters in this show and for them to have this trip down memory lane was great especially for a show that deals with PTSD.

Before I get to the ending, let's address the main thing that bothered me this episode: Robyn. I knew that she would be getting more screen time since her brother died but, my god, it is so much worse than I imagined. Her dialogue is completely cringeworthy and infuriating not to mention her actions, especially near the end at Jessica's apartment when she frees Kilgrave and acts like the good, sweet person saving someone. I really hope that this we get the bare minimum of her later.

Now onto the ending of this episode. Kilgrave presents a trade to Jessica: his Dad, for Hope being legally free and Kilgrave leaving Jessica alone. While we do see that Hope is pardoned by the DA, I sincerely doubt that Kilgrave would leave Jessica alone. Jessica, sort of agrees to this, especially after Robyn saves Kilgrave but then we get a twist. Yes, Kilgrave gets his father but Hope sacrifices herself in order to help Jessica. Hope was the only reason that Jess was not going to murder Kilgrave, but Hope knows that she can help her make her choice. I also still believe that she feels extremely guilty about what happened with her parents and is sort of taking it out on herself. What an amazing cliffhanger for a fairly solid episode.

+ Jessica/Kilgrave + Simpson + Kilgrave's deal + Hope's sacrifice +/- Jery/Pam/Wendy - Robyn

Final Score: 8.6/10

a strange review of a strange show

[A_Different_Drummer · 8/10 · 20 February 2016]

Let's get the easy part of the review out of the way.

Great TV. Great writing. Great characters. Great acting. Ritter can hold her own with Tennant and Tennant is no slouch. It has already been renewed. What more can anyone ask?

Well two thoughts as I was watching this episode.

First this series has turned into the most complicated love story since Silence of the Lambs. And I will point out that the final chapter of that series, Hannibal (the book, not the movie!!) had the two heading off into the sunset together. (Check it out yourself)

And, I said this before, I still miss the series that the writer "teased" us with off the top. For one or two episodes I thought this was a distaff version of the 40s film noire PI flick, with a PI who used to be a superhero. That series, minus the Kilgrave arc, would have been a winner entirely on its own. I would have loved to see it.

It's about time

[windmill-ca01 · 9/10 · 17 June 2019]

Finally Jessica gets a large kick in the butt and realizes that it's time to put down the monster. It's to bad about Hope , she felt that there was no other-way out. It does give Jessica options. Are Will and his Government Doctor the next story line

Ultra-Violent

[Hitchcoc · 9/10 · 31 July 2019]

Kilgrave is everywhere. How do you combat someone who tells you something and you do it? This episode involves every significant character. The support group even becomes involved. It does make one wonder why Jessica allows Kilgrave to escape time after time after time. But it is her fixation on making right with the young woman who killed her parents that is at the center of everything. It's going to see what happens now that the die is cast.

A structural mess

[Tarx309 · 9/10 · 25 May 2016]

This was a very flashy episode with lots of memorable aspects, but a lot didn't land. The pace was ridiculously fast (ironically, considering the tedious pace this show has had in the past) and it just felt like they were trying to cram as much in as possible. It was all quite hit and miss - Kilgrave's scenes were mostly great, on the other hand the scenes with Robyn and the scenes with the entire support group all fell flat.

This episode further proves that these are genuinely some of the most unlikable characters to ever have the misfortune of landing on TV. Will has been unbearable since day one. His mediocrity really gets on my nerves, and he's generally just a stock character. Hope just mopes the entire time, every episode. Robyn, Wendy and Pam all feel really unnecessary and I almost feel like fast-forwarding all of their scenes. Even Jessica has become really tired, as they've clearly not developed her at all, and it looks like she's always going to stay her typical, one tone, one minded self. And what the heck is the point of that support group? They contribute nothing. Oh well.

Not a bad episode, but it was very flimsily put together and too much of it didn't land to really call it great.

Nice

[amindostiari · 10/10 · 28 March 2021]

Finally, this has become a spectacular series. But it has serious flaws in screenwriting. Characterization is also often awful. I also hate the role of Jessica,she is Too bad.

Annoying Jessica

[chapardarparisa · 7/10 · 24 August 2022]

What kind of hero is Jessica that knocked down by two ordinary human!!!! And why she is that slow and hesitated?

Does she tried to bring hope out of jail to let killgrave kill her . Why she doesn't kill him!!!! She is going to be really annoying.

AKA 1000 Narrative Shortcuts

[ryanjmorris · 5/10 · 15 January 2016]

Jessica Jones is a terrific show. The nine episodes prior to this were all great, and the three that follow it are superb. But boy was the ball dropped here. AKA 1000 Cuts is the season's fastest paced episode, but not due to the place that the show is in with regards to its narrative. It's this fast paced because it has an awful lot of plot to get through before it can reach its game changing conclusion, and as it only as 45 minutes to get there it has to cheat it's way through it all.

The show had been excellent at its multitude of story lines, but they came together messily here. Jeri's "doctor that you trust" inclination leading her to Wendy goes against everything the character worked towards this season, as does her total helplessness when Wendy attacks her. Simmons' transition to a villain is handled poorly, what was once a compelling character becomes nothing more than a blank face with a gun, rendering his entire character arc meaningless. Robyn's emotional fragility somehow disappears when she learns of her brother's death, as she becomes a manipulative leader armed with a wooden plank. It makes no sense in respect to the character that we saw prior to this episode, and it exists solely to allow the plots to converge without ever feeling organic or realistic.

The flashbacks to Jessica and Kilgrave's "one happy moment" worsen things by forcing the show away from its generally smart writing as it almost takes us step by step through the characters' feelings. The episode has no faith in the viewer to know that Jessica and Kilgrave see their pasts differently, so it has to show us in an almost laugh-inducingly bad metaphorical flashback. It doesn't trust us to recognise that Hope is the living embodiment of Jessica's guilt, so Kilgrave has to shout it out loud, and it sounds so forced and out of place that it stops the scene dead.

The gritty realism that this show is generally excellent at is dropped here, characters lose their way and far too many narrative shortcuts are made to allow this episode to cheat its way to a messy and overstuffed conclusion. It's still an excellently performed episode with some solid moments, but this is the season's weakest instalment by a long mile.

Tf is the point?

[dhavalgosai-30405 · 4/10 · 14 April 2022]

Jessica didn't kill Killgrave yet cause she wanted evidence to free Hope , i didn't like that reason in the first place because she was letting so many people suffer from Killgrave just to save life of one girl. But she ends up killing herself so Jessica can kill Killgrave which she could have done anytime before. Wtf!!

But just that , so many things dont make any sense in the episode like all the club member taking advice from a lady whom none of them even know and goes to Jessica's house and frees Killgrave who is under control of a SUPERHERO. Just stretching the show to 13 episodes.

Give us a break, please....

[stratus_phere · 2/10 · 15 February 2018]

Pure sh** episode. This is what tv writers thing is good television? We watch this crap episode after episode, seeing this so-called heroine give up chance after chance of catching the same bad guy over and over and over and over again...and failing each time.

She had him tied up, gagged in her room. She had won. But what she didn't do, for whatever reason was 1) kill him, 2) use her super powers to fight off a bimbo who broke into her place. Are you kidding me?

So instead, once AGAIN the bad guy wins. Who couldn't see that one coming. And lying imdb gives this a fake much higher rating than viewers are giving it. And everything our stupid heroine was trying to do is wasted as everyone dies at the end. Thanks a lot, sh***y netflix and whoever else is responsible for this crap. You stole yet another 45 minutes of my life.

There are episodes of shows worth watching, and there are shows you should fast forward through completely. This stinker is not worth watching.

LAZY WRITING

[alelizio · 4/10 · 24 December 2021]

One of the issues that really gets on my nerves when watching a movie or TV show is lazy writing. It's annoying when the writers just come with any BS off-character to land some plot twist or "exciting moment".

Really? Jessica Jones, a badass fighter, got knocked out by a simple civilian girl? Just because she has some wooden beam? We've seen Jessica got more beating, but when the script asks, she got knocked unconscious by no reason. Allowing for the bad guy to escape and cause more deaths. Nice on screen, but ridiculous for the series in general.

If not for all these deviations, the season would be resolved before this episode.

Ok, the season is supposed to last for 13 episodes, but seriously? Can't the writers come up with anything more credible to expand the plot? Getting the characters to simply act... non-character just to fill in for a lack of more creative scenes is purely lazy writing.

I only hope this series gets better later. And I really wish writers try at least to make some effort on being more creative, so not to come by with more of this ridiculous BS.

this episode is nonsense

[iizjfkt · 5/10 · 6 May 2022]

The show has always had its corny moments but this was on another level. All of a sudden there's personality-altering drugs, inexplicable immunity to what is now a virus a la Star Wars Midichlorians, characters acting too much like puzzle pieces scrambling themselves into position. This episode used so many cheat codes and shortcuts the whole thing jumped the shark. I busted out in frustrated laughter repeatedly during this one, and I'm left wondering who they let write this chapter. It's just so B-level.

Lazy wrieting

[ilyasmessi · 5/10 · 5 February 2022]

A eposode full of nonsense, I mean seriously, why did KillGrive lose his ability to control it and why is he so naive and stupid, I mean seriously, he went from the smartest character in the series to the dumbest and most pathetic after a defeat back to the same person who kicked his ass for some reason Why was it not mentioned? He lost his ability to control her, and the reason was never mentioned, and he asked her for a deal, and he goes to the attorney general and fulfills her dream of liberating Hope. Did he become so stupid that if he knew that Hope was the only person who made him alive until the moment, and his trump card, he would have He stupidly gave her what she wanted and what prevented her in order to kill him, I mean he was simply fleeing and leaving the state or the country after the crushing defeat he had in the cell And she is a selfish character, she forbade his father to die, and the dumber of that is that he agreed!!!

Very poor

[Leofwine_draca · 3/10 · 27 April 2021]

Very poor again. A love story written as a superhero thriller. It just isn't interesting and the overacting from all of the cast sinks it from the start. A show I'm really struggling to sit through given how much other great stuff there is around.