Marvel's Jessica Jones

The true central storylines of the season are the same as those of the series as a whole: Jessica’s journey toward (and attempts to define) heroism, and her relationship with her sister. This season does the best job yet of making clear that Jessica’s willingness to see and acknowledge the gray areas in herself and in others is actually one of her greatest strengths.

Season Three is a pale shadow of the first, where the connections to Jessica’s personal life are mostly arbitrary (until a gruesome twist that, again, doesn’t have the power it should), a case involving a serial killer ends before it ever really begins, and Jessica’s quandary over heroism is never given its full due. Ritter, who took such fantastic ownership of this character, deserves more than a season that finds Jessica more or less where it always does-let down by those around her.

What should be a grand finale for the Marvel Television Universe on Netflix doesn't go out with a bang, or even a whimper. Instead, it simply ends, leaving you to wonder why you even cared about the character and her journey in the first place.

Jessica Jones season 3 isn’t exactly going out with a bang, but it is bright enough to illuminate the darkest corners of the MCU just one more time.

The new season saddles its hero with more trauma, both psychological and physical, but loses the real-life resonance of the show’s previous themes, becoming an exercise in self-reflexivity.