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Jessica Jones – Season 1

Where Did We Leave Off: Nowhere, as this is the first season of the show. Although, it is the second of five series being developed by Marvel Studios for Netflix. Following up on Daredevil, the series will follow Jessica Jones, a former superheroine that now makes a living as a private investigator that takes on cases that involve people with extraordinary abilities. The show will take place in the same extended universe as all the various Marvel movies, and just down the road from where Daredevil runs on rooftops.

What’s New: Jessica Jones will add a great many new characters to the Marvel sandbox, including the title character, played by Krysten Ritter, who was once a superhero named Jewel but quit after becoming the victim of Kilgrave, who can control people with his mind. Rachael Taylor will play Patsy Walker, AKA: Hellcat, and Mike Colton will play Luke Cage, another superhero who’s not only Jessica’s love interest, but will segue into his own Netflix show next.

What to Expect: Jessica Jones has been in development for a long time, originally as a series for ABC, so presumably showrunner Melissa Rosenberg was able to work out the narrative kinks in adapting the character for the small screen. Considering the overwhelming positive reception for Daredevil, interest and expectations for Jones will be high, and it will establish whether or not Marvel’s Netflix experiment will pay off all the way through Luke Cage, Iron Fist, and Defenders. And that begs the question: we know that Rosario Dawson will reprise her Daredevil role as nurse Claire Temple, but who else might show up?

Premiere Date: Friday November 20, 2015 at 12:01 am on Netflix.