Jessica Jones (season 3) | |
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Country of origin | United States |
No. of episodes | 13 |
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Original network | Netflix |
Original release | June 14, 2019 |
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List of Jessica Jones episodes |
“ | When Jessica Jones (Krysten Ritter) crosses paths with a highly intelligent psychopath, she and Trish (Rachael Taylor) must repair their fractured relationship and team up to take him down. But a devastating loss reveals their conflicting ideas of heroism and sets them on a direct collision course that will forever change them both. | ” |
— Netflix[3] |
No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date | |
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27 | 1 | 'A.K.A The Perfect Burger' | Michael Lehmann | Melissa Rosenberg | June 14, 2019 | |
Jessica Jones has returned to helping people, albeit in her usual cynical way. She is further annoyed when a video of herself assaulting her latest target goes viral. Malcolm Ducasse continues to work for Jeri Hogarth though he is perturbed by the methods used to help a baseball player client out of a drunk driver incident. He causes the client to get into another accident to hurt his career. Hogarth, still suffering from ALS, asks Jones to end her suffering, but she refuses. She visits a former flame, Kith Lyonne, who is married to law professor Peter. Dorothy Walker asks Jones to look for her daughter Trish, who had disappeared. Jones refuses at first, but changes her mind just to get her off her back. She discovers that Trish has become a vigilante and discovers her enhanced abilities from Karl Malus' experiment. Trish tells Jones to leave her alone and Jones goes to a bar where she meets the charming Erik Gelden. Jones and Gelden go back to her apartment, but they are ambushed by a masked assailant, who stabs and injures Jones before fleeing. | ||||||
28 | 2 | 'A.K.A You're Welcome' | Krysten Ritter | Hilly Hicks, Jr. | June 14, 2019 | |
After killing Jones' mother Alisa, Trish discovers her enhanced abilities. Believing she would be a better hero than Jones, Trish undergoes extensive physical training to become a vigilante. She spots Jones on the street and calls her, but she hangs up on her. Trish manages to catch a cell phone thief, but he and the victim recognize her, convincing her to adopt a disguise. Later, the thief attempts to sue her due to her injuring his neck. Malcolm later blackmails him into lowering the cost after discovering that his son, who looks up to him, is actually not his and threatens to tell him the truth. Trish moves into a cheaper apartment, much to Dorothy's chagrin, but continues appearing on television. She begins to stalk Andrew Brandt, a man who put his half sister in the hospital over a statue that was willed to her. Trish stakes his apartment before attacking him, leading into Jones running into her. In the present, Trish learns of Jones' hospitalization and visits her. They believe that Brandt was behind the attack, and Jones (sarcastically) thanks Trish for giving her his name. | ||||||
29 | 3 | 'A.K.A I Have No Spleen' | Anton Cropper | Lisa Randolph | June 14, 2019 | |
During surgery, Jones has her spleen removed and is only allowed to leave the hospital after agreeing to take numerous medications, which her new assistant, Gillian, insists on. Hogarth has Malcolm dig up dirt on Kith's husband Peter in an attempt to break them up. She meets with Kith, and the two seemingly resume their affair. Malcolm plants a camera in Peter's office and discovers him having a tryst with one of his students. However, Kith reveals to Hogarth that she and her husband have an open relationship and will not get attached to her. Jones gets help from Hogarth in finding Brandt's statue, but while toying with Trish, she collapses in the street from dehydration and Trish makes off with her leads. Nevertheless, Jones locates the statue after confronting Trish, then captures and interrogates Brandt, learning her attacker was not Brandt or anyone associated with him and leaves him for Trish. As Jones recollects herself at home, Erik arrives to check up on her, but Jones suddenly has an epiphany and realizes that the attacker was after Erik. | ||||||
30 | 4 | 'A.K.A Customer Service is Standing By' | Liesl Tommy | Jamie King | June 14, 2019 | |
Erik explains that he owed money to criminal Sal Blaskowski and had one week to fulfill it. He reveals that he is an empath and can sense if someone has done wrong, though it causes him pain. Together, Jones and Erik find people he has blackmailed and collect the money while also outing their crimes to the police. Trish picks up on Blaskowski from Erik and breaks into Malcolm's office so that she can continue to investigate her. Malcolm digs up more dirt on Peter and discovers that he has been extorting from scholarship funds that were made in his daughter's memory. Hogarth decides not to act on releasing this information as it would ruin both Peter and Kith. Erik leaves Jones to give the money to Blaskowski, but she decides to drown him for being late. Trish arrives and rescues him, but accidentally stabs Blaskowski, though she survives. Jones finally finds her attacker: Gregory P. Salinger, an intelligent psychopathic serial killer. Jones leaves when Salinger threatens to release criminal evidence against her, and reluctantly asks for Trish's help in capturing him. | ||||||
31 | 5 | 'A.K.A I Wish' | Mairzee Almas | J. Holtham | June 14, 2019 | |
Jones and Trish begin to stakeout Salinger's apartment. When he leaves, Trish breaks in to collect evidence while Jones follows Salinger. She finds out that he has been spying on Erik's sister Brianna, a prostitute. Jones confronts the two and realizes that they are in danger and has Brianna stay at Malcolm's place for protection, though this does not last long as her pimp, Gor, arrives and takes her away. Hogarth changes her mind and releases the information on Peter, devastating Kith. Unable to convince Kith that Hogarth is manipulating them, Peter commits suicide while making a case video against Hogarth. Jones and Trish continue to argue about Alisa's death, with Gillian insisting they work out their differences. Afterwards, they use the evidence they collected to trace Salinger to an abandoned train car that houses the bodies he has collected. Jones sets off a gas trap and Trish rescues her with the two admitting their faults over the Alisa argument as the former speaks with the cops. Later, Salinger ambushes Erik in his hotel room and abducts him. | ||||||
32 | 6 | 'A.K.A Sorry Face' | Tim Iacofano | Jesse Harris | June 14, 2019 | |
Salinger begins torturing Erik and trying to get him to confess to 'cheating'. While doing so, he figures out Erik's empath abilities when he stands close to him and he starts to bleed profusely. Jones learns of Erik's kidnapping and forces Trish to reveal her powers to Dorothy in an attempt to dissuade her from crime fighting, but Dorothy angrily abandons Trish. Malcolm locates Brianna and beats up Gor, ultimately convincing her to return after telling her of Erik's kidnapping and begins an affair with her. Hogarth attempts to apologize to Kith, but is stopped by her son who rebuffs her. The scandal causes many of her clients to leave, though she manages to keep a few. However, her partner Benowitz backs out and takes Rand Enterprises with him. Jones and Trish manage to get a lead on Salinger and find him. They rescue Erik and arrest Salinger. However, Det. Eddy Costa reveals that Salinger will not be tried due to lack of evidence. Erik cannot testify as he will get a year in prison for blackmail and will suffer pain due to his powers. Jones and Erik comfort each other. | ||||||
33 | 7 | 'A.K.A The Double Half-Wappinger' | Larry Teng | Nancy Won | June 14, 2019 | |
Hogarth becomes Salinger's attorney, angering Jones. Salinger then slams Jones' actions. Jones and Trish believe that the death of Salinger's brother Donny was his first kill and head to Wappinger to look into it. The local police refuse to aid Jones, so she and Trish steal the police files. They believe that Donny's death was an accident, but discover that Salinger had a friend on his high school wrestling team named Nathan Silva who mysteriously disappeared. They visit the Silvas and find that Nathan's body was buried under their gazebo all these years, exposing the crime. Malcolm is upset that Hogarth is helping Salinger, but his girlfriend, Zaya, insists it's part of their job. Hogarth begins looking into the masked vigilante helping Jones and discovers that she has been taking out their clients. Zaya reviews security footage and spots Malcolm interacting with Trish. As Trish gets publicity as a vigilante, Jones and Malcolm confront Salinger at wrestling practice. Jones out does Salinger, earning the praise of the students, and tells him she knows he killed Nathan. | ||||||
34 | 8 | 'A.K.A Camera Friendly' | Stephen Surjik | Scott Reynolds | June 14, 2019 | |
Jones receives a video from Salinger teasing his next murder. She recruits Trish to help look for the victim while contacting Costa to check Salinger's apartment. They find a decoy hired to watch over his home, so Jones films herself destroying Salinger's trophies and diplomas and sends the video to him to taunt him. Malcolm discovers that Zaya doctored the security footage of himself with Trish even though she is angry with him. Later, Hogarth demands that Trish be unmasked for the public and wages war against super powered vigilantes. Dorothy has Jones do an interview with Thembi Wallace which mostly consists of her accusing Salinger and warning his next victim. Jones and Trish go searching for Salinger and believe that his next victim will be Mona Lee of GT Agrochemical. Salinger shows up at his apartment apparently clean of any wrongdoing. After escaping paparazzi, Jones realizes that Dorothy is Salinger's next victim. Trish finds her mother murdered by Salinger, then races to Salinger's apartment to kill him with Jones rushing to stop her. | ||||||
35 | 9 | 'A.K.A I Did Something Today' | Jennifer Getzinger | Lisa Randolph | June 14, 2019 | |
Trish seriously injures Salinger before Jones stops her and they escape. She is sent a photo of proof of Trish's attack by a hospitalized Salinger, who threatens to release it unless Jones destroys all evidence of Nathan's death. To save Trish, a reluctant Jones and Erik force one of Erik's blackmailed associates, Officer Carl Nussbaumer, to them into the lab, where Jones successfully removes the evidence. Trish, however, is upset over Jones choosing her over Salinger as that means he will walk free. Hogarth is approached by Kith's son, Laurent in helping them in a case against former supporter Demetri Patseras. She confronts Kith and admits that she is still in love with her. Eventually, Kith accepts Hogarth's help. Malcolm comes clean with the footage, but claims that he doctored it himself and quits. While looking over the undoctored footage, Hogarth sees that Trish is the masked vigilante. As Costa is forced into taking a sabbatical for losing the evidence, investigators arrive at Jones apartment and suspect her of murdering Nassbaumer. | ||||||
36 | 10 | 'A.K.A Hero Pants' | Sanford Bookstaver | Hilly Hicks, Jr. & Jamie King | June 14, 2019 | |
The investigators cannot find any evidence on Jones, but they do find a folder on Nassbaumer which Jones allows them to take. As Trish prepares for Dorothy's funeral, she is approached by the investigators and insists that Jones is innocent. Jones begins to suspect Erik of the murder. Malcolm asks to join Alias Investigations again and Jones accepts with him looking into the files of Jace Montero. He soon breaks up with Zaya due to their differing work and a sober Brianna returns to stay at his place and the two start a serious relationship. Kith comes to Hogarth about Patseras. She angrily tells her to stop using her dirty tactics, but when Patseras accuses her of fraud, accepts her help in 'coloring outside the line[s]'. Jones and Trish reminisce about Dorothy and attend the funeral. Gillian calls Jones who says that the police have a warrant for her arrest. Jones realizes that Trish murdered Nassbaumer and leaves. Later, she attempts to trail Trish, but is suddenly arrested. Erik watches in horror as Trish is seen beating and killing Montero in his trailer office. | ||||||
37 | 11 | 'A.K.A Hellcat' | Jennifer Getzinger | Jane Espenson | June 14, 2019 | |
In flashback, Dorothy forces Trish to take up acting due to her father abandoning them. Through a series of calculated plans, Dorothy has Trish earn a coveted leading role in for a sitcom on ABC, claiming that she 'owes the world'. After discovering her mother dead, Trish goes after Salinger, but is stopped by Jones who tries to comfort her. She continues to lash out at people including an abusive neighbor. She approaches Erik about helping out with catching criminals and go after Nassbaumer by recording a confession. Trish accidentally kills him and Erik's headaches go away. When Jones is suspected of murdering Nassbaumer, Trish and Erik plot to divert the investigators. Hogarth approaches Trish with her knowledge of her activities and asks her to steal something for her. Erik is revealed to have called the cops on Jones so that she would have an alibi. Trish and Erik go after Montero with Trish brutally killing him after envisioning Salinger. Realizing that killing his more effective, Trish starts her new spree as Erik begins getting headaches from her. | ||||||
38 | 12 | 'A.K.A A Lotta Worms' | Sarah Boyd | Scott Reynolds | June 14, 2019 | |
39 | 13 | 'A.K.A Everything' | Neasa Hardiman | Story by : Melissa Rosenberg & Nancy Won Teleplay by : Melissa Rosenberg & Lisa Randolph | June 14, 2019 |