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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Mel O&#039;Drama" data-source="post: 327909" data-attributes="member: 23">Jessica Jones AKA FaceTime / AKA I Want Your Cray Cray / AKA Ain’t We Got Fun / AKA Shark In The Bathtub, Monster In The Bed / AKA Pork Chop / AKA Three Lives And Counting / AKA Pray For My Patsy / AKA PlaylandI’ve been either too busy or too lazy to write as I watch, meaning these last eight episodes of Season Two have all blended into one, becoming almost indistinguishable. However, taking the season as a whole, I’ve thoroughly enjoyed it.The twist of Alisa being Jessica’s mother sounds terrible on paper but worked very well and had a substance to it which has given Krysten Ritter some great scenes as Jessica. Janet McTeer was great and I enjoyed her playing Alisa as tormented which added layers of grey to what had initially looked like a black and white situation and it hasn’t hurt that in the long dark wig she reminds me of Joan Van Ark when Valene returned from the dead in the final Knots Landing episode. From the shifting relationship with Karl Malus to her torture at the hands of evil prison guard Dale Holiday to the sweet bonding with Dale’s replacement Marilyn Toussaint (whose death at Alisa’s hands was one of the sadder moments).Jeri, too, has been terrific this season. The ALS, Inez’s betrayal and Jeri fighting her associates have given Carrie-Anne Moss some wonderful moments. It’s been fun to watch the depths to which Jeri will go to get justice and payback. Her buying the gun from Turk was a nice touch, and I did actually believe she would use it herself but, of course, she was a step ahead and manipulated Inez herself into shooting the boyfriend who had pretended to be a healer (I assumed it’s intended to land Inez in prison for life, but it’s also occurred to me that she might plan to blackmail Inez, getting her off the charges on condition she returns to Jeri).Malcolm’s more assertive persona at the beginning of the season has continued, reaching its natural evolution with him breaking out on his own and working his way into Jeri’s new firm. It’s been watchable enough.Malcolm and Trish has been less watchable for me. Their pairing - while decently written - just didn’t work. And I know that’s the idea, but still, the inevitability of the dysfunction imploding made it difficult to invest in. Trish in general has been a chore this season. I’m just not a fan of the character or her portrayal. She’s been deliberately unlikeable due to the addiction and obsessions, but since she didn’t click with me before that it’s been difficult to dig deep and find any kind of empathy or even interest. I couldn’t even understand why she killed Alisa. Is she meant to have lost her mind entirely now? Because it made no sense at all. Of course it did inject immediate conflict between she and Jessica, but it made very little narrative sense for Trish to strike at that moment. Ah well.Kilgrave’s brief return was a nice touch and enough David Tennant for this viewer.</blockquote>

Verification: Who played JR Ewing?