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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Mel O&#039;Drama" data-source="post: 331881" data-attributes="member: 23">Jessica Jones AKA A Lotta Worms / AKA EverythingAlthough this was promoted as “The Final Season” (as on the poster in post #391 above), watching the last episodes has me feeling perhaps it wasn’t known to be cancelled when the episodes were produced. The season finale was a game-changer, but only really in the way that a season finale would be. It lacked the sense of closure I would expect from a series finale. Unusually, Jessica’s big confrontation with Salinger came in the penultimate episode, with Salinger dead at Trish’s hands by the end. I must confess to secretly hoping this was for the finale to devote much of its time to wrapping up The Defenders Saga properly. Indeed, I was hoping that there’d be a bit of a reunion with various cast members from across all six series making at least a cameo appearance. My wish was only partially fulfilled, with Mike Colter’s “Special Guest Star” appearance as Luke. It’s great to see him, don’t get me wrong, and it’s fitting he should appear since he was there at the beginning of this series (likewise, the audio-only cameo of David Tennant as Kilgrave), but I suppose knowing this was the end of Netflix Marvel gave me great expectations that weren’t met. The arguable upside of this is that the finale surprised me by delivering the worst case scenario in most cases. There was no redemption or escape for Trish who was sent to the Raft. Nor was there a happy lovers’ reunion for Jeri and Kith, with Jeri being left alone to face her illness and death. Malcolm and Zaya were on the verge of reaching an understanding only for Breanna to blow it (and, of course, she’s been doing that quite literally with Malcolm). Balancing this is Jessica’s last-minute decision to re-think fleeing New York for Mexico. So downbeat was the rest of the episode that her simple decision to continue being Jessica Jones felt positively uplifting. It’s an effective way of writing an open-end. There’s yet more gold to be mined when one reflects on the last episode or so and realises that Jessica appears to have quietly kicked her alcohol dependence.And so that’s it for The Defenders Saga and for Netflix Marvel Series. One hundred and sixty one episodes over the space of sixteen weeks. I’ve just realised that these series have taken significantly more than half of my entire MCU journey. It’s been quite a ride, and one I’m glad to have taken.</blockquote>

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