I'm just going to come right out and say it: I think Jessica Jones is the only one of Marvel's Netflix series to get the whole "gritty superhero" thing right. Jessica endures an ungodly amount of trauma, from seeing her entire family perish in a fiery car wreck (that leads to her gaining superhuman powers, if the guilt wasn't bad enough) to being repeatedly abused and raped by season one villain Kilgrave. But she still manages to keep her humanity, rather than being forced to suffer silently like so many other "strong" female characters before her.
Jessica Jones is one of the best representations of PTSD that's ever played out on screen, treating its main character with respect and empathy. She's also an honest character, who's allowed to f*ck up and be messy and use questionable coping mechanisms (*cough* whiskey *cough*) along her journey to survival. And, to top it all off, she does it while wearing a killer leather jacket.
— QK
