Jessica Jones (Marvel Cinematic Universe)/Synopsis

The story of Jessica Jones of the MCU.

Early life
She was born to Brian and Alisa Jones. She grew to be an antisocial young woman. She was orphaned when she was a teenager when she lost her parents and brother in a car accident, which Jessica herself was a soul surivivor. She was later adopted by Dorothy Walker who was a talent agent. She would soon discover she was abusive towards both her and her adopted sister, Trish Walker. Though she managed to protect her sister using her super strength to shove Dorothy against a wall.

Adult
"Luke: The way I see it, being a hero just puts a target on your back. Jessica: Yeah, been there, done that."

- Jessica recalling her failed attempts as a hero

Alias
Years later, Jessica struggled through a career of boring jobs with difficult managers, where her innate investigative abilities made her few friends. Trish tried to convince her to take up superheroics, but Jessica settled into a habit of saving people on a small scale in her normal clothes.

During this period, she met Kilgrave, a man who used his ability to control minds to make her stay with him, consent to sex, and aid his ego-driven crime spree. Jessica hated her time with him, but Kilgrave was too careful to let her go. One night, Kilgrave had a woman named Reva Connors lead them to a box buried in a remote alley. Jessica was ordered to dig up the contents of the box, and the ordered to "take care of" Reva shortly after. Jessica murdered Reva with a powerful punch to her chest, at which point she was freed from Kilgrave's control. Jessica fled from Kilgrave, and Kilgrave was subsequently hit by a bus.[4][11][12]

Jessica sank deeper into alcoholism as a result of her abuse at the hands of Kilgrave. To combat anxiety regarding the issue, she recited the names of the streets surrounding her childhood home. Withdrawing from her few friends, Jessica acquired a license as a private investigator in the state of New York. Despite being headhunted by Jeryn Hogarth, a partner at Hogarth, Chao and Benowitz, she chose to remain freelance, opening an office under the business name Alias Investigations.

Jessica was hired by a woman to find her child's estranged father, Turk Barrett. She tracked him down to a hospital to tell Turk that his child's mother was looking for him. Under severe medication, Turk revealed to Jessica that he had fathered several children in his life. Jessica, annoyed, told Turk to straighten out his life, then proceeded to pull out his catheter and steal his money. The police arrived, so Jessica leaped to the roof of the hospital to escape.

Jessica first found out about the "Devil of Hell's Kitchen" while interrogating Turk. Although she was happy about the idea of someone trying to fix the city, she was rather distressed by the fact that there was guy fighting crime in a devil costume.[13]

On her off time, Jessica spied on Luke Cage, a bar owner and the husband of Reva Connors. One night, Luke noticed her looking into the bar and offered her to partake in the bar's Ladies Night promo. The two conversed at the bar until closing and ended up sleeping together. However, Jessica hastily left when she saw a picture of Reva.

The Shlottman Case
One day, the Nebraskan couple Bob and Barbara Shlottman approached Jessica and asked for her to find their missing daughter Hope. Jessica tracked Hope's unusual credit card usage to a restaurant that she and Kilgrave used to frequent, which led Jessica to believe that Hope was captured by Kilgrave, whom she believed was dead. She rushed to Hope's parents, and found out the person that referred them to her was actually Kilgrave himself. Jessica went to Trish to ask for money to purchase a flight to Hong Kong, but Trish instead convinced her to rescue Hope. Jessica found Hope at the hotel that she and Kilgrave used to stay, and dragged her out of there for she was still under Kilgrave's control. Jessica returned Hope to her parents when it appeared she was free from his control already, but Jessica was mistaken as Hope killed her parents when Jessica's guard was down. Distressed, Jessica attempted to walk away from the crime scene, but decided to take it upon herself to stop Kilgrave once and for all before the death toll escalated.

Jessica was later interrogated by Detective Oscar Clemons, who discovered the photos of Luke at Jessica's office. Jessica apologized to Luke for bringing him into the mix and lied by saying the photos were taken because she was hired by thehusband of one of Luke's lovers. The next day, after meeting with Hope at the prison, Jessica persuaded Jeri to represent Hope. Jeri agreed, but only if Jessica could prove that Kilgrave existed. Jessica tracked down the ambulance driver that picked Kilgrave up from where he was hit, only to find out that he was forced to donate both of his kidneys to ensure Kilgrave's survival. Later that night, Jessica came to Luke's aid when he was attacked by the jealous husband at Luke's bar. The next day, Jessica tracked down Dr. David Kurata, the doctor who performed the transplant. Kurata revealed that anesthesia could block Kilgrave's abilities and he also agreed to testify for Hope. Luke later surprised Jessica at her apartment, where he revealed that he believes she has abilities and that he had abilities of his own.

Jessica and Luke bonded over being mutually gifted and continued their involvement with each other, despite Jessica feeling remorse over the death of Reva. Jessica also tracked down an anesthetic to incapacitate Kilgrave with. Meanwhile, Jessica convinced Jeri and Rachel to fight defend Hope through the media, in order for more Kilgrave survivors to surface. Trish interviewed Hope on her talkshow, and encouraged other survivors to come out, before publicly insulting Kilgrave. Kilgrave surprisingly called in the talkshow, which alarmed Jessica and Trish. Later, Jessica found out Dr. Kurata had quit and moved to India. Jessica decided to just steal the anesthesia from the hospital, and was successful. Later, Jessica saved Trish from being attacked by Sergeant Will Simpson, who was under the mind control of Kilgrave. Jessica followed Simpson back to where Kilgrave was presumably staying and, this time, saved him from following Kilgrave's order to kill himself. Jessica searched through the residence to find a room with covered with photographs of her. Jessica then realized that Kilgrave had ordered random civilians to follow and photograph her.

The Eastman Case
Jessica searched for the possibly many photographers, but returned to office inconclusive. She was met by a client, Audrey Eastman, who asked her to provide evidence that her husband was cheating. Untrusting of new clients after what had happened to Hope's parents, Jessica followed Audrey the entire day, only to discover that she was practicing how to use a gun. Jessica followed Audrey's husband to an apartment, where she was confronted by him and Audrey. Audrey intended to kill her, for she blamed all "gifted people" for the death of her mother during the Battle of New York. Enraged, Jessica trashed their apartment and bluffed that she had 99 other gifted friends who would harm them if they didn't disappear.

Kilgrave
A number of the Kilgrave survivors surfaced, which made Jessica and Jeri form the Kilgrave Support Group. Meanwhile, Trish was confronted by Sgt. Simpson again, when he tried to break into her apartment to find her dead body. Jessica arrived and calmed Simpson down by explaining what Kilgrave had done to him. Anxious, Simpson also agreed to help her take down Kilgrave. Jessica requested for NYPD surveillance footage. Using the footage, Jessica discovered that the photographer was her neighbor Malcolm Ducasse.

Jessica followed Malcolm one morning and confirmed Kilgrave's involvement. Kilgrave met with Malcolm at the same time in a fixed location, so Jessica planned out with Trish and Simpson (who Trish began dating) how to sneak up to him and incapacitate him with the anesthetic. Simpson provided a hermetically sealed room where Kilgrave would be kept once the effects of the anesthetic wore off. Two days later, they enacted the plan and were successful in capturing him. However, they were attacked by Kilgrave's hired bodyguards, who were able to retrieve and get away with Kilgrave's unconscious body. That night, Jessica helped Malcolm detox from the drug addiction that Kilgrave gave him. The next morning, Kilgrave called Jessica and the two made a deal: Kilgrave wouldn't endanger Malcolm, as long as Jessica sent a picture of herself to him everyday.

Jessica was later informed that Hope was attacked at the prison. When Jessica threatened the attacker, it was revealed that Hope paid inmates to attack her. Jessica confronted Hope about it and found out she was pregnant with Kilgrave's child. Jessica later helped Hope go through with the abortion by giving her an abortion pill, and Jeri disposed of the fetus.

One night, Luke approached Jessica for assistance with finding Antoine Grier, the brother of a woman who had information on the death of Reva. Jessica decided to help, despite knowing exactly what happened to Reva, yet unwilling to share it with Luke. Jessica and Luke tracked Antoine to a warehouse making drugs for a rival gang. Lenny Sirkes, the loan shark who was after Antoine, and his crew arrived demanding they'd hand Antoine over to them. Luke fought them in order to give time for Jessica to hand Antoine over to his sister Serena. Serena handed over information on the bus driver who was at the scene of Reva's death. It appeared that the bus driver had been drunk during the night of Reva's death. Luke sought revenge on the bus driver, but Jessica intervened and confessed that Kilgrave forced her to kill Reva. Unable to forgive her for her deceit and her instigation of an intimate relationship, Luke abandoned Jessica.

Later, an excessively drunk Jessica confronted Jeri's wife Wendy Ross-Hogarth, by the order of Jeri, and forced her to sign the divorce papers. Despite being nearly killed by accident, Wendy refused to sign the papers. Jessica stumbled home, where Malcolm helped her to her apartment. There, they found Jessica's neighbor, Ruben, dead.

Desperate and knowing Kilgrave was behind it, Jessica decided to get arrested by the police in order to be put in a supermax prison, so that when Kilgrave came to get her, his abilities would be caught on camera. Jessica went first to Jeri for help, and then to Luke's bar to see Luke, but he wasn't there. Jessica then visited Dorothy in order to make sure she wouldn't come close to Trish, even if Jessica were in jail. Jessica went back home to get Ruben's body, but was instead confronted by Trish. Jessica assured Trish that incarceration was the only way to ensure the safety of innocent lives. Jessica caught up to Malcolm and detached Ruben's head from his body. Jessica went to the police station to confess to the murder, but she was interrupted by Kilgrave, who took control of all the officers in the station. Kilgrave confessed his love for Jessica, citing her resistance as the main factor. Kilgrave, now wanting Jessica to voluntarily make decisions, invited her to go back home. Jessica later learned that Kilgrave was residing at Jessica's childhood home. Jessica travelled there and voluntarily entered the house.