With Simpson now dead, Jessica has to amp up her efforts to discover her secret past and stop whoever is behind the recent murders.
Jessica and Trish begin the episode at a beach, where Jessica says she has repeatedly contemplated suicide, tossing Simpson's body out to sea. Though neither are happy with the situation, Jessica notes that the police would be an issue if she was discovered with another dead body. Searching his car, the two find an arsenal that Trish decides to keep, knowing the kind of power they're up against. Hoping that Jessica's mind might hold the secret to what she went through, Trish brings in a doctor to have him hypnotize Jessica. He tells her to think of a happy place and a door to her memories, but Jessica struggles to think of somewhere relaxing. The hypnotism a bust, Jessica goes to leave with Trish's notes about Jessica's case when Griffin arrives, worried about Trish. We go to Hogarth's company, where her partners Linda Chao and Steven Benowitz reveal they know about her medical condition. The two explain they want her to leave the company, now with legal right to demand. Though Hogarth says she won't give in and Benotwitz expressing sympathy, the two say that they will force her out if necessary. Later, Foggy Nelson offers his help, but she fumes that they aren't friends and he can do nothing to help her. Back at Jessica's apartment, Malcolm comes by with an eviction notice, explaining it is illegal for Jessica to run a commercial business out of her apartment. Enraged, she visits Oscar, accusing him of being prejudiced against super-powered people, but he calmly states that she's not a protected class, and as her life brings accidental death and cops, she has 30 days to clear out. The scene transitions back to Trish, arguing with Griffin about whether she should continue looking into the situation like Jessica. He explains he's been worried lately about being left behind, as his past girlfriend did, and the two decide to take time to think about their situation. As Jessica drinks and tries to figure out her own situation, she falls asleep and begins dreaming. Finding herself hooked up to a whiskey IV, she stands as ash falls from the ceiling, then finds a hospital door from her photos before the disfigured man she saw attacks her. Malcolm wakes her with the news that Oscar has done time for check forgery, which is why he worried about her bringing police to the apartment. After Malcolm says their old superintendent was a great person, causing Jessica to realize he must have something on their landlord, and sends him to find out what it is. Jessica and Trish then head to IGH, where she goes through the door from her dream and finds the name Leslie Hansen. The two find Hansen's apartment, which been cleared out, and a neighbor says he saw someone take everything to the basement. Thinking Hansen burned all IGH evidence in the furnace, Jessica reaches inside to find a human skull. Malcolm, meanwhile, learns the landlord has a negative view of Jessica, who was rude to him in the past, but Oscar was "good to him." The landlord explains that he is happy to see Jessica go, especially because his boyfriend, coming from Cambodia, will need a place to stay. At the morgue, Jessica sneaks in and files a report about the skull, leaving it on a table. Trish goes to the coroner, whom she knows, and agrees to get him a fancy food recipe he wants in exchange for his report, saying she heard police talk about the skull. Jessica goes back to the apartment, where Malcolm gives his report and she realizes how Oscar got his position. She goes to the bathroom and clogs her toilet with tampons, and when Oscar comes by to fix it, she takes his keys and sneaks into his apartment. Initially having to get past his son, she finds pictures of the landlord and his boyfriend, and when Oscar comes back she accuses him of forging the boyfriend's passport. Unfazed, he says she has nothing on him because he can simply tell the police he used the photos as reference for the painting he made. Trish has gone back to her own apartment, and is startled by Griffin while watching Whizzer's video, as she didn't realize he'd be back so soon. Lamenting that his words went unheard because she didn't read fanmail, she goes to put away the groceries Griffin brought, and he quickly downloads her files to a drive. Jessica then gets a visit from Hogarth, who says she needs help, revealing Pryce Cheng's lawsuit and ripping up what she has about it. Hogarth reveals she has ALS, or amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, and could die from it in eight years or one. Wanting her name to stay on the company after her death, she asks that Jessica dig up something on her partners that she can use against them if they try to force her out. Shocked and quiet after the revelation, Jessica agrees to help, telling Hogarth there is always out there on everyone. Trish takes to her radio show to contact Leslie Hansen, who calls moments later requesting they meet at a bar. Annoyed with Trish's rash decision, Jessica takes and sends a cell phone picture of Trish to paparazzi, claiming that she and Griffin are having a rough time. The episode comes to a climax as Jessica goes to meet with Hansen and has Malcolm watch Trish, who gets a call that takes her for a loop. We see more of Jessica's own detective style with this episode, showing how intelligent she is as she comes up with the way to identify the skull and figures out Oscar's background with little information. Trish is becoming more annoyed with how powerless she feels in situations like this, wanting to help but unable to do the things Jessica can. As I've mentioned in a past post, the comic Trish Walker is the superhero Hellcat, so it's possible that as she recklessly goes deeper into more dangerous situations, she'll get abilities her own abilities. It's interesting thus far how characters like Trish are weaved into shows and movies in the Marvel world, like the Punisher starting in Daredevil and later bringing Billy Russo, or Simpson appearing in the first season of Jessica Jones. While not exactly like their comic counterparts, the shows do a good job of introducing classic characters in small ways and developing them over time. Hogarth's reveal to Jessica is a big moment for the episode, partially because of how easily and cliché they could have taken it. Hogarth could have easily been diagnosed with cancer, which while obviously being a deadly, vile disease, would be the most obvious move and a lame attempt at getting sympathy for Hogarth. Giving her ALS is more interesting to me, personally, because this disease sounds horrific while keeping the victim or others from doing anything. As Hogarth explains, ALS is a neurological disease. Victims experience a degeneration in the spinal cord to their muscle neurons. As their muscles waste away, people not only lose the ability to move, but even to eat, speak, or breathe. There is currently no known treatment that either halts or reverses ALS, despite scientific research successfully progressing. Of course, the Internet brought focus to ALS a few years ago with the ice bucket challenge, but with many participants seemed to not understand the point of the ice water, which was to let you know what an ALS victim experiences. The idea that Hogarth, who has worked hard to become a well-known, respected lawyer, would be diagnosed with ALS, is quite a blow because of how powerless it will make her over time. Even if it's for her own self-interest, it's surprising how willingly she gives up Cheng's lawsuit for Jessica, and she has an emotional moment of opening up. Seeing Hogarth so vulnerable sends home how deadly the disease is, and how weak it can make a person feel. With new facts constantly coming to light, Jessica will certainly make new discoveries in following episodes, but also face some deadly challenges from IGH.
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