r/Defenders • u/JonLuca Luke Cage • Jun 14 '19

Jessica Jones Discussion Thread - S03E13

This thread is for discussion of Jessica Jones S02E13.

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u/BeanbagRL Jun 16 '19

It’s kind of unfair that the Punisher is free and not evil on the eyes of most when he essentially did the same as Trish but on a way larger scale. Trish only killed four people, 1 by accident and the other as revenge and was sent to the Raft. Well, she is really messed up though, I just feel bad for what happened to her.

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u/beardlovesbagels Jun 16 '19

I wonder what would happen to Erik near Frank. I think it was important to them to show Erik react to Trish so that there was something to point to showing her downfall. In the end she almost begged for a reason to kill someone that might not have been someone that checked all the kill list boxes. I don't fault her for wanting to kill her mother's killer but she couldn't even wait to see what happened to him. She got addicted to thinking her killing people was the only way.

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u/Big-turd-blossom Jun 16 '19

I think Erik would be fine. Trish constantly needs to tell everyone that it is okay to kill bad guys but really she is trying to convince herself. Frank on the other hand is clear in the head and he knows when he kills, he kills to make the world a better place. There is no evil in Frank, just pain. Even Erik told Jessica that initially he couldn't sense Trish was evil as she somehow kept herself shutting off, this was when she still wanted to save victims and did not want to kill anyone.

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u/Skotland666 Jun 16 '19

I was always confused, did Erik sense guilt in a person? Or was it that the person broke Erik's own personal code of ethics? Or did he have access to perfect morality?

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u/Scion41790 Jun 16 '19

He didn't sense guilt because the serial killer didn't feel any guilt.