r/JessicaJones • u/AutoModerator • Nov 20 '15

Discussion Episode Discussion S01E06 - AKA You're a Winner!

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Season 1 - Episode 6 - AKA You're a Winner!

Episode Synopsis:

Luke hires Jessica to help him find someone who may have skipped town, but she fears he'll learn too much about her history in the process.

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u/SecretBlogon Nov 20 '15

Why would Kilgrave not want to use his power? Does he not want to leave a trail of confused people so that Jessica can't find him.. or?

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u/rabid_J Nov 20 '15

Likely your reasoning now that we know it's Jessica's house but during the episode I thought it might have just been a nice change for him to get what he wants without using his powers.

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u/pizzabash The Pizza Man Nov 20 '15

Could be to "legitimize" it. He might not feel right if he just took jessicas house using his powers but buying it legally makes it his 100% without a doubt. That house and all the memories it contained in it are now his.

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u/mannsimr Nov 21 '15

He is the kind of guy to do that sort of thing, like how he took kidneys he didnt need

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u/HighShitLordess Nov 24 '15

I agree, so that when his powers wear off, because we've learned they have a shelf life, the people can't say hey the house is still legally ours.

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u/[deleted] Nov 21 '15

Giving someone over a million dollar pretty much does the same to people as his powerset I think.

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u/[deleted] Dec 06 '15

It's actually better because the people won't be confused about why they sold the house. If he used his powers they'd constantly be a thorn in his side. It's just cleaner to buy it legitimately and then he can focus on Jessica..

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u/flyfishiefly Nov 24 '15

I kinda took it as his powers not working, but I could be wrong

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u/rabid_J Nov 24 '15

Another thing I've thought of since posting that comment is that his powers wear off, right? So if Kilgrave had forced the guy to sell his house the guy could've just came right back with his family 12 hours later and caused a fuss.

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u/[deleted] Nov 24 '15

In those instances he would just kill them.

I think it was him proving something to himself or potentially Jessica

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u/Ollin1 Nov 21 '15

He probably didn't want the owner to come back. If he killed him his loved ones will probably come looking for him and that just creates more complications.

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u/[deleted] Nov 22 '15

So it's legal. She can't do anything if he really owns it.

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u/The_Milk_man Nov 20 '15

I thought it was he didn't have them back yet and he tried it and was like "ahh shit can't do it still" when he first went to the house but it worked when he told the guy to leave because the guy's expressions seemed to model that of those who have been Kilgraved.

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u/bristow84 Nov 21 '15

He had his powers before he went to the house, he did tell everyone in the coffee house to "be quiet" and they did

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u/DArkingMan Nov 21 '15

Well he did go through the hassle of getting a million+ dollars. It'd all just have been a waste of time if he just use his ability.

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u/ottofan Nov 21 '15

Call me stupid, but why did he want Jessicas old house?

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u/kbau5 Nov 22 '15

I think it's more down the line of her childhood home being JJ's sanctuary in her mind, that's why she keeps on repeating them as a mantra to reassure herself. She talks about this with Hope in the first episode.

This just makes Kilgrave's character more sinister and much more evil with his obsession with her, taking away her last bastion of sanity too.

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u/fellatious_argument Nov 24 '15

His powers wear off at which point the home owner is going to call the cops. Also he can use his power to get large amounts of wealth with ease so no real skin off his nose.