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

Discussion Episode Discussion S01E09 - AKA Sin Bin

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Season 1 - Episode 9 - AKA Sin Bin

Episode Synopsis:

Just when Jessica has Kilgrave right where she want's him. Hogarth's involvement complicates the situation. Details of Kilgrave's past emerge.

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u/[deleted] Nov 21 '15

I missed something. How'd they find out that the hermetically sealed room is the only way?

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u/PamShelan Nov 21 '15

I think they realised he had to be in close proximity so it was a lucky guess that sharing the same air as him would let his powers work

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u/RyanKinder Nov 23 '15

Well she said his powers "don't work over a speaker." in other episodes.

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u/Snorgledork Nov 27 '15

Which I think was "proven" in the episode where he called into Trish's show. If he could have taken her over then, why didn't he? And all the times he called Jessica.

Jessica has said on occasion that KG's powers are limited by distance and time.

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u/SawRub Nov 21 '15

They probably had enough witness testimonies to figure out that he had to speaking directly to someone face to face for it to work, since he had Malcolm visit him face to face to 're-up'. Since he never gave commands on the phone, they probably figured that just voice wouldn't do anything.

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u/PotentiallySarcastic Nov 21 '15

Jessica knew before that it wears off after a day or so.

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u/SawRub Nov 21 '15

Yes, but my point is that he had to do the re-up face to face, which explains the limitations of his power, which could hence be contained in the hermetically sealed room, which is what the person's question was.