**Spoilers ahead**
No one is ever dead in superhero movies and TV shows, but we have to admit, even this bit of “Jessica Jones” news has us surprised. Even though he had his neck broken at the end of the first season, David Tennant‘s villainous Kilgrave will be returning for the second season. Wait, what?
EW reports that there’s no word yet on the extent of Tennant’s role, but unless Kilgrave mind-controlled his neck to be unbroken, it’s probably a safe bet he’ll reappear in flashback. We do know that Jessica Jones was under his control for months, and given the show’s themes around the after effects of abuse and trauma, I’d presume the showrunners will continue down that path. Certainly, this news was a surprise to Tennant too, because he wasn’t planning on making more episodes of “Jessica Jones.”
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“I was only looking to do one [season], so I didn’t quite know where it was going to end up. But [Kilgrave’s death] wasn’t a massive surprise for me. I knew I wouldn’t come back for [season] two. Whether that meant I was going to be locked up in jail or dead, you never quite know with shows set in these worlds. But it was a perfect story arc,” he told THR in 2015. “It was all about Jessica empowering herself and taking control and literally slaying her demons. It would have been unsatisfying if it didn’t end with Kilgrave being put out of action.”
“I would never even try to guess what they have planned for a second season, if there even will be a second season. Who knows what [writer] Melissa [Rosenberg] has in store? I don’t think I’ll have a central part to play because what is interesting now is where Jessica goes after Kilgrave. But I’m totally in the dark,” he added.
Well, it looks like that perfect story arc is going to have a bit more added to it.
“Jessica Jones” season 2 is filming now and will be released in 2018.