Jessica Jones

Jessica Jones (Scenesys ID: 245)
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Profile
Full Name:	Jessica Jones
Gender:	Female
Species:	Metahuman
Theme:	Marvel (FC)
Occupation:	Private Investigator
Citizenship:	American
Residence:	The Instrata (Clinton (Hell's Kitchen), Manhattan)
Education:	High School
Status:	Approved
Groups:	Street Level-OOC, Defenders
Other Information
Apparent Age:	26	Actual Age:	26
Date of Birth	11 July 2001	Actor:	Krysten Ritter
Height:	170 cm (5'7")	Weight:	56 kg (123 lb)
Hair Color:	Black	Eye Color:	Brown
Theme Song:	"Bad Reputation" by Joan Jett and the Blackhearts

Profile

Jessica is a private investigator that runs Alias Investigations in New York City. She is a metahuman with extreme strength, and durability well above a human's own. She keeps few friends but does look out for the 'little guy' even if such a life barely pays her bills. Note: This is post S1 JJ; after she publically snapped Kilgrave's neck on the docks. Some people see her as a hero who protected a bunch of people from a vicious mind controller who was going to kill them all with his powers. Some see her as a murderer who shouldn't be walking the streets, and some don't care or didn't pay attention enough to recognize her. Feel free to have your character react accordingly and as you see fit.

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Description

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Description:

Jessica Jones is a private investigator from New York City. After she was orphaned at a young age, Jones was taken in by Dorothy Walker, and developed a sisterly bond with her daughter, Trish. Shortly after being adopted, Jones discovered she possessed superhuman abilities due to the fatal car crash that took the life of her parents and eventually decided to pursue a career as a superhero. However, a fateful encounter with Kilgrave, a vicious man with mind controlling powers, derailed her superhero career and she spent a torturous tenure as Kilgrave's slave before finally breaking free of his control. The experience left Jones suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder, prompting her to hang up her secret identity and open her own detective agency.

Trying to remain an average person and keep a low profile, she takes on minor cases for cash, caught in a spiral of despair and destructive behavior.

History

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History:

Jessica Jones was born in 2001 as the eldest child of Brian and Alisa Jones. Growing up in Queens, she was generally a tomboyish girl, sitting in her room, avoiding pesky neighbours, and teasing her little brother Phillip, who she loved more than anything in the world. As a teenager, she went to Midtown High with Peter Parker. She developed a slight crush on him, though never made her feelings known - she was quite resigned in the interactions between the two, though out of shyness rather the typical disregard for the world that Jessica was known for. The only time she had a chance to make her feelings known, it happened to be after Peter was incredibly nauseous -- having been bitten by a radioactive spider.

The summer after her romantic rejection was a chance to start fresh. Brian receiving tickets to Disney World from his boss Tony Stark, the family of four went on holiday. As Jessica teased Phillip in the car as she always did, Brian, who was driving, believed the kids were fighting, and started to tell them off -- being distracted from the Army convoy he was driving behind. One carrying radioactive chemicals. As the car crashed into it, Jessica became an orphan, and lost her beloved brother, and fell into a deep coma. Unknown to her at the time, this would grant her abilities including superhuman strength, invulnerability, and flight.

During her recovery, she was adopted by talent agent Dorothy Walker, as a publicity stunt to promote her daughter Trish ("Patsy") and her TV Show. Despite being adopted into a rich and famous household, her life was much worse, as Dorothy would often act abusively towards Trish. During one of Trish and Dorothy's arguments, she broke the bathroom sink, and could lift the sink entirely above her head -- she was discovered by Trish, but they agreed to keep her super-strength a secret.

Jessica often faced bullying when she went back to school. When Peter Parker reached out to her and told her about his experience with his uncle Ben, it was the last straw, as she despised her once-crush pitying her, and her cold personality meant she backed away from him. When she went home, she saw Dorothy forcing Trish to vomit in the toilet in order to lose weight. This was the last straw, and she flung Dorothy across the room, her adoptive mother fleeing as she helped Trish re-build her life.

Over the years, she tested her powers, such as discovering she could fly. After high school, she landed a boring office job with sexist co-workers. Always an acute investigator, she managed to figure out her boss was committing fraud -- and used it to get herself six months severance pay, and a glowing recommendation. Trish advised her to become a real superhero and use her powers to help others - "Jewel." But Jessica only mocked the moniker, disliking getting involved in the superhero world.

This seclusion would be her undoing. As she fended off her friend Malcolm from being mugged, she was applauded by Kilgrave, whose mind control she fell under. For the next few months, she became his prisoner, being treated to dinner at Italian restaurants and a five-star hotel -- but also being raped, as she had sex with Kilgrave when she was under mind control. At one point, she regained free will, and considered jumping off a balcony, wanting to end her life rather than be a controlled slave. One day, he asked her to obtain a hard-drive from Reva Connors, and, after digging it up after hard concrete, Jessica was ordered to kill Connors by Kilgrave. Punching Reva in the chest and stopping her heart, the horror of committing murder traumatised Jessica, and she walked away from Kilgrave, him being smashed by a bus, and seemingly killed -- Jessica breaking free of his control.

After the traumatic experience, she started to work as a private investigator. "Finding the worst in people" came easy to her, so she said, and she managed to work on cases nobody had solved before. She currently works in Hell's Kitchen as a private investigator.

Personality

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Personality:

Jessica Jones could easily come off as being cold, rude, brutal and sarcastic. Towards others, she is nothing less than disdainful and blunt, carrying herself and her opinions out loud with little forethought or regret to insulting or showing disrespect to anyone. If aggravated or extremely annoyed by someone in her disfavour, Jessica could become an intimidating figure. She has been an introvert since she was a girl and only opens up to a select few of people, and even those she has difficulty expressing up to openly and truly. Despite her hard-bitten demeanour lies a more vulnerable side, plagued by self-loathing and guilt.

Beneath her flaws, Jessica is a good person at heart and chooses not to waste her super-strength that was given to her at the cost of her family's lives and become a hero to help people. The harrowing encounter with Kilgrave who controlled her to do everything he wanted to, including being raped repeatedly and murdering a woman before breaking out of his control, caused Jessica to give up her life as a hero, as she could no longer view herself as one and decide to keep a low profile instead by becoming a private investigator. Though she refused to class herself as the sort, Jessica does show signs of heroism as she is deeply sympathetic towards other individuals who have been "Kilgraved", though she was also fearful enough that she came close to leaving town and leaving Hope with Kilgrave to protect herself, thinking she could not save her.

However, the combined trauma of losing her family and experience with Kilgrave has also made Jessica a somewhat unstable individual. She suffers from Post-Traumatic Stress and Survivor's Guilt, occasionally undergoing hallucinations and flashbacks of her time in Kilgrave's grasp. These hallucinations usually involve Kilgrave either whispering to her or being otherwise intimate, while she is surrounded by purple lighting, referencing the purple lighting in the back of the restaurant Il Rosso, where Kilgrave always had their table. In these instances she can act out more erratic and violent such as punching the window of a subway train after remembering one of Kilgrave's commands. After the death of her family, no matter how close she bonded with a person, Jessica had great difficulty fully forming emotional connections to a person as she couldn't even tell Trish Walker, her adoptive sister and closest friend "I love you".

Jessica has an alcoholic side to her personality which she uses to cope with her repeated tragedies. Due to her superhuman metabolism, she is able to consume vast quantities of alcohol without damage to her liver and appears to have high tolerance, being able to quickly drink an entire bottle of wine during dinner with Kilgrave's then nonchalantly asking for another one. When inebriated, Jessica can become more violent such as threatening Jeri Hogarth's ex-wife, Wendy to sign her divorce papers.

Jessica is a highly independent woman and shows no interest in being in a relationship, although she was forced into a fake "relationship" with Kilgrave, though it is not out of the question for her to enter a sexual relationship... perhaps one that could later become romantic, even. She refused to allow herself or her friends be disrespected by anyone, especially men. To the few people she cared about, such as Trish, she defended them fiercely and kept her distance from them as to not have them be collateral damage.

Abilities

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Enhanced Resilience:
Jessica has durability far beyond that of a regular human, being able to resist multiple beatings with little to no visible injuries. This resilience also allows her to perform greater feats of strength without injuring herself, such as smashing a mirror with her fists or breaking a window with her elbow. Her stamina is enough to allow her to run across New York without tiring or stopping for breath. However, she is still vulnerable to gunshots and explosions, though the former can mildly affect her unless she is shot in a vital area, as being grazed in the shoulder, for example, only causes her brief pain.

Enhanced Speed:
Jones' overall strength allows her to run at speeds superior to the average human. She was able to catch up to a car fairly easily, move across a street in a second or less to stop a car from hitting a little girl and stated she can run a mile in under four minutes.

Flying:
Jessica is able to fly, though she has never mastered this ability. She can propel herself off a surface and through the air at various speeds and altitudes, but she sometimes gets injured while landing. Jones refers to this as being "more like jumping and then falling" or as "guided falling". She regularly uses this ability to jump several stories to reach rooftops, fire escapes and balconies.

Regenerative Healing Factor:
Jessica's augmented metabolism heals faster than an ordinary human being. She is capable of completely healing minor scratches and injuries in mere hours, and major injuries like broken ribs in just a single day. It may also allow her to not be affected by the harmful and long term affects of alcohol, leaving her only to experience intoxication and hangover while not experiencing any signs of toxicity.

Superhuman Strength:

Jessica has strength beyond that of a regular human, especially notable regarding her size. She was able to completely crush an alarm clock by slapping down on it with her open hand or throw a shoe into the ceiling hard enough to crack it, both times when she had tried to sleep off a hangover. She also could effortlessly lift the back of a slow moving car, throw a gun through a wall, break metal chains, locks and hinges, bend metal bars and panels, smash through glass and marble with her fist and gently push down several metal cabinets like dominoes. Even as a child, she was strong enough to break a bathroom sink off a wall by accident and then lift it over her head with one hand. In combat, she can use her strength to easily overpower or rag doll humans, throw a person across a room or even send someone flying across a street with her full strength, the latter of which she did to kill Reva Connors via one strike to the chest. However, she is not invincible and it is not impossible for normal humans to overpower her. She is also matched, or outmatched by others with super-strength abilities.

Skills

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Combatant:
Jessica has basic combat skills, often using her superhuman strength to her advantage, overpowering and rag dolling her opponents or throwing them several feet. She is able to successfully fend off multiple people, though she is not invincible and can be overpowered.

Master Investigator:

Jones is a highly skilled investigator, using a multitude of methods to achieve her goals. She often impersonates other people's voices on the phone to advance with her cases, and is able to easily connect evidence that other people may overlook. She is not afraid of using methods that could be considered illegal, such as stealing things, or breaking into private places, often using her strength to break doors and padlocks, in order to obtain clues and advance in her cases, often using her powers as a means to an end.

Resources

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Alias Investigations:
Alias Investigations is a detective agency owned by Jessica Jones. The detective agency only has one employee, Jones herself, and operates out of a run down office, that also serves as Jones' apartment.

Smartphone and Laptop:

Jessica uses applications on her cellphone to get information she needs for cases, such as a police scanner app or GPS app, as well as being skilled in searching up data on people in order to solve cases.

Weaknesses

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Alcoholism:
Jessica coped with her trauma through alcohol regularly drinking to forget her troubles. Though she is not affected by the toxicity of alcohol all hat much, it affects her senses and gives her severe hangover, affecting her abilities.

Ptsd:

Jessica was severely affected by her time spent with Kilgrave. She didn't know what her own thoughts were, she was subject to rape, and she was a prisoner for sixth months. For her, suicide was preferable to life in the brief moments when she regained conciousness. This culminated in her killing Reva Connors, an event she still remains deeply guilty of. She cannot bring herself to killing, and is very wary of her powers because of this.

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Title	Date	Scene Summary
Beer and Sunshine	September 5th, 2022	P.I. and Princess have a meet. Cute.
Diyu	April 7th, 2020	After a murder of two Long Island youths, Cloak and Dagger start to whittle away at the Big Man's drug empire
Milk Cartons: Exodus 21:16	April 6th, 2020	Tandy goes looking for answers. She gets what she wanted and a lot more. A Marvel Team Up with Sabertooth, Jessica Jones and Ivory.
Gremlins: This Little Light of Mine	March 31st, 2020	A Talent Show turns to Chaos when Gremlins once again Attack!
Sharing A Drink Called Loneliness	February 11th, 2020	If you drink a drink called loneliness, don't drink it alone.
Having A Nightcap	January 22nd, 2020	Another night, a different bar, this time Jessica runs into a rare breed! A teacher!
Smile. You're on Candid Camera.	January 6th, 2020	Jessica had a mark just where she wanted, until a stranger ruined her case.
It's Josie, I really really wanna have a drink	December 24th, 2019	Jess runs into Artemis, and at least has someone to spend an evening of drinking with. It's better than drinking alone.
Drinking Your Sorrows Away	December 5th, 2019	Another drinking night, and once more, Jess runs into people who have not seen through the illusion quite yet.
Drinking Your Worries Away	November 17th, 2019	When drinking your troubles away, you sometime meet people with more trouble, but then there's usually a friend that surfaces sooner or later. It's that kind of night for Jessica Jones.
A Visit to Alias	October 24th, 2019	Matt comes to check on Jessica, bearing a precious gift.
Happy Birthday, Space Avenger!	October 2nd, 2019	Asgardian Ale! Traditional dancing! Flying people! More dancing! A birthday party to remember!
Nightly Routine	September 26th, 2019	Turns out people can bond over a black-eye
Dinner Party	September 7th, 2019	Ladies Night at the Avengers Mansion.
Late Night At Bars	August 20th, 2019	Jessica took a break from working Janet's case, and wound up meeting an interesting person in Millicent. And people say drinking is a waste of time...
Must Love the Colour Purple	July 31st, 2019	Jessica Jones visits Kate to discuss her 'personal ad'. Otherwise known as 'are you kidding me??'.
Sniffing Around JVD Fashion	July 24th, 2019	Janet van Dyne hires Jessica Jones to investigate her recent run of 'bad luck'.
Speaking On Behalf of Jean	June 30th, 2019	Summary needed
Different Bar, Same Drink	June 20th, 2019	Jessica Jones, Silver, and Johnny Blaze end up in Luke's bar for drinks
Drinks: The Voyage Home	June 6th, 2019	Summary needed
Back To Life	May 18th, 2019	Flashback: after coming back from death, Trish informs Jess, who insists on seeing her immediately. The two now share even more in common.
Happy Birthday to Me	May 2nd, 2019	Kate celebrates her birthday with friends. As it should be.
Cityfall: Silent But Deadly	April 26th, 2019	Darcy's 'date' with Elektra goes a little less than planned as May and Elektra have a meeting of minds in the back parkinglot. They come to an understanding.
Men. Can't Live With Them, Pass the Peanuts Redux.	April 15th, 2019	Kate's frustration venting session is interrupted by Danny Rand, who she tries to oust from Fogwell's... until Matt arrives to set things right. Then suddenly it's a party and everyone goes to Josie's to eat.
The April Bump	April 12th, 2019	Summary needed
Truth Seekers: Jessica Jones	March 24th, 2019	Summary needed
The Way To Earn Status	March 16th, 2019	Summary needed
Checking Up On Kate	March 7th, 2019	Summary needed
How To Lure A Thor	March 5th, 2019	Summary needed
Ladies' Night	February 21st, 2019	Ladies' Night at Luke's Bar, though some of the women who make it would hardly qualify as ladies...
Your Book Is Overdue	February 12th, 2019	Summary needed
Crown Jewel: Investigation Begins	February 10th, 2019	Summary needed
Will the Real Hawkeye (Pierce) Please Stand Up	January 28th, 2019	Agent May tracks down Kate, only to find out Clint knew who she was all along. JJ shows up. Everyone loses their filters.
Black Sky: We Walk Through the Fire	January 24th, 2019	Daredevil and friends interupt Madame Gao's ritual to dispose of them all. Elektra is forced to make a decision: Black Sky is no more.
LAst known where abouts	January 21st, 2019	Summary needed
Jess or Jewel	January 11th, 2019	Summary needed
Black Sky: Gabbing (and Healing) at the Gym	January 3rd, 2019	Matt calls for a quiet night at Fogwells, there's sparring, food and a little bit of healing.
Licking Wounds.	January 2nd, 2019	Half price night at Josie's lands JJ in hot water. A ticked off Claire is a sight to see. Bad JJ, no drink for you!
Everybody Hates Jessica	December 30th, 2018	Summary needed
Pied Piper: Did You Know	December 18th, 2018	Natasha meets Jessica Jones at her office. Thor tags along.
Vile and Villainy	December 17th, 2018	Jessica captures Chemistro who was up to no good.
Pied Piper: Alias Investigating	December 12th, 2018	Summary needed
An Unexpected Visit	December 4th, 2018	Summary needed
Black Sky: Of Bases and Tall Tales	November 22nd, 2018	Matt and Kate talk plans and get another visit from Jessica Jones.
Beer, Pretzels, and Questions...	November 13th, 2018	Claire Temple, Jessica Jones, and Kate Bishop meet in a bar. Girl talk is had, and Kate gets some... advice.
Black Sky: Lawyers Bearing Gifts	November 5th, 2018	Matt pays a visit to Kate with sandwiches and money. They end up visited by Jessica Jones and Matt and Kate come to arrangement.
Black Sky: Checking on a Friend	November 4th, 2018	Summary needed
Divvying up the Neighbourhood	October 30th, 2018	Kate goes to Jessica for P.I. advice, and walks away with an alliance and an apprenticeship. It's a living?
Where To Not Hold Discussions	October 18th, 2018	Summary needed
A Nightcap	October 6th, 2018	Summary needed
Early Autumn at the Park	September 26th, 2018	Summary needed
How'd She Get to Be a Mediator	September 8th, 2018	Kate tries to drown her sorrows alone, but ends up visiting with everyone in Hell's Kitchen. Maybe she needs a new watering hole.
Fee Fi Fo Fum	August 26th, 2018	The Ice Giants come looking for the Thunderer!
A Spawn Of The Moment	August 19th, 2018	Summary needed
It's 5pm Somewhere!	July 31st, 2018	Summary needed
Sharing A Drink	July 22nd, 2018	Summary needed
Lifestyle of Rich and Famous: Jessica Jones (who is neither)	July 1st, 2018	Summary needed
Perils of Working In Public	June 18th, 2018	Summary needed
Back at the Bar	June 7th, 2018	After Elektra admits that she's the leader of the Hand, Claire gets angry, Jess gets booze, Luke gets a job and Elektra and Matt make questionable choices (again).
It Was Never Goodbye	May 22nd, 2018	Post visit with Darcy, the others wander in (Claire and Luke) and interupt Matt and Elektra /not/ breaking up. Words are had. Secrets get out. People storm off. Matt and Elektra are left not saying goodbye.
Alias Investigations: Just Another Day	May 12th, 2018	Summary needed
Crossing Paths	April 20th, 2018	A bunch of folks meet at a bar owned by the devil. Drinks are had, bets are made, and swear words are spoken.
Venting	April 7th, 2018	Summary needed
Where Everyone Knows Your Name	March 30th, 2018	A Spider, a Blind Ninja, a Not-Blind Ninja and a PI walk into a bar...you write the punchline.
About A School pt.4 - Never Go Undercover with Murdock!	March 22nd, 2018	Summary needed
About A School Pt 3 - The Curious Parents of Alice Nelson	March 11th, 2018	Summary needed
About A School Pt.2 - Reaching A Friend	February 23rd, 2018	Summary needed
The Problem With Stalking Dangerous Men	January 26th, 2018	Summary needed
Now Where Is That Road	January 13th, 2018	Summary needed
About A School	January 10th, 2018	Summary needed
Gooning The Goons	December 25th, 2017	Summary needed
Where Everybody Knows Your Name	December 11th, 2017	Jessica and Danny bond over Elijah Craig and Tea at Josie's Bar
Pizza Time	December 5th, 2017	Pizza Chat does not prevent certain young justicekateers from hiring Jessica Jones
Things We Do In The Subway	November 23rd, 2017	Summary needed
Drown Your Sorrows At Josie's	November 15th, 2017	Josie's is a classy joint, and when you go to a classy joint, you meet classy people.
Office Space	November 3rd, 2017	Summary needed
Yep. That one.	November 1st, 2017	Summary needed
Oh god. Why, God.	October 30th, 2017	Summary needed
Yep.	October 17th, 2017	Summary needed
Josie's, Any Given Thursday	October 13th, 2017	Summary needed
Dad, there's a robot in the basement.	October 11th, 2017	Summary needed
It's Time We Talked About Jessica's Drinking Problem	September 26th, 2017	Summary needed
Hellish Kitchen	September 14th, 2017	Summary needed
Hey, Al	September 3rd, 2017	Summary needed
On the Job	September 2nd, 2017	Summary needed
How do you solve a problem like, Toshiro	August 28th, 2017	Summary needed
Its Open	August 27th, 2017	Summary needed
Magic Makes Things Better	August 21st, 2017	Summary needed
Beyond the Rubble	August 14th, 2017	Summary needed
The Brownstone Boogeymen	August 9th, 2017	The Hand make a move on a notorious drug house in Hell's kitchen, but their plans are thwarted by several Defenders (and Kate Bishop)!
At the Office	August 7th, 2017	Summary needed
Log 1761	August 1st, 2017	Summary needed
Just Another Normal Evening at Lux.	July 7th, 2017	Summary needed
A Man of Wealth and Taste	June 30th, 2017	The conclusion of the game between bartender and detective ends with the latter guessing the former's name.
A Visit	June 29th, 2017	Danny Rand visits Alias Investigations with a job offer.
Clocking Out	June 28th, 2017	Summary needed
Devil is in the details	June 28th, 2017	Summary needed
Moral Support	June 25th, 2017	Jessica Jones helps Ravenna Levesque face down her abusive former employer. Ravenna gives Jessica an important factoid about the Bartender at Lux.
A Consultation	June 24th, 2017	Nelson and Murdock. Alias Investigations. It's a match made in Weird Heaven, as demonstrated when Jessica Jones comes to ask Foggy Nelson for legal advice. She dumps a few other tidbits of trouble in his lap while she's at it.
Wine Tasting at Lux	June 22nd, 2017	Summary needed
Leviathan: Counterattack	June 22nd, 2017	Summary needed
Sinuous Life	June 19th, 2017	Jessica Jones finds her way back into Lux for yet another evening, sharing a night of open honesty with The Bartender. When she presses him, yet again, on the matter of his identity he presents her with an offer, a riddle: all part and parcel of a puzzle she can't even begin to resist trying to solve.
He Followed Me Home	June 17th, 2017	A bored Clayface decides to visit Jessica Jones. He confides in her after an ugly confrontation, provoking a show of gruff compassion that will probably come back to bite her later.
Paranoid Blues	June 16th, 2017	Jessica Jones does a little more digging into the matter of the Diamond Grove apartments. But is someone already onto her and her investigation?
Leviathan: A Helping Hand	June 15th, 2017	Summary needed
Hello, Dahling	June 13th, 2017	Ravenna Levesque and Jessica Jones enjoy another night at Lux, and spend a little more time in the company of the club's mysterious and charming bartender.
My Heart is Empty	June 11th, 2017	Hot on the trail of the stolen Gutenburg Bible, Jessica Jones visits Lux. Will the dangerous offer of its mysterious bartender be too good to refuse?
Interrogatus Interruptus	June 5th, 2017	Jessica Jones tries to interrogate one of the participants in the latest streetfight, but has an encounter with Talia al'Ghul instead.
A Diamond in the Rough	June 1st, 2017	Summary needed
Breakfast at Tiffany's	May 31st, 2017	Summary needed
Barflies	May 28th, 2017	Remy LeBeau's poker partners take exception to his wins. Jessica Jones takes exception to them taking exception.
Defendersmeet	May 25th, 2017	Jessica Jones brings Karen Page by Claire Temple's place for some treatment after a minor scuffle. Unfortunately, the Winter Soldier was already there. He almost goes unnoticed up until Daredevil shows up.
Family Reunion	May 23rd, 2017	Indiana Jones shows up at Alias Investigations to connect with his great-granddaughter, one Jessica Jones.
Tangled Webs Part 2: Delivery	May 4th, 2017	Summary needed

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