Jessica Jones creator, showrunner, and writer Melissa Rosenberg learned a lot from her time working on Dexter — to wit, don't "cure" a damaged character.
That seems in keeping with the infamous Moonlighting syndrome, where the romantic tension between the lead characters was resolved in later seasons — and, suddenly, the show lost much of its dramatic oomph.
The problem, of course, is that you can only drag on problems for so long before the dramatic tension of them starts to wear thing as well. Jessica Jones can't be cured of her trauma from Kilgrave, etc., but there's only so much humor and drama to be had from an unreliable alcoholic with PTSD. There needs to be character growth but not resolution to keep the audience on its toes.
Of course any change can mean upsetting the delicate balance that makes a character (and show) interesting. That's what makes a horse race.
Of course, even more so, given that we're talking about a series of short seasons on Netflix, the creative pressure to fill out multiple 26-episode seasons is greatly alleviated. So there's that, which is a good thing.
How Dexter Is Going To Affect Jessica Jones Season 2 – CINEMABLEND
When discussing how to approach the title character in Season 2, Jessica Jones’ showrunner revealed what not to do when exploring later seasons of a series- and how her work on Dexter may have failed.
I'll watch it!
Never cared for DEXTER and avoided seeing any full episodes. Trouble was that it was both before and other shows that i recorded.
It seems to me that i know just where Season 2 is likely to go. She's going to trace the organisation that pumped up NUKE (Will Simpson), and was probably responsible for her own abilities. But that's most likely to be the MacGuffin rather than the heart of it.