Jeri Hogarth, Jessica Jones

Jeri Hogarth (Carrie-Anne Moss)
Jeri is an attorney and potentially powerful ally to Jessica Jones, who hires Jessica for cases. In the beginning of season 1 it is quickly revealed that Jeri has an affair with her secretary, Pam. Jeri files for divorce from her wife, Wendy and proposes to Pam. Pam tells her the divorce needs to be finalized before they can move forward. When Jeri learns of Killgrave’s powers she decides to use them to get her wife to sign off on the divorce. Killgrave takes control of Wendy and forces her to kill Jeri. Right at this moment Pam comes looking for her and in the ensuing struggle Pam ends up killing Wendy. Jeri goes to visit Pam in jail but Pam has figured out why Killgrave was at her house and rejects her.
Moss was announced as cast in early February 2015, with her character revealed in October to be a female version of the comics character Jeryn Hogarth. The character was also made a lesbian.
Jessica Jones was picked up for a second season, but there is no official release date. At the Transforming Hollywood symposium on diversity in summer 2016, showrunner Melissa Rosenberg spoke about increasing representation behind the camera on Jessica Jones Season 2. All 13 episodes of Jessica Jones Season 2 will be directed by women.
Appearances:
- 10 episodes.
Female love interests:
- Wendy Ross-Hogarth (Robin Weigert, lesbian, recurring, ex-wife)
- Pam (Susie Abromeit, lesbian, recurring)
Relationship story arc with a woman: Yes with Pam
No male love interests
Relationship story arc with a man: No
Male love interest after being identified as a lesbian? No
Filter Relationship Arc:
Storyline during sweeps? No
[1] A relationship story arc is defined as explicit, developed on screen, and lasting more than 3 episodes. It is listed as questionable or subtext if romance is only implied, mentioned instead of shown on screen, part of a dream sequence, or otherwise not explicit for the viewer.
[2] Sweeps episodes air in February, May, July and November, the periods when advertising rates are set. A character is marked as "sweeps" when there is a very limited number of episodes that address their sexuality, all air during sweeps period, and the storyline is otherwise ignore/dropped.
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