Pam, Jessica Jones

Pam (Susie Abromeit)

Pam is Jeri Hogarth’s assistant and lover. At the beginning of season 1 it is quickly revealed that Jeri has an affair with Pam. A short time after Jeri asks for a divorce, she proposes to Pam, who says they need to wait until the divorce is finalized. Later when Pam comes to find Jeri at her house, she finds Wendy, Jeri’s wife, trying to kill Jeri under influence of Killgrave’s mind-control. In the following scuffle Pam kills Wendy and is arrested for murder. When Pam realizes what happened and how Jeri wanted to force Wendy to sign the divorce papers using Killgrave’s mind-control, she breaks all contact.

Abromeit worked with her manager, who is gay, to portray Pam as a lesbian, and created her own backstory for the character. This included childhood trauma (continuing with the series’ penchant for abuse) and Pam’s realization during college that she was attracted to women. Source: Afterellen

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:

• 8 episodes.

Female love interests:

• Jeri Hogarth (Carrie-Anne Moss, lesbian, regular)

Relationship story arc with a woman: Yes

No male love interests

Relationship story arc with a man: No

Male love interest after being identified as a lesbian? No

Filter Relationship Arc:

• Female (Regular)

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.