Trish Walker quotes from Jessica Jones

Jessica

And everyone around me dies.

Trish

Not me. I'm gonna live forever.

Jessica

You won't if you don't get help.

Trish

I'm good.

Jessica

Yeah? I've been calling you for 24 hours. Where were you?

Trish

I was rehearsing for my tour.

Jessica

You were high.

Trish

[exhales] They're not mutually exclusive. [pause] I'm sorry I wasn't there for you. Because I was high. Because I'm an addict. [sighs and sniffles]

Jessica

Step one, eleven more to go.

Jessica

The moral of my shitty story is, if your dead parent comes back to life, stick 'em back in the ground. [sighs]

Malcolm

So that woman was your mother?

Jessica

Is.

Malcolm

And you kept her here for two days and didn't tell anyone?

Trish

It can't be easy for Jess, she lost her whole family.

Jessica

You don't have to defend me.

Malcolm

No, you know what else isn't easy? Giving a crap about you when you consistently lie to me.

Jessica

I wanted to keep you out of it.

Malcolm

I work here, okay? I pretty much live here. What do I have to do to prove to you that I can handle shit?

Trish

Mal, calm down.

Jessica

"Mal"?

Malcolm

[to Trish] And you? I mean, why don't you get honest with her and tell her about that shit you've been taking? I'm so sick of being the only one who's for real around here. [leaves room, slamming the door]

Eight years of my life in this case, perfect as the day I designed it.

Trish

Then let's go.

Karl

Do you really need the gun?

Trish

Where were you gonna run?

Karl

Who's running?

Trish

With your new passports. Where were you running?

Karl

Uruguay.

Trish

Lot of cutting-edge science in Uruguay?

Karl

Hardly.

Trish

So you were just gonna go there and you were gonna read? Garden? Learn basket weaving? Or you'll just sit, smoke, wait to die alone?

Karl

You already have me at gunpoint. You don't have to crush my soul as well.

Trish

Maybe you will reflect on your life's work. Hurting people, creating a killer.

Karl

I wanted to save people. I did save people.

Trish

But the science was never harnessed, never perfected. So you failed. That's your legacy. But listen, it doesn't have to be. You wanted to be extraordinary, right? Maybe you still can be. Why don't you tell me, do I really need the gun?

Trish

How long will it take?

Karl

Jessica took 20 days, but she was near death and I've been honing the procedure ever since. On paper at least.

Trish

That's a plus.

Karl

Jessica and Alisa's abilities were a rare side effect, related to their specific DNA. I was never able to decode it.

Trish

So my DNA is a crapshoot? Just wanna know what I'm getting into.

Karl

Uh, this vaccine is a live virus. Its DNA can unlock yours. It's the first step in editing your personal genome. But it could all–

Trish

Go terribly wrong. You've said.

Karl

Are you changing your mind?

Trish

Do you know what it's like to feel powerless?

Karl

Everyone does.

Trish

Not everyone has an abusive mother and a superpowered sister. I just wanna help people who can't help themselves. [scoffs] God, I sound like an insurance commercial.

Karl

No, no, no. You sound like somebody who wants to save the world. I do, too.

Trish

Where am I?

Jessica

The morgue.

Trish

Am I dead?

Jessica

No, but you should be after that stupid shit you pulled.

Trish

Why am I here?

Jessica

My mom broke out and she tried to kill you. So the cops are stashing you here in case she comes back.

Trish

Dr. Karl?

Jessica

He's gone.

Trish

He's gone? As in?

Jessica

He's dead.

Trish

[sighs] My one chance. Why couldn't you just let me have it?

Jessica

Because if that insane surgery hadn't killed you, you could've ended up like my mom.

Trish

Or I could've ended up like you.

Jessica

Why would you want that? There is a reason that my biggest expense is booze.

Trish

You're right. You don't deserve powers. All you do is piss them away when you could be out there helping people.

Jessica

You know what? I am tired of being the focus of your ridiculous insecurity. I didn't ask for any of this. Not these powers and not your goddamn judgment.

Trish

Maybe it's better if you just stay out of the way

Jessica

Why? Because you're a hero now?

Trish

Yes.

Jessica

The world's moral compass who knows good from bad?

Trish

Maybe. And now I'm finally equipped to do something about it.

Jessica

So it was worth it then, what you did to me. Because you got what you wanted.

Trish

You don't get it, Jess. You're free. You always said you didn't ask for this, but I did. So you can stop trying and feeling guilty and inadequate. I don't need you to be a hero. Nobody does. I've got it covered.

Jessica

Your mother's looking for you. Call her so I can get paid. [leaves room]

Jeri

I'm surprised that Jessica never warned you away from me.

Trish

She did. She called you a Prada-wearing python, but you've earned her respect. It's hard to come by.

Trish

Vengeance, not justice? That's not what a hero does.

Jessica

You've been a hero for five minutes. I've been one half my life.

Trish

You've been super, Jess. There's a difference.

Trish

Mom, it's complicated, and actually kinda private.

Jessica

I think you should tell her.

Dorothy

Please don't tell me you're a couple.

Trish

What?

Dorothy

There are much better lesbians out there.

Jessica

Why do serial killers always come from small, bucolic towns?

Trish

I'm not sure that's a hard and fast rule.

Jessica

[regarding Trish's salad] You know, you don't have to eat that shit anymore. You're powered now. Your body can process a Cheeto or two.

Trish

Yeah, I'm not a fan of anything that orange.

Trish

Black jacket, black hair. He's changing his M.O. to a proxy for you.

Gillian

Glad I haven't Single White Female'd you yet.

Jessica

I hate giving a shit.

Trish

I'm beginning to see why.

Jessica

We're gonna get through this. I was strong way before I gave a shit. But you gave a shit long before you were even strong. But we figured it out.

Trish

My mom would've been proud of that.

Jessica

But your mom was always proud. You are who you are because of Dorothy. I've gotta give her that.

Malcolm

Nice digs.

Trish

I guess the best places to hide out are the places no one wants to go.