I'm assuming spoilers are fine now, right?
To start, I couldn't get into Jessica Jones at all, and I know I've missed some story there.
That being said, I LOVED the first couple episodes. The music alone was enough to keep me interested. They had a story, they were building a world. Cottonmouth shows up, and now we have a villain! He blows up Genghis Connie's, his cronies kill Pops.. he causes some actual damage. Luke knows he needs to take him down, but cottonmouth is a step ahead. He knows about Carl Lucas, and that puts Luke Cage in his pocket..What on earth can Luke do to get out of this situation? Well, we don't know because Cottonmouth is killed by Mariah.. that was the turning point for me.
I just feel like it started so well. They were building something cool, and I couldn't help but give it my full attention. Cottonmouth died and the whole show felt like it derailed. The Mariah storyline, I understand what they were trying to do but it just missed the mark. Stryker honestly felt like a last minute thought by the writers that was shoe horned in so Luke could have a "powered" villain to trade blows with. Boring.... Stryker was laughable as a villain at BEST. The whole hostage mess, blaming Luke for crimes and deaths..The power suit? Come on..
Luke's dialog is consistently horrendous.. the only thing worse being his delivery. They reference this several times in the show itself, so I'm sure it is in most cases intentional. I will be honest, I'm not familiar with his comic character. That being said, I don't think most casual fans watching are.. and "Sweet Christmas" takes me right out of the show. Every time. I think they nailed the casting on everyone except for him and Styker.
My closing thoughts? I would be absolutely fine with this show not having a season two.