- Jessica Jones: He's trying to increase his power so he can control me.
- Luke Cage: So, how does he get it?
- Jessica Jones: I don't know, but he's keeping his dad alive for some reason.
- Luke Cage: Maybe Kilgrave thinks Albert can improve upon his original work.
- Jessica Jones: You can't improve on an asshole by making it bigger.
- Jessica Jones: [to Luke Cage] They say talking about a trauma can help. That and jogging. Two things that make me feel like shit.
- Albert Thompson: The changes are incremental, not exponential...
- Kilgrave: I haven't got time for incremental, Dad. Jessica is trying to kill me now!
- Albert Thompson: Well, we won't know if you can control Jessica without Jessica. All we can test for is time and distance.
- Kilgrave: Well, my distance is piss-all. You hear the hecklers in the back row?
- Albert Thompson: "Get off the stage, asshole."
- Kilgrave: I didn't ask you to recount it.
- Punk Kid: [after Kilgrave interrupts a concert] Yo, you crushed it in there, man. That was like anti-rock...
- Kilgrave: Stop talking.
- [Turns to Albert]
- Kilgrave: Dad, tell me. Are you doing everything that you possibly can?
- Albert Thompson: Yes.
- Kilgrave: Shit.
- [Turns to the clubber]
- Kilgrave: Cross the street, face that fence, and stay there forever.
- Albert Thompson: Kevin, be reasonable.
- Kilgrave: Well, it won't actually be forever, because it's incremental, not exponential, remember?
- Luke Cage: Kilgrave still needs the chemicals. Means his dad hasn't cracked the upgrade yet.
- Jessica Jones: Well, it's a matter of time before he does, and that's when the real shit show starts. He'll be able to control people through buildings, walls, the radio. "Hey, New York, go to the highest building and jump."
- Jessica Jones: Sorry about the mess.
- Luke Cage: At least it's not on fire.
- Jessica Jones: Guess we're both lousy renters.
- Luke Cage: Do I need to know what happened here?
- Jessica Jones: Nope.
- Malcolm Ducasse: Ruben was such a great guy. He was kind and gentle, and... I don't know what he put in that banana bread but...
- [chuckles]
- Malcolm Ducasse: It was like crack.
- [pause]
- Malcolm Ducasse: Wait, was it crack?
- Robyn: Nutmeg
- Kilgrave: So, you found my testing arena. All by yourself?
- Jessica Jones: Just followed the trail of misery.
- Kilgrave: Oh, that's a good band name.
- Trish Walker: The two dead guys are gone. My doorman said somebody cleaned the whole place up.
- Jessica Jones: Wish they would've done that over here. They just took Simpson and left.
- Trish Walker: Do you think he's still alive?
- Jessica Jones: I don't know.
- Trish Walker: He was a good guy.
- Jessica Jones: No, he wasn't.
- Trish Walker: Jess's medical bills.
- Dorothy Walker: From her accident. Came with her files when I adopted her. Check out who paid them.
- Trish Walker: IGH.
- Dorothy Walker: I figured it was a charitable write-off for them.
- Trish Walker: Did they know about her abilities? Did you tell them?
- Dorothy Walker: God, no! Jessie threatened to, quote, "tie my earlobes to my brain" if I ever said anything to anyone. And that threat still stands, by the way.
- Luke Cage: [Searching the news for signs of Kilgrave] Hoax, magic, performance art. You try that sort of thing, yet?
- Jessica Jones: You bucking for a P.I. job?
- Luke Cage: [Reads search results] "Horse fetishists in Central Park"?
- Jessica Jones: No, everyone knows about them.
- Luke Cage: Apparently.
- Jessica Jones: Breaking and entering, my specialty.
- Luke Cage: As well as punching, kickin', drinkin' and talkin' shit.
- Jessica Jones: The four essentials of being a P.I.
- Venue Manager: Oh, you know, these days, the 20-somethings, they look 30. And the ten-year-olds, they look 20.
- Luke Cage: Why you looking at ten-year-olds, man?
- Venue Manager: It's just a saying.
- Jessica Jones: No, it's not.