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'Jessica Jones' regroups for Season 2

NEW YORK - On the Upper East Side of Manhattan last summer, Jessica Jones was doing her thing.

The sardonic private detective played by Krysten Ritter was following a lead to a makeshift veterinary clinic and ended up in a verbal tiff with a snotty Goth staffer. The scene, which appears in the second season of "Marvel's Jessica Jones," involved no flying or feats of superhuman strength - just a few withering eye rolls, Jessica's weapon of choice.

Between takes, Ritter, clad in her character's version of armor - frayed blue jeans, a tank top and a leather jacket - laughed as she and

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