Albert Thompson

*"He's stronger. Don't listen. Don't look at him. He'll make you kill."*
―Albert Thompson to Jessica Jones[src]
**Albert Thompson** was a scientist who experimented on his son Kevin along with his wife Louise in order to save him from his degenerative brain disease. However, due to the powers that Kevin developed, Louise was forced to horribly scar her own face, and the Thompsons abandoned him and went into hiding from their son for decades. As Kevin resurfaced on New York City, the Thompsons were reunited with their son, who soon murdered his own mother and forced Albert to continue his experiments to increase the strength of his powers, before killing him.

## Biography

### Raising a Child

*"Hold still, son. This will only sting a bit."*
―Albert Thompson to Kevin Thompson[src]
Albert Thompson and his wife Louise had a son named Kevin Thompson. Instead of raising their child, they instead focused their efforts on experimenting on him, performing experiments which included neurological exams, fluoroscopy, brain biopsies, and cerebral spinal fluid extractions. The experiments gave Kevin the power to control people's will and so he put his parents under his control. When Kevin forced his mother to burn her face with an iron, Albert and his wife escaped and left their son alone, allowing him to grow up to be a cruel and selfish man with the new name Kilgrave.

#### Reunion with Kilgrave

When Louise Thompson heard about a young girl who claimed to be raped and forced to kill her parents by a man with mind control, they two moved to New York City. Albert warned Louise not to join the Kilgrave Victim Support Group, but she did out of guilt of what their son has done. One day, Louise returned home wuickly with Jessica Jones following her. Jones forced them to meet with their son, who Jones had captive.

Louise and Albert saw Kilgrave in his cell. Jones put them in the cell and said if anything goes wrong, she will push a button that electrocutes Kilgrave. The couple entered and argued with their son. Albert argued that Kilgrave didn't let them do anything. He told them when to eat and even piss. Louise the calmed them both down and hugged Kilgrave. She then took out a pair of scissors and stabbed him, saying he's her responsibility. Kilgrave angrily told Louise to pick up the scissors and stab herself. Jones hit the button, but it didn't work. Thompson saw as his wife killed herself. Kilgrave then told Albert to cut his heart out, but Jones stopped Albert.

#### Hunt for a Cure

Albert Thompson woke up to find Louise Thompson was dead. He mourned her before remembering Kilgrave's command. He went to kill himself, but was restrained by Jessica Jones. Jones told Trish Walker that Kilgrave's powers don't work on her anymore. Thompson revealed that she's immune to the virus. Jones grew confused so Thompson explained that Kilgrave's powers work with the molecules in the air, like a virus. He then claimed he could create a serum to stop the powers with Jones' DNA. Walker and Thompson went back to his apartment to procure it.

At the apartment, Will Simpson walked in to see Walker. Simpson lashed out prompting Walker to kick him out saying he is out of his mind with the medication. Suddenly, Jones called saying Kilgrave has Hope Shlottman and wants Thompson in exchange for her. Thompson and Jones arrived at the restaurant. Shlottman took a knife and stabbed herself so that Jones has nothing holding her back from killing Kilgrave. Kilgrave then took Thompson and ran.

### Kilgrave's Slave

Thompson was forced by Kilgrave to increase his powers, testing them out in nightclubs where he managed to control a couple of hundred people at a range of a hundred feet; however, Thompson explained that they could not test if Kilgrave could control Jessica Jones without Jones herself. Kilgrave remained unsatisfied and angry, ordering a drunk teenager to stare at a wall forever, noting that it would not be forever as his powers would still wear off within the normal twelve hours despite Thompson doing everything he could to improve them.

Kilgrave was still unsatisfied with the results and confronted his father about the slow progress of the results, as they returned to Justin Boden's penthouse in order to continue their work.

However, Thompson now became highly frustrated and demanded to be allowed to rest so he could focus better and improve his work. Unwilling to accept these excuses, Kilgrave lost his temper and ordered him to step into the kitchen and turn on the blender. Kilgrave then ordered Thompson to slowly lower his hand near the blades and stop millimeters away. Once his father's fingers were close enough to be cut, Kilgrave asked him again if he needed to rest and Thompson said no so he was sent back to work.

#### Final Experiment

Furious that he had once again failed to kill Jessica Jones as she had escaped from the Metro-General Hospital with Luke Cage, Kilgrave took out his rage on his father, who he accused of not working hard enough despite being more powerful than ever. Desiring to become as powerful as he could possibly be, Kilgrave questioned what would happen if he was injected with all the drugs, although his father warned that the most likely result would be his death.

As he considered the risks, Kilgrave asked what his father wanted the result to be and he admitted that he wanted his son to die, to which Kilgrave showed his disgust at his father's words before admitting that he would like to see his father die as well. Kilgrave thought for a moment and decided to go ahead with the injection regardless of the risks involved.

Once Thompson had the drug ready, Kilgrave braced himself and allowed his father to inject him in the back of the neck with the mixture created from Hope Shlottman's child. The injection caused Kilgrave incredible pain, making him scream out as his skin and veins briefly turned purple while Thompson could only watch in horror. The experiment was a success, but in a fit of rage, Kilgrave ordered Justin Boden and Frank Levin to cut off his father's arms and destroy them in a blender, before killing themselves.

Much later, Jones found Thompson who was lying on the ground covered in blood. With his last words, he warned Jones that Kilgrave was more powerful than ever, begging Jones to kill his son before he died.

## Personality

Thompson was a very smart man who wanted to cure his son of his brain disease. However, through his experiments, Kevin Thompson grew to hate his parents and gained powers to mind control people. Thompson and his wife, Louise lived in fear and ran away. Thompson was willing to help stop his son, but was always scared of him, unlike his wife, who tried to understand Kilgrave.

## Abilities

* **Expert Scientist**: Thompson had an in-depth understanding of science, and was able to perform and understand the results of various tests which he performed on his son. Thompson used these experiments to successfully give his son the ability to control minds.

## Facilities

* **Justin Boden's Penthouse**: Thompson was forced by Kilgrave to use Justin Boden's penthouse as a place where he would work on a serum to increase Kilgrave's mind control abilities so that Kilgrave could control Jessica Jones. Thompson demanded that he be allowed to rest, so Kilgrave instead tortured him by making him put his hand into a blender. Thompson injected Kilgrave with a potential power enhancer in the penthouse, and then ordered Boden and Frank Levin to cut off Thompson's arms. Thompson lay on the ground bleeding as Kilgrave, when Jessica Jones arrived. Thompson warned Jones about Kilgrave's increased power and died in the penthouse.

## Relationships

* Kevin Thompson/Kilgrave † - Son, Enthraller, and Killer
* Unborn Grandchild †

Allies* Davies - Former Colleague
* Jessica Jones
* Trish Walker
* Oscar Clemons †
* Jeri Hogarth
* Hope Shlottman †
* Justin Boden
* Frank Levin

## Appearances

In chronological order:

* *Jessica Jones*
	+ *Season One*
		- *AKA WWJD?* (footage)
		- *AKA Sin Bin*
		- *AKA 1,000 Cuts*
		- *AKA I've Got the Blues* (mentioned)
		- *AKA Take a Bloody Number*
		- *AKA Smile*

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1. ↑ *Jessica Jones: 1.05: AKA The Sandwich Saved Me*
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 *Jessica Jones: 1.13: AKA Smile*
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 *Jessica Jones: 1.09: AKA Sin Bin*
4. ↑ *Jessica Jones: 1.10: AKA 1,000 Cuts*
5. ↑ *Jessica Jones: 1.12: AKA Take a Bloody Number*