who is the nurse who helps jessica jones
Claire Temple
Luke Cage meets Dr. Claire Temple , who works with Dr. Noah Burstein at his 42nd Street storefront clinic . Cage has been shot by hitmen sent by the criminal Diamondback , and Claire is surprised to find him only bruised by the bullets . She is subsequently kidnapped by Diamondback , whom Cage discovers is his old friend Willis Stryker , the man who had framed Cage for the crime that sent him to prison . Cage frees Claire but Diamondback is killed by one of his own weapons . Claire corroborates Cage 's story with the police , and the two become romantically involved . In 1973 , Claire is surprised to see two grateful clients kissing Cage , but spending Christmas Eve together they are assaulted twice by the criminal Marley , whom Cage later subdues . As Claire and Cage continue dating , Dr. Burstein -- who is partially responsible for giving Cage his powers -- continues to keep the secret from Claire ( Daily Bugle reporter Phil Fox ) that Cage escaped from prison . Cage is tortured by his complicity in the death of the criminal Lionfang , but Claire helps him to realize that the villain brought it upon himself . Having discovered Cage 's secret but unable to publish it , Fox teams up with Cage 's prison guard nemesis Billy Bob Rackham to get revenge on Cage by kidnapping Claire . They kidnap the wrong woman , Fox is killed and the police find Claire holding the murder weapon . Cage creates a distraction to talk to Claire in custody , and she tells him that she now knows he is an escaped convict . Cage vows to find Fox 's real killer . Rackham is revealed as the murderer , exonerating Claire , who is reunited with Cage .
Luke Cage meets Dr. Claire Temple , who works with Dr. Noah Burstein at his 42nd Street storefront clinic . Cage has been shot by hitmen sent by the criminal Diamondback , and Claire is surprised to find him only bruised by the bullets . She is subsequently kidnapped by Diamondback , whom Cage discovers is his old friend Willis Stryker , the man who had framed Cage for the crime that sent him to prison . Cage frees Claire but Diamondback is killed by one of his own weapons . Claire corroborates Cage 's story with the police , and the two become romantically involved . In 1973 , Claire is surprised to see two grateful clients kissing Cage , but spending Christmas Eve together they are assaulted twice by the criminal Marley , whom Cage later subdues . As Claire and Cage continue dating , Dr. Burstein -- who is partially responsible for giving Cage his powers -- continues to keep the secret from Claire ( Daily Bugle reporter Phil Fox ) that Cage escaped from prison . Cage is tortured by his complicity in the death of the criminal Lionfang , but Claire helps him to realize that the villain brought it upon himself . Having discovered Cage 's secret but unable to publish it , Fox teams up with Cage 's prison guard nemesis Billy Bob Rackham to get revenge on Cage by kidnapping Claire . They kidnap the wrong woman , Fox is killed and the police find Claire holding the murder weapon . Cage creates a distraction to talk to Claire in custody , and she tells him that she now knows he is an escaped convict . Cage vows to find Fox 's real killer . Rackham is revealed as the murderer , exonerating Claire , who is reunited with Cage .