Of all the new shows that premiered this fall, vying for the honor of being considered the best new show, Jane the Virgin is certainly one of the top contenders declared addictive by both viewers and critics. The show stars Gina Rodriguez who The Hollywood Reporter says is, "Hands down, the breakout star of the fall!" In a television world where vampires, zombies, meth labs, and superheroes reign supreme, Jane the Virgin is a refreshing break from the norm.
The show is presented in a sort of telenovela-rom/com way, which could go terribly wrong if done poorly. Except, Jane the Virgin has gone terribly, terribly right! It's completely captivating and we look forward to each week's episode and all the drama that consistently and rather ridiculously unfolds. They've created a sort of hysterical, intelligent soap opera of sorts, and we couldn't be more excited about it!
Since so much happens every week, it can be hard to keep up, even with the narrator of the show giving his witty recaps at the beginning of each episode (and often throughout the episodes). So, here’s everything you need to know about Jane the Virgin up to this point!
Here goes!
10. Jane was artificially inseminated by her gynecologist. Therefore, she is literally a pregnant virgin. As strange as it sounds, we’ve somehow come to accept this as fact.
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9. Jane was engaged to her long-time love, Michael, who was cool with the whole waiting ‘till marriage thing and raising Jane’s illegitimate non-love child. Except they recently broke up, because Jane started falling for the father of her accidental child, Rafael. Note that Rafael is unbelievably wealthy and owns this incredible hotel where Jane happens to work as a waitress. Michael is some sort of detective, which is cool, but not as cool as owning a hotel in Miami. #sorrynotsorry
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8. Rafael just divorced his crazy, foreign wife, Petra, who turned out not to be who she said she was and is actually some chick named Natalia who has been running from this scary, drug cartel-ish dude for years. (Apparently he’s super psycho and poured acid on Petra/Natalia’s mom one time. We still are confused as to why she’s in a wheel chair though? TBD).
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7. Michael won’t let go of the idea of him and Jane and even told Jane’s mom, Xo, that he thinks they’re meant to be together. Oh, the trials of young-ish love. However, he’s been boning his partner who is now really pissed because she saw Michael tell Jane that he still loves her.
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6. Meanwhile, Rafael’s sister, Luisa (aka the gynecologist who inseminated Jane), has been sleeping with their stepmother. And because Luisa was about to tell her father what was going on between her and Rose, Rose completely screwed Luisa over and had her committed to a mental hospital. Normal? We think not… Normal on Jane the Virgin? We think so…
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5. Michael and his partner have been trying to track down some intense, face-less drug guy named Sin Rostro and because Michael obviously hates Rafael for stealing his woman, he’s doing everything he can to somehow link Rafael to the scandal. Last week, he even found this creepy hospital room in the basement of the hotel where the drug cartel was apparently performing plastic surgeries to make their men unidentifiable after they commit certain crimes.
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4. This may all seem like a crazy, telenovela to you, but we assure you…it sort of is. Which is convenient, since Jane has just recently reconnected with her long lost father, Rogelio, who happens to be a famous telenovela star! Last week, Jane accepted a writing internship with Rogelio’s studio, but she sort of failed and decided to stick to teaching at the Catholic school that has been passing out Virgin Mary coins with Jane’s face on them. Cute or creepy? We’re really not sure.
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3. Rose overhears her husband, Emilio talking about transferring 5 mil to some off shore account. Which forces her to go visit Luisa in the looney bin and find out more. Based on what Luisa tells her, she starts to believe that her husband might be Sin Rostro and tells Rafael! GASP.
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2. Also, Rogelio’s assistant, Nicholas, and screenplay writer, Dina having been conspiring against Rogelio to get him fired so Nicholas can be the star of the telenovela. They even had Jane write the episode for added sting.
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1. And, finally, in Chapter 13 we learned something no one ever would have guessed! Rose, aka red-headed, skinny, lesbian-lover to her step daughter, is Sin Rostro!!! We never even saw it coming.
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