Jane the Virgin
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Its completely tanked her confidence that she should even be a writer.
How could this career possibly work when a reviewing outlet she respects thinks so little of her work?
He also recommends Jane go to an improv class to loosen up and learn how to yes and…
This sounds like mypersonal vision of absolute hell, but Jane is willing to try.
is so easy to say and so antithetical to what its like to make most good art.
I do hope Jane will get her writing groove back soon.
Its hurt me to see her so off her game!
That tone sounds distinctly … narratorial.Hmm!
Those core ideas of improv and criticism spin out into two other plots.
Rogelio listens to himself and is forced to admit that actually, heisexhausting to be around.
And Rogelios inner critic isamazing.
He has a mustache!
Hes dressed all in lavender!
He forces Rogelio to admit his true age!
The other use for that improv premise is botheffective and so much better than I expected itd be.
First, Jane and Rafael finally tell their family theyre in a serious relationship.
No one is surprised at this news, but Petras reaction is iconic: Whoop de frickin do!
Are you aware that Im under investigation formurder?!
Its a yes, and.
Yes, Michael and Jane were real, and now Jane will be real with someone else.
Their relationship does not mean a negation of Michael.
It means an addition for Jane and Raf.
Its so, so good.
And by doing it, I mean kissing quite a bit.
And then also having sex.
Then, she plays it very, very cool the next morning.
Her brusque affect maynot have been just an attempt to slow things down with Petra.
But that was some of it, right?
There is one other significant event in Chapter Seventy-Six.
After falling in her dance competition, a medical exam reveals that Xiomara has a lump in her breast.
But this is not a fun cliffhanger.
And yet I am.
It has the best track record of any show on television for dealing with emotional fallout from trauma.
So thats Chapter Seventy-Six.
Oh, and also Luisa bought the convent that has the only remnant records of Rafaels birth mothers identity!
And also, the guy who plays Pammy the Parrot at the Marbella.
Cut to a guy in a giant parrot suit filling the frame and then walking out of the shot.
Our Narrator: What a seamless transition!
Our Narrator catches some of Janes self-critical vibe.
Honestly, it happens to me sometimes.
I think its the pressure of telling such a fast-paced story.
Like, should I tell you what Jane was feeling here?
[pause] I will.
Actually, no, Ill save it for later.
I know a sex injury when I see one!
Rogelio chimes in, and they high five.
