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We are about 8 episodes away from the series finale and there wasn't a thread for this show yet.   Since more people need to know about this wonderful, charming and often hilarious show I am keeping the OP spoilerfree. Since season 5 is airing currently the thread likely won't be. A random comment I found sums up the charm and fun pretty well: To everyone who is put off by the name, I am definitely not in the show’s primary demographic but find it hilarious. It is a parody (send up is probably a better term) of Spanish telanovelas. Characters have secret family members, dark secrets, people are hooking up that definitely shouldn’t be, there’s murders, people coming back from the dead, evil crime lords, you know, the usual. Gina Rodriguez is great, but the real star is Rogelio. The setting: wikipedia posted:Jane the Virgin is an American romantic dramedy and satirical telenovela. The series premiered on October 13, 2014 on The CW. It is a loose adaptation of the Venezuelan telenovela Juana la Virgen. The program (affectionately) parodies commonly used tropes and devices in Latin telenovelas. The Cast: Jane Gloriana Villanueva  A devoted Catholic who made a vow to her grandmother, Alba, to not give up her virginity until marriage. Years later she finds herself in a committed relationship with a detective, Michael Cordero, and the two plan to get married. However, Jane finds herself accidentally artificially inseminated with the sperm of a man who she once shared a passionate kiss with a few summers prior. Michael Cordero  Jane's fiance at the start of the show. Initially reluctant to have a baby, he blackmails Petra with knowledge of her affair, in the hopes that Jane will not keep the baby if Petra's marriage to Rafael remains intact. He later changes his mind and agrees to be part of the baby's upbringing. Also involved with a high profile crime lord investigation. Rafael Solano  Former playboy and owner of the Marbella hotel. After a few good years of marriage to Petra, a miscarriage and cancer take a toll, and the couple begins to fall apart. With Rafael plotting to leave her, Petra decides to artificially inseminate herself with his sperm sample, only for his sister, Luisa, to accidentally inseminate the wrong woman. This woman happens to be Jane Villanueva, a girl with whom he shared a passionate kiss with years before and never called back. Petra Solano  Originally from the Czech Republic, running away and taking on a new identity in order to hide from her abusive boyfriend, Milos. Petra becomes engaged to Lachlan Moore before leaving him for Rafael Solano, a man with slightly more money, but ultimately falling in love with him. The two get married and become pregnant, but they eventually lose the baby and Rafael becomes diagnosed with cancer. Their marriage falls apart after this. Xiomara Gloriana Villanueva  Jane's laid back mother, and Alba's daughter. Unlike her mother and daughter, Xiomara is accustomed to looser morals, losing her virginity at a young age and having Jane at 17. She and Jane's father, Rogelio De La Vega, were high school sweethearts until he moved away and she chose to not tell him about the pregnancy. Alba Gloriana Villanueva  Deeply religious mother of Xiomara's and grandmother of Jane. Emigrating from Venezuela at a young age, she and her husband Mateo established lives for themselves and the generations to come. When Jane is ten years old, Alba makes her vow to save herself until marriage, a vow that Jane keeps. Alba often acts as the voice of reason in the sometimes chaotic Villanueva household. The Rogelio:  He would be insulted not having his own header. Jane's long lost father, drama queen and allround hilarious character. Rogelio is a kind, generous, passionate and dramatic man, but also very self involved. He became a telenovela star in 2013, playing the lead in The Passions of Santos. After Xiomara told him that he has a daughter, he met Jane and slowly became a part of the Villanueva family. Zedd fucked around with this message at 14:08 on Jun 1, 2019 |
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Is anyone on Team Raph? I have difficulty believing anyone's on Team Raph. Where I'm from it's either Team Michael or Team Petra.
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Jun 1, 2019 14:57
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Team Michael all the way. Petra is acceptable.
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Jun 1, 2019 14:59
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If you list all the shows I watch arranged by (Quality of show/Appeal of title), this would be forever on top due to the number approaching near infinity. Maybe the thread title should say something telling people not to get fooled by the hokey title and to watch it if you want something tonally similar to Crazy Ex Girlfriend, because I'm sad barely anybody seems to be watching it. When the season began, I actually asked in the CXG thread if anyone was watching it (since one used to lead into the other) but it didn't seem like it. Spoilered for the benefit of anyone who's being introduced to the show by this thread: I'm still team Michael forever even though narratively it makes sense to put her with Raf now. Very happy that Jane and Petra are actual friends now instead of snippy frenemies. Also pretty pleased with myself for figuring out that Mateo had a disorder, mainly because he's been acting just like my friend's kid; I guess that's a credit to the writers. I'm also wondering if maybe they're gonna go with some kind of ending where Jane moves on instead of ending up with either of the main two.
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Jun 1, 2019 15:11
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Argue posted:If you list all the shows I watch arranged by (Quality of show/Appeal of title), this would be forever on top due to the number approaching near infinity. Maybe the thread title should say something telling people not to get fooled by the hokey title and to watch it if you want something tonally similar to Crazy Ex Girlfriend, because I'm sad barely anybody seems to be watching it. When the season began, I actually asked in the CXG thread if anyone was watching it (since one used to lead into the other) but it didn't seem like it.
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Jun 1, 2019 15:16
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I've always thought it's been very consistent for a comedy-drama throughout the entire run, I can't think of a single episode I watched and thought it was disappointing (or worse), which is something I can't really say about most shows I watch. Crazy Ex Girlfriend was probably up there until the last season.
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Jun 1, 2019 22:43
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I learned of some (likely) finale leaks and it sounds wild.
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Jun 2, 2019 00:03
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I was hoping for a full blown musical ep but a song and dance number at the end of any TV show is always welcome. And even with only a single musical number this was still better than the Flash/Supergirl musical ep 
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Jun 13, 2019 04:18
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I knew when I saw Jane wearing yellow and that tree they were getting back together, glad it didn't drag on until the finale, but I guess we can't expect the Team Petra curveball anymore.
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Jun 15, 2019 09:39
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Well that seems to lock in the endgame yeah, Raf is a decent dude now so fine. No Petra ending .
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Jun 15, 2019 11:19
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Started watching this yesterday. Not gonna stick around in the thread so I don't get spoiled, but I was hooked by the end of ep 2.
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Jun 18, 2019 21:17
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I think Petra is my favorite character. Just cooly and calmly making the worst decisions every time, and I can't stop watching.
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Jun 21, 2019 19:53
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I like how Rafael and Michael hate each other but they always, always, always keep making secret plans together.
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Jun 23, 2019 00:56
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Petra's my favorite and I'm glad she and Jane are good friends now after years of passive aggressive sniping  How far in are you?
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Jun 23, 2019 04:24
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I'm almost finished with season 2. Wha, Petra has a twin sister? Does anything go right in her life? Is it okay that I prefer Good Boy Michael over Spicy Good Boy Rafael? SardonicTyrant fucked around with this message at 13:53 on Jun 23, 2019 |
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Jun 23, 2019 12:13
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Finished season 2. Noooo! Good Boy Michael!
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Jun 23, 2019 16:03
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Not sure how I feel about the time skip, but the pirate mascot has become my favorite bit character.
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Jun 30, 2019 14:47
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Spoilered for the benefit of the guy still catching up: I hope Michael is in the finale; they may not be in love anymore but he's as much a part of the family of both the IRL cast and in-show characters as anyone else on the show. Surprised they dealt with Rose an episode early; I assumed next week would be a two parter because it mixed drama in with Rose running around and mucking about. Cute though, killing her the same way she killed the guy in the pilot.
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Jul 26, 2019 04:03
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Next week is the episode and an episode interviewing the cast. Not sure where they're planning to go with all the plot lines wrapped up. Nice mirroring with Rose killing someone with an ice sculpture, and her being killed by a sculpture that's then set on fire.
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Jul 27, 2019 13:46
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Hahaha, the reveal of who the narrator is was great.
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Aug 1, 2019 03:41
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Bit of a rocky season, but I loved this show so much.
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Aug 1, 2019 08:46
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I'm so happy for Rogelio
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Aug 1, 2019 13:28
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I took a break after the midpoint of season 3 (rip Perfect Cinnamon Bun), and ready to press on. I appreciate how Jane and Xio never ever stop giving Alba poo poo about the celibacy thing.
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Aug 6, 2019 22:41
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I'm on Ch. 13 and goddamn if this show isn't wondertful. It takes "over the top" to absurd degrees and mixes it with so much humor and heart and splashes in a bit of magic (it reminds me a bit of Amélie in that regard). I'm going to have to take a break from it in Oct for horror stuff, but I'll get right back to it in Nov.
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Sep 28, 2019 16:33
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Keep us posted! It's not like this thread has anything else to talk about!
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Sep 28, 2019 17:05
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Argue posted:Keep us posted! It's not like this thread has anything else to talk about! I saw adds for it on Hulu and they made it look...terrible, like unwatchably bad. I only checked it out becuase of this thread. Needless to say if they manage to keep this quality up it will be impressive.
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Almost finished with Season 4. I can't believe how consistently good this show has been.
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