‘Jane the Virgin’ reveals the details of Michael’s surprise return and we’ve never been more confused

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SPOILER ALERT: This story contains major spoilers for the Season 5 premiere of Jane the Virgin: “Chapter Eighty-Two.” Avert your gaze if you haven’t watched the episode yet. 

Ah, friends, when we last left our Jane Gloriana Villanueva, she had just walked into an emotional trap. She expected her boyfriend Rafael Solano — who is also the father of her accidentally artificially inseminated kid — to propose. Instead, SURPRISE, he brought her face-to-face with her back-from-the-dead husband Michael Cordero. 

Just like that, Jane the Virgin ended Season 4 with a loud thud of jaws dropping on the floor. Twitter went wild. Yes, even Jane has theorists nowRead more…

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‘Jane the Virgin’ creator explains how to write the perfect rom-com moment

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It’s Summer Lovin’ Week here at Mashable, which means things are getting steamy. In honor of the release of Crazy Rich Asians, we’re celebrating onscreen love and romance, looking at everything from our favorite fictional couples to how Hollywood’s love stories are evolving. Think of it as our love letter to, well, love.

When one hears the phrase “romantic comedy,” chances are likely that the first reference to follow is a movie. Romance has always been the work of film and of literature before it. In TV, it can deployed on a whim as a plot device, a way to force characters together or apart in order to sustain conflict for an uncertain episode run. Read more…

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Meanwhile, Gina Rodriguez used ‘Jane the Virgin’ funds to send an immigrant kid to college

While the government remains complicit in a massive human rights violation along U.S. borders, at least one person in Hollywood is trying to make life better for immigrants.
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Hearing a lot about ‘Jane the Virgin?’ Here’s how to watch

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If you’re suddenly seeing a lot of #content and online freakouts about CW’s Jane the Virgin, it’s not just because of a shocking Season 4 finale – it’s because Jane is and has been one of TV’s best shows since its inception in 2014.

And the great news for you is that it’s at your fingertips.

First off, a quick recap: Jane Gloriana Villanueva (Gina Rodriguez) is 23 and waiting until marriage to have sex. When we meet her, she’s dating dashing detective Michael Cordero (Brett Dier), but then becomes accidentally artificially inseminated with the sperm of Rafael Solano (Justin Baldoni) due to a mixup at the gynecologist’s office. Read more…

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All of the internet’s best theories about that giant ‘Jane the Virgin’ twist

SPOILER ALERT: This post contains spoilers for the Season 4 finale of Jane the Virgin: “Chapter Eighty-One.”
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The cast of ‘Jane the Virgin’ was just as blown away by that twist as we all are

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Jane the Virgin Twitter went WILD on Friday night. Spoilers ahead.

The show’s fourth season ended with a major reveal: Michael Cordero, a character that’s been dead since just before a time jump skipped the story ahead by three years back in Season 3.

So for Jane — who was married to Michael — and the people in her orbit, they’ve all lived on for the past four or five years in TV time believing this man is dead. Then he turned up in the final moments of Season 4.

We still don’t know what happened or how this believed-dead man is actually alive. Season 5 will presumably clear that up. For now, you’ll have to live with the incredible reaction on social media. Starting with a post from showrunner Jennie Urman offering a behind the scenes look at the cast learning that Michael actor Brett Dier was coming back. Read more…

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If the CW doesn’t renew ‘Crazy Ex-Girlfriend’ and ‘Jane the Virgin’ we lose all hope in the world

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It’s March Madness time for TV fans. Of course I don’t mean basketball; I mean the nail-biting agony of waiting for networks to renew your favorite shows. This is the fourth year in a row of that special hell for Jane the Virgin viewers, and the third for a dangerously small but fiercely dedicated Crazy Ex-Girlfriend fans.

And not that my personal opinion has any effect on these decisions, but if I lose either of these shows I will literally lose my shit.

A decade ago, the CW was where you went for guilty pleasures – your O.C.s and your Everwoods – and Jane the Virgin and Crazy Ex-Girlfriend are treated as that, in large part. But something happened in the past decade which was that CW – in addition to programming shows that were enjoyable, addictive, and unlike anything on other networks – made some really freaking good TV. Read more…

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There’s a HUGE problem with Xiomara the dancer on ‘Jane the Virgin’ and we need to talk about it

Jane the Virgin does a lot of things right. The CW’s resident telanovela is lovable to a fault, with characters and storylines bursting with sincerity and care that’s rare in most writing and production. It remains one of the most touching portrayals…

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‘Jane the Virgin’ is showing how sexy conversations about consent can be

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Warning: The following post contains spoilers for the most recent episode of Jane the Virgin.

Let’s begin this post with a necessary disclaimer: If you aren’t watching Jane the Virgin, you should be. The CW’s effervescent telanovela about a woman who’s accidentally artificially inseminated is now so much more; it’s a dense drama about complicated relationships, with some light fantasy and scintillating scandal thrown in.

“Chapter Seventy-Two” is the midseason premiere of Season 4, and it effortlessly portrays how consent should work – without every appearing to be a lesson or underlining its message in red. Read more…

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‘Jane the Virgin’ star shares his own experience of sexual harassment

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Jane The Virgin’s Justin Baldoni has had his own experiences with sexual harassment in Hollywood, according to an interview with Glamour.

The allegations stem to when Baldoni was 21 years old, a time when he was “very new in the business.” 

He received a spa certificate as a gift from his girlfriend after he did his first show, and so he visited the day spa, Burke Williams, in West Hollywood.

“I remember there were hot tubs and steam rooms and all kinds of stuff, and it’s kind of fancier people, wealthier guys. I went and jumped in the hot tub and I saw a guy kind of look over,” Baldoni told the magazine. Read more…

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