TV #28 of 2019: Jane the Virgin, season 5 What a beautiful send-off to a beautiful show. Jane the Virgin has gone down a few narrative dead-ends over the years, but its final season leans strongly into the character relationships that have always made its telenovela twists and heightened magical realism elements land so well. …
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TV Review: Jane the Virgin, season 4
TV #17 of 2018: Jane the Virgin, season 4 This season is so propulsive in forward momentum, and it’s fantastic to see Jane blossoming into such a capable adult. Petra, Alba, and Xiomara also get some particularly great plot arcs this season, and I love how fiercely celebratory of Latinx culture the writing has grown. …
TV Review: Jane the Virgin, season 3
TV #39 of 2017: Jane the Virgin, season 3 Same great cast, same terrific writing, and definitely a return to form after season 2 got a little lost in the weeds with its plot. I was a little bit afraid that this season was going to feature more wheel-spinning as we approached the midpoint, but …
TV Review: Jane the Virgin, season 2
TV #1 of 2017: Jane the Virgin, season 2 Still a fun show with great – nearly all Hispanic! – performers, but perhaps a tad more predictable in its sophomore year. (Luckily this is definitely a show where the twists are still enjoyable even when you see them coming.) The Mutter and Derek storyline(s) kind …
TV Review: Jane the Virgin, season 1
TV #35 of 2016: Jane the Virgin, season 1 Jane the Virgin is such a sweet, hilarious, and amazingly character-driven TV show. It comes roaring out of the gate with such an over-the-top premise that you’re worried the whole thing will just be silly, but its devotion to its characters and to the heightened reality …
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