Late to The Party: Or How I Became a Fan of JTV

     I recently received an email from my aunt, who said her book club screening of 50 Shades of

Gray didn't work out, so they watched a new quirky show, Jane the Virgin. It didn't end up on my fall roster, but I caught up on as much of the season as i could and I jumped in. After all, lead actress Gina Rodriguez won the Golden Globe for this show after about 10 episodes, so it must be pretty cool.

     First of all, JTV is party telenovela, part fantasy drama, and part Ugly Betty. The resemblances between this show and  long loved and far-plot flung ABC dramedy are one of the reasons I got sucked into this new show. Rodriguez, much like  Betty's America Ferrara, had a way of showing her character as a true, honest relate-able person, who happened to be artificially inseminated with the child of a gorgeous hotel magnate that will likely never have kids due to a cancer scare. Just an average plot, right?


Here are the basics:
- Jane lives with her illegal immigrant Abuela Alba (who only speaks Spanish with subtitles on the screen) and her young, hip mom, Xiomara. She is a waitress, writer, teacher, and daydreamer.
-  Jane is often found working at the Maribela Hotel, which is always close to bankruptcy.
- Jane never knew her dad until a few weeks ago, and he happens to be a rich, self-obsessed telenovela star, Rogelio De Le Vega. Watch him tweet in real time.
- Jane was engaged to a police detective, Micheal, who wanted nothing to do with having a baby.
- Gorgeous hotel magnate, Rafael, really wants to have this baby, and he is trying desperately to divorce his wife, Petra.
- Petra is crazy. Her mother Magda is also crazy.
Rafael's sister was the doctor that accidentally inseminated Jane, she was supposed to be inseminating Petra, who was keeping it a big secret.
- There's a wild criminal mastermind, Sin Rostro, who is Michael's ex-stepmother.
- Sin Rostro is also known as Rose, a former lover of Michael's sister (after she had a face-change so nobody could recognize her).
- This hotel is a prime spot for murders.

Let's see where we are at the end of the season.