- La fe es el destierro de la duda. Así que la pregunta es: si tu tiene fe en el; en quien el es
- — Alba to Jane
Chapter Eighteen is the 18th episode of Season 1 of Jane the Virgin.
Synopsis[]
DOUBTS – Jane (Gina Rodriguez) unintentionally ruins Rafael's (Justin Baldoni) chances of getting the hotel's liquor license back, but her attempt to help fix it means missing the Villanueva's Easter festivities. Rafael gets information about his birth mother from the private detective he has hired but doesn't like what he hears. Rogelio's (Jaime Camil) mother, Liliana (guest star Rita Moreno), comes for a visit, but she and Xo (Andrea Navedo) do not have the best history. Alba (Ivonne Coll) takes a big step in the romance arena but is shocked when she learns what Edward (guest star Cheech Marin) does for a living. Meanwhile, Petra (Yael Grobglas) becomes more convinced about the secret she thinks she has stumbled upon and enlists Michael's (Brett Dier) help to get confirmation.
Recap[]
“Chapter 18” began with a sweet flashback to an Easter during Jane’s childhood when she started questioning the Catholic traditions that abuelita Alba takes so seriously. “That stale cracker from the deli is supposed be the body of Christ?” little Jane asks Alba. Instead of simply shrugging off Jane’s doubts, Alba shares a valuable bit of wisdom about the nature of faith. “It’s the banishment of doubt.”
The Easter holiday figures pretty big in this episode, with as the Villanuevas make a huge deal out of the celebration. That being the case, Jane is so excited to include Rafael in her beloved traditions—especially since he hasn’t exactly been there for her recently. Rafael’s been distracted with business, particularly with his attempts to get the hotel’s liquor license back after last week’s spring break bash debacle.
Though Rafael’s apparent disinterest in the baby really bothers Jane—she literally doesn’t have any one to lean on during the prenatal instructor’s exercises—she doesn’t dare vent to Xo, who’s dealing with her own drama. Liliana, Rogelio’s mother is visiting, and that brings up all kinds of issues, both from the past (Xo accidentally electrocuted her beloved cat) and the present. (Xo needs to get her stamp of approval in order to earn an “I love you” from Rogelio.)
When Liliana (played to perfection by Rita Moreno) appears, one can see why Rogelio’s first love with always be his mother: She’s perfectly put together, witty and absolutely gorgeous. All her charm is on full display when she meets Jane, the granddaughter she never knew about. But she’s not so excited about seeing Xo. Apparently she still holds a grudge against Xo for having caught the pair doing it back in the day. ¡Eso no se hace!
But Jane—who you should remember, is always anxious to smooth things over—invites Liliana to Easter. Who can be angry for long when there are chocolate eggs to be eaten? Even so, Jane is wrestling with some serious doubts about Rafael—will he ever make she and the baby a priority?—and decides to vent to Andie.
The two meet in a coffee shop and Andie—who tells Jane she’s seeing her ex again, though she’s careful not to disclose his identity—advises her not to do anything rash. “It’s the hormones,” she tells Jane. Ahem. You know and I know Andie’s agenda is to keep Jane as far away from Michael as possible, since she’s playing the long game to get him back. But Jane doesn’t know this and to her, the whole hormones argument sounds pretty reasonable. (The irony of what I just wrote isn’t lost on me.) So she rolls with it, even when Rafael cancels a dinner the two had planned.
The frustrations have been piling all day and when she encounters a rude customer during her waitress shift, she absolutely loses it. Normally, that wouldn’t be a huge problem, but that nasty diner happens to be the city commissioner—the person whom Rafael has been trying to sweet talk into earning his liquor license back.
A good telenovela always offers its heroines a chance to redeem themselves, and Jane’s chance arises when Rafael suggests that two go to church and lunch at the club with the commissioner and her husband. That means Jane has to skip her family’s Easter celebration and she gamely goes for it. But the unexpected happens: she finds herself bonding with the ladies who lunch crowd and with the snobby commissioner, whose conceit hides a strained marriage.
Seeing the commissioner in a spat with her husband reminds Jane how important is it for she and Rafael to be on the same page. “That life with the husband always gone and work always comes first, I don’t want that,” she tells Rafael. He insists family is important to him too, but he also needs to work. Jane reminds him the price his father paid for putting work above all else, but “it’s not that simple,” Rafael insists.
As Jane The Virgin often reminds us, love is a tricky thing to navigate. That’s made abundantly clear as Xo confronts Rogelio about having kept her pregnancy a secret from his mother. Everyone apologizes but then Liliana drops a bomb by telling them that they’re both “too head strong and two proud” to make their relationship last. This is enough to send Xo running straight into the arms of her Marcos, her former soccer-playing squeeze. The sexual tension between these two is something else, and they share a passionate kiss. Though Xo ends up making up with Rogelio (He says those three oh-so-important words!), she doesn’t tell him about the smooch. That could definitely come back to bite her later.
Although Xo is pretty terrible at the whole relationship thing, she does have some good advice for Jane when all three generations of the Villanueva family meet on the front porch later that night. “Don’t let doubts get in the way,” she tells Jane. Alba adds her two cents: “It won’t work if you don’t believe it will. You have to have faith.” Jane shakes off her doubt—in the form of a little pesky alter ego dressed in Jesus drapes—and resolves to stop letting her doubts ruin her relationship.
But her new-found resolve isn’t enough to create a future with Rafael, who shares a big fat revelation. “I want to be successful. I want to leave something for my child like my father left for me, and right now I can’t do that without disappointing you,” he tells Jane. “I am all the time …maybe you were right all this time. Maybe we’re just too different and should stop trying to force this relationship.” And with that, he breaks up with Jane.Starring[]
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Quotes[]
- What about her approval of me? You said that was the only thing holding you back from saying 'I love you'. You're sabotaging us!
- — Xo to Rogelio
- You two are not suited to each other: you are both too headstrong and too proud
- — Liliana, to Rogelio and Xiomara
- Rogelio – How could you talk to her like that??
- Liliana – Listen: I was right about wife number one; I was right about wife number two. I know it's hard to hear, darling. But I want to spare you that pain of a third time
- Oooh, "Rehabilitated Love: Thornbirds Edition"
- — The Narrator, on Edward & Alba
- No one disrespects the woman that I love
- — Rogelio
- Maybe you were right, this whole time: maybe we are just too different. Maybe we should just stop trying to force this relationship
- — A heartbroken Rafael ends things
Trivia[]
- The episode takes place during Easter, which would mean that the exact date of this episode is Sunday, April 5, 2015.
- This is the first appearance of Liliana de la Vega.
- Marco returns in this episode, this is also his last appearance on the show.
- Liliana doesn't like Xo because when they met Liliana walked in on Xo & Ro, tripped over a lamp cord and the lamp electrocuted her cat, Gorditto.
- Rafael talked to Aaron and doesn't believe Petra's assertion that Aaron is really Roman.
- Rafael gets the e-mail address for his mother and sends her an e-mail. He tells Jane and she supports him.
- Petra contacts Michael about Aaron/Roman and Michael sets up cops at The Marbella to survey their dinner, as well as tests his DNA.
- Rogelio gets the 'inhala, exhala' from his mother
- Xo apologizes to Liliana about the cat.
- Liliana tells Xo and Ro that they are ill-suited because they don't think things through or communicate.
- Xiomara kisses Marco.
- Jane tells Alba that Edward's a priest after Alba reveals that she asked him out — but he agreed to a date.
- Both Jane and Alba mention that Xo 'self-sabotages'; Xo herself says she gets self-righteous and acts out.
- Xo tells Jane that Jane's version is to doubt everything and lose faith.
- Rafael's meets his mother, Elena Di Nola, for the first time since he was 4 years old.
- Rogelio sends Liliana home and tells Xiomara that he loves her for the first time.
- Michael gets confirmation that it really is Roman and tries to reach Petra in vain.
- Roman Zazo reveals that he knows Petra knows his real identity and he abducts her.
- A heartbroken Rafael offhandedly ends things with Jane.
'Secrets'[]
- Edward's a priest!
- Rogelio never told his mother that he asked Xiomara to get an abortion. He told his mother that he never knew of the baby.
- Rogelio wants children and Xo didn't know that.
- Jane tells Xo and Alba that she didn't end things with Michael because she doubted Michael; she ended things because she fell in love with Rafael.
- Rafael's mother reveals that she cheated on Emilio, who proceeded to attempt to banish her and offered her $10 million to leave Rafael forever, to which she agreed.
- Roman Zazo is still alive and posing as his brother, Aaron, whom Roman killed.
Locations[]
- Miami
- Villanueva Home
- Rogelio's mansion
- The Marbella
- Lower South Beach Medical Building
Music[]
- volcano | EMILY HEARN
- rafael breaks up with jane
- piano samba | KEVIN KINER
- xo tries to stay calm
- agogo bombo | JARED FORMAN
- rich white woman insults jane
- claps and stomps | KEVIN KINER
- liliana reveals why she's mad at xo
- grand entrance | CHRISTIAN DAVIS
- rogelio + xo discuss his lie at church
- sneaky guitar | KEVIN KINER
- liliana tells xoro to break up
- guitar samba | KEVIN KINER
- xo storms out
Photos[]
Media[]
- ‘Jane the Virgin’ Star Breaks Down That Breakup and the Return of Rafael’s Mom (THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER • APRIL 2015)
- Rita Moreno Teases Her 'Jane the Virgin' Debut as Rogelio's "Diva" Mom (THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER • APRIL 2015)
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