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natyxg

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  1. I thought this episode was thoroughly meh. I think at this point I only truly enjoy watching the twins. I really like how those little girls act. And lol at the comparison: while Mateo can't even read yet, the girls come up with complicated plans to break up Petra and JR, which include breaking into Petra's email account and writing emails, among other things. 😂 Again, love them. Hope to see more of them and less of Mateo. Or maybe seeing NO Mateo, that would be great. I liked that Alba and Jorge got together. But I thought that the way Alba keep saying that after the last interview they could go their separate ways was just... odd. If they ONLY stayed together until he got his status sorted, that would be super suspicious to anyone with eyes, no? And there's nothing as romantic as seeing Jane grovel to her One True Love™ over and over, while he tells her to fuck off. Super romantic. *swoon* #not
  2. Is she the only abortionist around? Because otherwise she could hear that some women had problems, but she could've convinced herself that they weren't one of her clients. The woman who called Val said that she had never had a complication during an abortion before, I think. I doubt she would've carried on doing it if she knew that she had literally gotten women killed.
  3. I get the feeling that she knows nothing about the women she might have harmed. After all, those complications happened after they went home and she wouldn't know the women or be in contact with them after they left. I do think we'll see her get the shock of her life, and the guilt of her life, when she learns that at least one woman has died.
  4. Well, that answers my question. They WERE going to reveal who the abortionist was. And Val's grandma totally did the abortion that killed that woman earlier in the season, didn't she? She said that she charges seven pounds, and I feel like the dead woman's husband said that all he knew was that the abortionist charges seven pounds because that's the only money that was missing from the money jar. Oh, and I forgot to say that I really liked how the actress who plays Valerie played the whole thing, from the moment when she arrives and realizes what's happening, all the way to the very end of the episode with her crying. Kudos.
  5. IKR????? I totally agree. I suspect that it all comes down to two things. One, not destroying Michael completely. So they let him be the nice guy who just wants Jane to be happy till the end, instead of making him the bad guy. Secondly, I think they wanted an excuse to break up Jane and Rafael in the last season, to create a "will they get back together or not?" situation (as if there's any doubt *eyeroll*). Therefore, Rafael couldn't be kind and understanding, he had to react like this and break up with Jane.
  6. So, I watched it. They just keep doing everything SO. VERY. WRONG. Augh. We get an entire episode of Jane and Michael being so adorable that I kind of ended up shipping them again. I do agree with whoever said that Michael was Michael most of his life and "Jason" only four years, so it's weird that they basically are telling us that Michael's true essence is Jason or something, with his looove for the outdoors and the quiet and whatever, after we saw that Michael's true nature was to be a detective, for example. He really had that in his blood, it wasn't just a job. Still, I appreciate that he felt like Michael in the ways that mattered, in his love for Jane, his patience (for the most part), his kindness.... And after a whole episode of seeing them together again and seeing that chemistry again, bam. Jane realizes that she wants Rafael. Now, again, I always knew that's what the answer would be. But the way that they did it is just... weird. Maybe they were going for one reversal after another, so we go from Jane hating Montana and wanting to get out of there to Jane enjoying herself to Jane freaking out again, to Jane imagining a life with Michael to Jane choosing Rafael, but it was just... odd and off putting. I think what was missing from all of this is the WHY. Why is she in love with Rafael again? How did she fall in love with Rafael? Why is he her destiny and not Michael? Maybe they expect me to remember the show more than I do or something, and this has been addressed in a convincing way before and I've just forgotten (doubt it, though), but it was really need here too, even if it was addressed before. If Michael is so great, but she still chooses Rafael you gotta tell me why. This vague "we changed our time has passed" bullshit isn't enough. And in the end, we continue with the same problem that I've been mentioning from the beginning of all this. Rafael, who is supposed to be the endgame man in all this, just broods. He suffers for himself, because he fears that he's not going to get the life that he wanted. He needs antidepressants and can barely get out of bed. Jane is faced with an unexpected, confusing situation that is not her fault in any way, and instead of support from her partner she gets his tantrums. Maybe it is realistic for him to be like this or something, but in a romance story it's quite off putting. And then we have Michael, the "not the one". Jane was his wife. His life was stolen from him in a terrible way. He could've demanded. He could've shouted. He could've been jealous when he found out about Rafael and Jane. He could've been angry. He could've used guilt to get Jane to stay. But he wasn't. But he didn't. While it's implied that Rafael would NOT be willing to move to Montana for Jane, Michael was willing to follow her anywhere. And in the end he was willing to let her go without a fight and without her feeling bad about it, because he just wanted her to be happy. But I'm supposed to root for Rafael and think HE IS THE ONE FOR JANE. HER DESTINY. Sure, okay. Were they drunk or something when they wrote all this? Did they forget how romances work? Were they just so interested in pushing the final Jane/Rafael breakup in the last stretch of the show that they just didn't think how it would all come across? WTF? It's just so odd. Besides all that, I thought they pushed the wilderness angle a little too much. When Jane was freaking out about having no phone I was thinking "don't they have landlines?" So I was glad that they at least pointed out that they did. But then... did they have no bathrooms? Why the hell was she bathing with a bucket outside? And was she really supposed to be peeing in the wilderness when she tried to call her Mom that night? huh? Just so weird.
  7. My guess is that they don't even remember that the narrator said that, so it won't be addressed at all.
  8. I think the Michael thing should not have been written at all. At the end of the day, what change was there for Jane? She was sure that she wanted to be with Rafael before Michael came back... and now she's sure that she wants to be with Rafael. The only change was destroying Michael and Jane retroactively and unnecessarily, which is just petty and cruel. I don't know, I guess Michael fans that hated that they died can take comfort now in knowing that he's not dead or something.
  9. I was confused when the Mother Superior was riding with Fred while Trixie rode behind them in her bike. Why didn't she just ride in the van, too? Was there no space? It was weird. I feel like the show keeps moving away from the pregnant women and the births, and I don't like that. I understand that at this point they're probably struggling for ideas, but that's what the show is really about it. As I was watching this episode I kept thinking that the only pregnant woman was the teenager, her plot was probably like 7 minutes of show, and everything else was about a whole bunch of other stuff. They also have so many characters now that they struggle to give them all things, and most of it, again, has nothing to do with what the show is supposed to be about. Last week so much was about the intersex plot and even the husband with the weird phantom pregnancy or whatever. And so on. I liked this show for its focus on women and on pregnancy and birth and all that, and I wish they didn't keep wandering about. It's okay to give the nurses and the nuns personal things here and there, but only as long as the show feels like it's about what it's supposed to be about. Having said that, I did like the teenager plot. I liked how much she loved her daughter. The cliché in this type of plot is that the teenager/unwed mother would be in such distress and conflicted about motherhood and the baby and etc, and I liked that they turned it around this time.
  10. Yeah, I too think that Michael will pop up one last time to show that he's okay and maybe with a new relationship. Which will be a slap in the face of who Michael was, because Jane was his everything. Guess that whole loving Jane until he died was cancelled out when he became Jacheal, eh?
  11. I haven't watched tonight's episode yet, but I agree with most of this. I too was fine with Rafael and Jane as endgame (I always knew they would be) and I was actually okay with Michael dying because IT PROTECTED HIM and JANE/MICHAEL. I knew the triangle would never be over and now that they were married the next step was to ruin Michael and their marriage so Jane could end with Rafael. So I thought we dodged that bullet when Michael died, and I really liked the idea of letting both loves be as genuine, just one after the other. I also thought that they handled Jane's mourning over Michael quite well and in a way that showed how much she loved him. Now, all of this is a HUGE slap in the face of everything. They are ruining everything and everyone over a storyline that WAS NOT NEEDED AT ALL. Like I said the other day, there was nothing to indicate that Jane needed some Michael closure before she could be fully with Rafael. So, it's not one of those cases when you have a messy story that feels necessary. This wasn't. And it has ruined everything. It destroyed Michael as a person by destroying his mind and stealing his life (and like you say, no one cared). It has ruined Rafael, who's showing to be an unreliable, unstable partner who needs therapy more than he needs Jane. It as ruined Jane, who we saw mourn so much for Michael and who now has spent all this time in ME ME ME mode, barely showing compassion or empathy for the man she mourned for literal years. I mean, I could go on, but just... fuck you, show. Just fuck you. And now I don't even want Rafael and Jane to end up together, and will be grossed out when they do. Great job, you've really done it. Seriously, did they change writers or something?
  12. Well I watched it. I guess the idea that they're just different people now and that's why they wouldn't work is okay-ish, but the problem is... why? I mean, I still feel like this storyline is completely unnecessary. There was nothing to indicate that Jane had unresolved feelings about Michael, or that Rafael was still salty about Jane choosing him... nothing. Michael also added something to the new Sin Rostro angle they're playing with now, but this is literally something they pulled out of their asses right at this moment, so they could have come up with something else that didn't include Michael. Michael's return continues to feel 100% unnecessary and almost... mean. Like I've always said, this is all just so that Jane can choose Rafael over Michael and he can be her first choice.... only it's been years since the triangle existed and nothing in the recent sstoryline indicated that this was needed now. So, it continues to bother me to see them destroy Jane and Michael retroactively, even now crapping on their "sappy" past together because Michael is now Jacheal and oh my what would the boys at the ranch THINK! 🙄 And pfffs they wouldn't have worked together anyway because he gave up his career for Jane ! 🙄 Speaking of, is this what really happened? I could've sworn they told Michael that he couldn't be a cop anymore because his injury left him too weak and he couldn't pass the physical that cops need to pass. I'm also not sure I get or like what they're doing with Rafael. I guess it's their way of maybe getting him to mend some wound he hadn't really worked on, but seeing him fall apart like this instead of being there for Jane or fighting for Jane or just something that seems healthier and more mature just continues to make me think that he's not ready (will he ever be?) to be Jane's or anyone's endgame. And there's so little show left to turn this around, that I'm afraid that they won't really convince me. As for the rest, Petra's twins are the cutest!
  13. 😂🤣 I would actually be on board with that. I haven't seen this episode yet, so I don't know if anyone talks to Michael in this one other than Jane, but Rafael has talked to him. So, there goes that fun theory.
  14. I had completely forgotten about them. lol The problem with Rafael's reaction is that none of this is Jane's fault. So, Jane finds herself in a really confusing and weird situation, and instead of providing her support, he's been on a tantrum since almost day one. His reaction would be okay if we were in a normal love triangle and Jane is just driving them crazy with her flip flopping and he's had enough. But that's not the case. So, in such a complicated moment, a Rafael that deserves Jane would be a patient Rafael who might hurt deeply because he's afraid of losing her, but for whom her being okay and happy is the most important thing, even if it's not with him. That's the kind of attitude that would make us (or at least me) root for him and see him as worthy of her, and make us hope that Jane chooses him. Instead, he just shows insecurity, anger, jealousy and makes her situation so much harder than it has to be. At the end of the day, Jane is suffering more because of what Rafael is doing and how it's affecting her relationship with Mateo. He's adding so much more fuel to the fire instead of trying to put it out. And I don't care how "realisitic" it may be, this is a story... a story that's close to its ending and they're managing to make me root for like the opposite of what will very likely happen. So, this is still a huge fail. It also makes Jane and Rafael's future relationship look not so bright because we now know how limited Rafael's love really is. And, for comparison, we have Michael being patient, solving Jane's insurance problem, giving her space, not demanding anything... even though his whole life was stolen from him in an instant, and when he comes back his wife has been with another dude for god knows how long. And I think, if memory serves me right, that this was one of the things that did make me like Jane and Michael back in the day. Michael had some mishaps at first, but it was like at some point they made the decision that his defining feature would be his love for Jane, and from then on everything he did was for her, and you really got the feeling that she was his everything and he got her more than anyone else. And speaking of other stuff, I hate Mateo. What an insufferable kid.
  15. I'm confused, is the season going to end with the abortionist being caught or something? It seems odd to feature two abortion stories so close to each other. Yeah, the mother wanted her daughter to have the best in the world, and it drove her crazy that she chose to marry a man who kept her so poor. And they were all too stubborn to, ya know, try to make things better by working together. Until they had that scare and they all gave in. The mother and daughter reconciled, the husband accepted help from others... I thought that the woman's father finding her husband work at his job and all of them helping each other out was a lovely way to end that plot. That's how we should try to be.
  16. Thanks. Let's hope that they manage to fix this mess and we walk away from the show happier than I fear we will. *fingers crossed*
  17. I continue to be so underwhelmed by this season and the whole Michael thing. I'm still frustrated and angry because they decided to do this, but beyond that it just feels so... meh. And I think I figured out why. It was completely unnecessary. Story is change. Story is movement. Maybe in theory, when this is all over, Jane would have chosen Rafael over Michael and that's what's different this time. I've always assumed that was the reason for this twist. However... too little, too late. Michael had been gone for a long time. We saw Jane get over him and fall for Rafael. There was nothing in the storyline, in my opinion, that made us feel like she was still holding on to Michael and wasn't giving her all to Rafael. There was nothing that made us feel like there were Michael loose ends that needed to be dealt with. Nothing. So his return and everything that comes with it is underwhelming because the story wasn't asking for it, and it feels forced and tacked on the surface. And it ruins things retroactively, too. I don't ever intend to rewatch this show, but, if I ever did, having Jane's horrible reactions to Michael's return in my head would just... kind of ruin all the nice moments that they had together and her very realistic grief over his death. Besides that, I'm very frustrated by the reactions that they're giving the characters. I think that "realistic" this time wasn't the way to go because it makes them seem like assholes. I actually would've appreciated more idealized romance here, so they can win me over and sell me on the ending that's coming. Seeing Jane and Rafael giving no fucks about Michael's tragedy and mostly just wanting him to gtfo so they can go back to their lives is not really going to make me root for them. Having Rafael throwing a tantrum and kicking Jane out instead of being the gentle, patient man who has grown up so much that all he wants is for her to be happy, even if it isn't with him, isn't making him root for him or Him/Jane either. So, it all feels meh, cheap and unemotional. Like they sold out for the sake of a ratings stunt and it just isn't working for me. I liked Michael and Jane, but I never actively rooted AGAINST Rafael and Jane because they always seemed so inevitable..... but if they keep this up I might actually end up feeling frustrated and disappointed when they end up together in the end (which I assume will happen). I imagine that's the opposite of what the show wants, but that's what they're accomplishing with me.
  18. Whenever you're trying to anticipate what will happen next in a show, think of what will bring the most drama or conflict. So, no, pretty sure Michael won't just go home to Montana (or if he does he'll come back). Jane WILL know he got his memories back and be conflicted, etc. I do agree though, that you probably won't be happy either way because I'm pretty sure that the endgame is Rafael and Jane. It always has been. Personally, I think this is the first time that I'm wishing they weren't. This "Michael is back storyline" is just not cool and I suspect they're gonna wrap it up in a way that will piss me off even more than I am right now.
  19. Maybe if he didn't treat them like shit they would like him more. Maybe I'm misremembering, but I think in the episode they said that every fight was started by him not only being a little asshole, but physically hurting one of the twins. Anyhooo. So, I loved the Jane/Petra sisters scene. I think I like their relationship more than their romantic relationships. Petra and JR will never have the backstory and development that Jane and Petra have, and both of Jane's relationships are ruined by the infernal, never ending love triangle. I loved the moment when Michael got back his memory. It was very obvious that it would happen at the end of the episode, but I thought the actor and the flashbacks were so lovely. Now that Michael got his memory back and, I assume, remembers both life as Michael and his life as Jason I kind of wish he would tell Jane to fuck off for reacting so terribly to his return. She and Rafael were just... so awful. *shivers* But of course, that won't happen. Told ya he'd be back @cardigirl. 😉
  20. I keep remembering what the narrator said about how Michael loved Jane until is last breath (or something like that), but then I think that they wouldn't kill him again, right? That would be too much.
  21. I soooo thought that the father of the aborted baby was going to be the sister's husband, but I guess the point of the story was the abortion itself and not the sisters' relationship. My problem with Sister Monica Joan's plot was that I felt that the burning of the bags was so forced, because they just wanted to use them as a metaphor or whatever. But I kept thinking that they were perfectly okay and burning them made no sense. If they had upgraded, just donate them to the needy or repurpose them for something else, jeez.
  22. Adding: I think they've painted themselves into a corner because I can't think of a single way that they can come up with a satisfactory ending. Jane ending up with Michael would mean an unsatisfactory ending for Rafael, whose true love all through the show has always been Jane and his whole story has been about him growing up enough to deserve her. Jane ending up with Rafael would mean and unsatisfactory ending for Michael, who was in love with Jane from day one and even if they stick him with some other LI it will feel cheap and badly done. Michael not getting his memory back would be unsatisfactory because they would have brought him back, but not really, so it's almost giving a middle finger to the character, same if it turns out that it's not really really Michael but some guy Rose gave amnesia to and a Michael face (since Rose can do everything she could have faked the DNA test). Anything, anything that I think of just sucks.
  23. I imagine that Petra will end up with JR. The only time we saw Petra giddy, vulnerable and in love in a healthy way was with her imo, and I doubt they will throw that away in the end. Maybe Petra and "Jason" can have a fling, tho.
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