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Recap / Jane The Virgin S1E21 - "Chapter Twenty-One"

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"I don't wanna be just a mom. I want a career, I want a life. I wanna be seen as a person."
Jane

Jane goes to her five-year high school reunion and prepares for the baby. Meanwhile, Xo and Rogelio work on their Vegas stage show.


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  • Alpha Bitch: Stephanie when Jane was in high school. At the reunion, she's still kind of bitchy, but she is mildly apologetic and her explanation for why she was so mean gives Jane an idea for how to handle Petra.
  • Batman Gambit: Jane and Rafael do this to Petra. They predict that because she's still in love with Rafael she would turn her mother in to the police if they can make her think she has a chance with Raf. It works.
  • Class Reunion: Jane goes to one, while unmarried, pregnant, and unemployed. After having been voted "Most Likely To Succeed" her senior year of high school.
  • Dramatic Irony: Michael's department gives him an award for catching many of Sin Rostro's accomplices. None of his fellow officers know he let his partner run before telling their superiors.
  • Face Your Fears: Rogelio tries to face his fear of heights.
  • Family Versus Career:
    • Rafael abandons a business trip because Jane might go into labor.
    • Jane and Michael talk on the phone and he gives her advice about making a new plan to balance her career with the baby.
  • Just Friends: Jane and Michael, Jane and Rafael, Rafael and Petra, and Xo and Rogelio all spend the episode trying to just be friends. As a general rule it doesn't work very well.
  • Translated Cover Version: Xiomara and Rogelio sing a cover of Suspicious Minds in Spanish.
  • Wouldn't Hurt a Child: Invoked by Petra to Jane, who isn't sure she should believe it.

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