"Well it is Black Friday, and 'tis the season for more drama."
— Latin Lover Narrator
Jane and Rafael attempt to find an acceptable babysitter for Mateo so they can go on a date. Rogelio is strapped for cash after investing everything he had liquid in a failed passion project. Petra bounces between trying to befriend Jane and hiding her mother's murder of Ivan.
Tropes:
- Broke Episode: Rogelio blew all his money on Hombres Locos and is now out of cash.
- Commonality Connection: Jane hopes to establish this with Dr. Lorraine Bolton, when she researches a bunch of Bolton's interests it doesn't work - but they do later bond over their experiences breast feeding.
- Faking the Dead: Susanna suggests that Luisa's mother faked her own death, which is further corroborated by Luisa having the coffin opened to find it empty.
- False Friend: Jane's writing program friend was using her to get dirt for an exposé on the Solanos.
- Of Corpse He's Alive: Magda rolls around Ivan's body in a wheelchair, using vodka and limes to cover up the corpse smell. Petra even points out that this is exactly what happened in the Trope Codifier Weekend at Bernie's.
- The Reveal:
- Rafael actually was the reason Michael got fired. He just paid someone else to go to the police and tell them what he'd found out.
- But Michael didn't really get fired; he's been undercover for the last six months.
- Snow Means Love: This Arc Symbol of Jane and Michael's crops up again when she bumps into him at the supermarket, she sees him through a flutter of artificial snow as part of the Christmas decorations.
- Terrible Interviewees Montage: When Jane, Rafael, and Xiomara are interviewing potential babysitters. In order, they go through a stern, emotionally cold sitter, a sitter who doesn't believe in diapers, and an attractive man who flirts with Xiomara, before finally settling on a retired Chilean pediatric nurse.
