Jane the Ghostwriter
"And even if a student thinks she wants something, she might really regret it later when she's older and smarter and has more information about how that's a pretty gross abuse of power, especially if it's a pattern."
— Jane
Jane and Rafael try to hide their new relationship. Petra is arrested for Anezka's murder, derailing her and Jane's book deal and making Jane considering teaching again. Rogelio attempts to find a non-River Fields leading lady for his Santos remake.
Tropes in this episode:
- As Himself: Eva Longoria.
- Back to School: Xiomara considers going back to school.
- Blackmail: Jane R. is being blackmailed for tampering with evidence.
- The Bus Came Back: For Jonathan Chavez, who's gone unmentioned for 40+ episodes before returning here.
- Celebrity Paradox: A variant. Eva Longoria had previously directed an episode, but plays herself here.
- Girl Friday: Exaggerated. Eva Longoria has three assistants who follow her every command.
- Kissing Cousins: Namedropped by the narrator, and defied by Rogelio and Eva — they can't play a convincing couple during the screentest because they just found out they're actually related.
- Lampshaded Double Entendre: A variant. Jane R. says she's "going to get [Petra] off", sparking a flashback to Petra's Erotic Dream about her.
- Long-Lost Relative: Rogelio initially thinks he and Eva Longoria are fifth cousins once removed (both descended from Benito Juarez), but they're actually much closer relatives than that, since they share a set of great-grandparents.
- Magic Realism: Discussed again, this time in the context of Gabriel García Márquez's "A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings", as Jane relates the function of the narrator to the story.
- Not What It Looks Like: Jane asks Marissa to stay after class, then trips and accidentally gropes her while talking about erotically charged teacher-student relationships. Marissa naturally assumes that Jane was hitting on her, when actually Jane was trying to warn her about Professor Chavez.
- Secret Relationship: Jane and Rafael are sneaking around at the beginning of the episode.
- Teacher/Student Romance: Apparently a pattern with Chavez, who had a relationship with four separate grad students.
- Unequal Pairing: Discussed — not just Chavez's pattern of Teacher/Student Romance, but Rafael admits that he took advantage of employees while in a managerial position.
