Jane the Virgin is back from its winter hiatus. If the winter finale left you on the edge of your seat, then keep hanging on.
The flashback showed us when Abuela taught Jane how to pray the rosary. The rosary became something she would later turn to whenever she was desperate for help.
Today’s episode showed Jane in desperate need of help from the one above. Remember how Magda shoved Abuela down the flight of stairs in the winter finale? Abuela ended up in the hospital. The doctors weren’t sure if and when she’d wake up. Unable to find Abuela’s rosary, Jane realizes it must have fallen out of Abuela’s purse in the hotel. Despite Xiomara not wanting Jane to travel in the tropical storm that hit, she drives back to the hotel to look for the rosary, where one of her co-workers has found it.
While Jane is gone, the doctor gives Xiomara news that they won’t be able to keep Abuela at the hospital because she’s undocumented. They are obligated to report her, which means she’ll be deported back to Venezuela. Rogelio, who showed up at the hospital with a swag bag from the after party, says that he spoke with Gloria Estefan and she’s going to see what strings she can pull.
Mr. Solano leaves Rafael in charge of the hotel, with a list of layoffs to offset their losses, because he is flying out that night in the middle of the storm. Rose overhears Mr. Solano on the phone where he mentions five million dollars and a woman named Alegria.
After receiving the list of layoffs, Rafael heads back to his office where Petra awaits him with signed divorce papers. She tells him she’ll leave as soon as he gives her the prenup money. But, remember how we found out that Petra is really named Natalie? Well, since there is no real person named Petra, Rafael isn’t obligated to pay her the money. And he threatens Petra with this, which sends her running back to her mommy.
Petra and Magda still have Ivan captive. But not for much longer. The storm breaks their room window. He breaks free using a piece of broken window glass. When Petra returns to the room, she finds that Ivan had Magda captive. She reaches for Ivan’s gun, which they have in a dresser drawer, but he runs off before Petra can use it on him. Now they might as well leave the country, because Ivan will be back for them with a vengeance.
Michael and Nadine investigate the tunnel they found under the bathtub. Inside they find an underground surgical room but aren’t sure what it’s used for. Michael confronts Rafael about this, in front of Jane. Rafael claims to have no knowledge of said tunnel and demands to see it. But Michael being Michael throws his badge around and won’t allow it.
Later on, Michael receives records of all the patients staying in the recovery suites of the hotel. After taking a good look around at the patients in the hotel, who all have had some sort of plastic surgery, he figures out that the hotel is performing plastic surgery on criminals in the room they found underground.
Amidst all of this, Jane and Michael get stuck in an elevator together. She begins to pray Abuela’s rosary. Michael brings up the story Jane told him of how Abuela taught her to pray the rosary. She breaks down and tells Michael what happened to Abuela and how she can’t get through to Xiomara at the hospital because the phones are down. Michael contacts the police officer at the hospital via his two-way radio so Jane can find out about Abuela. Xiomara tells Jane about the deportation issue, which causes Jane to cry and Michael to embrace Jane in a loving hug. Rafael gets the elevator open just in time to see the embrace between the two ex-lovers.
The evil, conniving, but oh-so-sexy, Rose decides to pay Luisa a visit. Apparently, Luisa has really been enjoying her time at the mental hospital. She even has a roommate, Betty, who is an avid listener of Luisa’s stories, mainly because Betty is a mute.
At the hospital Rose apologizes and tells Luisa that she wants to be with her but she has such a nice life with Mr. Solano, Luisa’s father. This enrages Luisa and she kicks Rose out.
Once it’s lights out for Betty and Luisa, Rose returns. She gives Luisa a present of powdered donuts, their post sex snack. This then leads to clothes flying off and Luisa tying Rose to the bed. They get it on while Betty watches, in shock, in the bed next to them.
Afterwards, Rose mentions to Luisa that she’s going to tell Mr. Solano about their relationship, just not yet. She then asks Luisa is she knows of anyone named Alegria. Alegria turns out to be the name of Luisa’s grandmother, from her mother’s side. Mr. Solano was very close to her and named his home in Croatia after Alegria. This, my friends, was the real reason why Rose went to see Luisa. She’s heartless and without a soul, but too good looking to stay mad at.
The morning after the storm, Luisa awakes in an empty bed. With a pin in hand, which was from Rose’s coat, Luisa asks Betty is she knows anything about picking locks.
Back at the hospital, Xiomara is desperately praying aloud. She states that if Abuela were to awake, then she’ll never let another man between her legs again without a ring on her finger. Either it was a miracle or a coincidence that Abuela awoke at that moment, which means she heard Xiomara praying. The doctor checks on Abuela and says that everything looks good, but they’ll still have to run more tests to be sure. What’s even better is that Abuela’s deportation issue was taken care of. Unfortunately, Abuela doesn’t remember anything about how she got hurt.
You might be thinking what I was thinking, that Gloria Estefan stepped up her game and took care of Abuela’s deportation problem. But, we’re both wrong. Turns out Michael made a phone call stating that Abuela was their key witness in a case, preventing her from being deported. Xiomara calls to thank Michael. It’s then that Michael reveals to Xiomara that he still loves Jane and he’s always going to love her. Jane’s basically Michael’s BAE, even though she’s in a relationship with her baby daddy.
And the icing on the cake? Rose goes back to the hotel and tells Rafael about his father taking five million dollars and moving to Croatia without anyone knowing. She asks Rafael a question that has probably been on all of our minds but no one in JTV-land has even thought about until now: What if Mr. Solano is Sin Rostro?
