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Gina Rodriguez in "Jane the Virgin" on the CW. The show will end after its next season. Credit Credit Michael Desmond/CW

It's official: The fifth season of the CW's "Jane the Virgin" will be the show's last.

The CW president Mark Pedowitz confirmed the news in a statement on Thursday morning, in advance of the network's Upfronts presentation to advertisers the same day. Though the Peabody-winning show's devotees will no doubt be sad to see the departure of Jane and the vivid array of characters around her, fans of round numbers will have something to celebrate: "Jane the Virgin" will end its run with a total of 100 episodes.

In an exclusive interview with The New York Times, the executive producer and showrunner Jennie Snyder Urman talked about the big twist that ended Season 4, the guest stars who will probably return, her fondest hopes for Jane's send-off and her biggest casting dreams. (Ricky Martin, time to call your agent.)

Ms. Urman also shared some news: Gina Rodriguez, the star of "Jane," will direct two installments in the 2018-2019 season, including the Season 5 premiere, and the executive producer and director Brad Silberling will direct the program's series finale.

Ms. Urman herself will be busy after a brief hiatus: She is an executive producer of "Charmed," a reboot that was picked up by the CW for next season. That said, she plans to be a "godmother" on the revived witch chronicle, and will spend most of her time on the final leg of Jane Gloriana Villanueva's journey.

This interview has been edited and condensed.
When did you know that five seasons would be the right number for "Jane the Virgin"?
When I first thought about the show, I thought it would run four years, and then after the second year, I thought, "We have enough to take us through five seasons." We started to have those discussions in Season 3. The studio and the network were always really supportive. Mark Pedowitz told me early on, "Tell me when it ends. Just give me enough notice." I was really grateful to have that, because you don't often have that leeway and confidence, and the foresight to be able to plan your ending. Gina and I are creative partners, and we talk about everything, and we were on the same page. It's the ending I pitched when I pitched the show. I couldn't have pitched them a million of the details that have happened along the way, and it doesn't have to do so much with the plot and with all the twists and turns. But the overall structure and what I wanted to say about certain things - structurally, that's built into the ending.
Are the twin pillars of the final season going to be, will Jane fulfill her creative dreams? And which man will she end up with - Rafael or Michael?
Definitely. It's about how to balance all of these things - how to be a mother and a daughter and a writer and a lover, all of that together. It's always been fun and romantic to see who she ends up with, but it's really about her achieving her dreams - that's been the longest and the most singular trajectory in her journey. You could see a million different happy endings for Jane in terms of who she ends up with - if she ends up with anyone. For me, her achieving what she wants to achieve in her life and balancing that with being the parent that she wants to be is my biggest dream and hope for her.

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Jennie Snyder Urman, left, with Gina Rodriguez in March. Credit Emma Mcintyre/Getty Images

Her first book did not do well commercially, and she's working on a new one. Will part of the final season be about her trying to get back on that horse, so to speak?

Definitely. She had this finish line, which was, "If I get published, my life is going to change." I was always interested in, "What if it doesn't? How do you believe in yourself when it didn't go the way you wanted it to?" Part of it has to be self-reflection: "What can I do better? Do I have the motivation to keep going and set a new goal for myself?" That struggle is such a difficult thing.
What are the things that are important to you to do in the final season?
I'll be emailing the writers pretty soon - I want to hear all of their dreams of things they haven't seen Jane do. That could be on a fantasy level, it could be a conversation, it could be anything. For me, the biggest thing is to see how this new book comes together, and how things come full circle - how we feel like Jane as a character has changed from who we met to who she is now. I have some specific magical realism moments I want to see that we've been saving up. I ultimately want to see her dreams within reach, and I want her to have some of the success that she has fought so hard for. And of course, the difficulties that come with that.
Justina Machado, Rosario Dawson and Brooke Shields were all important guest stars in Season 4 - are they coming back? What guest stars would you like to get for the final season?
The three that you mentioned, because we just love them. Justina's character Darci is a part of Rogelio's family, and the show's often about the extended families that we make. We definitely need Rosario too; her and Petra's arc was one of my favorites. I am also obsessed with Brooke. I have a bunch of ideas for [the telenovela Shields's character is making with Jane's father, Rogelio]. Beyond that, I'd love for Rita Moreno to come back - I'd like Rogelio's mother to make another appearance. We also have a Ricky Martin dream in our writers' room. Rogelio's alluded to a little bit of a history with Ricky Martin, and I'd love to see if we could get him on.
You've had an inclusive directing roster for the entire run of the show, including Gina Rodriguez in Season 4. What was it like to watch her take that on?
She did an extraordinary job. I've never had someone prep so much and come so prepared - she attacked it with confidence and humility, which is a combination that cannot be beat. Her episode was fantastic, and it was one of the harder episodes that we've written. She had a leopard, she had sex scenes, she had so much going on. At first, the only thing I had in my mind was that I wanted her to direct her own sex scene with Rafael. That was important to me. Then all of these other giant events stacked up when we started constructing it, and I was like, "Gina, you got a big episode." She crushed it.

The cancer arc with Xiomara, Jane's mother, was so affecting. Do you want to revisit that?
Yes, we'll continue it. That was something that was personal to our writers' room. She's not through with her treatment yet; we'll follow that and be as detailed and as grounded as we can be.
Will we get a wedding, or weddings?
There will be weddings, yes. Different kinds of weddings. Especially in telenovelas, they do often build to a wedding, and we have telenovelas inside of telenovelas. The most important thing I will say is, we're not going to end on a cliffhanger. We're going to close things up. When I think about the season, I just keep seeing a circle, and bringing things full circle - that's my goal in terms of the storytelling, the feeling and the mood.

From left, Gina Rodriguez, Andrea Navedo and Ivonne Coll in "Jane the Virgin." Credit Michael Desmond/CW

The show in so many ways is about the three generations of Villanueva women. Is it important to you to emphasize that as you head into the ending?
That is going to be a huge part of this last season. We've seen Xo move out of the house, and we've seen Jane getting ready to move out of the house. How do Jane, Xo and Alba [Jane's grandmother] keep that same connection when they're not on the front porch together every night? They've all had their own coming-of-age stories, just at different ages. That's the heart of the show for me. That's going to be a big part of the emotional journey of the last season - how we move beyond something, but keep our connection to it.
Whether the Michael that viewers saw at the end of the fourth season is the Michael that Jane married - that's something viewers will find out quickly when the show returns, right?
You'll find that out in the season premiere, and you'll find out what that story is.
The grief arc after Michael died was so important for the show and for Jane. Is that a difficult balance - honoring all of that when a man who looks exactly like him is back?

It is a tricky balance. He was not in her life for four years, and in real life people don't come back. In a telenovela, they might. What does that feel like? What does that mean? How can you have grieved somebody and have that wound reopened? All of the feelings that people felt when watching it are the feelings that we would have Jane going through - shock, disbelief, horror, anger, utter confusion. As long as we look at all the nuances, and feel it as Jane feels it, then I feel like we'll bring the audience along for that journey.
When the Season 4 cliffhanger aired, what was it like to see viewers processing that twist?
I think it was what I expected. Some people were thrilled, some people were devastated, a few people were full of hatred. Most people said, "What the hell?" We were trying to let people know that something big and shocking was coming without revealing what that big and shocking thing was. There was definitely an explosion. On the whole, the "Jane" fans were mostly like, "How can you leave us like this? I'm truly shocked!" I think the audience knows we're not just going to gloss over it - we're going to dig into this new circumstance. Also, we had a baby kidnapped at the end of the first season, we had a woman who took off her face at the end of the second season. It's definitely in our vocabulary.
You've done the evil twin plot, so when it comes to Michael, I wonder if amnesia is in the mix.
Definitely a maybe.
Will you and members of the cast and narrator Anthony Mendez do a podcast after the show is over, so I can continue to hear his voice?
[Laughs.] I always thought he should do Waze. I'll suggest a podcast to him.

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Jane the Virgin is an American romantic comedy-drama and satirical telenovela developed by Jennie Snyder Urman. The series premiered October 13, 2014, on The CW and concluded on July 31, 2019. It is a loose adaptation of the Venezuelan telenovela Juana la virgen created by Perla Farías. It stars Gina Rodriguez as Jane Gloriana Villanueva, a devout 23-year-old Latina virgin who becomes pregnant after an accidental artificial insemination by her gynecologist. It parodies common tropes and devices in Latin American telenovelas.

Jane the Virgin received critical acclaim, particularly for its writing and Rodriguez's performance. At the 72nd Golden Globe Awards, Jane the Virgin was nominated for Best Television Series - Musical or Comedy and Gina Rodriguez won Best Actress - Television Series Musical or Comedy. The show received a Peabody Award in 2014 and was also selected as one of the top 10 television programs of 2014 by the American Film Institute.

Beginning with the fourth episode of season three, the series's on-screen title card was modified, with "The Virgin" crossed out in favor of a comedic substitution corresponding to each episode. This mirrored the storyline, in which Jane is no longer a virgin.

Set in Miami, the series details the surprising and dramatic events that take place in the life of Jane Gloriana Villanueva, a hard-working, religious, young, Venezuelan-American woman with a love for writing and telenovelas. Jane's vow to her grandmother to save her virginity until marriage is made complicated when a doctor mistakenly artificially inseminates her during a checkup. To make matters worse, the biological father, Rafael, is a married man, a former playboy, and a cancer survivor who is both the new owner of the hotel where Jane works and her former teenage crush. Jane's predicament is made more awkward as her mistaken insemination used Rafael's final frozen sample and is the last chance for Rafael to become a father.

In addition to adjusting to pregnancy and then her motherhood, Jane is faced with many questions about her professional career future and the daunting prospect of choosing between the father of her baby or her detective boyfriend, whom she had been with for two years before the events of the series. As the series evolves, the issues shift as her child grows into a toddler, her writing career moves forward, and her family members likewise develop independent plotlines. Some of these plotlines include issues with immigration status, health concerns, and lessons of self-discovery.

Gina Rodriguez as Jane Gloriana Villanueva, a 23-year-old, religious Latina virgin who becomes pregnant after being artificially inseminated by mistake. At the time she was dating Michael Cordero, a Miami police officer. She was inseminated with the last sample (that we know of) of a local hotelier, Rafael Solano, a cancer survivor. His wife, Petra, wanted to surprise Rafael with the insemination. Jane learns she is pregnant after she faints on the bus. Michael is not interested in raising another man's child. It turns out that Rafael owns the hotel where Jane is a waitress. After meeting Rafael and hearing his situation, she agrees to carry the baby full term and turn over custody to him and his wife Petra, but only if she is sure her baby will be safe and loved with them. Jane breaks off the engagement with Michael due to him keeping secrets from her regarding the Solanos. As the pregnancy grows, Rafael and Jane start to have feelings for each other, but the relationship doesn't last very long. Jane ends up having a baby boy named Mateo Gloriano Rogelio Solano Villanueva. She marries Michael Cordero in the season two finale. In the tenth episode of season three, she becomes widowed when Michael dies from complications associated with his previous gunshot wound: she spends the next three years mourning him and trying to come back to life while raising Mateo with Rafael, who she has built a great co-parenting relationship with and has also become her best friend. After trying to find a letter which Michael wrote her while he was alive, her ex-boyfriend Adam comes back into her life, but he soon leaves for a job offer. Meanwhile, she finds her feelings resurfacing for Rafael again, and after they reunite in Season 4, she marries him at the end of Season 5. Executive producer Jennie Snyder Urman stated that Gina Rodriguez "was literally the third person that came in" during the casting.[8]
Jenna Ortega as Young Jane, at age 10, is the most frequent (21 chapters as of season 3) of the four younger "Janes" seen in flashbacks.

Andrea Navedo as Xiomara "Xo" Gloriana Villanueva, Jane's outgoing mother. She was only sixteen years old when she had Jane, which is why Jane would rather keep her virginity until marriage than make the same mistake her mother did. She is a dance teacher, but dreams of having a singing career. She marries Jane's father in the Season three finale. In the end of Season 4, she is diagnosed with breast cancer. She survives this, moves with Rogelio to New York for his TV-show, while she enrolls in a nursing school.
Catherine Toribio plays a younger Xiomara during some flashback sequences.

Justin Baldoni as Rafael Solano, the 31-year-old owner of the Marbella Hotel and the biological father of Jane's child, who has fallen out of love with his wife. As the series progresses, he develops growing feelings for Jane, and divorces Petra after discovering her affair. In season two, he has two daughters with Petra and, in season three, briefly goes to jail. In season four, he and Jane grow closer and it is thought he would propose. In season five, Jane and Rafael get married.

Yael Grobglas as Petra Solano (née Anděl, later Dvořáček), born as Natalia, is Rafael's scheming and cheating wife. Rafael later divorces her and in Season 2, she inseminates herself with Rafael's sperm and gives birth to their twin daughters, Anna and Elsa, called Ellie because Petra hates the Frozen references. She later is charged with killing her twin sister, Anezka, but falls in love with her lawyer Jane Ramos (J.R.).

Ivonne Coll as Alba Gloriana Villanueva, Jane's pious maternal grandmother. She is highly religious, and encourages Jane to save her virginity until marriage. While she is able to speak English, she only speaks Spanish with her family, even when they address her in English. She was in the country illegally until she got her green card in season two. In season 4, she becomes a citizen of United States. She falls in love with her boss Jorge. Jorge proposes to Alba, but she denies it. Soon she realizes that that was a mistake but Jorge had moved on. At the end of Season 4, Alba and Jorge marry to help him meet his mother, who lives out of the country.

Brett Dier as Michael Cordero Jr. (seasons 1-3, 5; guest season 4),[9] Jane's 29-year-old husband who is a police detective. He is aware of Petra's affair, and blackmails her to ensure that her marriage remains intact, so that Jane will give the baby to them, but he later decides to support Jane's decision to keep the baby. He also dislikes Rafael due to Jane's, and eventually Rafael's, attraction to one another. He is the head detective in the hunt for Sin Rostro, a high-profile drug dealer who seems to be based in the Marbella Hotel; however, he gets shot while searching for Sin Rostro, and he later quits to become a lawyer. Jane and Michael marry in the season two finale. He apparently dies in the tenth episode of season three from an aortic dissection caused by a gunshot. It is revealed in the Season 4 finale that Michael is still alive, however, and the Season 5 premiere explains that Michael's death was staged by Rose. Michael now suffers from amnesia caused by Rose shocking parts of his brain, and now identifies as "Jason" due to severe memory loss. Michael finally gets his memories back but has changed due to being Jason for a few years. Michael and Jane try to discover if there is still anything between them. Unfortunately, too much time has passed, and Michael and Jane part ways. Michael marries his neighbor and they have a baby together.

Jaime Camil as Rogelio de la Vega, a self-involved, famous telenovela star and Jane's biological father. He is currently trying to gain a relationship with his newly discovered daughter. He also has feelings for Xiomara, who was his girlfriend in high school. He marries Xiomara in the season three finale. He desperately wants a child and has one with Darci Factor. They later have the child and named it Baby Michaelina de la Vega Factor.

Elias Janssen as Mateo Gloriano Rogelio Solano Villanueva (seasons 4-5), Jane and Rafael's baby. Named after Jane's grandfather and Alba's husband, who died before Jane was born.
Aria Rose Garcia as toddler Mateo Gloriano Rogelio Solano Villanueva. Joseph Sanders played the role in the third season.

Anthony Mendez voiced the Latin Lover Narrator, who was revealed, in the series finale, to be adult Mateo (Jane and Rafael's son) as a voiceover actor narrating a telenovela.[10] Though used in Third-person omniscient, the narration featured both metanarration and metafiction.

Yara Martinez as Dr. Luisa Alver, Rafael's lesbian, neurotic, recovering alcoholic older sister, and the doctor who accidentally artificially inseminated Jane. She later has a relationship with her step mother, Sin Rostro/Rose.

Bridget Regan as Rose, a former lawyer, former girlfriend of Luisa, and eventually stepmother of Luisa and Rafael who defends Luisa against the malpractice suit. She is later revealed to be the crime lord Sin Rostro, and is arrested in season three but dies in season 5.

Megan Ketch as Susanna Barnett (season 2), Michael's partner who was in fact Rose in disguise. After being discovered, she shot Michael in the chest. Before this she has a relationship with Luisa, but Luisa was unaware that she was actually Rose.

Elisabeth Röhm as Eileen (season 3), the second woman whose identity Rose steals for the next three years. In the meantime, the real Eileen murdered Scott.

Mia and Ella Allan as Anna and Ellie Solano (seasons 3-5), Petra and Rafael's twin daughters as a result of Petra's artificial insemination.

Carlo Rota as Emilio Solano (season 1), Luisa's biological father and Rafael's adopted father. He is murdered by his wife, Rose.

Michael Rady as Lachlan Moore (seasons 1-2), Rafael's rival and Petra's former fiancé.

Diane Guerrero as Lina Santillan, Jane's life-long best friend and co-worker.

Carmen Carrera as Eva, Jane's co-worker (season 1).

Azie Tesfai as Detective Nadine Hansan (seasons 1-2), a police detective and rival, partner, and brief lover to Michael. She was killed taking a bullet that was meant for Michael, after she was revealed to be working with Sin Rostro.

Priscilla Barnes as Magda Anděl, Petra and Anezka's mother. She uses a wheelchair (but only pretends to be paraplegic) and she is Petra's co-conspirator in her plot to steal Rafael's hotel and wealth. While imprisoned, she was still working against Petra from inside with Anezka ; she is now out.

Yael Grobglas also portrays Anežka (seasons 2-4), Petra's long-lost twin sister who grew up with a rough life in the Czech Republic. She grows close to Petra at first but then, at the end of the second season she drugs Petra and begins a scheme with Magda to impersonate Petra so they can gain controlling shares in the Marbella. She later marries Scott, the manager of the Lounge, but they split up and she leaves for the Czech Republic. After four years, she returns to Miami in Season 3, and is arrested for being a person of interest in her late husband death, before being released and plan to return to the Czech Republic. However, after finding out Petra was the reason she breaks up with Scott and ultimately indirectly causing his death ,she teams up with Luisa in a scheme to sell the Marbella. Then, after successfully convincing Luisa, she was hallucinating and getting her to commit herself to a wellness center, she becomes the acting owner of the Marbella, and she briefly fakes her own death to see who actually cares about her , before falling to her death after an altercation with her sister in Season 4. It's revealed in the season 4 finale that Anezka was actually murdered by Petra, after she had threatened her children.

Adam Rodriguez as Jonathan Chavez (seasons 2, 4) Jane's teacher at grad school and a brief love interest. Later found out that he is known for affairs with students.

Alano Miller as Roman Zazo (season 1), Rafael's best friend and Petra's lover. He is believed to be murdered in the hotel, causing tension for everyone, including Petra and Rafael.
Miller also portrays Aaron Zazo (season 1), Roman's twin brother, who appears from "Chapter Fourteen" onwards investigating his brother's murder, is later revealed to be Roman; it was Aaron who was murdered. Roman is later killed, in self-defense, by Petra.

Shelly Bhalla as Krishna (seasons 2-5), Petra's assistant, formerly Rafael's assistant. She is believed to be blackmailing Petra in season 4, but it turns out that she was the one being blackmailed.

Ricardo Chavira as Bruce (season 3), Xiomara's boyfriend of three years who she becomes briefly engaged to, only to break things off due to her lingering feelings for Rogelio.

Justina Machado as Darci Factor (seasons 3-5), Rogelio's ex-girlfriend and the mother of her and Rogelio's daughter "Baby Michaelina de la Vega Factor". She runs a matchmaking business.

Alfonso DiLuca as Jorge (seasons 3-5), Alba's love interest, co-worker and later boyfriend who eventually becomes her husband.

Johnny Messner as Chuck Chesser (seasons 3-4), the new owner of the rival hotel to the Marbella who serves as a new love interest for Petra.

Francisco San Martin as Fabian (seasons 3-4), Rogelio's costar on telenovela Los Viajes de Guillermo who has a brief fling with Jane.

Tyler Posey as Adam Alvaro (seasons 3-4), Jane's first love and later boyfriend, who is bisexual.

Rosario Dawson as Jane Ramos (seasons 4-5), Petra's attorney and love interest who broke up with her to pursue a job in Texas, but they later reunite in season 5.

Gina Rodriguez portrays the title role.

On June 27, 2013, The CW announced that it was planning to release a new show based on the Venezuelan telenovela Juana La Virgen. On February 23, 2014, Entertainment Weekly announced that Rodriguez would play the title role of Jane Villanueva. On May 8, 2014, during The CW's 2014-2015 upfronts, the series was officially picked up. and on July 18, 2014, an extended trailer was released by The CW. On August 8, 2014, it was announced that White Collar's Bridget Regan and Azie Tesfai would join the series as respectively Rose, a former lawyer, and Detective Nadine Hansan, a police detective and rival to Dier's character. On August 10, 2014, TVLine announced that Melrose Place and Emily Owens, M.D. actor Michael Rady would join the series as Lachlan. Filming for season one commenced on July 28, 2014. The show is filmed on soundstages in Los Angeles and the pilot was filmed in Huntington Beach, California. On October 21, 2014, the show was given a full season order. On January 11, 2015, the show was renewed for a second season, set to air during the 2015-16 television season. Its second season premiered on October 12, 2015. On March 11, 2016, the show was renewed for a third season, which premiered on October 17, 2016. On January 8, 2017, The CW renewed the series for a fourth season that premiered on October 13, 2017. On April 2, 2018, The CW renewed the series for a fifth and final season, which premiered on March 27, 2019.

Jane the Virgin premiered on The CW on October 13, 2014, during the 2014-15 television season. Unique to the CW, it is the network's only program to feature a Spanish language audio track on the second audio program channel; however, as many CW stations usually do not carry the SAP channel due to a lack of need, this is more limited than the major networks, which are required by the FCC to have a SAP channel for the Descriptive Video Service track, which as a minor network the CW is not required to carry.

Warner Home Video originally released Season 1 on DVD, but poor sales caused a switch in distribution rights with CBS (distributed by Paramount Home Entertainment) now releasing every season of Jane the Virgin as manufacture-on-demand Blu-ray and DVDs exclusively on Amazon going forward in addition to a manufacture-on-demand reissue of Season 1.

The first season of Jane the Virgin received critical acclaim, Review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes gives the first season of the show a "certified fresh" rating of 100% based on 51 reviews, with a rating average of 7.7 out of 10. The site's consensus states, " Jane the Virgin's dubious premise has become part of its unlikely charm - along with delightfully diverse writing and a knockout performance by Gina Rodriguez." Metacritic, another review aggregator, gives the show a score of 80 out of 100, based on 23 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews".

The second season also received critical acclaim, on Metacritic, the season holds an 87 out of 100, based on four reviews, indicating "universal acclaim". Rotten Tomatoes gave it a rating of 100% based on 12 reviews and a rating average of 9.7 out of 10. The site's consensus reads, " Jane the Virgin stays true to its over-the-top telenovela roots in season two while layering in more humor and increasingly complex storytelling." Maureen Ryan of praised the show, saying that the series "is envisioned, edited and curated with great deftness and economy, and the fact that it is so entertaining and accessible should not preclude it from being at the center of conversations about the best the medium has to offer."

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The show has been acknowledged by the People's Choice Awards, Golden Globe Awards, Critics' Choice Awards, the Primetime Emmy Awards, the Image Awards and the Television Critics Association as well as honored by the American Film Institute and the George Foster Peabody Awards.

A tie-in novel, based on the book Jane writes in the show, has been published. The story is a historical romance set in Miami during 1902. In the series, the book's plot is inspired by the love story of Jane and Michael.

The international rights are distributed by Propagate Content.

On December 3, 2018, it was announced that The CW was developing a possible spin-off of the series to launch in the 2019-20 television series. The potential series was conceived and written by Jane the Virgin writer and co-executive producer Valentina Garza as "a soapy, telenovela-inspired anthology series in the tradition of [its parent series] where each season was based on a different fictional novel [written by] Jane and narrated by Gina Rodriguez, who would reprise her role in the spin-off. On January 23, 2019, the spin-off, titled Jane the Novela, was ordered to pilot at The CW. In February 2019, it was announced that Jacqueline Grace Lopez was cast as the main character, Estela. On March 7, 2019, it was announced that Marcia Cross was cast as Renata. On March 15, 2019 Hunter Parrish was cast as Felix, one of two male leads. Remy Hii was cast as the second male lead Luen on March 19, 2019.

On May 7, 2019, it was announced that the spin-off would not be moving forward.

A Korean remake of the series titled as Woori the Virgin starring Im Soo-hyang in titular role was released on May 9, 2022 aired by Seoul Broadcasting System.

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Jane Villanueva, a religious young Latina woman, has her vow to save her virginity until her marriage shattered when a doctor mistakenly artificially inseminates her during a checkup. The biological donor is a married man, a former playboy, and cancer survivor who is not only the new owner of the hotel where Jane works, but was also her former teenage crush.

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The show opens with a flashback featuring 10-year-old Jane Gloriana Villanueva. According to a voice-of-God narrator, Jane loves family, God, and grilled cheese sandwiches. We're then introduced to her abuelita whose interests include God and Jane. Just as Jane's instructed to examine the beautiful white flower her grandmother has handed her, mom Xiomara interrupts Alba saying that that's so lame.. Xiomara-who had Jane out of wedlock when she was a teen-is interested in Jane and Mexican pop star Paulina Rubio.After Xiomara interuption Alba continues to tell Jane to: "Crumple the flower, Jane. Now try to make it look new again. Go on, try," says Jane's grandmother in subtitled Spanish. "I can't." Jane says back a bit sad."You can never go back. And that's what happens when you lose your virginity. You can never go back. Never forget that Jane." Her gnadmother tells her and teaches her to never lose her virginity too soon and before she gets married.

Fast-forward 13 and a half years later to a hot-and-heavy make-out session between a grown-up Jane and her boyfriend of two years, Michael Cordero , whom Jane has managed to keep sexually at bay. Mid-make-out, Jane looks up, where the crumpled white flower-which now sits in an attractive white frame-is posted above her bed. Time to practice some Chakra breathing techniques because Jane's about to shut this session down and send Michael-rookie detective badge in hand-on his way... So Jane stops before they get to haveing sex and she goes with him to the door to say goodbye to him. Michael leaves and Jane kisses him before he goes. After her goodbye Jane goes into house to watch telenovelas with her grandmother and mother. She tells them that telenovelas have ruine romance for her.

We're next introduced to Rafael Solano: a hotel owner, former playboy, and trapped husband. He's just received news about a financial crisis involving the hotel and is being consoled by his wife, Petra. She tells him to relax... and then heads downtown while Rafael gives a contended sigh. We all know what that means. (So far sexual acts on a show about a virgin include a make-out session, one sweet kiss, one telenovela smooch, and one bl-- job.) But Petra-who is introduced as a conniving "man-eater"-has a problem of her own: Her husband doesn't love her. Later on Petra talks to her mother who happens to be psychic and tells her that her husband doesn't love her anymore, but Petra is convinced she's wrong. Meanwhile at the hotel Jane and her best friend Lina are in a locker room working in hotel. Lina tells Jane that maybe Michael is going to propose but Jane denied that they have a timeline.

Next Roman Zazo enters the room and Lina asks him who he is; he works for the management company that just bought the hotel. He passes out straws to Jane and her female coworkers. Guess who gets the proverbial and literal short end? That'd be Jane. "Congratulations," says Roman. "You've got the tail." A mermaid tail, to be precise-which Jane wears as she floats on a half shell in the hotel pool, with a bottle of champagne in hand. The characters' worlds start to converge as this is Rafael's hotel. He's nearby debating with his sister whether he should get a divorce from pouty-lipped Petra. But this is a telenovela offshoot, so of course Petra has been listening to their conversation the entire time.

Rafael gets up and walks straight into Jane's direction, which causes her to freak out. She dumps the bottle of champagne and belly flops into the pool. Thanks to Jane's friend (hereto referred to as Sassy Latina #1), we learn that they've met before: "You had a monster crush on him!" Before the rest of the cocktail waitresses can chime in, Jane volunteers to walk a couple bottles of champagne to a waiting table. She's coolly pouring glasses for guests-well as coolly as a girl with wet hair, a bedazzled bikini top, and a skin-tight mermaid tail can-when Rafael walks over. She looks familiar, he says. Did he once meet her at the strip club? Jane's response: "Jerk."

Cut to Dr. Luisa Alver, Rafael's sister. She's home, taking off her tacones (that's high heels for you non-Spanish speakers) and walks to the bedroom, where she's greeted by the sounds of a few moans-it's her wife and a companion. She catches her wife cheating on her. Meanwhile Jane is writting texts with her boyfriend and then goes to sleep. The next morning a sleepy Jane and a weepy Luisa kick off their days in a well-appointed doctor's office. The good-yet very sad-doctor is covering for another OB-GYN and has an insemination and a pap smear on deck.

Although Jane misses the first part of the conversation because she feel asleep, upon waking she immediately notices two things: Luisa isn't her usual doctor and this doctor is barely able to control her sobs. Jane's a little concerned, but Dr. Alver is in and out quickly , so no harm no foul, right? Wrong. Dr. Luisa heads to the next exam room where the real artificial insemination patient is waiting: Petra. Which means Dr. Luisa accidentally inseminated a total stranger with her brother's defrosted sperm-the sperm meant for Petra, who wants to surprise her husband with news of a pregnancy. A cutaway to Chinese food by candlelight reveals Petra telling Rafael she's been inseminated.

But back to Jane. It's two weeks later and she and Xio are on their morning bus commute. Though Jane's feeling queasy, her sweet side isn't suffering and she volunteers to vacate her seat when nuns board the too-full bus. She gets up and hits the floor in a soap opera-worthy swoon.

Jane wakes up in the hospital where she's told that she's pregnant. Hearing the news, Jane and Xio burst into laughter, as it's clearly impossible that Jane-who's never had sex-could be pregnant. Xio demands another pregnancy test, but another pink stick means it's true. "Imaculata!" Xio shrieks. "You are Imaculata!" With the majority of U.S. Latinos identifying as Catholic, this is a precious reference that feels simultaneously over-the-top and totally appropriate. Jane dismisses her mom's exultations-her mom is crossing herself and launching into a full-fledged Hail Mary-and proceeds to call Dr. Alver's office in order to get to the bottom of her so-called "immaculate conception."And Dr. Alver does have a very good explanation: "I accidentally inseminated you two weeks ago." doctor said to Jane and she panicked and ran away.

Jane heads to her boyfriend's home, where he launches into a marriage proposal. It's a scene full of bad timing. Jane interrupts to tell him she's pregnant. And then the doorbell interrupts before the detective-in-training can fully analyze the situation-it's their families coming to celebrate her not-yet-given "yes." At the hotel, Rafael-who just learned his sister used his sample to inseminate a stranger-is drowning his feelings in a few cold ones at the bar with Roman. Surprise, surprise: Rafael wants the baby. We find out that Rafael froze some of his sperm as a precaution before being struck with cancer and that sperm represents his only chance to become a dad. Will Petra go for it? Roman is oddly reassuring-but that's neither here nor there (for now). And Petra does say she'd be happy to keep the bébé. Quickly, Rafael's phone rings and it's his sister, Dr. Alver. She has some news: Jane The Virgin actually is an employee at the hotel. Rafael arranges for Jane to stop by the pool, where Jane is about to apologize for calling him a jerk. After all, he's her boss. But that's not what he's here to talk about. Rafael tells Jane he's the father of the baby.

Jane tells Rafael that they have a history: They shared a smooch at the yacht club where she used to work. She tells him she's not ready for motherhood and Rafael never once mentions the C-word: cancer. Their meeting over, he calls Petra, who can't believe he didn't play the cancer card. She's about to hyperventilate when someone sits up next to her. It's appears she's mid-nookie with none other than hotel manager Roman, who tells Petra to calm down and remember the math: five years married to Rafael equals $10 million.

We're suddenly part of the audience at a bar where Xiomara is channeling her idol Paulina Rubio as she shakes her thang in a fringed silver mini dress. After the show, Xio and Jane share a moment when Xio confesses that she always wanted to keep her pregnancy. It was her mother, Jane's abuelita, who had encouraged an abortion. The lesson to be learned? Jane has to make her own decisions and she makes up her mind to give the baby to Rafael and his wife, Petra. All this occurs as Rafael tells Petra he wants a divorce. The scene quickly shifts to some sort of sting operation involving Jane's detective boyfriend as a part of a team observing Roman, the hotel manager-slash-Petra's lover.

Back at the bar, the bartender tells Xio there's someone to see her. It's the leading man from the telenovela, the star who appeared before Jane in the exam room and... Jane's father-although he just learned about her. Someone has a lot of explaining to do... Over at police HQ, Jane appears to tell Michael that she's decided to give the baby to Rafael and Petra. She then proposes to him, much to the amusement of the detective squad that's gathered to observe them. He says yes!

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Pilot is the premiere episode of CW dramedy Jane the Virgin. It aired on October 13, 2014. Jane Villanueva is a driven young woman studying to become a teacher, nursing a dream to be a writer, and supporting herself with a job at a hot new Miami hotel.

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This is just an episode listing of the Episodes to Season 1!

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Jane and Rogelio begin to grow closer until she meets his mean twin teenage stepdaughters, who are determined to make her life miserable. Rogelio insists Xo uses his band for her big performance at the Mirabella Hotel, but the band is not what she was expecting.

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The Netflix Original, Jane The Virgin recognizes the main character Jane as this hard working, organized,  23 year old, religious young Latina who so happens to be a virgin, and yes I said a virgin that gets pregnant.