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In episode seven, the story finally crests into what feels like the end of the Michael/Jason arc.
Jane goes back to Miami determined to win Rafael back.
Going to Montana is an unusual departure forJane the Virgin.
Michael now has five years under his belt of completely being someone else, Dier said.
I dont think he can really shake that.
Jason, Dier decided, would hold himself more awkwardly, but would also literally take up more space.
He wakes up with no memory; he just eats whatever.
I wanted him to have that life, lived in the body.
But the physical setting further underlines how far this is from the Michael who Jane once knew.
Hes not great at small talk.
He does not make much eye contact.
He sees it by reading the body language of the horse shes riding.
This is a particularly nice detail; the Michael of before wouldve known right away when Jane wasnt happy.
A show with cowboys instead of drug lords.
She can see exactly how they wouldnt work.
Chapter Eighty-Eight performs the same function forJane the Virgin.
Chapter Eighty-Eight ends by being as definitive and final asJane the Virginknows how to be.
Jane and Michael say good-bye, firmly and with certainty.
Rafael is my destiny, Jane tells Xo and Alba.
She wants to be with Rafael.
She wants to beJane the Virgin, notLittle Jane on the Prairie.
Its something Brett Dier knows and welcomes.
Youre gonna miss the old Michael.
I want to make people feel all kinds of things.
