Jane the Virgin Chapter 26 recap: He’s the One

Jane and her bestie for life Lina have started to drift apart ever since Jane had Mateo. Now that Mateo runs Jane’s life, Jane can’t remember things like Lina’s birthday party, which  she promised to plan. Looks like this week’s episode of Jane the Virgin will show you how to keep your friends after having a baby.

Jane still hasn’t told Rafael how she really feels ever since they kissed. When he texted her that he wanted to kiss her again “very badly,” she could only think of sending a wide-smiling emoji. I doubt that sent any clear message to Rafael. Either way, Jane wants to come clean —discuss how she feels with Rafael and let Michael know that the two kissed. I’m not sure why she feels obligated to tell Michael, but OK.

Michael’s new partner, Susanna Barnett, came as a quite the surprise. We’ll just say she’s definitely no Nadine. Even though Nadine was secretly working for Sin Rostro, at least the girl knew how to handle a conversation.

When Rafael arrives at the Villanueva home, he’s greeted by Jane holding their baby. It’s such a beautiful scene of a happy-looking family … until Rafael leans in for a kiss. Jane tells Rafael that she’s focused on Mateo right now, which isn’t what Rafael surmised from the emoji Jane sent. See kids? You cannot have a conversation through emojis.

Rafael quickly turns the conversation into a serious talk about custody after realizing that Jane might not be interested in working towards a relationship with him. Where did that come from?! The gorgeous scene of that happy family 20 seconds ago has now been crushed.

Turns out Petra used that picture of Rafael and Jane kissing in order to make Michael feel bad. We get it, Petra — you’re a horrible person. There’s no need to keep proving this to us. My guess is she’ll keep trying to convince Michael that Jane is in love with Rafael, so he can join her in splitting the two apart.

Michael finds out that Heidi Von Ocher is a professional yodeler. I didn’t know that was a thing. He also believes that Sin Rostro might be having an affair with this Heidi. Back then, Sin Rostro went by the name of Denise. Michael wants Rafael to book Heidi at the hotel to perform so he can question her about Sin Rostro to figure out if he’s correct. Surprisingly, Rafael willingly agrees to book the yodeler.

Rogelio tells his family about needing to hire Luciana because of her blackmailing him. When he was younger and just arrived in Hollywood. he joined the Church of Scientology like Tom Cruise did. Luciana has Rogelio’s audits, which are similar to recordings of confessions. Xo tells Rogelio to hire Luciana in order to get the tapes back and that she’ll be able to handle it. Aww, I’m so happy to see her supporting Rogelio versus being jealous.

Since Rafael wants to spend more time with Mateo, Jane allows him to babysit during Lina’s party. Of course it’s not easy for Jane to hand over Mateo to anyone, so she made a list of instructions for Rafael — then spots the tips crumpled up on the floor next to the trash can in Rafael’s office. She called him to catch him lying about it, but quickly hid in the nearest utility closet because she thought he could’ve made a copy. Let’s be real, Jane. There’s no way he would’ve made a copy.

Michael saves the day when he frees Jane from the closet after she accidentally locks herself in. Rafael happens to be right around the corner as Jane gets out and the two start to bicker. There’s a huge smile across Michael’s face while Jane picks Rafael apart for throwing away her instructions. However, we all know Michael and he’s a great guy. He lets them know that Petra could’ve been the one who did it. After all, she’s still in love with Rafael and saw the two kissing.

Luisa is back! I’m not sure how, but here she is, on a park bench in Miami.

Jane breaks down and tells Rafael that she can’t choose who she wants to be with because she can’t recognize herself anymore — everything in her life revolves around Mateo. Jane thinks the best option would be to get a lawyer in order to get rid of the emotional aspect of determining custody, because she’s clearly an emotional wreck right now. Makes motherhood sound great, right?

As Jane is getting ready to go to the club — yes, you read that correctly — Michael stops by. He helps Jane get zipped into her dress and lets her know that her kissing Rafael shouldn’t have affected him, but it did. Oh boy, you could just feel that awkward tension in the room!

Michael then comes clean about letting Nadine go because he believed her nephew was in danger thanks to Sin Rostro. He notices the baby monitor camera in the room, but it looks like it wasn’t on. Since he pointed it out, my guess is that whole conversation was recorded.

Jane meets Lina at the club and convinces her to forgive her for forgetting her birthday. Lina has to realize that Jane didn’t ask to become a mom. Becoming a mother was Jane’s surprise and she’s doing a phenomenal job so far. I’m glad that the two besties were able to put things aside and drop it like it’s hot on the dance floor. I wish they would’ve allowed Gina to rap in this episode, too.

In order to get Rogelio’s discs back, Xo took Luciana’s trailer full of bunnies and hid them. Seems like this lady loves her bunnies as much as I love my dogs, because she gave Rogelio his discs back. However, she mentioned to Xo to watch disc 142 part C, which includes one of Rogelio’s deepest secrets. Instead of sharing what this secret is with Xo, Rogelio hides his discs. She’ll definitely be looking for what’s on disc 142 part C. I wonder what it could be.

After having a fun night at the club, Jane goes to the hotel to pick up Mateo. What she missed was Rafael’s text that said he would drop off the baby at her house. It just so happened that Michael was also at the hotel and apparently really wanted to kiss Jane. He went right in for the kiss and I’m not sure if it was the alcohol that was taking over but Jane went right in there, too. There was absolutely no hesitation with that kiss. In fact, it snowed, thanks to Heidi’s fake mountain.

Just as Petra was starting to feel good about being without Rafael, Milos comes back into her life. He may not have gotten down on one knee, but he tells Petra that she will marry him. Doesn’t seem like he’s giving her an option.

Jane gushes about her kiss with Michael to her mom. She even tells Xo that when she kissed him, she knew that Michael was the one. After saying that out loud, Jane realizes that the baby monitor is on and Rafael is in the living room where the other monitor is and can hear everything. She runs out to see if he’s heard anything but sees him sound asleep. Rafael wakes up when Jane leaves, which to me looks like he heard everything she just said. Poor Rafael! My heart just broke for him.

What were your thoughts on this episode of Jane the Virgin? Do you think Jane has finally picked between Michael and Rafael? I hope she just got caught in the moment and realizes that she shouldn’t make that decision yet. I want her to choose but I think she should think about Mateo too. Okay I’ll admit it, I’m a bit salty because I want her to be with Rafael. What do you think Rogelio’s secret is? What’s the deal with Michael’s new partner? Why did Luisa’s kidnappers return her? I keep waiting for Sin Rostro to make her appearance. Should Petra marry Milos? Leave your thoughts in the comment section below.

Jane the Virgin airs Mondays at 9/8CT on The CW.

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