Jane the Virgin‘s Yael Grobglas: You’ll Be ‘Blown Away’ By Season 4 Finale
Murder, cancer and an evil twin sister – oh my!
The Season 4 finale of The CW‘s Jane the Virgin airs on Friday at 9/8c. And according to what star Yael Grobglas tells TVLine, “There are no limits. Anything can happen.” (This is a telenovela, after all.)
In more ways than past seasons, Season 4 has dealt with raw and real topics, such as Xiomara being diagnosed with breast cancer, Jane and Rafael taking big steps in their relationship and Alba passing her United States citizenship test. “We are a very emotional bunch, so at table reads we really identify with our characters and with each others characters. So things like Xo having cancer, we’re all crying,” Grobglas admits. “We feel like these are our friends, and I just love how it feels like life.”
Although soap operas come up with extravagant twists and turns, the characters of Jane the Virgin are real people at the heart of it all. “I’m always so happy with the way they deal with everything and how they manage to keep things light, but still manage to deal with extremely heavy and serious situations and make you feel happy one minute and terrified the next. I think it’s such a wonderful mix of things that makes Jane the Virgin what it is,” Grobglas says.
Grobglas’ character, Petra, has gone through quite the transformation this season, falling in love with her lawyer Jane Ramos (played by Rosario Dawson). “It all felt very organic. I felt like this just made a lot of sense. She fell in love with someone she wasn’t expecting to fall for,” Grobglas explains. Though Petra has dated many men throughout the show, this new relationship has changed her. “JR definitely brings out a whole different side to Petra that we’ve never seen before, a comfort and a vulnerability that she hasn’t had in her past relationships, and I think it’s beautiful.”
As for Friday’s episode, Grobglas said fans can expect the signature Jane cliffhangers: Prepare to feel all of the feels. “Probably as usual on Jane the Virgin, a beautiful mix of all [emotions]. It’s never just one emotion.” [Editor’s note: We’ve seen the episode, and trust us: This is one you’re going to want to watch in real-time.]
Being an homage to telenovelas, the writers have a lot of freedom when in comes to the storyline. “Not many shows can just bring in a twin sister or have all these circumstances that we have had, and I think that’s part of what makes Jane the Virgin magical,” Grobglas says, adding that by the end of the finale, “audiences are really going to be blown away.”
Jane fans, what are you hoping to see in tomorrow’s season finale? Let us know in the comments.
I am all for Michael returning from the dead. I haven’t seen a single episode since he left, but something tells me I’ll be a fan of this show again.
That would be soooooo telenovella.
Why do people think this will happen? I mean I would absolutely love it. I stopped watching JTV after Michael died, and if he came back, I would 100 % be onboard with S5. But I really don’t think this will happen. I would be really shocked if it did.
On the last episode of s4 Rafael hide a secret from Jane and at the last part of the episode we find out that Michael is still alive
I think Brett Dier has a new show… I liked him but I think that would be a dumb twist. Remember it’s been several years in the show since he died and he would never do that to Jane.
Me too I hope he has been on Witness Protection all this time. I never liked Jane with Raphael.
His Michael coming back as a zombie because an autopsy was clearly done and then he was put six feet deep.
*Is Michael*
I agree. He’s been in witness protection, but makes a triumphant return to reunite with Jane and Mateo.
It’s no more outlandish than anything else that has happened on this series.
Looking Forward #petraramos
As long as it’s not ‘who shot JR?’ And killing off Rosario Dawson! This has been a strong season with lots of great drama and character development. JtV is one of the most consistent shows on tv.
I really hope they don’t kill her off. The show does not treat its lesbians well and I’m loving JR/Petra.
in fact, they did killed her off… At least one of her characters
I meant killing off Rosario Dawson. If they kill off Petra, I’m going to flip a table
Keep Rosario Dawson!!!!!!!!
PLEEEASE MICHAEL! RETURN
I love Jane with Rafael so I have been loving this season and moving forward!