The Open Letter Series is a collection of open letters written to other people, ideas or activities that have taken place over the course of the last few days of uploading in both the public realm and in my personal life. What exactly is an open letter? An open letter is a letter which is often critical in nature that is addressed to a particular person or group of people but intended for publication or to be read by a large group of people. In this case, that is you, the reader.

Each open letter will discuss a different topic, in varying degrees of depth. From politics to personal issues, the Open Letter series aims to provide clarity on issues, create ideas or inspiration, or, in my case, to become a place of stress and thought relief. Nothing is safe from receiving an open letter, not shows or book characters, a class lesson or a provoking idea.

This week, we’re going back to regular-scheduled programming to talk about one of my newest favourite things: Jane The Virgin.

An open letter to Jane the Virgin,

Dear Jane The Virgin. I love you so much. Or, should I say Mucho. (No I shouldn’t)

I’m usually not big on watching mainstream shows like Game of Thrones or whatever, and technically this show is now considered mainstream but it’s gotten to the point that I have such a need to watch a quality show, regardless of how big a fan base it has. I’m not really a fan of show reviews, but based on how I watched three seasons in five days while doing school and homework, it would be an understatement to say that I’m only slightly addicted to this show.

If you’ve never watched Jane the Virgin, the premise is simple. A Mexican american woman named Jane is accidentally inseminated and now has to deal with the idea that she’s pregnant and she didn’t have anything to say about it. The plot becomes more complex from there, if you want. At the start of the season, all the relationships look like this:

The nurse who accidentally inseminated Jane is the sister of the man whose baby Jane is having. This man, Rafael, is married to this woman named Petra, who is having an affair with his best friend. Why is that important? Because the man Jane is engaged to is named Michael and he’s a cop who’s investigating the man that Petra is having an affair with because he’s linked to some deep crime stuff that’s happening in California.

And that’s basically it. This show deals with so much stuff. There’s baby drama and an arrestment of hormones and how much your catholic identity should impact the way you treat others and parental influence and the idea of turning into your parents and discovering your identity in relation to other people and more. Jane The Virgin looks at the social stigma around single parents, raising a child when you know your child may not have a stable set of parents, as well as what it’s like being Mexican-American and being raised with Catholic values and how many things we don’t have control over in life.

More than that, it’s funny. Like actual laughing-and-you-know-I’m-laughing-because-the-joke-was-over-five-munites-ago-and-my-face-still-hurts.

So if you’re bored and need background noise in your life or a bunch of really good looking people on your TV screen (look at pictures of Justin Baldoni and then get back to me) as well as the voice in your head changing from whoever it was before to a low-voiced enthusiastic man with a Spanish accent, watch Jane The Virgin, a tellanovella designed for english-speakers.

Enjoy. All seasons are on Netflix.