Jane meddles in Xo and Bruce's rekindled romance and learns that in most situations, it's best not to meddle.

Jane the Virgin S 3 E 8 type TV Show network The CW genre Telenovela

It’s good to have Jane the Virgin back, isn’t it? It is indeed, and the show wasted no time diving back into the drama — and per usual, the costumes reflect a lot of that. So let’s jump right in…

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First on the list of things to discuss is Arnaud Demonillier. You know, the guy who popped up in the midseason finale and seemed very friendly with Catalina? Perhaps, suspiciously friendly? Turns out he’s 34th in line to the Monaguese throne and also happens to be Catalina’s husband, but apparently not for long where the latter is concerned. After Jane walks into Catalina’s room at the Marbella and sees Arnaud, Catalina explains that she made a mistake in marrying him and that it’s ending soon.

Arnaud seems less on board with the dissolution of their marriage, and frankly, I’m not convinced that it’s actually ending, largely because of how comfortable he seems in his white bathrobe — like he’s right at home. He seems to have no interest in leaving. Rafael and Jane have their suspicions, too, and later, Jane sees Catalina get into the car with Arnaud and kiss him; she tells Rafael, per his request to be upfront with him, so he breaks things off with his new love interest. Catalina doesn’t take that well at all, nor Jane’s admission that she prioritized the wishes of her baby’s father over her, but she does manage to weasel her way back into Rafael’s life by episode’s end. Guards up, everyone… you heard it here.

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The midseason finale also revealed that Michael did not pass his physical, so he could only return to the force for desk duty. That didn’t really fly with Michael, who is more the ambitious, go-getter type, so in this episode, he quits his job on a whim. Jane is totally understanding and encourages him to take his time and find something he’s passionate about. That ends up being a process, as he spends a lot of the episode stumbling through potential careers that are far from right for him. For example, in a daydream, he totally looks the part of a car salesman — wearing a bad, brown suit and flanked by that inflatable tube man you always see at dealerships — but when he can’t name a favorite car other than the DeLorean, he knows that’s out as an option. Then he tries his hand at stand-up comedy, and while he doesn’t bomb, it still isn’t the right fit. Eventually, he toys with the idea of becoming a lawyer because of its similarities to detective work. Don’t want to jinx it, but it seems like this one might just stick.

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If you thought Anezka pretending to be Petra while the real Petra was paralyzed, appearing to be Anezka, was the end of twin twists, then you have another thing coming. In this episode, Petra sports a brown wig and dark, heavy clothing once more to get some answers out of Scott. Petra thinks that Rafael and Scott have teamed up against her — which they totally did — but Rafael tells her she’s just being paranoid after everything that happened to her. When Petra talks to Scott as Anezka, she says that Petra is making her leave the country, so he offers to hide her in the States with money he earned through his deal with Rafael. She refuses him, saying that Petra will find out; then, she goes to her car, takes off her wig, and just about loses it. This sets Petra, now as her true self, off, and she goes after Rafael, hiding tiny cameras all over his apartment presumably to get some dirt on him. That she definitely does when she hears Rafael and his lawyer talking about how he’s not a Solano biologically, and that that could prevent him from inheriting anything from his father’s will. Considering how pissed she is, there’s likely no way this information goes unused. The question now is: When and how will she use it??????

NEXT: Sock puppets…seriously.

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So, these ones are a bit of a stretch on the costume front, but this episode features a couple of cute sock puppets. (Costumes for hands? I tried…) Those puppets are Mr. Bee and Bette Meddler. Mr. Bee — you can guess what he looks like — appears early on in the episode as Michael uses the puppet to amuse Mateo, and eventually to preach to Jane about not meddling in Xo’s rekindled relationship with ex Bruce. Basically, Jane is not on board because she feels Bruce never treated her mom well — flashback to Jane watching Beaches with Xo after yet another fight with him, because sometimes you just need to cry it out. (Mr. Bee also pops up other times throughout the episode, in Jane’s imagination, as she continues to meddle across the board.) Back in the present, Xo is watching Beaches again, this time by herself, because Bruce’s daughter isn’t a fan of Xo and basically told Bruce to choose between the two. The other sock puppet — inspired by the star of the ’80s flick, and made to look like her — encourages Jane to intervene, saying that Michael wished Jane had told him he wasn’t that great at comedy before taking to the stage. Meddle, Jane does…

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To defend her mom, Jane heads over to the store where Bruce’s daughter, Tess, works. Tess is on the offensive, and she attacks Xo’s character straight away. She appears all the more aggressive when her coworkers flank her; all wearing white skirts and colorful shirts, which has to be the store uniform, the three look like an army of teen angst. Let me be clear, Tess has a lot of reason to be angry, but she could really tone it down a notch, especially because Jane has plenty of reason to be angry too. After Jane explains to Tess that the couple really do seem to have a connection — something that she seemed to finally accept after a dinner in which Bruce explained how much he cared for Xo and was willing to work through the difficulties for her — things seem to take a turn for the better. Tess agrees to go to brunch with Bruce and Xo, and Bruce and Tess have their first bonding moment in a while when they bond over Jane being unhinged. So, it appears meddling isn’t always bad.

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One more thing of note: Rogelio and Darci are moving forward with their platonic parenting plan. They’ve drafted up a contract and really seem to be on the same page about everything — that is, until it’s revealed that Rogelio has feelings for Darci… in the most awkward way possible. Here, it’s not the costumes that stand out, but the lack thereof. Basically, Darci shows up to support Rogelio while he films his nude scene, and he becomes aroused. Darci later tells him that he needs to get rid of those feelings if they’re to parent together, but if the preview for next week is any indication, it doesn’t look like that’s going to happen too easily.