I don’t know what Allen does to get so much raw emotion out of Rodriguez and Dier when Michael comes to the bridal shop to apologize and pledge his devotion to his fiancée, but she definitely does something right because it’s the scene where their relationship finally clicks into place. That’s especially impressive considering the two characters are back-to-back for their entire conversation; they never make eye contact, and that forces the actors to push themselves to reach those emotional heights. Michael confesses that he was afraid of a worst-case scenario where Jane keeps the baby and he’s forced to be a father to another man’s child, but he now realizes now that the worst-case scenario is losing Jane. If she wants to keep the baby, he’s all in, and the tears in Dier’s eyes show that he really means these words. There’s a wonderful tension in this scene that comes from Jane and Michael’s inability to look at each other, and you can feel the characters’ desire to turn around and kiss each other once that romantic guitar music starts playing. The CW doesn’t get very much attention during awards season, but Rodriguez deserves major recognition for her beautifully textured work on this series. She’s able to switch from pure, relieved joy in the scene with Michael to comic confusion when Rogelio appears in the bridal shop to devastating heartbreak when she learns that her mother lied about not knowing who her real father was, and she does it all without skipping a beat. It’s brilliant work, and this show wouldn’t be the success it is without Rodriguez’s impeccable central performance. http://www.avclub.com/tvclub/jane-virgin-chapter-four-211383