Tag: being mary jane
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“Being Mary Jane” Season Finale: A Whole Lotta Crazy
Being Mary Jane: Season 1, Episodes 7 & 8 Recap As my blog post title states, last night’s episode of Being Mary Jane was a whole lot of crazy. It started off sweetly enough (minus the colorism and self-esteem issues), when Mary Jane had a popcorn-and-movie-night sleepover with Niecy. But the episode took off to another…
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“Being Mary Jane” Episode 6 Recap: Reality Bites
Being Mary Jane Season 1, Episode 6 Recap Last night’s episode of Being Mary Jane dumped a bucket of ice cold water on the characters, jarring them into reality. It all starts off so romantically as Andre and MJ enjoy each other’s company over a candlelit dinner. But then Andre confronts MJ about her nostalgic…
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“Being Mary Jane” Episode 5 Recap: The Liars Club
by Janday Wilson “Being Mary Jane” Season 1, Episode 5 Recap The bleakness of last night’s episode of Being Mary Jane was made all the more dark because of the few ephemeral, bright moments that occurred. As a viewer, I was almost wishing that the characters could get everything their hearts desired, but it feels like they…
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“Being Mary Jane” Episode 4 Recap: No, BET, We Do Not Want To Be Mary Jane
by Janday Wilson “Being Mary Jane” Season 1, Episode 4 Recap This recap is dedicated to that completely perplexing commercial that was aired during last night’s “Being Mary Jane,” which promoted a Twitter campaign encouraging BMJ watchers to share the reasons why “#iammaryjane.” Wait a second. I need some time to dismount my high horse. I…
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“Being Mary Jane” Episode 3 Recap: Addicts Anonymous
by Janday Wilson “Being Mary Jane” Season 1, Episode 3 Recap The schmaltz was laid on really, really thick last night folks. “I deserve better than this. I was raised better than this!” Mary Jane wails after getting caught by her brother going to (down) town on Andre in the opening scene. (I know I wasn’t the only…
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“Being Mary Jane” Episode 2 Recap: The Follies of Marriage, Love and Commitment
by Janday Wilson “Being Mary Jane” Season 1/Episode 2 Recap Maybe Mary Jane should take solace in the fact that she is not the only one struggling in the relationship realm. In fact, much of last night’s episode was an instruction guide on what not to do. At the start of the episode, Mary Jane…
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“Being Mary Jane” Episode 1 Recap: When It Rains…
by Janday Wilson “Being Mary Jane” Season 1/Episode 1 Recap Last summer, BET teased us with the pilot episode of Being Mary Jane, which they debuted as an original movie. Mara Brock Akil’s creation proved to be captivating. Gabrielle Union embodied the lead character, Mary Jane Paul, an accomplished news anchor who cannot handle her love life and family…
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