5 stages of grief? More like 1

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After finishing the last season of “Jane the Virgin,” I slipped into a huge slump. On one hand, I knew I should start the healing process and mourn Jane and Michael’s relationship, but I still held onto the hope that maybe CBS and Warner Bros. would change its mind and renew the show.

They didn’t. 

After wondering what type of heartless, insensitive “Jane the Virgin” hater would cancel the show after a mere 5 seasons, I decided to start my grieving process. 

The first step? Googling every single one of the main characters as a last goodbye while secretly hoping to find another show with all the same main cast members.

Much to my dismay, most of the actors on the show were either brand new to acting or only had one decent role — in “Jane the Virgin.”

With nothing to do (other than the load of homework waiting on my desk), I decided to rewatch the show. But unlike less plot-driven shows like “Friends” and “Full House,” once you know what happens in “Jane the Virgin,” the show simply isn’t interesting to watch anymore.

When Jane, a virgin, turns out to be pregnant, the first-time watcher gasps and wonders how this could happen. But watching the show the second time around, all that I could think of was duh, of course that happened.

Though the show was no longer interesting to me, it still felt disloyal to immediately move onto another show. I decided I would pay my respect by waiting a day before starting one.

Don’t believe me? I don’t either. After about half an hour of staring at my unfinished English essay, I decided to begin watching “The OC.”

You’re probably thinking: She’s joking, right? That was the grieving process? 

Well, yes. The truth is, I’m not a very deep person, and the 20 minutes of wondering what to do with my life after a show ends is just my rushed version of everyone else’s week-long grieving process, especially since I finished season 5 of Jane the Virgin in less than three days. If you go through as many shows as I do every month, seeing your “favorite” show end is kind of a weekly ritual.