This article shared some thoughts on the season two finale of the show. This post placed in the top 4% for the April 2015 Film/Television category.

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My Thoughts on Being Mary Jane Season Finale.

It’s the morning after the night before and twitter is abuzz with Being Mary Jane talk – did I forget to mention that it’s currently trending worldwide? To say there are major spoilers is an understatement, so avert your eyes if you haven’t watched the finale yet.

So last night was the Being Mary Jane season two finale and it really delivered! We saw Mary Jane and Kara promoted to that coveted primetime slot, though that may not pan out as well as they expected; MJ and Sheldon called it quits (again?) – there’s been so much back and forth between these two that I’m not really sure; PJ graduated from architecture school, but I was more interested in Neicy and her sister, and the obvious void between the two. Then of course there was the finale finale where MJ crashes her car upon hearing something she most definitely shouldn’t have heard.

While I’m obviously happy with MJ’s promotion and move to primetime, I’m a little apprehensive. We all saw what happened when MJ left the meeting with her boss and his boss, and we all heard what they said about letting her go if the ratings started to slip. Being on primetime has been a dream of MJ and Kara’s for so long that it’s good they’re finally a step away from achieving their goal, but one must ask: at what cost? MJ would have to tone her “black focused rhetoric”, which I understand if she’ll be on primetime, but I can’t help but disagree with. Black focused stories has been at MJ’s core right from the beginning of season one. I would hate for her to have to scale back on her beliefs just to keep her new slot. I would also hate to feel as though MJ was being less authentic by basically sacrificing a part of herself, especially considering how hard she had to fight on her own show. In a way it kind of goes to show that sometimes our dreams don’t quite turn out the way we had previously imagined. But like I said, I’m happy with her promotion, it symbolises moving forward and looking to the future. I’m especially happy with the promotion because it’ll mean more black female faces on the news to inspire young black girls across the country. Not only is this inspiring in BMJ-land, but it’s inspiring in real life to see such an accomplished black female character reach and achieve goals, showing us that we can do it too.

Speaking of reaching and achieving goals, PJ graduated from school. His graduation was made more poignant following the recent shooting of Walter Scott, as well as MJ’s story a few weeks back about the pressure black men are under in the corporate world. For me, it was so poignant because it showed that you can achieve such great success but still be a victim in some way. At the same time though, it showed what can be achieved with hard work and dedication, and that education really is the first step on the road to freedom. With this in mind, the exchange between Niecy and her sister was the most interesting to me about PJ’s graduation celebration. We don’t know very much about Niecy’s sister aside from the fact that unlike Niecy, she doesn’t have two small children, she isn’t living with her grandparents, and she seems to be in a stable relationship. I liked seeing what Niecy could have been like had she not gotten pregnant, but I couldn’t help but feel Niecy’s sense of unease. I know what it’s like to see people moving on with their lives when it feels like you’re stuck in the same place, doing nothing. I know what it’s like to feel as though you’ve been left behind, especially by somebody so close to you. It really sucks and sometimes you kind of just feel like giving up altogether (even though that only ends up making you feel worse). I’m hoping Niecy finds something, aside from her children, that helps makes her feel as though she’s doing more with her life than living in the spare room at her grandparents.

Then there’s everything with Sheldon DeWitt. I was hoping they would make it work and be a couple. I mean, I knew they wouldn’t be a couple for very long, what with their tendency to ruffle each other’s’ feathers and be sensitive, but I at least expected something that would move on into season three. Or maybe I’m more worried about Gary Jourdan (let’s be honest, we’ve all been worried about Gary since he left CSI. Warrick was one of my favourite characters). I’m not even going to talk about the whole bed-wetting situation. We’re all embarrassed for MJ so there’s no need to go into even more detail and embarrass her more. Although I will say that MJ should never have gone to Sheldon’s house after her alarm went off in the middle in the night. Yeah she was scared and whatever, but no! Especially not after that weird fight they had had just a few hours beforehand. Maybe I’m too young, but I would NEVER EVER have gone to his house. I would have either gone next door to Mark’s house or I would have gone and stayed with my parents.

Last but by no means least, we have David. This guy is absolutely clueless. God bless his pretty little heart. If he wasn’t so cute and good-looking I’d be very worried about him… heck, I’m still worried about him. I’m not sure how he couldn’t see that Lisa had feelings for him. Even I could tell from season one that Lisa had a thing for David, I’m sure every person on the planet could. Are guys really that clueless? Sure David may not have felt the same way, but he must have at least suspected something was going on – I mean wasn’t the oral sex telling enough? I guess then in the world of karmic fiction, it serves him right for accidentally butt-dialling MJ and that she heard EVERYTHING Lisa said about them having oral-sex and her lending him $50 000. That being said though, MJ does end up colliding with another car and crashing so it’s not all good, but at least it sets us up nicely for next season.

What does all this mean for season three? If you ask me, it means these next few months (or maybe even year) will be a tough one as we wait to see what the repercussions of this season will be. I can’t wait and I’m so excited. What are your thoughts? Let me know in the comments below.