‘My Lady Jane’ Recap: ‘I’m Gonna Change the World’

Written by John Edward Betancourt

Emily Bader as Queen Jane Gray in Episode 105 of ‘My Lady Jane’ – ‘I’m Gonna Change the World’. (Photo Courtesy of Jonathan Prime/Prime Video.)

Caution: This article contains spoilers for Episode Five of ‘My Lady Jane’. To revisit the previous episode, click here.
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It is definitely safe to say that fans of the Prime Video series, My Lady Jane, were in quite the nervous state at the end of the last episode. After all, Jane was left motionless on the very lawn of the castle she inherited as Queen, courtesy of a royal throttling from her ruthless sister Mary. Leaving all of us to wonder if she would be okay going forward or if this story had another bold plot twist in mind. Because hey, this show doesn’t mess around with surprises. But thankfully, the next episode took the time to quickly inform us that Jane was okay after all, and that this brush with death… would be beneficial in nature to all of England.

Simply because Jane was revitalized in ‘I’m Gonna Change the World’. Because she understood her standing as the Queen of England now and knew that if she expected to stay alive and maintain that standing, she would need to be vigilant and she would need to assert herself in every way imaginable. And after Susannah informed her that Lord Seymour’s crack forces attacked the Ethians in the forest in the name of the Queen… she took her bold first steps in being a strong leader… for all of England. First by disbanding every military program aimed at the Ethians before finally figuring out how to start to unify the country and of course… defeat Mary for all time.

As it turned out… killing her with kindness was the way to go. Since Jane came to realize that Mary’s hatred of Ethians and the hate in her heart was her outright weakness. So, Jane sent an invite for the Ethian to join her at the forthcoming coronation party in her honor and while that went out into the world… Jane got back to everyday life. Which involved trying to reconcile the reality that there might not be a cure for Guildford and reconciling the fact… she was in fact, madly in love with him. In fact, they freakin’ finally crossed the threshold of ‘will they or won’t they’ in this tale, and they most certainly DID. Giving rise to new stakes for Jane regarding Guildford and well… that oddly helped focus her and the story toward an epic goal.

Wherein, England would indeed be united as a nation. With Ethian and human living side by side. Which started with Mary’s outburst at the party over Ethians being there… since that embarrassed her badly and exposed the nation’s standing prejudice toward Ethians, and that faux pas made her exit easy, when evidence finally presented itself regarding her involvement in Edward’s ‘death’. But going after a person that spoke against Ethians and expressing unity was a big step forward and it would seem, other machinations are in play to unify the nation. Since Granny, who was watching over Edward, was revealed to be an Ethian and she is eager to have Edward learn his own Ethian powers. So, he can be the first Ethian King, which would also… bring unity to this land at last.

Of course, Jane naming Guildford her King would also help there… but an Ethian with a royal bloodline on the throne would be huge for the future of this nation and of this story. One that took quite the powerful turn here. Since this quest for unity and an understanding of how much prejudice exists against the Ethians, adds some real-world parallels into this tale. The kind that we will undoubtedly see more of as the series continues along. But while we wait for that; we can celebrate one delightful tale. One that was truly engaging and delightful. Courtesy of a chance to finally see Jane shine as the Queen of England, and that’s just lovely. Because that’s what we all wanted, and everything else past this point… will simply be a bonus. Until next time.

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