EPISODE
SEASON
Being Mary Jane - Season 1
Mary Jane Paul is a successful cable news anchor who has a closet packed with designer clothes and shoes, a beautiful home, a nice car, and the drive to achieve even greater heights. The series is about her work, her family, and the popular talk show which she hosts.
6 April 1968, USA
21 June 1947, South Pasadena, California, USA
29 January 1989, Tacoma, Washington, USA
12 March 1983, Oahu, Hawaii, USA
29 January 1976, Fairfax, Virginia, USA
10 July 1971, Washington, District of Columbia, USA
4 January 1979, San Jose, California, USA
11 December 1966, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
30 September 1955, Fort Benning, Georgia, USA
March 20, 2015
Both the summer movie and Tuesday's premiere feature plot points so severe and odd that they destabilize the show's narrative.
April 19, 2017
I'll admit that I was SHOCKED by just how good Being Mary Jane is.
March 20, 2015
Mary Jane is a character I'm interested in, someone whose life I am curious about, someone I want to spend time with.
March 20, 2015
The series, created by Mara Brock Akil, works for a number of reasons, including Union's performance as a very credible contemporary woman.
March 20, 2015
Being Mary Jane has been formulated for being fascinating. Now comes the follow-through.
March 20, 2015
It's Union's commitment to all the craziness in her character's life (including sex in all the wrong places, with all the wrong people) that's likely to make Being Mary Jane my newest guilty pleasure.
March 20, 2015
Picking up where a high-rated TV movie left off, it's hardly ground-breaking material, but Union proves good enough company to pull it off, giving BET a credible shot at becoming a more significant player in the scripted game.
March 20, 2015
The pilot is surprisingly funny, fresh, and affecting.
March 20, 2015
As provocative as the show's themes are, Being Mary Jane keeps wavering in its perspective on the title character, a problem that deepens as the first season goes on. Do we root for Mary Jane? Or roll our eyes?
