‘Jane The Virgin’ Season 4 Spoilers: How Many Episodes Will Air?

One can never have too many “Jane the Virgin” episodes, but sadly for fans of The CW show, Season 4 will not have as many episodes as previous ones.

Seasons 1 and 2 have 22 episodes each, while Season 3 has 20 episodes. According to TV Line, Season 4 will only have 17 episodes.

Sources say that the decision to trim down the number was made by executive producer Jennie Snyder Urman, who earlier lamented about their “gruelling” production schedule. “I think six [is perfect] for us,” she said. “I could knock out six excellent episodes.”

One of the most exciting things about “Jane the Virgin” Season 4 is the introduction of Jane’s (Gina Rodriguez) first love, Adam, who is played by “Teen Wolf” star Tyler Posey. “He’s an illustrator of comic books and graphic novels,” Urman told Entertainment Weekly of Adam. “He’s the same age as [Jane], but their lives have gone in such drastically different paths that it feels like they’re almost living different lives.”

Urman further described Adam as a “fly-by-the-seat-of-his-pants kind of guy,” and dating him would feel very new to Jane even though they already know each other. “Jane’s never dated an artist since she’s decided that she was an artist, so they connect on an artistic level and he just has a different approach to life than she does. I think that will be fun to see how Jane fits into his world,” she said.

Meanwhile, Jane’s parents Xiomara Villanueva (Andrea Navedo) and Rogelio De La Vega (Jaime Camil) are newly married, but they are probably going to skip their honeymoon since Rogelio is expecting a baby girl with his ex-girlfriend, Darci Factor (Justina Mechado). “It being a telenovela, it can’t always be roses and champagne and lavender, or whatever the saying is. There’s going to be some rocky waters in the future [for the couple],” Navedo told TV Guide.

But even though they’ll be fighting and bickering about Darci, Navedo said, “At least we’re married!”

“Jane the Virgin” Season 4 will return to the CW on Oct. 13 at 9 p.m. EDT.