• Celebrity
    • Of The Essence
    • Celebrity News
    • If Not For My Girls
    • The State Of R&B
    • Time Of Essence
  • Fashion
    • 2023 Best In Black Fashion Awards
    • 2023 Fashion House
    • Red Carpet
    • Fashion News
    • Accessories
  • Beauty
    • Girls United: Beautiful Possibilities
    • 2023 Best In Black Beauty
    • Skin
    • Makeup
    • Nails
    • Hair
  • Lifestyle
    • Love
    • Parenting
    • Relationships
    • Bridal Bliss
    • Lifestyle News
    • Health & Wellness
    • ESSENCE Eats
    • Travel
    • Food & Drink
  • Entrepreneurship
    • Money & Career
    • SOKO MRKT
  • News
    • Latest News
    • Paint The Polls Black
    • Culture
    • Politics
  • Shopping
    • Essence Holiday Gift Guide 2023
  • Video
  • Events
    • 2023 Fashion House
    • 2023 ESSENCE Festival Of Culture
    • 2023 Wellness House
    • 2023 Black Women In Hollywood
    • 2023 ESSENCE Film Festival
    • 2023 HOLLYWOOD HOUSE
  • Studios
  • Girls United

WHERE BLACK CULTURE, COMMUNITY AND CONSCIOUSNESS MEET

Sign up for ESSENCE Newsletters the keep the Black women at the forefront of conversation.

Your email is required.
Your email is in invalid format.
Confirm email is required.
Email did not match.
Select the newsletters you'd like to receive:
Please select at least one option.
By clicking Subscribe Now, you agree to our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy.
Skip to content
SUBSCRIBE
  • MAGAZINE
  • NEWSLETTER
  • Celebrity
    • Of The Essence
    • Celebrity News
    • If Not For My Girls
    • The State Of R&B
    • Time Of Essence
  • Fashion
    • 2023 Best In Black Fashion Awards
    • 2023 Fashion House
    • Red Carpet
    • Fashion News
    • Accessories
  • Beauty
    • Girls United: Beautiful Possibilities
    • 2023 Best In Black Beauty
    • Skin
    • Makeup
    • Nails
    • Hair
      • Hair News
      • Natural
      • Relaxed
      • Transitioning
      • Weave
      • 4C
  • Lifestyle
    • Love
    • Parenting
    • Relationships
    • Bridal Bliss
    • Lifestyle News
    • Health & Wellness
    • ESSENCE Eats
    • Travel
    • Food & Drink
  • Entrepreneurship
    • Money & Career
    • SOKO MRKT
  • News
    • Latest News
    • Paint The Polls Black
    • Culture
    • Politics
  • Shopping
    • Essence Holiday Gift Guide 2023
  • Video
  • Events
    • 2023 Fashion House
    • 2023 ESSENCE Festival Of Culture
    • 2023 Wellness House
    • 2023 Black Women In Hollywood
    • 2023 ESSENCE Film Festival
    • 2023 HOLLYWOOD HOUSE
  • Studios
  • Girls United
Home • Entertainment

'Being Mary Jane': That Awkward Moment When Office Romances Become A Problem

Is it ever a good idea to fall in love on the job?
‘Being Mary Jane’: That Awkward Moment When Office Romances Become A Problem
BET
By Brittney Oliver · Updated October 26, 2020

When you spend 40 or more hours a week working alongside someone who looks like Being Mary Jane’s Justin (Michael Ealy), there’s bound to be romance brewing in the workplace. The secrets and the hiding may be fun for Justin and Mary Jane (Gabrielle Union), but the romantic alliance can be a threat to everyone else’s livelihood.

This week’s episode showed exactly how work place romances can impact the entire team. The minute MJ and Justin had their first rendezvous during the winter season finale, it impacted their co-workers in ways that Mary Jane wasn’t ready for, which resulted in the termination of former Great Day USA co-host Rhonda and her best friend Kara all at the hands of Justin’s plan. You would think that your man would have your back in and outside of the workplace, but in Justin’s case, you can’t be so sure. Their affair is leaving them on divided in the board room since the two just can’t seem to get on the same page when it comes to hiring new anchors to what segments MJ gets to work on.

The new office romance is also leaving some people to feel vulnerable about their employment. Then Kara gets re-hired (Justin’s plan of course) and discovers that her best friend is sleeping with the enemy or the “piece of s**t snake,” which makes Kara uncomfortable her job back, but nervous for Mary Jane’s future at Great Day USA. How will Kara and MJ’s friendship and working relationship handle this new monkey wrench intheir dream of television domination? MJ’s co-anchor Aaron discovers the secret affair and spills the beans to their supervisor, Garrett, before the couple can come clean. Aaron admits to Justin that he felt threatened by their new alliance and that he refused to let them run him off the air like they did Rhonda. So now MJ and Justin have the entire office giving them the side-eye, making this new couple enemy number one at Great Day USA.

“That’s the thing about making so many enemies. When you get stabbed in the back, you don’t know which one did it,” Kara tells MJ. If you are a career-driven person it’s probably best not to mix busienss and pleasure, because your journey to the top can come to a complete halt when your office romance starts to affect the world around you. 

COMPANY INFORMATION
  • Our Company
  • Customer Service
  • Essence Ventures
  • Change Your Address
  • Contact Us
  • Job Opportunities
  • Internships
  • Media Kit
  • tag
SUBSCRIBE
  • Newsletters
  • Give a Gift of ESSENCE
  • Magazine Tablet Edition
FOLLOW US
MORE ON ESSENCE
  • Home
  • Love
  • Celebrity
  • Beauty
  • Hair
  • Fashion
  • ESSENCE festival

ESSENCE.com is part of ESSENCE Communications, Inc.

Essence may receive compensation for some links to products and services on this website. Offers may be subject to change without notice.

©2023 ESSENCE Communications Inc. All Rights Reserved. | Privacy Policy | Terms of Use | Essence.com Advertising Terms

Get The ESSENCE Newsletter and
Special Offers delivered to your inbox

By clicking Sign Up, you agree to our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy.

Get The ESSENCE Magazine
by subscribing below
subscribe now