*Jack is the father of Mel’s unborn baby girl. (There was some worry that the baby belonged to Mark, Mel’s deceased husband.)
*Jack is not the father of Charmaine’s twins. She lied to him all along. (We also found out that she broke up with her boyfriend, Todd). So who is the father of the twins? TBD, although Henderson told us at the time that the reveal is “really, really good. It’s juicy.”
*And then there’s the lives of Preacher, Brady, Doc, Hope, Brie, Ricky, Christopher, Paige, Cameron, Denny, and more. Needless to say, this upcoming season is going to be packed.
There’s a new showrunner this season. What does that mean?
After four seasons under Virgin River showrunner Sue Tenney, a passing of the torch took place ahead of season five. Patrick Sean Smith—who had previously worked with Netflix on Dolly Parton’s Heartstrings anthology series and was an executive producer on Greek and Chasing Life—was brought in after Tenney moved on to other projects.
Although some fans might be averse to change, Smith’s appointment is a good thing. For one, he loves that the show brings joy to so many, and wants to keep it that way while also introducing some exciting new elements. “The fact that this can bring such comfort, and do it so successfully, is what I want to continue on within the show. I want to keep telling surprising but emotional character stories,” he told Glamour last summer. “I want it to feel like season five will be next-level.”
Smith went on to add that “some storylines…have run their course. So we’re looking at wrapping up some things but then also going back to the beginning. There were a lot of relationships that we didn’t really get to explore all that much over the course of the series. I was excited about seeing Jack and Hope again because that was a relationship that I felt played so strongly, so specifically, so uniquely, and so beautifully. I want to understand how Jack and Hope know each other and what their relationship is to each other. What’s their backstory? And who haven’t we seen in stories together?”
