![]() ![]() And within a couple more episodes, she’s dead. A character reveals early in the season that she was diagnosed with stage 4 pancreatic cancer, is opting for palliative care, and wants to live out her remaining days at home with her family and friends. Except in one instance, time moves too quickly.So expecting her to give birth in season 4 is maybe even a bit optimistic! So… she’ll give birth in season 4 or 5? I guess I was being prophetic: As of the end of season 3, that same character is MAYBE in her second trimester. As I wrote in my post about the first two seasons: A character who revealed a pregnancy at the end of season one is now (2 episodes from the end of season 2) nearing the end of her first trimester. VIRGIN RIVER (L to R) ALEXANDRA BRECKENRIDGE as MEL MONROE and MARTIN HENDERSON as JACK SHERIDAN in episode 304 of VIRGIN RIVER Cr. And one more time… it’s just so pretty! Like this moment, for example:.Small town cuteness!! There’s a lumberjack festival, for Pete’s sake!! Everyone wears flannel, there’s log rolling and a chainsaw competition, and it’s just so corny yet also adorable in all its weirdness.This season, he gets to be particularly vulnerable as he’s put through an emotional wringer, and every time he tears up, my heart melts. He’s just lovely as Doc, gruff and grumbly, but with a heart of gold and a gentle side too. ![]() As I said in my post about the first two seasons, any excuse to watch Tim Matheson in action is a gift.She’s a strong, professional woman with endless wells of compassion, a good friend, a devoted sister. The characters themselves are great, especially Mel.I want to go there! I want my own cabin on the river!! Except Virgin River is a fictional location (supposedly in Northern California, but filmed in British Columbia). I’d watch a travel documentary just showing aerial views of the woods, the rivers, and the mountains. Let me once again break it down into highs and lows. Meanwhile, Jack’s ex is STILL pregnant and being obnoxious, and in our main storyline, Jack and Mel are in love, but face ups and downs. There are continuing stories about the son of a woman on the run being sheltered by her friend, teen romance, Doc’s own health issue, and a tearjerker about a local woman diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. There’s also a notable supporting character missing - Hope, Doc’s sometimes-estranged wife, is out of town for the entire season, making a couple of brief appearances during Zoom calls (apparently because of COVID restrictions affecting the actress’s ability to participate in filming). Some new characters are introduced, including Jack’s sister Brie, who gets involved with a bad boy and seems to like riding on the back of his motorcycle and other risky behavior. Let’s just focus on small-town adorableness, with its quirky personalities and town gossip, and leave drug kingpins to other, darker shows. Signs point to someone connected with the illegal drug trade that once thrived in the woods near Virgin River, but there’s no proof, and the drug business is (thankfully) mostly gone from this season, after being raided and driven out.Ĭan I get a Hallelujah? I hated everything about the drug-running subplots of the previous two seasons. (Except he’s the main love interest and that makes him bullet-proof).Īs season 3 opens, Jack is alive! He’s recovering from his bullet wound, but has no memory of who shot him. Season 2 ended with Jack lying bleeding on the floor of his bar, shot by an unknown assailant and on the verge of death. Season 3 picks up soon after the cliffhanger ending of season 2. Note: SPOILER ALERT!! I’m going to be discussing plot points from the season, so if you haven’t watched, you may want to look away!! I love watching it, but it’s also so ridiculous and laughable… and endearing AF. Or, in the case of season 3 of Virgin River, newly released on Netflix, nothing really changes, and everything pretty much stays the same. The more things change, the more they stay the same. ![]()
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