With the two options being either Jack or Mel\u2019s late husband Mark via IVF, Mel has a big decision to make when it comes to finding out the paternity of her baby.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, there are some new additions to the Virgin River cast<\/a> in the new season, with Mark Ghanim\u00e9 playing new doctor in town Dr Cameron Hayek, while Jack gets a surprise visit from his dad Nick (Keith MacKechnie) as he\u2019s coming to terms with becoming a father himself.<\/p>\n If you\u2019re in need with a bit of a refresher as Hope returns to Virgin River<\/a>, then we\u2019ve got you covered \u2013 here\u2019s a full recap of everything that happened in Virgin River season 3.<\/p> When we checked back in with Virgin River at the start of season 3, Jack \u2013 who we last saw lying on the floor of his bar suffering with a shotgun wound \u2013 was throwing a graduation party for Ricky, however Hope wasn\u2019t in attendance, with the town\u2019s mayor visiting an elderly relative in another state and unable to return due to cancelled flights. Meanwhile, Muriel doesn\u2019t waste any time in filling in for her, telling her friends that she\u2019ll be looking after Doc, who received some big medical news in the season 2 finale, while Hope is away.<\/p>\n Ricky and Lizzie are still dating in secret, with Ricky worried about what Connie will do if she finds out, and they\u2019re not the only new romance in town.\u00a0Jack\u2019s sister Brie comes to visit him and meets Brady, who begins flirting with her whilst completely unaware of her relation to Jack, while Charmaine drops by to introduce her new boyfriend Todd, revealing that they\u2019re now engaged despite being together for less than a month.<\/p>\n Preacher is still looking after Paige\u2019s son Christopher while she\u2019s on the run and takes him to summer camp but worries about leaving him there by himself. Later in the series, Christopher gets upset when Preacher won\u2019t let him go to a sleepover at a friend\u2019s. At the medical practice, Doc is talking to a headhunter, hoping to find his replacement after learning of his health problems.<\/p>\n Unfortunately for Jack, his problems don\u2019t end with the shooting as after spending the day with Mel for her birthday, his house goes up in flame. While both Jack and Mel escape unscathed, his home is destroyed and he has to live in Mel\u2019s cabin while it\u2019s repaired.<\/p>\n As for Lilly, she\u2019s looking after her newborn baby but her older daughter Tara notices that she doesn\u2019t look too well. Lilly then confides in Mel that she\u2019s suffering with Stage 4 pancreatic cancer and wants to list her as an emergency contact. She later tells Doc but asks him to promise not to tell Hope before she does.<\/p>\n Meanwhile, Muriel is still trying to spend time with Doc, who is worried about struggling to get in touch with Hope, and decides to book a flight to Atlanta so he can go to Port Royal and look for her himself \u2013 however, Hope gets in touch to tell him that she\u2019s staying in South Carolina to continue helping her aunt.<\/p>\n As for Brie, she\u2019s still in Virgin River and ends up staying the night with Brady, who is now working at Emerald Lumber, after they drink together at a bar. The two start to become close after spending the next day together and Brie goes to visit Jack to tell him that she quit her job, becoming upset when he asks her why. Unfortunately, Brady soon learns that Emerald Lumber won\u2019t survive as a legitimate business<\/p>\n There\u2019s soon trouble in paradise for Lizzie and Ricky when her ex-boyfriend Parker turns up in Virgin River looking for her, while Ricky visits a Marine Corps recruitment centre and contemplates applying. At the practice, Mel confronts Doc after hearing a voicemail that reveals he\u2019s searching for his replacement, questioning him why he\u2019s not involving her in the interview process. He eventually tells Mel that he\u2019s looking for a new doctor as he suffering from macular degeneration and will soon struggle to work.<\/p>\n After butting heads with Charmaine\u2019s fianc\u00e9 Todd over the choices he\u2019s convinced her to make about their twins, Charmaine arranges for Todd and Jack to have dinner together. However, during the meal, Todd tells him that he wants to legally adopt the children and pay Jack to stay out of the picture, upsetting Jack.<\/p>\n Mel is then dealt another bombshell when Brie tells her that Jack has been married before. She passes out, with Jack and Mel discovering that she\u2019s been taking Xanax \u2013 an anti-anxiety medication. She tells Mel that six months prior, she began dating a lawyer who later raped her, leading to a pregnancy and a miscarriage.<\/p>\n Meanwhile, police officer Mike is still investigating Jack\u2019s shooting and while he has Jimmy \u2013 Calvin\u2019s right-hand man \u2013 in custody at one point, he tells Jack that Brady doesn\u2019t have an alibi and has become the main suspect. He is called in for questioning and fails to return Brie\u2019s calls. When Jack later sees Brie with Brady, he remembers that he was at the bar on the night he was shot and tells Brady to leave his property.<\/p>\n Lizzie and Ricky\u2019s relationship becomes strained when Lizzie moves in with him and his grandmother but they struggle to adjust to living with one another. She then becomes upset when he says that he doesn\u2019t want to live with her, secretly planning to sign up to the Marines.<\/p>\n Jack meets up with his lawyer and learns that he\u2019s going to have to fight for custody of his twins with Charmaine. Realising that he won\u2019t be able to father a child with Mel, who is desperate to be a parent, he breaks up with her.<\/p>\n Struggling with the heartbreak, Mel visits her sister in LA and decides to use the remaining embryos she\u2019d stored from her IVF journey with her late husband Mark. Meanwhile, Jack decides that he wants to be with Mel although he\u2019ll be in for a shock when he learns that Todd wants to move with Charmaine and the twins to Eureka in a bid to push Jack out of their lives. Charmaine later tells him that Todd decided this without consulting her and Jack tells her to be honest with him.<\/p>\n Sadly, Lilly passes away in her sleep whilst Doc drops by for dinner. The town descends on her funeral, during which Jack and Mel talk about their relationship. They decide to get back together while Hope tells Doc that she wants to be alone after failing to arrive in Virgin River in time for Lilly\u2019s funeral. Later on, he learns that she was involved in a car accident and has been seriously injured.<\/p>\n Meanwhile, Lizzie gets upset when Ricky tells her he won\u2019t be able to attend a wedding with her in a few weeks and learns that he plans to enlist in the Marines without telling her. She tells him that while she loves him, they should go their separate ways.<\/p>\n Later on, Mel learns that she is pregnant. With the IVF procedure worked, she debates over how to tell Jack, who learns that Charmaine recently married Todd in Eureka and that the latter doesn\u2019t want Jack involved with the twins.<\/p>\n Brie reveals that she\u2019s planning on leaving Virgin River and starting again, however Brady tries to persuade her to stay. However, a sheriff arrives with a search warrant and finds a gun in Brady\u2019s car. He then arrests Brady for Jack\u2019s attempted murder.<\/p>\n Meanwhile, Doc is still waiting to hear news about Hope when a young man shows up, claiming that he is Doc\u2019s long-lost grandson.<\/p>\n As for Mel and Jack, they meet once more and Mel finally tells Jack that she\u2019s pregnant but she\u2019s not sure who the father is.<\/p>\n Virgin River season 4 arrives on\u00a0Netflix<\/a>\u00a0on Wednesday 20th July, while seasons 1-3 are available to stream already.<\/strong><\/p>\n Check out our lists of the\u00a0best series on Netflix<\/a>\u00a0and the\u00a0best movies on Netflix<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 or see what else is on with our\u00a0TV Guide<\/a>. Visit our\u00a0Drama<\/a>\u00a0hub for all the latest news.<\/strong><\/p>\n The latest issue of Radio Times magazine is on sale now \u2013\u00a0subscribe now<\/a>\u00a0and get the next 12 issues for only \u00a31. For more from the biggest stars in TV, listen to the\u00a0Radio Times podcast<\/a> with Jane Garvey.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/body><\/html>\n By Lauren Morris Published: Tuesday, 19 July 2022 at 12:00 am Netflix\u2019s Virgin River returns to our screens tomorrow, with the romantic drama revisiting on-off couple Jack and Mel for a fourth time as they prepare for the arrival of a little one. 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