{"id":2315,"date":"2021-07-28T14:47:31","date_gmt":"2021-07-28T12:47:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1266506"},"modified":"2021-07-28T14:47:31","modified_gmt":"2021-07-28T12:47:31","slug":"virgin-river-season-4-release-date-cast-plot-and-latest-news-about-the-netflix-drama","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/virgin-river-season-4-release-date-cast-plot-and-latest-news-about-the-netflix-drama\/","title":{"rendered":"Virgin River season 4: release date, cast, plot and latest news about the Netflix drama"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"rssexcerpt\"> Will the small-town romantic drama be back for a fourth season? Here&#8217;s everything we know so far. <\/p><p class=\"rssauthor\">By Lauren Morris\n                \t\t<\/p><p class=\"rssbyline\">Published: Wednesday, 28 July 2021 at 12:00 am<\/p><hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n\n<p>Virgin River returned at the start of the month with its long-awaited third season and what a season it turned out to be, with a shock death, another surprise pregnancy and another set of cliffhangers that have us desperate for season four.<\/p>\n<p>Thankfully, Tim Matheson, who plays Doc in the show, recently revealed to\u00a0<a href=\"\/\/radiotimes.com&quot;\">RadioTimes.com<\/a> that <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/drama\/virgin-river-season-4-filming-any-day-exclusive-newsupdate\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">filming on new episodes was due to begin very soon<\/a>, while Lynda Boyd, who plays Lily, teased that <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/drama\/virgin-river-lynda-boyd-lilly-return-season-4-exclusive-newsupdate\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">we may not have seen the last of her character<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>As for Lizzie and Ricky, who sadly broke up at the end of season three, Grayson Gurnsey has hinted at a potential reunion for the couple despite Ricky\u2019s plans to join the marines.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI do hope they get back together, but on mutual terms where she has forgiven him and he has learned his lesson \u2014 not out of shame or guilt, but out of a genuine understand of her feelings,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Read on for all the latest news around Virgin River season four, including cast announcements, plot reveals and trailers.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Will there be a fourth season of Virgin River?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>While Netflix has not yet officially confirmed whether Virgin River is returning for a fourth season, Tim Matheson, who plays Doc in the show, revealed the\u00a0<strong>RadioTimes.com<\/strong> that filming is due to begin very soon.<\/p>\n<p>In an exclusive interview, Matheson said that <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/drama\/virgin-river-season-4-filming-any-day-exclusive-newsupdate\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener noopener noreferrer\">filming for season 4 will begin \u201cany day now\u201d<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>This lines up with <a href=\"\/\/www.productionweekly.com\/production-weekly-issue-1249-thursday-june-3-2021-124-listings-28-pages\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener noopener noreferrer\">ProductionWeekly<\/a>\u2018s June issue which reports that shooting on Virgin River season four is due to start in late July and expected to finish by 30th November in Vancouver, Canada.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/\/radiotimes.com&quot;\">RadioTimes.com<\/a> has contacted Netflix for comment. As for official confirmation, make sure to keep checking this page for the latest news on Virgin River season four.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Virgin River season 4 release date<\/strong><\/h2>\n<div class=\"&quot;image-handler__container\" style=\"padding-bottom:\"> <img class=\"&quot;wp-image-1266593\" align=\"\" data-src=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2021\/07\/VirginRiver_Season3_Episode2_00_23_23_23C-8ece279.jpg?quality=90&amp;resize=620%2C413&quot;\" width=\"&quot;620&quot;\" height=\"&quot;413&quot;\" alt=\"&quot;Virgin\" title=\"&quot;virgin-river-season-4-release-date&quot;\" \/><\/div> <div class=\"&quot;caption-hold&quot;\"> <span class=\"&quot;im-image-caption&quot;\"> <i>Netflix<\/i> <\/span>\n<\/div>\n<p>If the reports are to be believed that season four filming will begin in July and end in November, it\u2019s likely that the series will return to our screens at the\u00a0<strong>start of 2022<\/strong> at the earliest.<\/p>\n<p>Fans had to wait just under a year after season one for season two\u2019s release date, however the wait has been even shorter for season three, which arrived after just seven months.<\/p>\n<p>While it may be overly optimist to hope for season four by February\/March, hopefully we\u2019ll have it by summer 2022 by the latest!<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Virgin River season 4 cast<\/strong><\/h2>\n<div class=\"&quot;image-handler__container\" style=\"padding-bottom:\"> <img class=\"&quot;wp-image-1266595\" align=\"\" data-src=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2021\/07\/VirginRiver_Season3_Episode3_00_21_18_08C-eee9390.jpg?quality=90&amp;resize=620%2C413&quot;\" width=\"&quot;620&quot;\" height=\"&quot;413&quot;\" alt=\"&quot;Virgin\" title=\"&quot;virgin-river-season-4-release-date&quot;\" \/><\/div> <div class=\"&quot;caption-hold&quot;\"> <span class=\"&quot;im-image-caption&quot;\"> <i>Netflix<\/i> <\/span>\n<\/div>\n<p>It wouldn\u2019t be Virgin River if Alexandra Breckenridge and Martin Henderson didn\u2019t return as midwife Mel Monroe and bar owner Jack Sheridan so we\u2019d expect to see them in a fourth season, while you can expect Colin Lawrence (Preacher), Lauren Hammersley (Charmaine Roberts), Tim Matheson (Vernon \u2018Doc\u2019 Mullins), Benjamin Hollingsworth (Dan Brady), Grayson Gurnsey (Ricky) and Sarah Dugdale (Lizzie) to reprise their roles in another season.<\/p>\n<p>Annette O\u2019Toole, who plays <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/drama\/where-is-hope-virgin-river-season-3\/&quot;\">Hope in Virgin River<\/a>, was noticeably less present in season three, with the character visiting an elderly relative in another state, getting stuck there due to a hurricane and only appearing via Zoom. The show\u2019s creator Sue Tenney revealed that Hope\u2019s absence was down to O\u2019Toole being unable to film on set due the pandemic, however a representative for O\u2019Toole recently told\u00a0<strong>RadioTimes.com<\/strong> that she will be back on screen for season four.<\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately, Lynda Boyd won\u2019t be returning to Virgin River for season four as her character Lilly dies towards the end of season three after being diagnosed with late-stage pancreatic cancer. However, Boyd recently revealed to\u00a0<strong>RadioTimes.com<\/strong> that <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/drama\/virgin-river-lynda-boyd-lilly-return-season-4-exclusive-newsupdate\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener noopener noreferrer\">producers are planning to bring Lilly back in flashbacks<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen I did have that chat that day with those producers, they said that the plan was to bring me back in flashbacks \u2013 like Mel\u2019s husband, her dead husband.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As for supporting characters, we\u2019re hoping this isn\u2019t the last we see of Jack\u2019s sister Brie (Zibby Allen) and Lilly\u2019s daughter Tara (Stacey Farber), while we\u2019d love to see Nicola Cavendish (Connie), Teryl Rothery (Muriel) and Lexa Doig (Paige Lassiter) return for season four.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>How many seasons of Virgin River will there be?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>We currently don\u2019t know whether Virgin River will definitely be returning for a fourth season, let alone a fifth, sixth or seventh, bu, given the show\u2019s huge popularity and the seemingly-constant cliffhangers, we\u2019re likely to see more of Mel and Jack in the future.<\/p>\n<p>With a lot to explore in future series \u2013 from Hope\u2019s brain injury to the paternity of Mel\u2019s child \u2013 we\u2019ll hopefully see a couple more seasons of Virgin River, especially since there are <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/books\/virginriver-books-order-buy\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener noopener noreferrer\">22 books in Robyn Carr\u2019s novel series<\/a> to work with.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Virgin River season 4 plot<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><strong>**Spoilers ahead for Virgin River season three**<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s hard to predict what season four is likely to cover \u2013 although Virgin River showrunner Sue Tenney has already given us some hints.<\/p>\n<p>It looks as though the mystery surrounding Jack\u2019s shooting is expected to spill over into a fourth season, with Tenney telling Us Weekly: \u201cThere will be an arrest at the end of season three \u2014 but everything is not the way it looks. The story is not over with the arrest.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Martin Henderson, who plays Jack, recently told <a href=\"\/\/ew.com\/tv\/virgin-river-martin-henderson-who-shot-jack\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener noopener noreferrer\">Entertainment Weekly<\/a> that he now knows who shot Jack. \u201cAnd the fact that I know makes me feel like the audience is going to find out.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He added: \u201cThey toyed with the idea of revealing that in season 3. There were drafts where we were going to actually get a little more information, and you would find more out. But for a bunch of reasons, they decided to extend that. So that can be dragged out a little bit.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt would be unfair to the audience to not have that result. That would feel a little tacky to string them along and then keep it a mystery. There has to be resolution, and obviously, it further complicates his relationship with Brady and it\u2019ll be nice to see some of that stuff resolved hopefully too, and maybe heal going forward.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Fingers crossed he\u2019s right and we do find out next season!<\/p>\n<div class=\"&quot;image-handler__container\" style=\"padding-bottom:\"> <img class=\"&quot;wp-image-1266381\" align=\"\" data-src=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2021\/07\/Screenshot-2021-07-08-at-10.41.05-91e3a36.jpg?quality=90&amp;resize=620%2C413&quot;\" width=\"&quot;620&quot;\" height=\"&quot;413&quot;\" alt=\"&quot;Who\" title=\"&quot;who-dies-in-virgin-river-season-3&quot;\" \/><\/div> <div class=\"&quot;caption-hold&quot;\"> <span class=\"&quot;im-image-caption&quot;\"> <i>Netflix<\/i> <\/span>\n<\/div>\n<p>Season four is also likely to pick up after the massive twist in the season three finale, which saw Jack propose to Mel and Mel reveal that she\u2019s pregnant before adding that she\u2019s not 100 per cent sure if the father is Jack or her late husband Mark (Daniel Gillies).<\/p>\n<p>A couple of episodes before, we saw Jack break up with Mel after the pair decided that they wanted different things, and so we can assume that Mel headed to the IVF clinic, using frozen embryos she stored away when her husband Mark was alive. In the next series, we\u2019re likely to watch the fallout of this bombshell news and eventually find out who the baby\u2019s father really is.<\/p>\n<p>In fact, when recently asked about the paternity of Mel\u2019s baby, Tenney told <a href=\"\/\/tvline.com\/lists\/virgin-river-season-4-spoilers-finale-twists-explained\/jack-proposes-mel\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener noopener noreferrer\">TVLine<\/a>: \u201cYou\u2019ll find out by the end of the fourth season.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Teasing the events of season four, Henderson revealed to Entertainment Weekly that it\u2019s going to be \u201ca tough pill to swallow\u201d for Jack and hinted that he may not want to marry Mel after all. \u201cI don\u2019t know exactly how he\u2019s going to feel about it. There\u2019s some other unanswered questions that have to be figured out.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As for Mel\u2019s point of view, Alexandra Breckenridge recently told <a href=\"\/\/tvline.com\/2021\/07\/17\/virgin-river-season-3-finale-mel-pregnant-father-interview\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener noopener noreferrer\">TVLine<\/a> that while she was sceptical of the story line at first, she came around to it. \u201cIt ties itself together, and it makes more sense to me at the end.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhile I was going through it, I was like, \u2018What is Mel doing? This is a crazy thing to do!\u2019 That goes to show that, as an actor, you have to trust in the process and in the writers to take you on the journey. That was what I learned.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Of course, there\u2019s also the matter of Jack and Charmaine\u2019s twins after Charmaine revealed that she\u2019ll try to win full custody of them when they\u2019re born. This legal dispute will pave the way for Brie to have a bigger role in the series, according to Tenney who said: \u201cWe will utilise the fact that Brie is an attorney in the show going forward.\u201d<\/p> <p>Henderson has also revealed that the custody battle over the twins and the prospect of being the father to Mel\u2019s unborn baby is due to take a toll on Jack\u2019s mental health.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s struggling with demons, and there\u2019s grief there and a lot of it\u2019s unexamined. He has this caretaker effect where he feels like it\u2019s his responsibility to take care of anyone in the town that needs it,\u201d he said. \u201cHe goes out of his way and, and although that\u2019s a nice positive attribute, it\u2019s also potentially a compensatory one where he\u2019s also nursing some of his own wounds and regrets and guilt, you know, and I think, I think that\u2019s definitely at play. And, if we are lucky enough to get more seasons, it\u2019ll be nice to explore that aspect of the characters psyche.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Let\u2019s not forget about Ricky (Grayson Gurnsey) and Lizzie (Sarah Dugdale), who broke up at the end of season three after Ricky decided to enlist in the marines without telling Lizzie.<\/p>\n<p>On whether the two teens could reunite, Gurnsey told <a href=\"\/\/tvline.com\/2021\/07\/25\/virgin-river-season-4-ricky-lizzie-grayson-gurnsey-interview\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">TVLine<\/a>: \u201cI do hope they get back together, but on mutual terms where she has forgiven him and he has learned his lesson \u2014 not out of shame or guilt, but out of a genuine understand of her feelings.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat was Ricky\u2019s whole problem this season. He understood that he messed up, but he would never really take it to heart. That\u2019s what he needs to learn if he wants to get back together with her \u2014 he needs to understand her feelings.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>That being said, he added that while Ricky and Lizzie\u2019s love is genuine, it\u2019s also \u201cpuppy love\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen it\u2019s your first love, you might not necessarily love that person for the right reasons, but you can still learn something very valuable and become a better person from that relationship.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s also Hope to worry about, who was hospitalised with a traumatic brain injury after getting into a car accident in the season three finale. Not to fear \u2013 Sue Tenney has teased the plot for a fourth season, saying: \u201cWe do move ahead.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo us, it\u2019s the recovery and what she\u2019s dealing with \u2013 a traumatic brain injury,\u201d she told <a href=\"\/\/ew.com\/tv\/virgin-river-hope-fate-doc-muriel\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener noopener noreferrer\">Entertainment Weekly<\/a>. \u201cIn a hospital and going through recovery, that\u2019s not really where our show lives. But we\u2019re very committed to what the truth of something is, so we\u2019ll go to the edge of what\u2019s the best recovery for this.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe always stick with the parameters, medically, but also we know at this point what we like to do, which are complicated emotionally drama-based stories.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Of course, Lilly (Lynda Boyd) died in season three of Virgin River, however the show\u2019s creator Sue Tenney has revealed that her death will continue to affect relationships in season four.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s a death that affects everybody, and it will continue to affect everybody in [a potential fourth] season,\u201d she told <a href=\"\/\/tvline.com\/2021\/07\/18\/virgin-river-season-3-lilly-dies-death-explained-interview\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener noopener noreferrer\">TV Line<\/a>. \u201cThat\u2019s really special, to have one character that leaves a lasting imprint on the audience and on the characters at large in our show. Her death also to bring Jack and Mel back together. The death of Lilly, as deaths do, helps them hyper focus on the important stuff in life and take away the B.S.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Virgin River seasons 1-3 are available to stream on Netflix. <span class=\"&quot;s1&quot;\"><b>Check out our lists of the <\/b><a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/what-to-watch-tv\/best-tv-shows-netflix\/&quot;\"><span class=\"&quot;s2&quot;\"><b>best series on Netflix<\/b><\/span><\/a><b> and the <\/b><a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/movies\/what-to-watch\/netflix-best-movies\/&quot;\"><span class=\"&quot;s2&quot;\"><b>best movies on Netflix<\/b><\/span><\/a> \u2013 <\/span>or see what else is on with our <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/tv-listings\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener noopener noreferrer\">TV Guide<\/a>. Visit our <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/drama\/&quot;\">Drama<\/a> hub for all the latest news.<\/strong><\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> Will the small-town romantic drama be back for a fourth season? 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