The Virgin River is renewed both for a season 4 and for a season 5 in Netflix, with the first one that is expected to reach Netflix early in the middle of the 2022. Here is an update of everything we know so far from the season 4 of the Virgin River, including the two new faces that you will see in the future and where is the production of season 4?
Editor’s note: This preview was published for the first time in July 2021, but has been updated monthly to reflect new developments with the most recent update in December 2021.
Rapid recapitulation before immersing us in the future of the series. Virgin River is a series of drama adapting the series of novels by Robyn Carr. He focuses on Mel, a young midwife and a nurse who moves from the great city to a small rustic town in Northern California.
Throughout the three seasons of the show, we have seen Mel presented a large number of different people throughout the city that are based on her roots and saw a lot of drama at all times.
Season 1 was launched for the first time in Netflix, in December 2019 with later launches in November 2020 and more recently season 3 in July 2021.
Have you renewed River Virgin River of Netflix for season 4?
Official renewal status: Renovated officially (last update: 07/26/2021)
On September 20, Netflix confirmed Usatoday that season 4 was ahead and not only that, the show would go for a season 5 in Netflix. The orders of the multiple season are rare in Netflix, but it is a testimony of the popularity of the series.
Of course, we have been reporting on season 4 of the existing Virgin River, before the official renewal arrived.
Reacting to the news of a dual renovation, Martin Henderson said:
“Yes, this is happening. Such relief to finally share this news with all of you who have been waiting patiently. Season 4 and 5 of the Virgin River are in the works thanks to all the passionate fans … Thank you! Much more Drama to come … “
Colin Lawrence Posted on Instagram Say:
“So excited to share with you that our little show has been collected by two seasons !!!! Thank you all for being the best fanatics of all !!!!!”
Best of all, Colin announced that season 4 would be even longer than previous seasons. The episode count for season 4 of the Virgin River has expanded 12 episodes of 10.
Previously, in 2021, we inform that several production lists listed the program to return to a fourth season. Better yet, we later obtained words that filming in season 4 should begin at the end of July 2021.
The show entirely movies in Vancouver, Canada.
Radiotimes Lauren Morris conducted an interview with Tim Matheson, who plays Vernon Doc. This interview took place shortly after the premiere of season 3 who confirmed our reports by saying that the filming should begin “any day now”.
Thanks to a publication by Watershed Grill on Instagram, we also knew that it was filming there between August 17 and 18, 2021 (and several times later).
The Waterershed Grill serves as the filming location for Jack’s bar on the Virgin River.
Additional filming was held on the grilled hydrographic basins between August 30 and September 2.
It was expected that the filming will conclude on November 30, 2021, and thanks to publications through Instagram have confirmed that the show has wrapped.
Much of the distribution and crew received gift bags following the conclusion of filming.
How well did Virgin River season played in Netflix?
A quick renewal should not be a big surprise for the followers of the show. Both seasons 2 and 3 were previously renewed before its season debuts in Netflix. This was especially the case of season 3, which was filmed during the launch of season 2.
Thanks to the new Top 10 figures, we can see exactly why Netflix opted to give the program an order for two seasons.
According to the newly launched viewing time figures, between July 4, 2021 until August 15, the show stopped more than a quarter of one billion hours seen on the platform. Between the previous period, 255,120,000 hours were observed in Netflix.
| Time Period | Million Global Hours Viewed | Weeks in Top 10 |
|---|---|---|
| July 4th, 2021 to July 11th, 2021 | 62,580,000 | 1 |
| July 11th, 2021 to July 18th, 2021 | 87,270,000 | 2 |
| July 18th, 2021 to July 25th, 2021 | 44,890,000 | 3 |
| July 25th, 2021 to August 1st, 2021 | 28,320,000 | 4 |
| August 1st, 2021 to August 8th, 2021 | 18,840,000 | 5 |
| August 8th, 2021 to August 15th, 2021 | 13,220,000 | 6 |
The show has featured in the US top 10s for 75 days in total. For season 3, the show was #1 in the United States for just over two weeks and eventually dropped out of the top 10s over a month later.
Nielsen’s top 10s also ranked the series the number 1 watched series between July 12th and July 18th with 2,109 million minutes watched during that week beating out Manifest (on Netflix) and Loki (on Disney+).
New cast members for Virgin River Season 4
In late October 2021, Netflix announced two new characters that would feature in season 4 of Virgin River.
Mark Ghanimé, known for his stint on Helix, will play Dr. Cameron Hayek. He’s Virgin River’s brand new physician who is “armed with eye-catching good looks, a razor-sharp intellect, and a smile that could light up the world, Cameron makes an immediate splash in town – especially with the ladies of Virgin River.”
Also, starring is Kai Bradbury who will play Denny Cutler who is Doc’s long-lost grandson. Denny comes bearing a secret despite best intentions to rekindle a relationship with his grandfather.
One of the extras we’ll see in season 4 includes Rohain Arora who will play a waiter.
When will season 4 of Virgin River be on Netflix?
With filming taking place so early, the means that we shouldn’t have to wait a ridiculous length of time for the new season.
With that said, don’t go expecting a 2021 release for season 4.
Instead, we’re currently predicting that Virgin River season 4 should return in 2022 with it most likely being in Q2-Q3 2022 (anywhere between April and July 2022).
What to expect from Virgin River season 4
Mel’s big story going into season 4 is that she’s pregnant although the actual father has yet to be revealed. That’s believed to be revealed by the end of season 4.
Brady’s future looks to be in jeopardy given that he’s been arrested for the shooting of Jack at the end of season 2.
We should see the return of Hope in season 4 although in what form is yet to be seen. She was absent for most of season 3 (mainly due to not being allowed to travel to film) but we learned that she was visiting her aunt in another state. On the way back, however, she had been hospitalized after an accident in the storm when returning to Virgin River.
Crossing to Doc Mullins (husband of Hope), he’ll continue to battle his disease (macular degeneration) which has been slowly progressing throughout season 3. Sue Tenney, who serves as the showrunner for Virgin River, spoke to Entertainment Weekly about what we can expect from Hope in season 4 saying:
“To us, it’s the recovery and what she’s dealing with – a traumatic brain injury. In a hospital and going through recovery, that’s not really where our show lives.
But we’re very committed to what the truth of something is, so we’ll go to the edge of what’s the best recovery for this.
We 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.”
It’s been confirmed that Lynda Boyd will return for season 4 in the form of flashbacks according to an interview with the actress.
Daniel Gillies has teased a return to the show too saying:
“Here’s what I’ll say, somewhat enigmatically, the good news about being the dead husband is that you can appear at any time. I’ll leave it at that.”
On the show’s Instagram account, they rarely give too many hints about what we can expect but did recently ask for suggestions for Jack’s specials board that sits outside the restaurant.
Will there be a season 6 of Virgin River?
This is way too early to be talking about but we have had some hints about whether the show could go on beyond its now announced fifth season.
Speaking before the announcement to Us Weekly, the showrunner Sue Tenney teased that they “want to do as many seasons as we can”. There’s a mountain of source material to cover in future seasons so the door is wide open.
If you’re looking for something else to stream in the meantime, head on over to our top recommendations on shows similar to Virgin River.
As for keeping up-to-date with Virgin River announcements, either follow us or follow the official Instagram page for Virgin River which has been a great exclusive source of behind-the-scenes snaps and more.
You’ll find videos and photos like the recently uploaded video on set celebrating the birthday of Martin Henderson.
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