“I think, as long as these characters are living, there are always going to be stories to tell, and that’s an incredible opportunity for any showrunner,” he concluded. I think we’re probably looking at a 10-episode season moving forward,” he added, noting that there are “no plans of wrapping anything up.” “It’s sort of, been there done that, and I feel like we did it in a big way that I wouldn’t even know where to start to explore. The showrunner added that he doesn’t know if he will do a holiday special again. John 'Preacher' Middleton (12 Episodes) Benjamin Hollingsworth. Jack Sheridan (12 Episodes) Colin Lawrence. I don’t know exactly how many months but it won’t be a direct pickup from the holidays,” Smith told Deadline. Melinda Monroe (12 Episodes) Martin Henderson. “We do intend to do another time jump from the holidays to when Season 6 starts so we can anticipate a bit of a time jump.

Additionally, there will be another time jump will kick off Season 6. It will only have 10 episodes (as it did in seasons 1 through 3). When Season 6 returns to Netflix, the series will look a little different than the past two seasons. … So I just was like, ‘Given the circumstances right now, let’s not have a dog.’ Then when we talked about it for this year, and I was like, ‘Yeah, me and Jack should probably have a dog.’” “First of all, given the circumstances between Mel and Charmaine, I said, ‘Why would Mel ever agree to this? I don’t think that makes sense or is appropriate.’ Second of all, it was during COVID, so the sets were locked down, everybody was in a mask and had a shield on their face. “ was going to give us her dog at one point, and I said, ‘No way,’ because want to be stuck with her dog,” Breckenridge explained. However, Virgin River showrunner Patrick Sean Smith told TVLine in December 223 that the dog will likely need to be replaced for the next season because of the writers’ and actors’ strikes. Mel is ecstatic, as she always wanted a puppy since she was a little girl.

The show recently released its Christmas episodes, which conclude with Jack gifting Mel a puppy named Pony. Annette O’Toole, Colin Lawrence, Benjamin Hollingsworth, Zibby Allen, Sarah Dugdale, Lauren Hammersley, and Denny Cutler also star. This Is Us star Alexandra Breckenridge plays Mel, while Grey’s Anatomy alum Martin Henderson portrays Mel’s love interest Jack. She is hired by Vernon “Doc” Mullins (Tim Matheson) to be the town’s nurse practitioner/midwife. It premiered on Netflix in 2019 and follows Melinda ‘Mel’ Monroe, a woman who relocates from Los Angeles to the remote Northern California town of Virgin River, hoping for a fresh start. Virgin River is a romantic drama based on the novels of the same name by Robyn Carr. How to Watch Heartland Season 17 in the US if You Can't Wait For It to Come to Netflix

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