Virgin River is continuously served as one of the successful series on Netflix. The fifth season of Virgin River is filming in British Columbia, Canada. Virgin River will soon hit on Netflix anytime in 2023.
It was December 2019, the first time the series debuted on Netflix, Virgin River is quite one of the big hits on Netflix and the journey of the series is very smooth. The series hits with fans across the globe and also enjoy the romantic drama featuring Alexandra Breckenridge, Martin Henderson, Colin Lawrence, and Jenny Cooper.
Virgin River (Season 5): Renewal Status
For the people who have no idea, Virgin River had given a two-season renewal order following season 3. The fourth season had to go to be declared as we had already collected the word like the series that had started the shooting.
The series create a response among the audience, and also started the filming. The show doesn’t capture all of the headlines. Netflix confirms the top 10 hourly figures, as the show just bagged 333.92 million hours watched globally while it’s come about the top 10s.
The third season just starred for 6 weeks in the global top 1-0 following the release and also a mass 225.12 million hours of watching globally between 4th July and 15th August 2021.
The most interesting fact is the hourly data mostly matches the profile of the third season set to debut in July 2021. Except for the first week while season 4 has such few more days on the platform permitting a greater first-week launch.
Virgin River (Season 4): Netflix Performance
The fourth season is definitely one of the big hits of Netflix even if it has been unable to cover all the headlines. Netflix’s top 10 has such hourly charts for 6 weeks, picking up the show getting filled with 304.790 million hours watched globally just between 17th July and 28th of August 2022.
Having the caveat season 4 had such an extra couple of episodes, here’s how season 4 in comparing to season 3 for the first 6 weeks on the platform:
| Week in Top 10 | Season 4 | Season 3 |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 105,440,000 | 62,580,000 |
| 2 | 87,940,000 | 87,270,000 |
| 3 | 46,930,000 | 44,890,000 |
| 4 | 29,550,000 | 28,320,000 |
| 5 | 20,470,000 | 18,840,000 |
| 6 | 14,460,000 | 13,220,000 |
External demand looks for getting strong for the series also, albeit, on Google Trends, they have suggested that the series may be getting peaked in interest for the third season.
On 13th October 2022, the show become the 25th most famous show of 20922 confirmed by FlixPayrol top 10s.
Virgin River (Season 5): Production Status
The earlier reports in the year confirm that the filming of Virgin River season 5 is just due to start in March 2022. This was consecutively delayed to July 2022. The series was facing delays to July 2022 although even those dates had subjected and finished the changes.
We have reported that the filming was set to take place between 1st July and 30th November 2022. The reason behind the delay is still unknown. Alexandra Breckenridge is also interested in shooting in the summer by saying that Vancouver isn’t that fun to get the film in this winter.
We also can confirm that the shooting started in Vancouver, BC, Canada just on 18th July 2022, and has scheduled to run along 17th November 2022.
On Instagram, the official Vergin River series account confirmed that production is underway with a Zoom call of a table based on the fifth season.
The new post just follows:
“Our cast in a table read for SEASON 5. Yes, you heard that right folks. We have now started production on SEASON 5! Also, please meet our lovely new Showrunner Partick Sean smith. We can’t WAIT for you to see what we have in store. Don’t forget though, that Season 4 is only 2 days away. See you soon!!”
The fifth season has featured Alexandra Breckenridge as Mel Monroe, martin Henderson as Jack Sheridan, Annette O’Toole as Hope Mccrea, Tim Matheson as Dr. Vernon Mullins, Benjamin Hollingsworth as Dan Brady, Zibby Allen as Brie Sheridan, Gwynyth Walsh as Jo Ellen, Collin Lawrence as John ‘Preacher’ Middleton, Sarah Cooper as Joey Barnes, Nicola Cavendish as Connie, Chase Petriw as Christopher, Kai Bradbury as Denny Cutler, Mark Ghanime as Dr. Cameron Hayek, Marco Grazzini as Mike Valenzuela, Teryl Rothery as Muriel, Steve Bacic as Vince, Christina Jastrzembski as Lydie, Trevor Lerner as Bert Gordon, Lucia Walters as Julia, Keith McKechnie as Nick, and Emma Oliver as Young Mel.
We have talked about Virgin River season 5 having an episode budget of $3 and $5 million for each episode the means about season 5 could cost Netflix up to $60 million when all has been said and done.
The shooting was confirmed to be wrapped on 21st November 2022.
Virgin River (Season 5): Director
Thanks to production listings, we know who will be directing episodes in the fifth season of Virgin River:
Monika Mitchell also directed a couple of early episodes. Mitchell has previously directed episodes in season 3, including Take My Breath Away, Spare Parts, and Broken Hearts.
Felipe Rodriguez going to make his directorial debut on Virgin River for season 5. The director has worked on shows like Hudson & Rex, The Good Doctor, Blood and Water, and Ruby and the Well.
Martin Wood has already directed 15 episodes in the series so far and will be returning.
Jem Garrard made her Virgin River debut in season 5. She has previously directed on Motherland: Fort Salem, Wynonna Earp, and Charmed.
Andy Mikita coming with another returning director for season 5. Has also worked on Travelers, Motive, and Family Law.
Gail Harvey has been expected to return as a director on Virgin River, adding to her 6 credits thus far.
New Cast Members for Virgin River Season 5 on Netflix
In October 2022, What’s on Netflix exclusively confirmed about Kandyse McClure had joined the cast for season 5 in a yet-to-be-revealed role. McClure previously starred in Netflix’s V-Wars and Battlestar Galactica.
Also joining the cast for season 5 are three new faces confirmed in November 2022.
The things contained Susan Hogan, Elise Gatien, and Paolo Maiolo. There is no character names have been revealed, as they’re reportedly considered spoilers.
Virgin River (Season 5): Episodes Count
Until the fourth season, all the seasons of Virgin River just contain 10 episodes in a piece. In season 5 we will see twelve episodes, for that a big thank you from Alexandra Breckenridge for the live stream, and give the confirmation of an expanded 12-episode in the fifth season once again. The showrunner recently confirmed the episodes once again.
Virgin River (Season 5): Expectations
The name of the series will not be successful if Season 4 ended with a cliffhanger. At the end of the season, Charmaine has seen in severe pain and scared od on losing her twins, and head the confession to Jack and Mel that the two boys are not really his.
This thing will obviously be one of the main and most important questions for season 5. In speaking with Glamour Magazine Henderson and Breckenridge revealed that they know the twin’s paternity, which can easily indicate the father of the twin that’s a member of the current cast.
The main reckon are Brady, Mike, and Dr. Cameron.
Mel and Jack, the two most beloved couples of the series set to continue a major role in season 5. The latest season should follow them, focusing on the relationship, and family, with the new baby girl.
Alexandra Breckenridge has teased a behavior season for the ongoing season 5 and telling:
“I think what’s going to be interesting is to see this universe continue to grow and expand and to see new characters, other characters return. A lot of that was set up in the Season 4 finale but it’s going to be really exciting to see all of that come to a head in Season 5. And some of the soap that’s going to come out of these new complex tensions and triangles.”
Virgin River’s mayor Hope going to continue recovering with the help of Lizzie and Hopefully with her mayoral duties and strong her friendship with Muriel.
Brie has opened up about her rape to Brady and while facing her former boyfriend-rapist Fon, she has decided to report her sexual assault and taking him to the court. The brand-new season just focuses on Brie’s trial and disclosing the assault to Jack.
We have left Preacher and Paige in a cabin with Vince unconscious on the floors we are going to bd goodbye to Paige for the good next season. This is due to Julia who is a new love interest for Preacher getting introduced in season 4, and there’s little evidence in there’s room for a love triangle.
The grandson of Doc Danny exposed bout Lizzie as he has no desire to get romantically attached as he has been diagnosed with Huntington’s disease. This is really a rare d disease that happens in the progressive b takedown of nerve cells in the brain.
In that next season, both Lizzie and Doc will have to face illness of Danny. Lizzie getting matured immensely at the time of the fourth season set to decide if she desires to pursue a relationship with Danny despite his disease or if she still holds feelings for Ricky who though she has left for the marine boot camp in San Diego, not going to stay away from Virgin River for too long.
Virgin River (Season 5): New and Returning Cast
Netflix’s drama head has confirmed in an interview with Deadline about Jinny Howe who was touched on how the show will change going into the fifth season.
She also said the Hollywood trade site:
“ I think what’s going to be interesting is to watch this universe continue to grow and expand and to see new characters, other characters return. A lot of that was set up in the Season 4 finale but it’s going to be really exciting to see all of that come to a head in Season 5. And some of the soap that’s going to come out of those new complex tensions and triangles.”
Diversity and LGBTQ Addition
At last, Breckenridge has revealed in her interview with Glamour that the latest showrunner, writers, and directors will bring more LGBTQ+ stories to create more inclusivity in the show. Breckenridge has been extremely vocal about the huge amount of diversity in Virgin River from the beginning.
Virgin River (Season 5): Netflix Release
Along with the production that’s underway, it’s quite a little room fast to tell when season 5 will be available on Netflix. After using the production schedules and release dates prior to the years, and takes across 6-7 months for the series to drop onto Netflix eventually. It’s quite safe to think that the series will drop at any time in 2023.
Providing the production has been scheduled to finish in November 2022, we can watch season 5 of Virgin River on Netflix as quickly as the summer of 2023.
From the production it has scheduled to end in November 2022, we might see season 5 of Virgin River on Netflix as quickly as Summer 2023.
Virgin River (Season 6): Updates
We will know the proper about at the end of the fifth season. In those aforementioned interviews with Netflix’s head of drama, Howe told Deadline that we will “definitely see more longevity and growth with the show”, and also added:
“As long as the audience asks for it and shows up—and I think we see with Season 4 that the fandom, is very strong and growing many places as well—it feels like based on what we’re seeing with Season 4 and the anticipation for Season 5 that there is a lot more storytelling to offer us.
It will be very exciting to see which characters continue to break out and audiences crave more of; we’re playing very close attention, understanding that this is a really rich universe of characters and that people can’t even seem to get enough, myself included. So, I think as long as that continues to be the case—which we’re very hopeful for—you can rest assured that there will be more Virgin River.”
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