Virgin River Season 3 Review: Comfort TV Gone Wrong
We watch small-town dramas to spend time with beloved characters, feel the comfort that comes with the quaint surroundings, and yes, for the drama the residents keep encountering between enjoying mugs of hot chocolate with marshmallows every night.
In other words, we watch them for everything Virgin River Season 3 fails to provide us.
We get to spend time with characters we love, sure. But so much screentime is devoted to characters we barely know long enough to remember their names, let alone care about.
Virgin River is still a beautiful place to behold, but we barely have time to take a breath and enjoy the simpler moments of the season before the next person experiences trauma.
So, that must mean that Virgin River gets the conflict element of the genre correct, right? Wrong.
Why should we care?
Season 3 follows the same episode structure as Virgin River Season 2. Nearly every episode ends with a huge cliffhanger that is essentially forgotten or resolved within the first few minutes of the next episode.
Believe it or not, this pattern begins on Virgin River Season 3 Episode 1, “Where There’s Smoke… .”
Virgin River Season 2 ends with Jack getting shot, and Season 3 begins with a short montage of him at the hospital receiving treatment. It lasts all of one minute, and then abracadabra, Jack is healed.
There is never meant to be any doubt that he lives. But there is a thread throughout the season of Mike trying to identify Jack’s shooter.
It’s just baffling that he doesn’t have any lingering physical injury to overcome.
Jack is a character we are conditioned to care about since Virgin River Season 1 Episode 1, “Carry on.” We are already emotionally invested in him. It makes sense to devote a little bit of time to his recovery, even by just making him walk with a cane for a few episodes.
Instead, more time is spent on showing us that his sister Brie, whom we’ve just met, has trauma to overcome. That part is mysterious enough by Virgin River standards. Then the payoff falls short.
Brie was raped by her ex-boyfriend, which adds layers upon layers of difficulty to the fact that she’s miscarried a baby. But in the scene she confesses this to Mel on the season finale, Virgin River fails to use the words “sex” or “rape.”
Virgin River is in the more family-friendly division of Netflix, but using euphemisms and talking around rape is irresponsible. Brie can mix booze and pills, but she’s not allowed to utter the words, “he forced me to have sex?”
If Virgin River is going to broach the topic on such a cozy show it could at least use terminology. The scene has potential. Women bond through trauma. But its impact is destroyed because all of the dialogue skirts around what actually happened.
If Virgin River wants us to care about new characters, it should at least execute correctly.
Show us pain
Instead of throwing a few ideas at the screen to see what sticks as most TV shows do when losing their way — Virgin River throws every idea possible on-screen and then insists on making them all stick.
It’s a waste of time and such a shame because some of the story arcs would work if given any time at all to develop.
Lilly’s cancer is a good example of this. We’ve known and cared about her since Season 1. Her stage 4 cancer and death are a big deal on Season 3. Her illness and impending death are a theme that is talked about, but it’s all a classic example of telling instead of showing.
Virgin River does not even make an effort to make Lilly look anything more than tired throughout the season.
Chemo is what makes people the sickest, but that doesn’t mean that someone who has stage 4 cancer would never be sick in bed and has all the time in the world to ride horses.
We are not watching a medical show, so it’s understandable that we don’t follow Lilly and Tara to Lilly’s cancer treatments and through surgeries.
But we only see her hide it and say her goodbyes. More time could have been spent on her journey from denial to acceptance, even if we only have eight episodes between the time we find out about the diagnosis to Lilly’s death.
We could have gone to the appointment with Lilly to hear her diagnosis at the very least.
Cancer is vicious. It’s not a lovely experience that lets someone say goodbye to their friends during knitting circle and die peacefully in their sleep. It’s disrespectful that Virgin River tries to convince us as much.
We can’t ignore the plot holes and mysteries that are dragging on
The biggest hole on Virgin River Season 3 is Hope’s absence from the town — a few FaceTime calls just doesn’t do the character justice.
Absence definitely makes the heart grow fonder for Hope and me. When she’s in town, she’s annoying. But without her, I realize that her gossip is essential to the plot and flow of the story.
There is no one on Season 3 to butt into people’s business and force them to confront each other and their problems head-on. It makes for boring television.
No one is around to insist that Jack and Virgin River deal with the fact that his house doesn’t exist anymore. Or, to make Lilly and Virgin River deal with the realities of cancer. Or, to force Charmaine and Virgin River to face the fact that Charmaine is in a very abusive relationship.
Hope is the one character I want to heal quickly, no matter if it is realistic or not. We need her. She’d be a great person to drill into Mike’s head that Brady did not shoot Jack.
Brady is a boring but tolerable character as a love interest and without the drug dealing plot rendering him completely useless. I just know that Mike has a weird vendetta against Brady, and I’d like for Mike to leave town soon.
Jack is magically fine after one minute of screentime related to his injury. It’s absolutely ridiculous that Mike has not identified the shooter yet. Virgin River fans are not watching a crime drama anyway. Just tell us who it is and move on.
I feel similarly about Preacher’s storyline as it relates to Paige.
I barely remember Paige, let alone that her abusive ex-husband has a twin or rose from the dead or whatever is happening there. Virgin River needs to wrap up this story.
Watching Preacher parent Christopher is more entertaining. Plus, Preacher isn’t so dumb as to get in a car with a stranger and drink a random soda that she drugged.
He’s a veteran, he’s trained to know better. Let’s get to the part where he directs the kids in a successful stage adaptation of “The Wizard of Oz,” please.
We’ll admit, some stories work
Mel’s journey to becoming pregnant is one of the only story threads that works on Virgin River Season 3. Given that she is a widow and has already lost a child, this story has so many potentially emotional layers.
Virgin River only scratches the surface, but it’s still nice to have some consistency considering she’s wanted to be a mother since Season 1. What is confusing about Mel’s quest is that it takes her so long to consider being a single mother who gets pregnant without a man’s help.
It takes me a few episodes to realize that she’s nervous to talk to Jack because she wants him to be the kid’s father. I even forget that she has some embryos on ice that are Mark’s.
Mel could become a parent on her own and still be in a relationship with Jack. We are not living in 1950.
It does make sense that Joey is the person to put the idea of using Mark’s embryos into Mel’s head. Sometimes we need sisterly advice.
Once Jack goes all in with Mel, it’s a little bit disconcerting that he’s so chill about her pregnancy when he breaks up with her days before because he doesn’t want to be a father of three.
Hopefully, he doesn’t care who the baby’s father is. That would be one time a quick resolution makes sense.
Mel’s confession is a mild cliffhanger for Virgin River. But if there is a Season 4, she and Jack are heading in a more unique direction if Mark is actually the baby’s biological father.
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Esme Mazzeo is a lifestyle and entertainment journalist from Long Island. When she's not writing for work, she's writing for fun, or searching for something to satisfy her sweet tooth. She thinks rainy days are the best kind of days. Certified night owl.
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great review. i’m a few episodes in, and finding it a snooze fest. i loved the first season, thought second season was pretty good, but this is downright trite….maybe not even lifetime movie quality writing…and those movies are rough. Charmaine magically has a rich bf who wants to adopt the babies? she went from being so sick she was staying at hope’s to moving in with a rich guy who is so excited to raise someone else’s twins. doc is going blind, but don’t tell anyone, jack just can’t quite remember who shot him, jack’s sis who i haven’t even bothered learning her name had a traumatic experience…i think the writers have taken in the fact that netflix renews them before there is response to a new season and it has made them lazy. yawn.
Agree with the article, not sure what I just witnessed, but itit0 wasn’t what I expected. Mel and Joey – good stories, wish they could have worked more on them. No Hope, even with Covid issues, disastrous. Brady and Jack’s sister, boring. Then we are to care about her sudden and awful bombshell? I didn’t mind the teenage duo, but their story was too prominent for a programme with stronger characters/stories. Lilies cancer story was sad, and the messages heartfelt, but as the article says, a disservice to those suffering cancer. The cliffhanger shouldn’t have been that.
A huge disappointment for me. Review spot-on. If there is a fourth season, not sure I’d bother watching.
Virgin River season 3. What a complete and utter disappointment. Did they get new writers? What the heck happened! Waited so long and couldn’t even
make it through the second one episode!
I agree…I could wait for season 3. So disappointing. Lily could of had chemo…pancreatic cancer is terrible but treatment has come along way. Give the audience so hope. Mel walks into the doctor’s office and they deforst the embryo . Just like that no medical prep. Remember she also had many miscarriages.
The season was terrible.
Exactly too many cliffhanger in season 3 nothing resolved
Great summary! Agree with all you’ve described. Season 3 is lacking depth and connection to the characters and storylines, especially in the way the tragedies are glossed over. Jack is shot at end of Season 2, then miraculously recovers immediately in Season 3 – huh? I expected Mel to nurse Jack back on his feet, and see their relationship grow as a result of this tragedy. Then Jacks house burnt down, after which Mel says, “I’m here for you,” then that story line is basically over. Given all this, Jack’s acting is still fantastic and he is carrying the show. Mel seems flat this season, however. It feels like she’s going through the motions, though she’s an excellent actress. They filmed during Covid and maybe that threw off some of the dynamics. Loved seasons 1 and 2 and the sizzling buildup to Mel and Jacks relationship. Wish this season offered more richness and depth and let us warmly enjoy the characters and the storylines as we did in the first 2 seasons.
Well for the first time I hope this is the end of Virgin River. This season was a total disappointment. Talk about missing the boat. The writing was poor, the characters shallow, direction terrible….sigh.
So true. This season was one trauma after another. No one was happy! This show needs to turn around or it’s going to loose it’s viewers.
Name one happy event this season……see you can’t!
I can’t believe how quickly they ended this season Waited so long for its return And It was over in the blink of an eye . Mail Is lucky to have Jack I think she tries to push him away he deserves better And they need to get rid of Charmaine Charmaine who I really don’t think is pregnant who I really don’t think is pregnant. Babe why would they leave us Hey let’s hang with so many questions Waited a whole year for this season this season which was totally uneventful well very disappointed But Jack is still my absolute favorite
I found season 3 to be a huge disappointment for several reasons.
Jack’s shooting and recovery were hardly touched upon, Charmaine’s new boyfriend/fiance story is nonsense. It happened out of the blue. She is just out of her ” sick bed” and hey presto she is in love with and engaged to a dictator who is telling her who when where and how. Rubbish.
I understand Hope being missing from filming but a devastating accident? Really?
Also the destructive fire. Oh my word,, why? Also why the embryo storyline. Hell no. Mel was so depressed throughout this season, that no doctor would implant a precious embryo into her sad and sorry womb because it would be a toxic environment for bes life with all those depression hormones floating around.
I could say more but shan’t except to say that this much awaited 3rd series was badly written and hurriedly put together to please fans and failed. It was awful.
As much sex as Jack and Mel are having it seems weird that with supposed “protection” they are taking, that Mel would suddenly get pregnant and not be sure who the father is especially if Jack not wanting to have another child decided all of a sudden not use protection. How does that story line work with these plot holes? Anyone?
If they would just follow the books none of this confusing rap would be happening. The books are great. Jack didn’t use protection. The first night he wasn’t expecting her to take him to bed and all he was trying to do was love her and let her know love was possible again. According to the books she got pregnant that night. But of course they screwed that up. And Jack k ew she was pregnant before she to.d him. I think he suspects this too by the way he looked at her when she crashed wanting to sleep and not eating and looking tired.
I binged the whole season last night and ugh! I swear if Mel or Jack asked the other one more time “are you ok?” Or “how are you doing?” I was going to scream. First Mel blabs to Jack, then she’s the picture of trust and discretion. Too much time on characters I didn’t like (Lizzie)…what’s with her showing up at the hospital for Doc? I don’t recall any significant interaction between them before. Very disappointing season after such a long wait. How about we go back to Robyn’s books and pace the stories like she does without killing the viewer with boredom?
I actually agree with Anon!Too many cliffhangers.That slimy Spencer whose life was saved by Brady ,turned on him.Seems like Brady has no one in his corner!The druggies go free? I can’t wrap my head around this season 3 and I hope they will clear the missteps.They need to take their time and not rush the next season.I would like clarity on the future of Brady,Hope,Preacher,Jack,and Mel!This should be completed in10 episodes with a happy ending!😳Thanks,jkimbrough
I totally agree with everything In your review. Season 3 is such a disappointment! I’m amazed that Mel experienced no trauma after the first that she and Jack barely escaped from. She just went to work the next day all smiley like nothing had happened. Also, what happened to all the cool music they had in season 1 (and season 2?) The music made me love the show and connect with it even more. Season 3 is just another bland, unbelievable Hallmark series rip-off.
I totally agree. The only storyline in the whole season that was resolved was Lily’s death. All the rest are still up in the air after a whole season! I totally missed Hope’s wit and snarkiness! Muriel following Doc around like a puppy dog did not replace that! Mike staying around all season and resolving nothing but I think framing Brody was a waste of time. Personally I think Mike is hiding something and I think he shot Jack but making Brodie the fall guy cause he has made questionable choices. The whole lead up to the pregnancy thing and then she somehow gets miraculously inseminated with Mark’s sperm. Very disappointing season!
I totally think it was Mike V too, who shot Jack. Since this part is OFF the book , who knows how it’ll turn out? I missed Hope, and don’t know why they put her on video once or twice. DId Anette O’Toole get another gig? She was one of the best parts of the whole show and all the other characters kind of needed her to bounce off.
I can only presume, Mike V will make a bigger showing in the next season and they’ll have to include some storylines from the books they’ve already started in that next season.
And yes the finale with the frozen jizm is stoopid. Only for a cliffhanger.
Completely agree with your review! After watching the final episode, I couldn’t believe what I had just wasted my time waiting and waiting for. I can understand then having to change the script because of Annette not being able to film due to COVID, but my lord, they dedicated an uncomfortable amount of time and breakdown scenes to Lilly’s character. It felt like we were losing a main character with the amount of episodes dedicated to that singular plotline. Someone else also mentioned that it felt like they got new writers. I couldn’t count on one hand how many times Mel inserted herself into almost every single character’s issues, only to somehow relate it back to herself. I mean, come on. That’s just lazy writing. This is turning into a rant, but the extremely random and completely out of character scene where Mel immediately goes to the fertility clinic after a few lines explaining that her and Mark have embryos stored after she JUST broke up with Jack, was just ridiculous. I didn’t read the books, but I can’t imagine the author being that lazy of a writer. What a messy season. Sigh.
I read the books.
Worth reading, mainly ( for me anyway) because they have so much personal narrative. Most of the books are written in the first person narrative, so it’s a feat to film that. Also, a LOT of each book is given over to intense dialogue between whatever couple the book focuses on. LIke reaaaallly long talks between the man and the woman. In that respect, they’ve done a good job of translating that onto the screen. The person who wrote the books came from a background of being a midwife, and every single book is heavy on some woman or other being pregnant, so it’s not a stretch that this has related to the screen that way.
The fertility clinic is purely for a cliffhanger, I feel. Really lazy though.
The books are full of actually really sad stories, like the little character and others, who are down and out types, who make good when given a chance by the town people. The LIlli character is one of those people, although she’s assembled from a few characters. They made such a huge focus on her and then she suddenly dies?? Why not make her passing a storyline through the whole season? It would have been so much better to use her real plight that way. Like an ongoing storyline featuring some real life situation that people could then relate to. We’d all be sadder for it and want to tune in to watch it more.
I feel like they skipped over the shooting aftermath. We all know he’s going to live, and the mystery of who shot him, they ignored the whole drama of it. We as viewers needed to be much more invested in that storyline. They could have spent an episode on it. Instead I can barely remember what happened in Season 3 except for that stupid RIcky Lizzy story. Boring.
And where did the whole Paige’s dead husband storyline go? That’s HUGE!
This season was super weak, I’ll definitely be watching 4 and can’t wait for it.
THey could have included much more of Brie’s fear, and actually MENTION the rape, and have that ongoing into the next season, because it’s a really powerful story. Brie is in the season anyway so I don’t know why they’re downplaying the actual event, even if they didn’t want to focus on her this time, they could have made it a real story instead of a side-note.
Read the books, they’re pretty good if you like that stuff. I read about 12 of them.
I am actually going to defend this series. The show had to be rewritten to allow for the absence of Annette O Toole due to the Covid pandemic. I actually found it refreshing that there was no mention of Covid and allowed me to leave behind the real world for a few hours.
Loved the review and agree totally. I am a bit more annoyed however. What I just don’t get (I realize it is an adaptation of the book) is why such incredible diversions from the book? Robyn Carr has written an entire Virgin River series that flows quite well. These diversions are seriously annoying to me. The Charmaine story is certainly one of the them as is the Mel and Jack story. To me the cliff hangers are unnecessary as I would watch the next season without them. Like I said I know this is an adaption of the book but to me a great deal of the charm in lost in all the over the top drama. Certainly I expect some diversion from the book but this is just too much for me. Of course I will watch if there is a season 4 but I would like some resolution to the story “lines”. Too much going on without some satisfying resolution. Leaving it up in the air with Mel and Jack by Mell saying “I don’t know if you are the father” just makes for drama that to me is not ok. She could have explained what happened instead of left him hanging with the question “did she have sex with someone else”. I’ve seen this kind of extended drama in other shows as the writers attempt to extend that life of the series. It annoys me and leave me wondering why the writers don’t consider that they may be overdoing it. I marathoned this all in one night and regret now taking my time with it as the cliff hanger ending left me angry at 2:00 am.
I so agree with everything that was said! every time the characters got some big dramatic news (except maybe for when doc was at the hospital bc of Hope and Lilly’s daughter at the funeral) it seemed they didn’t react at all to the news, as if they were just numb and absorbing the info without any reaction. And what about Mel not knowing who the father is, honestly? She was back in LA for a very short time apparently: and this would be enough for her to make up her mind and think heck yes, let’s get these embryos implanted, just as if she were getting a manicure…wouldn’t there logically be some more medical treatments to do before doing that, and could she really make an appointment to do this from one day to the next and for it to actually take?? I don’t know who they’re kidding with this, but it doesn’t make much sense.
Yes! Your thought process about the embryo insertion was the same as mine and I’m so glad that someone else is questioning this. How long was she in LA?? I don’t know much about fertility treatment but it wouldn’t just be one appt where she walks in and says ‘put it in me’. It’s been probably at least three years since her fertility treatments. They would have to do testing and prob some pre hormone treatments. The show makes it seem like she was maybe gone max of a month. If she was gone longer, and then we take the time from Jack being shot, recovering and all the other stuff that happened, why isn’t Charmaine, who is pregnant with twins, showing by now? I feel like the writing this season was soooo lazy.
I wanted to like the season 3, but very disappointed. Something is off this time around. Maybe Season 4 will be better.
I totally agree with the review – what a disappointing season after the first two. Also, if I have to watch another scene that is somehow resolved or the emotion conveyed through the use of sad music and lyrics I will stop watching altogether. That is just lazy writing. This isn’t a fricken music video show. And Jack always carries the show, but as he said to Mel, “Everything is always about our relationship.” Yep. Now get over it and stop all the over-analyzing. Get in or get out. Then, in between their continual agonizing over their perfect relationship, the writers threw in every tragic Hollywood plot twist they could imagine – into ten episodes – and nothing ever played out. And mostly, I never cared. It was like, “Oh, Jack was shot but now he is magically well? But now his house burnt down? His sister was raped (but we never use that word). But now Lily is dying of cancer? But now Hope is lost in a hurricane? Now Doc is going blind? And now Preacher has been kidnapped? And what is with all the babies and single-mom and baby-by-a-different-father story lines? (As someone who IS a single mom, I can say this.) I binged it in a night and following afternoon and it kept me mildly interested on a rainy day – but I regret all the people I told about how great the show is and how excited I was for Season 3. What the heck happened??? Robin must be cringing….
Just finished Season 3 and agree with most of the comments here; it’s not great. You observation of Hope’s role in keeping various plot lines moving is spot on. She is definitely missed this season. And can someone please clarify how pregnant Charmaine is? Wasn’t she showing last season? Shouldn’t she be at least wearing maternity clothes this season? For a while there I thought they were implying the twins had already been born! That is just one of the lazy inconsistencies in Season 3. Thank you for identifying all of the things that were bothering me as I watched each episode. Why do they even bother with cliffhangers between episodes? Most people just watch the next one right away. On a positive note, Tim Matheson’s acting really stands out this season. He carries several scenes and I am enjoying the growth of his character beyond just being the cranky doc. Of course I’ll watch Season 4, but I hope they return to the pace of plot development that made the first 2 seasons so good.
You said it all! It was a great disappointment. Too many new characters and totally unnecessary.
The chemistry between Mel and Jack is so bland. They can get rid of preacher’s relationship. It never amounted to anything to begin with. Why does Jack suddenly need a sister? Rickey’s childish relationship is just plain dumb.
Charmaine’s looking prettier than Mel. How did that happen?
It’s all pretty boring!!!
I have to agree with most of what you’re saying. They don’t develop or resolve one plot or issue before moving on to the next one. Some of them even seem fairly useless. What was the point of Jack’s home burning down? What why was that needed? There was no character development and no resolution of it. It was just like well his house burned down. I’m no story writer but they could do a little bit better job with plot development. There’s not enough depth to some of these storylines. And you’re right, my father died of pancreatic cancer and first of all in stage 4 they don’t put you into treatment. In stage 4 they put you straight into hospice. It’s not a pleasant disease it’s painful and it’s not pretty. They definitely do a disservice there.
Are you ok? Is everything ok? It should be a drinking game- why is everyone constantly asking each other if they are ok!!! Super weird! Also all these story lines are dumb- and yes Jack and Mel’s relationship is so boring… this season blew balls!
Season 3 ending awful! The whole break up thing with Jack and Mel, was so terrible. After he chased her into a relationship. Also, the whole Charmaine pregnancy getting old! Hopefully Jack is not the twins father!
Tragedy after tragedy! Virgin River seems to be a place of horror and bad luck opposed to the beauty we see before each episode. The whole preacher scene with the kid and the teens sneaking around to have sex so unnecessary. I’m done! Too much tragedy for me.
I found this season filled with too much sadness and tragedy. It was off putting and unlike the other 2. Doc going blind, Lilly has a horrible type of incurable cancer leaving behind an infant, Jack’s house burns to the ground and in the end Hope (who has been kept absurdly off screen for the whole season) ends up in the hospital half dead. Are you kidding me? And Ricky is about to make the biggest mistake of his life and become yet another casualty for oil and oligarchs and all Preacher has to tell him is what an honor it was for him to do the same.
And then all the side character like the very unlikable Brie (both actor and character) and her random/out of nowhere trauma and story line that no one cares about and asked for. Honestly I mostly just fast forwarded the scenes with her and Brady and in fact nothing from the show would be missing if they were cut out completely. She contributed nothing to the overall plot is just an unlikeable filler character. They should have focused the screentime they wasted on her developing some of the other actual interesting characters on the show.
Continuity was missing too. The season 2 cliffhanger was about Jack getting shot and season 3 starts with a barbeque and good times. I actually had to check to make sure I was watching the correct episode as I thought maybe I had accidentally skipped one episode. It made no sense. And then that whole Paige storyline and she handing her child over to Preacher while going into hiding after having killed her cop husband (yeah right) is completely unrealistic too. Did she really think she was going to have a future like this? Hiding out with essentially a stranger raising her kid and no one asks any questions months or years down the road like where are this kids’ parents?
And Charmaine. Good god. She has got to be one of the saddest characters on the show. Someone who does not have an ounce of self respect, going from one dysfunctional relationship with a man who does not care about or love her to another. But Jack is annoying too with his constant white knighting of Mel and always wanting to talk about their relationship. All the time. Everywhere. Even at Lilly’s funeral. He is also wrong when it comes to Charmaine and the twins wanting his cake and eating it too in the sense that he doesn’t want to be with Charmaine but yet at the same time insists on being in his kids’ lives as if that was not the case. Well, can’t have it both-ways pal: if you cannot be with Charmaine then you will have to be a part time dad because she has to live her life too. She is not some fetus incubator for you who signed her own life and happiness over to you in order to carry your babies and then live her life such that you and Mel have comfortable and easy access to them. I don’t like Charmaine at all but I have always found Jack’s attitude toward the whole situation and especially him choking up everytime Charmaine talks about what she wants as some affront to him, annoying. Dude, this is what happens when you have kids with someone you are not with: it won’t be like a family unit where both parents are with each other and living in the same house. Accept it.
And then Mel getting pregnant after she explicitly told Jack in Season 1 that she cannot have children as a matter of fact, not that it would be hard for her to get pregnant. There is a difference.
Overall disappointing season. I think season 3 lost a lot of the charm and overall positivity and levity that made Seasons 1 and 2 so warm and special. There was way too much trauma and tragedy and utter sadness in this one.
Ugh. Twenty minutes into the first episode of season 3 and my mind was wandering. I was more entertained by my daydreams than what was going on in the episode so when I looked into the reviews for season 3, I’ve decided my suspicions were correct and I’m cutting my losses right now. What started out as a yawn would inevitably have lead to a snooze-fest. I’m out.
So disappointed since season 2 left us with several cliffhangers to season 3 totally adding more drama to the already cliffhangers and Mel is over the top of with personal drama or giving that fake smile throughout. I loved season 1 when there was a little happiness with each ending episode. I counted the days to this season..way too much drama.
Season 3 taught us that the writers definitely lost their way. One can be pregnant with twins for what seems like forever and never show. Lilly has stage four pancreatic cancer and peacefully dies during a nap. Preacher’s character is all over the place and incredibly falls for a “I’ll drive you to her”and give you a poisoned drink along the way trap? Mel lives a charmed life. Sure, Mel’s still grieving over the loss of her husband and baby, but hey, she apparently is independently wealthy as she set up a trust to save Lilly’s farm and financially care for her daughters as well as make only one appointment with her fertility specialist and instantly get pregnant! The plot lines and twists in this season were ridiculous and very disappointing.
Was so excited for this season to come out, to me this review sums up my thoughts, fell flat, one I agree with other reviewers in regards to Jack being shot would have been nice to see him recover how could it go from him being flat lined beginning to him miraculously perfectly fine grilling food, that threw me off from the get go, not to mention Mel was just Mel on every situation turns back to herself, definitely needed Hope her character keeps it super interesting, the Brady and Jack being shot was to drawn out, still no answers to that after a whole season, Jacks sister can definitely do without her character that was boring and flat, Lizzy and Ricky waste of scenes, the drawn out over Paige is just ridiculous at this point, let’s not even talk about Charmaine, put a spin on it like they may not be Jacks twins after all nope the spin is left Mel pregnant but could be by her late husband and Jack may not be the father, this season was to me lazy writing. Not so much looking forward to season 4 like I have in past.
Totally agree with everyone. This season has way too much sadness and tragedy. That is NOT what I want right now. I loved the warmth and humor and happiness of seasons 1 and 2. Almost every storyline is about the character’s life sucking. There was a great balance of good with tragedy in seasons 1 and 2. That was absolutely not true in Season 3. What the heck happened? Different writers/show runners or what? If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it. It wasn’t broken. Why did they have to mess with it. I don’t watch TV to be sad and depressed. So sad that they seem to have lost their way. The high ratings for Seasons 1 and 2 were for a different show than this.
What a disappointment! This season was insufferable! I thought it was creepy that a rich, controlling guy wants to suddenly marry a women pregnant with twins, especially with an involved dad. Also, did the rich guy have her drink some magic pregnancy potion, so she would never show she was pregnant?! And Mel… Jack would have been better off not getting back with her.
There are some key points in this season that were just inserted. No one and I mean no one makes an appointment for the next day with a fertility specialist AND has an embryo implanted. No hormone shots?? No bloodwork?? Come on! This was the ultimate in laziness. How about Mel just shrugging her shoulders when she hears Jack’s already been married. What? No questioning his honesty or the fact he said he’s never lived with anyone? Don’t get me started on Lily’s illness and quick death. I didn’t necessarily miss Hope but I sure got tired of them stringing that storyline along. Alexandra Breckenridge seemed kind of flat… Kind of like she was on auto pilot though I think she’s a great actress. Bri and Brady’s relationship felt so unsatisfying. And Ricky lied repeatedly. Very uncharacteristic of him. So many misses this season.
Season 3 is lame . These characters are too old to be having babies :-/
Can anyone on this show be happy for a few minutes? Can the writers give them a break? Even at the fun lumberjack event day, Mel and Jack have to keep having deep philosophical discussions while sawing a log? Can they just have a day of fun without someones house burning down? It is just too much. How can Jack be all better that quickly and why does there have to be a fire? Why does Mel have to bring up that she wants a baby immediately when they point out several times that have just really started to date? Why does Preacher trust Sally and go off with her alone? Ricky has a beautiful girl that wants to have sex with him and he would rather go in the Marines? Why did we go through this whole season without Jack finally remembering who shot him? Jack’s sister doesn’t even know that she is pregnant? Mel has time to get inseminated at the fertility clinic during what seems to be a 2-3 day visit with her sister? Doesn’t she think that there is still a chance that she could get back with Jack? Why would you ever let Jack go – there is no man in the world that arranges a private massage at your home, draws you an amazing bath and hangs a thousand candles everywhere and has an outdoor moonlight elaborate dinner and gondola ride? This guy does not exist accept in fantasies, so he is a keeper no matter what. But, Mel never looks happy? What is up with Charmaine? Shouldn’t she be waddling around by now? I thought she already had the twins. She was bedridden last season and now she is prancing all around town, getting a new husband and her stomach looks flat as a board? These things all make no sense. Doc is the only one that seemed to make sense and worked around the fact that Hope could not be live this season, which was a shame. I hope that they can fix all of this for season 4 because it was just too unbelievable.
just a few comments… lily chose no treatments and just palliative care… hence no chemo …. why doesn’t Charmaine look pregnant ? why wouldn’t Mel mention her frozen embryos to Jack before her procedure ?
Completely agree! What I do not understand is how the writers are jumping from scene to scene so quickly. It ended horribly. This Paige thing has lingered way to long. The story lines are not flowing and do not even get me started on the why the writers are spending so much time on the whole Ricky /Lizzie/Connie story line. I had to make myself watch this season.
It is amazing how many cliff hangers writers can put in 10 episodes amd not complete any of them.
At the end of episode 10, I imagined a very winded voice asking the cliff hanger questions… you know how they did in the old Batman series?
Tune in next time to find out if:
– The baby will be jacks?
– Will hope live?
– Will preacher get out of the woods?
– Will Christopher be abducted?
– Will Ricky join the Marines?
– Will Jack’s new house get built
– Will the twins be born?
– Will Jack get to see the twins?
– Will Brady get convicted?
– Will Brie believe Brady?
– What is keeping Lizzie in VirginRiver?
– Will Doc go blind?
– Who is the young man claiming to be Doc’s Grandson?
Tune in next year to find out these answers in the first 2 minutes of season 4 and then watch Virgin River build another list of cliffhangers because they can’t build decent content on zoom.
Timeline is all screwed up. DNA should have done already this is not the dark ages, Mel’s invitro not realistic she should be carrying Jacks baby. With their chemistry they need to be together with child on board and watch them progress during future seasons.They just MOOOVE!!! In the romance dept. I wish all beings could feel the love in this world as they seem to have done. I think mike is the culprit and hiding something and we Don’t need a Mandy!!! I hope Charmaine’s kids don’t turn out to be like her sooo devilish!!! Season 3 was a bit on the slow side. Episode 1 was the best for me otherwise was a little on the confusing side?
Timeline out of sinc. DNA should be done already Mel and Jack should know that. Mel’s invitro not acceptable,not enough time in between as show runs very slow time wise. Mike is twins father I think and he wanted Jack out of picture because of twins. Mel and Jack need to be together w/child on board so we can watch them grow as a unit. They have such good chemistry and they really mooove!! in the Romance dept. woow!! This is what I want for them and the world around us today. No Mandy!
I’m 3 eps in and it’s soooo boring! I went to grab a drink from the fridge and missed Jack’s recovery. I get wanting to mix things up a little from the books (for example, Doc and Hope being more interesting in the show), but so much of the rest is different they shouldn’t have bothered naming it Virgin River… And I hate Lizzie. Yeah, that didn’t fit anywhere, but I felt the need to shout it out it there.
There were so many things wrong with this season that it’s hard to know where to start. VR is not a show I would ordinarily watch. I stumbled across it in March when I was looking for something that wasn’t crime/murder/superhero/sci-fi. I had never heard of it or the books. It took me awhile to get into it (I had to ignore some of the schmaltz) but eventually I was totally charmed by Jack and Mel (mostly by Jack I will admit) and got very invested in their relationship. Tbh, I really didn’t care that much about the other characters. And still don’t, except maybe a bit for doc and preacher. Seeing what was going to happen with Jack and Mel was what kept me watching, helped by the fact that I thought their acting was terrific. And then season 3 came close to ruining it. It went from a romance drama where the storylines were at least somewhat believable to a silly soap opera with the writing and storylines more suited to something like Bold and the Beautiful. The actors must have cringed when they read the scripts and realised what they were going to have to work with. Right from the get-go I hated the time jump which I found completely jarring. Going from Jack flatlining and at death’s door to 3 weeks later being fighting fit, and organising a huge party for the gormless Ricky was ridiculous. It completely glossed over the drama of the shooting’s aftermath and Jack’s recovery. The most we got was Mel making a comment episodes later that everyone was a mess when Jack was in the hospital. It would have been nice to see some of that drama, and the impact of nearly losing Jack on Mel and on everyone else. And the fact that his attacker is still on the loose, likely living amongst them, and could have another go at any time appears to concern no-one. Doc and Bert even joke about it and Ricky’s intelligent contribution to the topic is ‘glad you didn’t die’. The writing this season was so off. In a misguided effort to turn every minute of every episode into drama, the writers have Jack and Mel doing and saying things that they would never say or do. There is no way that Jack would not have mentioned being married before. In season 2, Mel even says to him when they’re having their big argument in the bar that he isn’t able to understand her loss because he’s never been married before. Might have been the time to mention it? And he would never have broken Mel’s confidence and confronted Doc about his retirement particularly given how angry he was when Hope did it to him. And then breezily stick his head through the kitchen door to cancel Doc’s dinner order. I’m also sad to say I lost a fair bit of love for Mel this season. She is always in the middle of everyone’s drama, offering wise words and a permanently sympathetic expression because whatever loss or heartache it is, she’s suffered it too. Making Jack plead with her 3 times before she would agree to get back together was unnecessary drama. Apart from meaninglessly saying to him ‘I’m here for you’ multiple times, she showed more empathy for Tara and Lily than she did for Jack. At no stage did she even ask him how the investigation was going; was his memory coming back; how was he feeling; and oh, btw honey, have they caught the person who tried to kill you yet??? No, it was just about her wanting a baby no matter what, and having ivf 2 days after breaking up. This from a woman who told us in season 1 that it took her 6 months to choose a crepe pan because she never rushes into anything. It was all such a disappointment after the first 2 seasons. Very little humour or lightness, just over-the-top drama. Even the lumberjack games were a downer. Yes, of course you would choose to argue about your relationship while sawing through a log! If they get a season 4, I will no doubt watch it to see if they can pull it back from this train wreck of a season and get back to what I enjoyed about 1 and 2. New writers would be a start. And I would happily sit and watch Jack read the telephone book. 😁
All good and thoughtful points. Great memory too! I agree with you completely. Maybe you could be the writer. I could watch Jack give orders in Iraq all day in season 4. I also agreed that Mel is a little hound for Jack. Not the opposite way around. He needs a more mature character. Mel is almost there, but then does dumb and irrational thinks like IVF two days after a breakup. Now you listen to your sister?
This was so satisfying to read because it is 100% what I was thinking after season 3. So many out of character moves and so many missed opportunities. Disappointing for sure.
Thanks for the review — it’s good to see I’m not alone in being very disappointed with Season 3 and most of my criticisms are touched upon by you! I wondered if the writers and/or directors had changed — because this is just downright awful. I know the story comes from a series of Romance Novels, something I would never be caught dead reading, but the first two seasons overcame those humble beginnings and held promise. I mostly started watching to see the Humboldt County setting in a show . . . and got caught up in the characters. Then we had to wait so long for Season 3 due to Covid shut downs . . . it’s an even greater disappointment to get this drivel.
I also object to the cringe-worthy words and behavior being put into Jack’s character…obviously a deranged female writer did this to him. Men simply don’t act that way or say those icky, trite romantic fantasy things. Yuck. Man up, Jack!
Doc is wearing too much make up. Another yuck. We should SEE the make up on the actors, particularly male actors! You can see his blush from across the room, he has apparent mascara on, and just a lot of goo on his face! What’s up with that?! He looks like he’s about to announce he identifies as a woman, or likes cross-dressing. The show needs to dump this seasons writer and director and get some smart, sassy, possibly male input. I’m finding this season to be the death of Virgin River.
I barely made it through the 3rd episode of season 3 without dying of boredom and I don’t care to watch anymore. The story lines are boring. One example, I found myself wanting to fast forward through all the Ricky and Lizzie scenes where the deep plot line was, “Can we find a place to have sex in private?” Wow, deep! LOL! And I don’t care enough about this couple to want them to stay together, which the creators seem to want me to care about by bringing in Lizzie’s old boyfriend and Ricky thinking he might join the military. In fact, she can run off to LA and he can join the military and let’s end this dull relationship and remove it from the show! I’m done watching and very disappointed.
Yep! Very disappointed. Too many characters and plotlines. Not enough good writers.
SEASON 4:
The twins are not Jacks. We’ve had enough of the bickering storyline. I really like the CHarmaine actor and she had a good season, I just want the back and forth to end. Twins aren’t his.
Mels baby is his.
This story can last two seasons as we’ve seen with Charmaine’s non existent foetus.
Ricky and LIz, please just STOP. If you’re not doing the Ricky-in-the-books version and get his leg blown off, then please stop the story. He acts like a nervous fly.
Have the Brie story flesh out. Her violent husband comes back and Paige shows up. Together the ladies form a militant feminist compound in the woods. They kill all the violent men including the whole drug crowd which is SUCH A BORING STORY and needs to end.
Connie takes over the Bar and Preacher takes Christopher camping but they both get zapped by the Women’s Collective in the woods because Paige doesn’t really love Preacher after all, she’s having more fun with Brie and has given up on men.
Mike Venezuela, Brady, and all the other random dudes hunt for deer.
They go cycling and drink beers.
Mel is depressed and cries over something.
Jack simmers.
Hope and Doc go missing this time forever in a huge storm they’re never heard of again.
Another house goes up ni flames.
Nobody mentions it.
Wes’s dead body is found by the men hunting for deer.
Paige sees Wes’s old shirt on the ground and has flashbacks.
Brie cries.
Charmaine moves into Doc’s old house.
The End.
OK.
The never-ending cha-cha between Mel and Jack left me so frustrated I was hoping Kevin from “This Is Us” would drive/fly in and take her away to LA/Western Pennsylvania.
Actually, the fact that Alexanda Breckinridge was introduced to me as “Sophie” on “This Is Us” has always clouded my take on the Jack-Mel relationship. And the fact that she’s a nurse in both shows compounds it. Plus, Kevin (Justin Hartley) and Sophie (AB) are the same age in “This Is Us” and pretty much in real life. Henderson just seems both old and set in his ways for Mel/AB.
That aside, remember in Season 2, there was a focus on how Jack was not addressing PTSD issues, which his sister hinted at in (very quick) passing.
Getting shot and recuperating would’ve given the show a perfect opportunity to address this. Instead, we’re back to surface-level/super Jack, which allows him not to address these questions or bring up the fact that he was married and gosh knows what else.
Don’t know where you got from here. Get Hope back to address cold realities.
Get rid of extraneous story lines (Paige, please). And maybe see what Justin Hartley is doing when “This Is Us” ends. That’s real chemistry.
Let’s see… Mel is wealthy enough to support Lily’s children but she can’t help her own sister, who is about to lose her house? Are the writers of Season 3 even conscious?
I’ve never wasted so much time on this soap opera!! Season 3 was terrible. If I find myself watching season 4 I want someone to poke my eyes out with an ice pick.
I have just finished the whole season and I too felt the timeline was so out of whack. I loved the last two seasons and was looking forward to character development. Jack gets shot and 3 weeks later its business as usual…. however Hope has her hair grown out long and Charmaine (who I cant stand) has got even more dumb and selfish. But the two main storylines I cant wrap my head around is Preacher knowing the brother was in town but still going with the “friend” and Mel going to her sisters and getting an embryo implanted in the short trip…. first of all wouldn’t there need to be some prep work first and if she was already pregnant by Jack wouldn’t they notice when doing the implantation and say hey your actually already pregnant??
I’m actually furious about this she is a medical professional and this storyline makes no sense.
I can’t wait for Jack to see a counselor for his PTSD. They show him drinking all the time, but then it’s never actually addressed. Does he have a problem or not? If he doesn’t have a problem, then stop trying to hint that he does with the flask, the stress drinking, and his night terror. He’s in denial and it’s okay that Mel has issues, and she can talk about them to Jack and her sister; but Jack never shares his own problems, except with maybe Doc. I like it when Doc gives Jack advise. But the Jack and Mel are good together because they can understand what each other has been through. Fighting at the lumberjack games!?! Really!?! Let them have fun. Mel better be back next year with Jack to bring home that trophy and get stronger.
I agree, there’s so much drama. Every episode has someone crying. As a viewer you can barely take a breath before the next tragedy happens. Why did they kill Lily off after she just had a baby? And I can’t tell if they’re leaving an out to kill off Hope just in case viewers don’t like her. I liked her best in season 1.
It’s not exactly clear why Jack wants to look after Brady because they never provide the back story there.
And can you say broken record with reusing the same plot? Maybe it’s just me, because I remember the JLo movie, and what with taking freedom to re-use, sorry makeover, plots; but the Paige story is a copy plot from the JLo movie. Now we’re supposed to care about Brie. It didn’t make a whole lot of sense why she flinched when the man came out of the store. I thought maybe her boss was abusive. The girl in the bar starts to say something, but I couldn’t understand what she started to say. She agreed with Brie, which made me think it was an office incident. Also with Brady, people can change, but they want us to think they can’t. And then the abusive husband figure with Charlene. Again, it’s right out of the JLo script.
I am more than happy to see Charlene move away and let Jack be off the hook, but I guess then he’d look like an uncaring dad. We can’t have that. Charlene is so manipulative. For all we know she got pregnant on purpose to keep Jack from leaving her. And then she says she wants to move on, but then acts jealous anytime Mel is in the room.
Why did Mel have to bring up wanting a baby to Jack after they just started dating? Talk about bad timing. You’d think she would have learned her lesson that having love back on her life was enough. She stressed her first husband out so much with baby talk. She has bad timing with baby talk. If it happens it happens. Jack just found out he’s going to be a dad. And Charlene never looks pregnant. I can’t tell how much time has gone by. But then they remind us now and then that Mel’s year with Doc isn’t up yet. They could speed up the timeline a little. I think actors are aging faster than the show is progressing.
Did Jack buy the house that he wanted to get for the twins? Was that the house that burned down?
I want a season 4, but I hope they make it as good as season 1. The OUAT writers are genius. They need to consult those guys. Stop making us cry all the time too. And Mel, stop looking so shocked that Jack thinks you look good. This doe eyed Bambi, ‘What are you looking at?’ Can we get a couple more Iraq scenes of Jack too?
I agree the third season is a big letdown. The serial is so different from the book to sell it the audience they make it very dramatic charmaine’s twins Paige disappearing and hope too. Jack getting shot n healing almost instantly. What I don’t like about season 3 is the cliffhanger season 2 was fine everyone knew Jack would live. Now you have to wait a year to know whose baby and do they get together. By the time season 4 comes we would all have forgotten the story. Simpler to read the books
Oh Lordy, don’t get me started on Season 3. Like so much of television in America, the most vulnerable person to be in Virgin River is a post-menopausal (or nearly) woman. The writers made it clear that Lilly’s pregnancy was miraculous on the order of biblical. Now that she’s delivered, she has to go. Hope too, arguably the oldest, most potent woman on the show, seems to have outlived her usefulness. If the writers allow her to live, they’ll make it clear Hope’s survival is an uncommon product of their mercy.
This is a facet of American television that can’t be unseen once you see it…woman over 40 are either “desperate” and unloved, or crazy, or both. Certainly their unseemly attributes makes them unworthy of the love of their same-age spouses and partners, who regularly dump them for younger women. These plot twists are justified, and explained in each show, but they are uncomfortably toxic, and send a pretty awful message to younger generations.
Virgin River has unfortunately fallen into the morass of bad story lines that leave intelligent American women watching TV from the BBC.
Hide the popcorn, get out a book, Season 3 lets the air out of what might have been a good show.
I am not entirely sure what I just watched but I know for sure THAT was not Virgin River…and I have not even read the books, I’m just saying that based on what was created in season 1 & 2. Maybe they should have just renamed it and made it a mini-movie or something but wow….total trainwreck. I blame the writers and producers, not the actors. I love all the characters and unfortunately none of them were actually in season 3.
I did notice some of the attempts at some humor and chuckled a bit but no, this was not Season 3 of Vigin River; They said it was, but it’s not. I’d be really, really happy if they would announce a do-over.
Tuned in on August 3rd. This has devolved into a unwatchable show. I was really disappointed in Tim Matheson’s left leaning BS, but this sealed the deal. Goodbye VR. YOU dug your own grave. Terrible acting and awful story.
Virgin River is ridiculous. Thanks to the writers it’s most depressing little town in northern California. No one’s happy and even the children are miserable.
The whole Mel is now having Mark’s baby plot idea is the ridiculous – someone should be fired for coming up with this stupid idea. I’m sorry just dumb.
I’m late to the party, but season 3 annoyed me enough that I’m compelled to comment.
I agree with your review. The thing that gets me the most, though, is that there is so much wasted potential. Take Jack: PTSD, emotional intimacy issues, baby mama pregnant with twins and engaged to controlling creep (would have been more interesting to see that controlling relationship develop over time – also doesn’t make sense that she seems to have no lingering feelings for Jack), house burns down, new property a bust, upcoming expensive battle for some kind of custody of his kids. This would be enough to break anyone, but we see very little of the stress this would cause. Sure, he dumps Mel for 5 whole minutes before falling back into line. He’s experiencing a lack of control in virtually every single aspect of his life. Didn’t he used to drink a lot and have nightmares? Wouldn’t your life falling apart and almost dying trigger any of that? He wouldn’t just suddenly get over all of his underlying issues, which would likely just get worse. That would cause enough friction in his relationship with Mel without her desire for a baby. Instead, he’s got to constantly play the perfect white knight/boyfriend. I actually forwarded through their makeup scene because it was just dumb.
As for Mel, really? It gets very tiring having to hear her repeatedly tell everyone about her horrific history (which was legit terrible and so well done in the first couple of seasons) and interject her own past into every situation. I think her wanting a baby is fine, but maybe mention that you have embryos on ice as an option. Or, hey, let’s wait a year and talk about a kid then instead of when we’ve suddenly moved in together because your house burned down, someone is trying to kill you (he should still be recovering from that, as well), and you’re suddenly going to be the father of two even though you never chose to be. I would have been cool with it if they just broke up for good. They’re both great actors, but Mel was super annoying this season and Jack was left playing the perfect guy again. How many times can he ask her if she’s okay? Just stop. In fact, please break up. At least that’s interesting.
I was invested in their romance in the first two seasons, but this was just so contrived.
And the end was just stupid, as well.
As for everyone else, I think Doc had enough going on with his imminent blindness without all the dumb long distance Hope stuff. I get that this was Covid related, but that’s a serious issue. I’m glad it got what screen time it did, but Hope getting in the accident was just … why? Tim Matheson was fantastic. What a gem. More time could have been spent on him dealing with his diagnosis and lack of control over his future. Kind of like Jack!
I know he and Lizzie never seemed to hang out before, but I actually loved their hospital scene. They were both great. Lizzie wasn’t one that I liked at first, but she has grown on me.
Ricky can just join the military and stay gone.
Watching Preacher direct Wizard of Oz would have provided some levity. This Paige thing is taking forever. Maybe also Covid related?
I agree with what everyone else said about Lilly. It wasn’t terrible, but in some ways was unrealistic. The acting was good, though.
Brady and Brie are not terribly compelling, but I like Brie more than a lot of other people do. Agree it’s wrong that rape was never mentioned. She’s someone they could have mentioned this season and actually introduced next season.
Overall, I think the season was a huge disappointment and waste of potential, and that the central relationship with Jack and Mel could have realistically explored the numerous challenges it has without adding a third child to the mix. I wish I could get those 10 hours back. Not sure I’d watch a 4th season.
Even Jack’s acting after second return from LA seemed tired, how many more scenes must I endure praising Mel.
Not so interested in who shot Jack as how they find that the twins aren’t his. Surely Mel so medically knowledgeable would know Jack fell to an almost too common ploy.
Jack can’t wrap a package, Mandy never filed divorce papers, that will be another storyline.
The only thing I enjoy in this series is the scenery! Mel’s acting is horrible and turn off. She is so fake.
Every comment “totally agrees” with the author. All freethinkers in the same box?.
I guess I am the only one that thinks that Jack is being a total putz, standing against Mel getting pregnant with “their” baby. Jack is so in love but suddenly he becomes soft, unsure, and more than a bit selfish. He is being more millenial than ex-marine.
Found this thread after watching most of season 5. Really disappointed with it it. If you though season 3 was comfort TV gone wrong. In season 5 it gas just committed suicide…Do writers not just think, with all the strife in the world they could let someone have their straight forward happy event . And characters in it are madly in love with someone and two seconds later off with someone else…I was so looking forward to season 5…not any more.
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