‘Virgin River’ Showrunner Talks Christmas Special’s Biggest Twists, Teases New Time Jump, Doc’s Prognosis, More Mel & Jack And Wedding(s) In Season 6
30.11.2023 - 19:27
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SPOILER ALERT: The story includes details about the Virgin River Christmas special (Episodes 511, 512)
Netflix‘s Virgin River closed out its fifth season with a two-episode Christmas special set during the holidays, more than three months after the “Labor Day” Season 5 Part 1 finale. As suggested by the aptly titled Episode 512, “Father Christmas,” the special’s main storyline follows the bombshell cliffhanger in the Part 1 finale, that Mel’s biological father is likely a man from Virgin River.
With only a couple of clues to his identity in the man’s love letters to Mel and Joey’s mom Sarah to go off of, Mel and Jack launched a search that eventually led them to Everett Reid, who lives in a cabin outside of Virgin River. At first, he wanted nothing to do with Mel but by the end of the two-hour special, in a true holiday spirit, he came around and, in the finale’s biggest cliffhanger, started telling her “something important” but was cut off by a Christmas song and the end credits.
While she was rejected by her biological father, Mel asked her surrogate one, Doc, to walk her down the aisle, and he said yes. Doc, getting ready for the risky trial to tackle his macular degeneration, helped the ever-competitive Hope win the town’s Christmas tree decoration contest by integrating a marriage proposal into their display. She also said yes.
Elsewhere, Charmaine finally gave birth to her twins after being pregnant since Season 1. Calvin, who resurfaced in the Part 1 finale to be revealed as the babies’ father, was back for the occasion, as was his right-hand man, Jimmy. In another cliffhanger, Jimmy was revealed to be Hazel’s father, calling Lark from prison to conspire against Brody.
While still with Lark, Brody clearly had