Virgin River’s two Christmas specials, which dropped November 30th on Netflix, put the BC-filmed romance back on Nielsen’s Top 10 Streaming Charts — with 704 million minutes viewed in the week of November 27th to December 3rd in the United States.
Based on the novels by Robyn Carr, Virgin River follows Melinda “Mel” Monroe (Alexandra Breckenridge), a nurse and midwife who moves to the small California town from Los Angeles after her husband Mark dies. There she falls for restaurant/bar owner and former marine Jack Sheridan (Martin Henderson).
704 million minutes viewed in the week of November 27th to December 3rd 2023.
636 million minutes viewed in the week of December 4th to 10th 2023.
398 million minutes viewed in the week of December 11th to 17th 2023.
Virgin River dropped out of the Overall Top 10 for December 4th to 10th, and went from #3 on the Originals Top 10 for November 27th to December 3rd to #4 on the December 4th to 10th list to #7 on the December 11th to 17th list.
Jack and Mel’s families got together for a Christmas dinner In Jack’s Bar.
We also met Mel’s biological Dad.
In the first holiday episode titled Father Christmas, Mel and Jack tracked down her father Everett Reid (John Allen Nelson ) to a remote cabin in the woods . But he sent her away, saying he’s not the man she’s looking for.
Then on Christmas Day, he showed up unannounced at Mel’s cabin in the woods to say “You look so much like your mom. Seeing you just broke my heart all over again. I didn’t know what to say . . . I am your father. And I’m here now.”
Season 5 ended with an Everett cliffhanger: “I’ve got something important I need to tell you.”
It’s “definitely a bit of a bombshell [and it’s] something that informs a lot of what’s happening in Season 6.” — showrunner Patrick Sean Smith to Decider.
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Season 6 starts filming February 2nd in British Columbia.