She also appeared in the 2020 Hallmark movie “Love in Store,” alongsideRobert Buckley.
They were really lovely about us connecting and stuff."
But the producers were really nice, and it had a lovely director."
“Season 3 left us on a huge cliffhangerwith Mel telling Jack she was pregnant.
What’s in store for Mel and Jack in Season 4?
You’ve got two parents on opposing sides, and that’s always very tricky.
What’s it been like filming that journey?
It’s interesting because she’s silently terrified she’s going to lose the baby.
We don’t explore that a lot through the season.
It’s this underlying emotional weight that Mel has that we don’t really touch on a lot.
Moving forward, we’ll see where we land in Season 5 with that.
She’s also having to juggle Jack’s PTSD and his drinking, which is really difficult for her.
It’s a lot for her.
She tries to do it all with grace.
Oh, she always does.
She tries to handle it all with a smile.
Season 4 ends on a bombshell
So much happens in Season 4.
Were you shocked when you got the script, with all the twists and turns?
it’s possible for you to’t let her be pregnant with his kid.
It has to be somebody else’s baby.”
I’ve been very vocal from Season 1 that I was like, “That’s not okay.
He suddenly has three babies, and now he has no babies?”
I was like, “This is all absurd.”
I understand, it’s soap opera-ish, but I get it.
I was like, “It’s too much; this isn’t daytime.”
But it does mean going into Season 5 [that] things might be a bit less complicated.
I think he’s going to have to navigate how he really feels about this.
It is a massive betrayal.
He was utterly lied to.
They were all lied to for a while, for a very long time.
We’ll see how that gets handled.
I don’t know.
I don’t think he’s going to take it very well.
Will Mel and Jack actually end up together?
I also wanted to find out if you think Mel and Jack are endgame.
Do you see them ending up together?
It would be very weird if they did not end up together.
It honestly didn’t ever feel natural that Jack broke up with Mel.
It didn’t really make a whole lot of sense.
He cannot keep doing this.
I was like, “Maybe Mel should break up with Jack.”
That makes more sense.
Mel should break up with Jack.
Mel should be like, “You know what?
I was right in the first place.
I can’t do this.
It was so silly.
There was no good reason.
She was coming from … God, she had so much devastation, losing her husband and her child.
This is massively incorrect, and we’re still not okay.
Nobody’s ever asked me that.
I’ve never even thought of that.
For me, it’s so not in the realm of anything that I have control over.
But if you did, who would it be?
I would never assume to say any of the people that are fabulous actors.
You’re not going to come and…
We need to get Brad Pitt in there.
That’s your next love interest.
He can’t stop himself from being the most handsome man, can he?
He cannot help himself.
I just saw [“The Lost City”].
It’s a Sandra Bullock and Channing Tatum movie, and Brad Pitt is in it …
I told my husband, “Oh my gosh, Brad Pitt’s in this movie.
He has a substantial role, but he dies.”
If you could send Brad Pitt over, Mel would happily jump ship for Brad Pitt.
Finally, I wondered which “Virgin River” co-stars you’re closest to in real life.
I’m really good friends withZibby Allen, andMartin [Henderson].
Those are my two closest.
They’re my friends; they’re my people.
I don’t get time to…
They all have adult children.
I mainly hang out a lot with Zibby and Martin.
I love everybody; they’re so wonderful.
It’s such a lovely cast.
I’m very, very, lucky.
All episodes of"Virgin River” Season 4are now streaming on Netflix.
