About Virgin River Season 5 – TV Series

Virgin River Season 5 TV Series Details

Virgin River is an American romantic drama streaming television series, produced by Reel World Management, filmed in British Columbia, Canada, and based on the Virgin River novels by Robyn Carr. The first season premiered on Netflix on December 6, 2019. In September 2021, the series was renewed for a fourth and fifth season. The fourth season was released on July 20, 2022. In May 2023, ahead of the fifth-season premiere, the series was renewed for a sixth season that will consist of 10 episodes.

STORY

CAST

Alexandra Breckenridge as Melinda “Mel” Monroe, a nurse practitioner and midwife who recently moved to Virgin River from Los Angeles
Martin Henderson as Jack Sheridan, a local bar owner and former U.S. Marine, who suffers from PTSD
Colin Lawrence as John “Preacher” Middleton, a close Marine friend of Jack, who works as the chef at Jack’s Bar
Jenny Cooper as Joey Barnes (season 1; recurring season 2–present), Mel’s older sister who lives in Los Angeles
Lauren Hammersley (seasons 1–4; recurring season 5) as Charmaine Roberts, Jack’s friend with benefits
Annette O’Toole as Hope McCrea, the mayor of Virgin River and Doc’s wife
Tim Matheson as Vernon “Doc” Mullins, the local physician and Hope’s husband
Benjamin Hollingsworth as Dan Brady (season 2–present; “also starring”, season 1), a fellow younger veteran who served in the Marines with Jack and is struggling to readjust to civilian life
Grayson Gurnsey as Ricky (seasons 2–4; recurring season 1), a young man who works at Jack’s Bar and wants to join the Marines as soon as he graduates from high school
Sarah Dugdale as Lizzie (season 2–present), Connie’s troublemaking niece from Los Angeles
Zibby Allen as Brie Sheridan (season 3–present), Jack’s sister
Marco Grazzini as Mike Valenzuela (season 3–present; recurring season 2), a Marine friend of Jack’s who works as a police detective
Mark Ghanimé as Dr. Cameron Hayek (season 4–present), the new doctor at Doc’s clinic
Kai Bradbury as Denny Cutler (season 4–present; guest season 3), Doc’s grandson
Kandyse McClure as Kaia Bryant (season 5), a firefighter

PRODUCTION

Development

On September 27, 2018, it was announced that Netflix had given the production a series order for a first season consisting of ten episodes. The series was based on the Virgin River book series by Robyn Carr with executive producers: Sue Tenney, Roma Roth, and Chris Perry. Tenney was also set to serve as the series’ showrunner with Reel World Management acting as the Production company involved in the series. On December 20, 2019, Netflix renewed the series for a 10-episode second season. On December 18, 2020, Netflix renewed the series for a 10-episode third season. On September 20, 2021, Netflix renewed the series for a 12-episode fourth and fifth season. On July 26, 2022, it was reported that Patrick Sean Smith replaced Sue Tenney as showrunner. On May 17, 2023, ahead of the fifth-season premiere, Netflix renewed the series for a sixth season.