Virgin River made its long-awaited return to Netflix in September after more than a year of waiting to see what would happen in the wake of the Season 4 finale's shocking reveal, and the fifth season delivered a huge tragedy for Mel (Alexandra Breckenridge) and Jack (Martin Henderson). While the WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes meant that nobody from the show could weigh in on the heartbreaking twist earlier in the fall, Breckenridge has now opened up about performing Mel's traumatic experience.
The reveal of Mel's pregnancy came back in the Season 3 finale, and seeing how that story progressed was one of the most highly-anticipated elements of Season 4 for some viewers with Netflix subscriptions. Unfortunately, she suffered a miscarriage halfway through the first portion of Season 5, and Breckenridge shared the emotional toll of performing that development for her character. She told THR:
