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(Warning now: Spoilers ahead!)
Tim Matheson as Doc Mullins, Alexandra Breckenridge as Mel Monroe in episode 512.
Charmainefinally gave birth to her twins, but not before Mel found out that Cal was the unlikely father.
In other developments, Camerons ex-fiance, Michelle, showed up wanting to get back together.
TBC in season six….
Tom Butler as Sam, Martin Henderson as Jack Sheridan, Alexandra Breckenridge as Mel Monroe, Ezra Wilson as Theo in episode 512.
Speaking of Jack, he gets Mel a puppy named Pony for Christmas.
(Thats not at all confusing, but also, yay!).
Brady doesn’t suspect a thing, she tells him.
John Allen Nelson as Everett Reid in episode 512
(And I tell Lark, shame on you for being so awful.)
He also has some news for his daughter, which makes you wonder, what is his real motive?
Grab your coffee or cocoa (or spiced eggnog) and settle in!
Martin Henderson as Jack Sheridan, Alexandra Breckenridge as Mel Monroe in episode 511
Did Alex Breckenridge want to change it up since Mel had been through so much this season?
Patrick Sean Smith:Yeah.
And I was like, Let me talk to Netflix.
Mark Ghanime as Dr. Cameron Hayek, Teryl Rothery as Muriel, Trevor Lerner as Bert, Ava Anton as Hazel, Kai Bradbury as Denny in episode 511.
And she was like, Great.
And I have some notes on 5.10.
And I was like, I just got you bangs and youre giving me notes?
I think she was excited for a change.
Alex is also super thoughtful about her appearance in terms of how it relates to her character.
It was all coming from a place of character and where Mel was this holiday season.
And now Alex is back to blonde, but she also debuted a shoulder-length bob a few months ago.
Are you going to write that into season six?
With that hard-hitting question out of the way, lets talk about Mels father, Everett.
What was behind the decision to have her father be someone we hadnt met before?
Then it was just like, Who is this guy?
What can we imagine?
What were you looking for?
Yeah, it was hard.
So when John [Allen Nelson, who plays Everett Reid] came up, he just felt right.
So it was hard, but he just felt right and Im really proud of the result.
I think he did a fantastic job, and I know Alex enjoyed working with him.
Should we assume that its something having to do with his health?
How much will this storyline fact into next season?
I am not at liberty to say.
Should we be hopeful?
Hope is a good thing.
And then also, Mel just having this opportunity to have a living parent back in her life.
The dog will be in every episode going forward, right?
Pony is not going to go the way of Tucker.
Pony will live and be a character in the series just as all of our other characters.
So Im worried that the puppy has aged out of the role and we might have to recast.
You just mentioned a time jump.
I do anticipate a time jump.
I cant say how much of one, but I do anticipate one from Christmas time.
In these holiday episodes, Connie is absent because shes taking care of her cousin.
Was Nicola Cavendish, who plays Connie, not available for these two episodes?
Yeah, she was unavailable.
Will we see more of them?
And what about Jacks sisters that we havent met yet?
It was always our ambition to flesh everything out, just to make it feel more real.
Lets talk about Muriel and Cameron.
What can you preview for them?
And thats why it worked as such a great cliffhanger to see what happens with this couple next season.
Yeah, Brady has some unfortunate luck sometimes.
And Jimmy is somebody who hes been at odds with for most of the series.
Jimmy has found a way to threaten Brady from inside the walls of a penitentiary.
Do you have an idea of when season six might start filming?
But as to when that is next year, I dont know yet.
Do you think we’re going to have to wait until 2025 to get new episodes?
Im going to do my darnedest to verify that doesnt happen.
You mentioned earlier that some of your favorite scenes are in these holiday episodes.
And Martin ate peppermint bark [in the scene].
I was watching the dailies and he just kept eating it.
And I was like, Is he spitting this out?
I texted him and wrote, Are you okay?
The other scene I really loved [was] Alexs emotion and reaction to her dad.
That was just beautiful.
To see that happiness and optimism for Mel and that relationship, I think was really lovely.
And I love the musical number.
That was something I was excited to doto bring the whole town together for a holiday event.
I could keep going, but those were the ones that come to mind.
We left very little on the holiday football field after these two episodes.
So if theres more to mine then for sure.
But Id also be open to doing other holiday-themed episodes down the road too.
My parentswho are majorVirgin Riverfans as welland I offer to come and bring Hanukkah cheer as well next season.
We had so many conversations about where do we have that?
Who in our cast and how can we play that out?
The two episodes are just jam-packed.
So I think a Hanukkah special,A Very Virgin River Hanukkahspecial sounds perfect.
