Annette O'Toole as Hope McCrea smiles in 'Virgin River'

‘Virgin River’: Jack and Hope Will Reconnect in Season 5

'Virgin River' Season 5 is currently filming in Vancouver. This season, fans are hoping to see Jack and Hope reconnect.

by Aramide Tinubu

Published on August 13, 2022

2 min read

Hope will go through a major transformation in ‘Virgin River’ Season 5

Nosey and brutally honest, Hope has been a character we love to hate since Virgin River Season 1. Though she was mostly absent from season 3, she has returned with a vengeance. However, she is set to go through a major transformation in season 5

“I would like to see her — and I believe this is going to happen — be more of a mayor, be more involved in her work,” O’Toole told The List. “We see her walking around, showing up, and she can go anywhere.”

O’Toole said she also hoped that her character would start leaning more into the politics of the town.

Jack and Hope will reconnect in season 5

As fans know, Jack and Hope were once extremely close. However, the meddling mayor destroyed their relationship in season 1. If you recall, Charmaine (Lauren Hammersley) gave Hope a private letter for Jack to read about her pregnancy. Instead of simply handing the letter off as she was asked, Hope read the private note.

Since then, Jack has distanced himself from her. Thankfully, all of that is going to change. New showrunner Patrick Sean Smith has a plan for more characters to come together.

“We’re just shooting the first two episodes now . . . I hope [Season 5] comes out next year,” Smith told Salon. He added,

I don’t know when. I couldn’t speculate, but what I’m really excited to do — and I think I have the gift of perspective, being the outside guy who’s watched the first four seasons — one of the things I wanted to do when I came in was start to see characters that I haven’t seen interact in a long time, like Jack and Hope. They had a really big storyline out of Season 1 and into Season 2, which I thought spoke well of their relationship. It creates so many questions for me as to how they came into each other’s lives and what role do they play in each other’s lives? I feel like we haven’t seen that in a while. I’m hoping that Season 5 will feel like the previous seasons, but with new ways into the characters you already know about.

‘Virgin River’ Season 5 will open where season 4 ended

However, Jack and Hope reconnect, we think it’s going to be a gradual rebuilding of trust. After all, Jack ousted Hope from his life back in season 1. Though we’re sure he’s thrilled she is recovery from her accident, there won’t be a time jump for the duo to fix their issues off camera.