Virgin River
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Cozy and comfortable small-town drama with a gorgeous cast, beautiful riverside setting and town, and sweet storylines that go down easy!
Synopsis
Driven by a painful circumstance, nurse practitioner Melinda âMelâ Monroe (Alexandra Breckenridge) quits her job in LA and relocates to Virgin River, a small riverside town in Northern California. But life is not all peace and quiet as she deals with a series of eclectic residents who become her patients, and as she faces the past that she tried to run away from. In between all that, Mel strikes up a sweet romance with the resident bar owner, Jack (Martin Henderson), that also becomes complicated. Â
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Through it all, Mel will learn that she canât run from her problems forever. Here in Virgin River, sheâs meant to heal from them instead.
Sometimes I enjoy intricate mind-bending dramas that exhaust my brain, other times I crave something light that I can just digest with ease. Virgin River is definitely the latter. Itâs the âclassic big city girl moves to small townâ trope, full of the clichĂ©s that accompany it: city girl hijinks, romance with the handsome hunk in town, local folks with their eccentricities and antics. But thereâs a reason this premise is told over and over againâŠwhen done right, it just works! I find it comforting to watch conflicts that are not too over-the-top and just the right amount of dramatic.
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The supporting characters in Virgin River are especially charming, and Melâs romance with Jack gives me the right amount of tingle and giggle I need from a love story. Nothing too unexpected ever happens in the show, which is reassuring. I can tune in, relax, maybe shed a few tears, and finish with a happy smile!