When most people think of Netflix dramas, their minds go to big, splashy sci-fi spectaculars like Stranger Things or lavish romps like Bridgerton, but one of the streamer’s steadiest and most popular shows is Virgin River. The show’s fourth season, which was released in the middle of July, did almost 200 million viewing hours in its first two weeks on Netflix, not quite Stranger Things numbers, but for a show with a budget that’s a fraction of the size, it’s no wonder Netflix have locked in another round. Based on the Virgin River book series by Robyn Carr, the show follows Alexandra Breckenridge’s Mel Monroe, a midwife and nurse practitioner who decides to relocate to the remote North Californian town of Virgin River and away from the hustle and bustle of Los Angeles.
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