It wasn’t planned this way.
Warning: This article contains spoilers about season 3 ofVirgin River.
Virgin Riveris missing its resident busybody.
Annette O’Toole as Hope on ‘Virgin River’.netflix
At least not physically.
The answer is the great disruptor of the last year and a half, COVID-19.
“That was a pandemic pivot,” explains showrunner Sue Tenney.
“We’ve worked very hard to double-check she was still very much in the show.
If we have a fourth season, everyone is now vaccinated and the pandemic is not what it was.
So, I would hope that we would have Annette back.”
“Two episodes of plot on that.
Virgin Riverseason 3 is on Netflix now.
