‘Virgin River’ is an expansive series with a vast number of storylines and characters.

As a result the Netflix show has an unlimited shelf life. Based on the popular romance books

by Robyn Carr, Virgin River centers on the life of Mel Monroe (Alexandra Breckenridge).

Mel moves Virgin River from Los Angeles for a fresh start. As she settles in, she finds herself in a romance with retired Marine Jack Sheridan (Martin Henderson), who also owns the town’s bar. Since their first meet-cute, so much has happened with the couple and other town residents.

“As long as the storylines keep getting juicier, it’s a show that has an unlimited shelf life because it’s such a slice of life,” Sarah Dugdale, who portrays Lizzie, told Express. “It’s nice to have something where it’s like, the stakes are always high, but you are never in such a situation where you are getting too stressed. It’s a nice show to watch when you want some drama but not something that’s just insane. That’s why the show can go for as long as the actors and writers don’t get bored.”

The fifth season of Virgin River is currently filming in Vancouver through the holiday season. In addition to 12 episodes, this season is expected to be very different from past seasons. “I think it’s bigger and better than any of the seasons we’ve done yet,” actor Benjamin Hollingsworth told TV Line. “We’re doing some really ambitious stuff that you’ve never seen on Virgin River before. There’s a really big episode for Brady that’s gonna be a lot of fun for me to play. I imagine there’s gonna be some friction between Mike and Brady as it seems like Brie and Mike have become closer and closer. I would expect there’s gonna be some sort of reconciliation possibly between Jack and Brady now that he’s exonerated, but you’ll have to wait and see.”