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Virgin River Review – Breaking Point (2×07)
Staying busy is one way to get your mind off things, and that’s exactly what Mel did on the anniversary of her husband’s death.
However, it likely wasn’t the best idea to spend all her time mediating a birth plan between Jack and Charmaine.
The further along in Charmaine’s pregnancy, the more we realize just how much she and Jack don’t see eye-to-eye.
Since she already voiced her fears about the hospital once before, it wasn’t a surprise that she wanted a home birth. But while that may have been what she was comfortable with, it wasn’t exactly the safest option to welcome twins who have a higher complication rate, especially with a hospital two hours away.
It’s great that Mel didn’t push her ideas onto Charmaine or blatantly take Jack’s side because she’s his friend. Despite her personal feelings towards Charmaine, she was able to put those aside and think of her only as a patient. This way, they were able to find a middle ground that worked for everyone.
My hope is that by learning a little about Mel’s backstory of losing a daughter and a husband, Charmaine will become a bit more sympathetic.
Over the course of the season, her character has had so many mood swings that it’s hard to pin down who Charmaine actually is.
One minute she’s thanking Mel for all that she’s done as her doctor, the next she’s spreading rumors about Mel being a home-wrecker. It’s so inconsistent — pregnancy hormones aside.
And her outlook towards Jack is so toxic. Charmaine has this vision of how she expects things to be with Jack, but it’s all in her head; he’s never once given into these fantasies and led her to believe they’d be together in the end.
They may be having twins together, which will lead to co-parenting, but they aren’t together. He doesn’t have to tell her about everything he does, and she has absolutely no right to dictate what he can and cannot do, especially because, in this instance, Mel and Jack’s time spent at the river was anything but romantic. Again, Charmaine has this idea of the two of them that’s simply not rooted in reality.
We know it’s hard for Jack to open up and be vulnerable with his feelings, and the few times he does, it’s with Mel, so it’s not surprising that he couldn’t just be honest with Charmaine about how overwhelming it was to see a house filled with baby items or how overwhelming the idea of becoming a father is as a whole. And Charmaine hasn’t done much to earn that trust. Unfortunately, carrying his twins doesn’t mean much when it comes to sharing feelings.
Mel thought that she could get through the day without breaking down, but all of that changed when she got her husband’s life insurance policy sent to her. Talk about timing, right?
Having something so tangible made it all feel real for Mel and, of course, she realized what Jack told her previously — grief comes in waves.
It was a heartbreaking scene, but Mel is strong and she’ll find the strength to power through this setback.
After all, just look how far she’s come.
Preacher and Connie are out here devising alibi’s and it’s the partnership I never knew I needed. Connie may seem like a goody-goody, but she’s a ride or die when the script calls for it.
For now, the body in the forest ending up being Leo Cavannah, the junkie who attacked Mel and previously worked for Calvin before he “took care of him.”
The hope is that those dogs don’t find Wes’ body, but the chances of that are slim. And once they do, it’ll raise a handful of questions that Preacher needs to be prepared for. He seems like a tough man, but this has really shaken him to his core, so hopefully, his guilt doesn’t eat him up.
No one deserves to go down for what happened as it was an accident, and Preacher covered it up with the best intentions of protecting Paige and Christopher.
I’ll admit Ricky and Lizzie had a cute moment in the bakery truck, but it doesn’t negate all the things she’s done and how bad of an influence she is on him.
Yeah, it’s great to stand up for yourself, but Ricky, don’t bite the hand that feeds you. There’s a time and place, and going after Jack simply wasn’t it.
Jack is the kind of man who gives great advice but can’t seem to take his own. He’s out here just trying to impart his wisdom on everyone including Ricky and Brady, but neither of them are willing to hear it.
Brady is seeing $$$ signs by working with Calvin, and while he seems to be aware of the risks that come with it, he’s blinded by the money and willing to put it all on the line. Let’s hope the next body that ends up in the forest isn’t his.
It seemed as thought Hope and Doc were finally getting it right. They planned a romantic date night in public and were ready to make it official when the date was crashed by Muriel.
They always say three’s a crowd and that couldn’t be more true in this situation. Hope was claiming her man, Muriel was flirting her way in, and it was all types of awkward.
And then for some reason, Doc seemed to arrange a trip that, correct me if I’m wrong, coincides with Muriels’ trip to Seattle.
Is he going alone? Is he surprising Hope? Why would he think that’s a good idea? I can’t be the only one who wants just one couple on the show, particularly Hope and Doc, to get it together while the rest of the “young-ins” figure it out.
Virgin River Season 2 has been entertaining and had plenty of surprising twists, but the some of the storylines oftentimes feel so vague or disjointed. Not much manifested from Ricky and Lizzie’s car accident. It was merely a “jaw-dropping cliffhanger,” but he never got into any trouble from his aunt for it. Jamie continues popping in and out, but we don’t really find out much about her. Everything with Muriel is just odd. Sometimes, it feels like one episode ends, and I’m expecting a continuation in the following episode but it never comes. Is anyone else feeling that same way?
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Ginny and Georgia centers on the heartwarming yet extremely complicated bond between a mother and her daughter after they put down roots in a New England town.
With so many compelling storylines and incredible characters of all ages, it’s no wonder that the coming-of-age drama has become a fan favorite among Netflix audiences.
The second season of Ginny and Georgia premiered on Jan. 5, 2023, which means that a third season is likely far off, especially considering Brianne Howey, who plays Georgia, just announced her first pregnancy, which will possibly delay filming.
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Of course, Netflix has to renew the series for a third season. As of March 28, 2023, it has not given the show a green light for additional episodes.
Fans shouldn’t be too worried, however, as a renewal is very likely considering the show’s performance, the rabid fan base, and the fact that season 3 ended on such a cliffhanger—Netflix knows that fans will be clamoring for another season to see how the situation resolves itself.
As for a premiere date, well, there isn’t one just yet. Until the series is renewed and production begins, it’s a bit too difficult to come up with a date for new episodes. The season could likely arrive in February 2024 if we’re looking at the previous premieres for both seasons 1 and 2, which both debuted at the start of 2021 and 2023, respectively.
But with Howey’s pregnancy thrown into the mix, that could delay things a bit, and it wouldn’t be the worst thing if the series returned during the summer when there’s a lull in content and fans are seeking out something to binge-watch and get invested in.
Either way, when Netflix makes an official decision, you’ll be the first to know as we’ll update this article accordingly!
Until then, you can gear up for the final season of The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, Riverdale, and Firefly Lane!
YOU Season 4 introduced a plethora of new characters as it revamped the series with a murder mystery format.
*Warning – stop reading if you haven’t finished YOU Season 4 – Spoilers Ahead *
The shakeup made sense considering Joe Goldberg (Penn Badgley) uprooted his life following the fiery events in Madre Linda that killed Love Quinn and started over in London, assuming the identity of Professor Jonathan Moore.
Rather quickly, he got pulled into an elite group thanks to his co-worker and neighbor, Malcolm Harding (Stephen Hagan), who was the season’s first victim. Joe/Jonathan naturally despised Malcolm’s group, though he did find Rhys Montrose (Ed Speleers), an author running for Mayor of London, to be a bit of a kindred spirit. They came from the same broken background and shared many of the same views.
As the first half of the season unraveled, Joe sought out advice from Rhys on a handful of occasions, engaging in plenty of long heart-to-hearts with him, so it was kind of shocking when it was revealed that Rhys, as audiences have come to know him, was never real.
Rhys Montrose existed, yes, but he was never friends with Joe, nor was he the Eat the Rich Killer. The version of Rhys that Joe bonded with was a hallucination conjured up by his subconscious to protect himself and eliminate his darker, more deranged thoughts.
You. (L-R) Ed Speleers as Rhys, Penn Badgley as Joe Goldberg in episode 410 of You. Cr. Courtesy of Netflix © 2023
For much of the season, we saw Joe desperately trying to set himself free from Rhys’ grasp. At first, he saw him as public enemy #1, who somehow figured out Joe’s real identity and roped him into a murder spree by threatening to frame him for the deaths if Joe refused to participate.
However, once Joe realized that Rhys was a figment of his imagination, he began to look for ways to silence the evil little voice forever, while also trying to figure out a plan to cover up the death of the real Rhys Montrose.
Joe was tasked with killing the mayoral candidate, who he assumed at the time was the Eat the Rich Killer, by Kate’s (Charlotte Ritchie) father, Tom Lockwood. When he arrived at Rhys’ secret countryside hideout and tied him up, he was infuriated that Rhys claimed not to know who he was, nor would he admit to kidnapping Marienne (Tati Gabrielle). Eventually, Joe’s rage and anger took over, and he “accidentally” killed Rhys, which is when fake Rhys showed up and revealed that Joe was having a semi-psychotic break.
In the end, Joe’s suicide attempt ensured that his hallucinations were forever gone, though he did embrace the darkness he was trying so hard to snuff out, making him more dangerous than ever.
As for the real Rhys Montrose’s killer, he pinned it all on poor Nadia (Amy-Leigh Hickman), a fan of Rhys’s from the beginning, who flew too close to the sun in her attempts to bring down Joe Goldberg. If only she just listened to Marienne’s advice.
A huge congrats to the YOU team for pulling off yet another jaw-dropping twist, and to both Badgley and Speleers for completely immersing themselves in their dual characters.
Just when you thought you figured out where the season was headed, YOU pulls out the rug from under you yet again.
I’m definitely starting to feel the whiplash that Joe/Jonathan must be feeling right about now.
Things have gone from crazy to crazier rather quickly, as Rhys unveiled his true plan—along with how Joe is involved—while Joe came out victorious in front of the elite group once again, and all while a new suspect started piecing things together and realizing that Joe knows way more than he’s led on.
While Joe spent numerous hours trying to figure out a plan to get close to Rhys, Rhys just appeared at Joe’s place one night without so much as lifting a finger. Joe may think he’s the invisible one in the city, but for a man who’s so well-known and loved, Rhys seems to get around without anyone noticing.
And he made the rules of the game very clear—either Joe finds someone to frame for all the deaths or he goes down as the Eat-the-Rich killer, which isn’t exactly ideal. A little incentive goes a long way, so while Joe tried to distance himself initially, he couldn’t shake the desire for self-preservation and took the bait. He took the task rather seriously as it was either kill or be killed; he knew someone had to go down for it, but it had to be the right person.
With time running out, he genuinely began to consider Connie, but despite being an irrelevant character, he couldn’t justify pinning it on someone who was struggling with addiction and trying to turn their life around. Connie wasn’t a threat to anyone, except for maybe himself, so Joe couldn’t justify destroying his life.
But Dawn, well, she fell right into his lap. The few times we saw her snapping photos of the elite, and focusing on Joe–including when she spotted him at Rhys’ mayoral rally—I was convinced that she recognized him from his previous life. And that seems to be what the series wanted me to think so that they could pull a fast one on us because when Dawn pulled Phoebe aside to a “safe room” to keep her protected from the killer, it was revealed that Dawn was just an obsessive stalker who was connived that she was friends with the elite, Phoebe in particular. Dawn was a threat to a lot of people, so Joe took advantage of it. He framed her by planting Simon’s ear in her belongings, and since no one would ever believe a word she said over Phoebe’s accounts of what happened, Dawn couldn’t prove her innocence. Plus, she made an ideal suspect since she was at nearly every single event where a murder occurred as she was stalking the group. I mean, it couldn’t have been any more perfect if Joe had tried to plan it himself.
You. Ed Speleers as Rhys in episode 406 of You. Cr. Courtesy of Netflix © 2023
However, his heroics did raise some questions from Nadia, his student and the lover of all murder mysteries. She noticed that Jonathan seemed to be at the center of every single scenario, oftentimes being championed as a hero, though he’s not actually connected to any of these people in any meaningful way. It’s a dangerous thing to play detective, especially when you’re setting your sights on Joe Goldberg. Jonathan seems to like Nadia, but if she threatened him, I don’t think Joe would hesitate to take her down. Self-preservation is his M.O., remember?
Once Joe thought he finally got Rhys off of his back by framing Dawn, he decided to give into his desires and pursue a relationship with Kate. Honestly, Kate makes some really poor decisions, starting with just accepting Jonathan for who he is now and promising never to ask questions about his past. She wants someone to see her for who she is in the moment so badly that she’s letting logic take a backseat. Why would someone want to deny their past so badly unless they did something truly unforgivable? Kate wants to shed her past because of her connection to her father and she thinks that makes her and Jonathan equal, but they are not the same.
By the time she realizes the truth about who Joe is, it might be too late.
As for Rhys, did Joe think he was really going to get rid of him that easily? Rhys has always wanted a friend to help him get to the finish line so to speak. He believes that they are the same, so he wasn’t going to just let Joe slip away.
And while his motive wasn’t evident at first, he seems hellbent on taking out those who don’t deserve their success and wealth. The three victims, Malcolm, Simon, and Gemma, all threatened his mayoral run in some way, so they were taken care of, and now, he’s setting his sights on the ultimate villain–Kate’s father. She may have a complicated relationship with her tycoon dad, but I don’t think Kate would ever want to see anything bad happen to him, let alone at the hands of the man she’s in love with.
However, Rhys doesn’t seem to give Joe much of a choice as he still holds all of the cards. One might think that Joe could just handle this in the same way he always does, but well, you can’t just try to kill a killer. He’d see that coming from miles away. Joe needs to be strategic and deliberate in his plan, so for now, he has to play along. I, for one, am curious to see what all the hubbub is about Kate’s father–is he really as terrible as she makes him out to be?
As for Rhys, what is the catch? Fans were disappointed with the first half of the season since his reveal as the killer was obvious—and his motives, including his desire to kill Kate’s father–are exactly shocking or game-changing. What are we missing?
What did you think of the episode?
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