Petriw as Christopher Lassiter, Paige's son Lynda Boyd as Lilly (seasons 1–3; guest season 4), a friend of Connie and Hope Nicola Cavendish as Connie, one of Hope's friends who runs the town's general store and a member of Virgin River's knitting circle Ian Tracey as Jimmy (seasons 1–2; guest seasons 3–4), Calvin's right-hand man David Cubitt as Calvin (seasons 1–2, 4; guest season 3), the man who runs the illegal pot farm on the other side of Virgin River Teryl Rothery as Muriel, an actress and a rival of Hope's and a member of Virgin River's knitting circle Gwynyth Walsh as Jo Ellen, a member of Virgin River's knitting circle who puts Mel up while her cabin is renovated Steve Bacic as Wes and Vince (season 2; guest seasons 3–4), Wes is Paige's estranged and abusive husband and Vince is his identical twin Carmel Amit as Jamie (season 2), a woman who was visiting Virgin River Chad Rook as Spencer (season 3; guest season 1) Patrick Sabongui as Todd Masry (season 3) Lucia Walters as Julia (seasons 3–4) Stacey Farber as Tara Anderson (seasons 3–present), Lilly's daughter Barbara Pollard as Melissa Montgomery (season 4) Kandyse McClure (season 5) Episodes Series overview Season 1 (2019) Season 2 (2020) Season 3 (2021) Season 4 (2022) Production Development On September 27, 2018, it was announced that Netflix had given the production a series order for a first season consisting of ten episodes. The series was based on the Virgin River book series by Robyn Carr with executive producers: Sue Tenney, Roma Roth, and Chris Perry. Tenney was also set to serve as the series' showrunner with Reel World Management acting as the Production company involved in the series. On December 20, 2019, Netflix renewed the series for a 10-episode second season. On December 18, 2020, Netflix renewed the series for a 10-episode third season. On September 20, 2021, Netflix renewed the series for a 12-episode fourth and fifth season. On July 26 2022, it was reported that Patrick Sean Smith replaced Sue Tenney as showrunner. Casting On December 19, 2018, it was reported that Alexandra Breckenridge, Martin Henderson, Tim Matheson, and Annette O'Toole had been cast in series regular roles. Additionally, it was further reported that Jenny Cooper, David Cubitt, Lexa Doig, Daniel Gillies, Lauren Hammersley, Benjamin Hollingsworth, Colin Lawrence, Trevor Lerner, and Ian Tracey had joined the cast in an undisclosed