Season 3 of Netflix's popular romance drama Virgin River ended with a major cliffhanger (open in new tab) for Mel and Jack. No, not the news that Mel (Alexandra Breckenridge) is pregnant, which all Virgin River fans were clamoring about halfway through the season, "Wait, Mel is pregnant?" but Mel is breaking up with Jack (Martin Henderson (open in new tab)) She underwent in vitro fertilization while she was there, and the baby she is carrying may be the biological child of her late ex-husband Mark. Season 3 ends with that bomb dropped (open in new tab): "Jack, I don't know if you're the father," Mel says, and the credits roll.

"What does this mean?" we, as viewers, knew that Mel and her late husband Mark had frozen embryos, and we also knew that Mel thinks Jack doesn't want any more children (already pregnant with twins and building up toward a huge custody battle with Charmaine and Todd (given the fact that they are in the midst of it). It is also likely that Mel underwent in vitro fertilization because Jack was not confident that he could fulfill Mel's wishes. Now Mel is pregnant just as she wanted, but with another twist, it turns out that Jack wants a child with her (he was just confused!) and ), and what's more, the baby she's carrying may be Mark's biological child.

Big questions! Especially since Jack has already been through so much. He is still suffering from PTSD from his military service, which was no doubt exacerbated by the shooting in his bar - Jack and the police think it was Brady, but they still don't know who shot him. By my count, that's three children born.

Henderson, who plays Jack, was as surprised as we were. He told (opens in new tab) TV Line (opens in new tab) that his first reaction was: "I said," he added: "It's obviously like a huge bomb... It's nice and juicy, but it's a big pill to swallow ...

Breckenridge told TV Line that it took him a while to understand Mel's motives." I'll understand it better in the end. ...... While I was going through it, I was like, "What is Mel doing? This is crazy!" I was like," she said. I can see how much she wants to be a mother. When you're mentally trapped, you do things you wouldn't normally do."

But fans had another big question...

Breckenridge is happily married and the mother of two children, Jack and Billy. So fans wondered if this storyline was written into the series because she has a third child. Of all the questions that haunt the series, this is the easiest to answer: Breckenridge is not pregnant. She even posted a video on Instagram of herself trying on a fake pregnancy bump for season 4 (opens in new tab), which is said to begin filming later this month:

Showrunner Sue Tenney, in an interview with Entertainment Weekly ( opens in a new tab) shed some light. "Jack is a very committed man and loves her very, very much. ...... Jack and Mel, their love and commitment to each other, that will never change. Jack and Mel, their love and commitment to each other, it never changes. Jack and Mel, their love and commitment to each other, it won't change. She added, "The idea of him having three children with two different women will be very interesting."

But don't worry: Even if things get nasty, it will work out in the end. Tenney told TV Insider: (opens in new tab) "In the series, eventually, they're going to get married."[17