Why Is Hope Missing in Virgin River Season 3?
Virgin River is back. The Netflix series returned for its third season just a few days ago, and if youve breezed through all 10 of the shows new episodes, you may notice one major difference. Hope (Annette OToole) is almost entirely missing from the show, and we miss her dearly. If youre wondering when Hope may return to the Netflix drama  if she does at all  youre not alone. We have answers from the showrunner, Sue Tenney herself. the new virgin river season is so good but i need more of hope, one Twitter user wrote, continuing, i have 3 episodes left and so far we barely saw her.  The only time we see Hope in Season 3 of Virgin River is through a screen. And theres a shocking ending thatll leave all Virgin River fans hankering for Season 4. Hopes storyline is left especially in the air, so we know youre wondering whats next for her Virgin River storyline. Heres everything we know about Annette OToole, Hope, and the future of Virgin River. We only see Hope through video calls in Season 3, and her character doesnt end up in good shape by the end of the season. By the end of Season 3  spoiler alert  Hope is placed in critical condition in the hospital. Yikes! Hope, played by OToole, was missing due to COVID restrictions. The plan was never to remove her from the storyline. Rather, to keep OToole safe from COVID-19, Tenney wrote her out of most of the scenes. That was a pandemic pivot, Tenney told Entertainment Weekly. Weve worked very hard to make sure 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. Most likely, Netflix will renew the hit drama. Tenney said she plans on bringing OTooles character back in full swing, so long as the pandemic restrictions are lifted. Hooray! Hope just has to make it out of critical condition, and shell be back. No! Shes a Virgin River cast member through and through. Just to reiterate, the only reason she left for a bit was to stay safe from COVID. Now, thanks to the vaccine roll-out, she should be back for good. Stream Virgin River on Netflix