VIRGIN River fans were left hanging in heartbreak after Jack Sheridan was last seen battling for his life in the season two finale.
Viewers of the American romantic drama were left guessing who shot Martin Henderson’s character after he decided to give things a proper go with Melinda Monroe (Alexandra Breckenridge).
The hugely emotive scenes saw Mel discover ex Marine Jack on the floor of his bar, bleeding from the wound dealt by the unknown shooter.
Now Sue Tunney, showrunner on the Netflix series, has told TV Line she is confident there’s more to come for Mel and Jack’s relationship.
Speaking of Virgin River, based on a series of 21 novels, she said of Netflix: “They weren’t trying to hurry us up, or to rush us to where we were going.
“They let us tell the story, and as a storyteller, that’s like catnip.”
Sue added they resisted any temptation to rush through Robyn Carr’s books to make the plotlines align with the current book 21.
She added to the same publication Mel and Jack are set for a slow-paced relationship and said: “We’re sticking to a shorter time frame here, which I haven’t done in other series I’ve worked on.
“But we were afraid we would miss some really great stuff between these characters.”
In a separate chat with Radio Times, she told how the protagonists’ relationship would run true to the books.
She said: “Ultimately, the way I look at the show is that we’re going to get as many seasons as we get.
“And when we get to that last season, we want them to be where Robyn has them,.
“Everything we do that isn’t directly from the book we do in [the spirit of] Robyn’s books.”
Talking of the pair’s steamy sex scenes she added to the same publication: “Our show, I believe, is PG-14, so there aren’t a lot of body parts that are allowed to be shown.
“If you’ve read the books, you know that sex is a big part. But I just didn’t feel that the first season was about that. I wanted to hold off.”
Actor Martin recently lifted the lid on who he thinks the culprit behind his character’s shooting is.
As viewers already know, Martin is currently stuck in a love triangle with Melinda Monroe and his friend with benefits Charmaine Roberts (Lauren Hammersley), who is currently pregnant with his child.
But because the restaurant owner decided to finally make it work with the nurse practitioner, it makes perfect sense that he thinks his baby mama is the person who shot Jack.
