Calvin’s Fate In Virgin River Season 5 Explained: What Happened & Who Did It?
Since season 4, Calvin’s storyline in Virgin River has gone through several twists and turns, leaving viewers curious about his fate and motives. Based on Robyn Carr’s Virgin River novels, the romantic Netflix series first introduced Calvin as the kingpin of a massive cannabis farm. Before season 4, Virgin River portrayed Calvin as the antagonist who dragged Brady back into his drug business after he was released from prison because of being falsely accused of shooting Jack.
Although Calvin’s arc remains fairly linear throughout the first three seasons, his storyline takes strange turns in season 4 after detective Mike Valenzuela and attorney Brie Sheridan set out to take him down for his crimes. Toward Virgin River season 4’s ending, they even get close to catching him. However, just when it looks like Calvin will end up in prison, his arc seems ends on an ambiguous note, only to later reach a new turning point in season 5. Here is an explanation for what is going in his Virgin River story in season 5 and how it will affect the future of other characters.
Before Virgin River season 5, Calvin was last seen in season 4’s episode 9, where his boat exploded into flames. By season 4’s finale, Melissa and Brady believed that Calvin was dead, but the show kept his fate uncertain by hinting that the police did not find his body. Following season 4’s ending, Virgin River intentionally abstained from revealing anything new about Calvin or his fate to ensure that audiences had assumed he was dead after the season 4 incident. However, just when it seems like Calvin will never return, a surprising season 5 twist reveals the truth behind his fate.
In Virgin River season 5, episode 10, Calvin suddenly approaches a pregnant Charmaine during the town’s Labor Day festival. Surprised to see him, Charmaine acknowledges that she thought he was dead. Calvin responds, “Yeah, so did the person who tried to kill me.” With this, Virgin River season 5 reinstates a character who was presumed to be dead and, as a result, triggers several changes in both Charmaine and Melissa Montgomery’s narrative.
Season five of Virgin River features surprising new relationships, a shocking break-up, a difficult court trial, a heartbreaking goodbye, and a wildfire that threatens the town, bringing some people of Virgin River together while tearing others apart. Issues of motherhood push Mel to make a big decision about her future at the clinic while her pregnancy unexpectedly sparks an emotional connection to her past. To further prove himself to Mel, Jack squares off with some long-overdue confrontations–with his own demons, and of course, Charmaine. And as Doc and Hope’s respective impairments throw their identities into question, the doctor and the mayor must find solace in their community, in their young new family, and in each other.
