Does Charmaine know the babies aren’t Jacks?

“Virgin River” is full of cliffhangers, ranging from attempted murder suspects to questions of paternity. But audiences might say the show’s biggest mystery is its timeline.

As viewers of Season Four of “Virgin River” pointed out on social media, Charmaine (Lauren Hammersley) has been pregnant for what seems to be a long time — likely, a longer-than-nine-months time.

“Poor Charmaine. She’s been pregnant for three years,” one Twitter user wrote.

As of Season Five, she still is pregnant. “It’s crinkling my brain that Charmaine is still pregnant with the twins in season 5 of Virgin River!!!! The time frame of the show confuses me beyond belief,” a tweet written in 2023 reads.

“I expected the new season of #VirginRiver to start off with Charmaine having those damn twins,” another wrote.

Charmaine, Jack’s (Martin Henderson) ex-girlfriend, found out she was pregnant in the show’s first season. During a 911 phone call in the Season Four finale, Jack says that Charmaine is five months pregnant.

The series premiered on Netflix in 2019. That means that, while viewers are three years older than they they were when the show started, characters are five months older. For some, the cognitive dissonance is too much.

Alexandra Breckenridge, who plays Mel, addressed the timeline in an interview with Glamor, timed to Season Four.

“Things move slowly in Virgin River,” she told the publication. “I think Mel’s only been in Virgin River for maybe four months. “It’s a hundred and some odd days; there’s a chart for it. She’s only nine weeks pregnant at this point, and Charmaine is like five months, apparently.”

Charmaine’s pregnancy has been a complicating factor for Mel and Jack’s budding relationship since Season One. In Season Three, Jack wavered about starting a family with Mel, knowing that he was expecting twins with his ex and had a business to run.

Now, there’s another complication. In the Season Four finale, Charmaine reveals that Jack is not the father of her children (just after finding out Mel’s paternity news).

Season Five has progressions when it comes to Charmaine’s pregnancy — namely, the identity of the father of her.

Is the father a stranger? Is it another Virgin River resident, a minor character until now? Is she going to move back from Eureka, where Todd forced her to live?

In addition to answering these questions, the Season Five finale, out in November, might even have another unexpected progression: She might actually have her babies.