Just because the gun was found in Brady’s (Benjamin Hollingsworth) truck and he was arrested for shooting Jack (Martin Henderson) at the end of Virgin River Season 3 doesn’t mean he did it. He maintains his innocence throughout the season, and while Mike (Marco Grazzini) will probably never believe him, you should.
“I really do think Season 3 brought out a side of Brady that was unexpected, a new layer,” Hollingsworth says. “We saw a softer side of him, [qualities that] don’t lend themselves to a cold-blooded killer.”
TV Insider spoke with Hollingsworth about Brady’s claim of his innocence, his key relationships, and his hopes for a Season 4. (Netflix has yet to renew it.)
Brady insists he didn’t shoot Jack. Make the case for why we should believe him.
Benjamin Hollingsworth: Maybe at the end of Season 2, you might not have had a strong case to make, but I really do think Season 3 brought out a side of Brady that was unexpected, a new flavor of Brady, so to speak. We saw a softer side of him, someone who’s compassionate, understanding, empathetic, someone who is worthy of love, capable of love, all of those things don’t lend themselves to a cold-blooded killer, especially of one of his close friends . I just can’t see a world in which he is the shooter after all we know about him. I think a lot of fans agree with me. I certainly hope he’s not.
He’s made some bad decisions in the past, but to then get in a relationship with Brie (Zibby Allen), the sister of the man he tried to kill…
Yes. And [he’d have to be] very stupid to have left the weapon in his Jeep. It just doesn’t add up to me, so we’ll have to hopefully get a Season 4 and find out.
It seems like Brady’s alone in proving his possible innocence.
I think there are people who will inevitably come to the same conclusion I made. I imagine Brie has a hard time believing he’s the shooter, and I believe Jack has a hard time believing it as well. I certainly hope that they do more investigation and digging into what really happened because I think the relationship between the two of them is too strong for that. Brady and Jack have had their falling outs and they’ve had their difference of opinion. Over the first two seasons, we saw the relationship become more strained than it ever was before, but I think when you’re in the Marines with someone, it’s more than just a friendly connection — it runs much deeper than that — and I really , truly hope that Jack doesn’t also give up on him, that he comes to his senses somehow that way as well.
I don’t think Mike is ever going to come around.
Mike seems pretty convinced, doesn’t he? But it also seems like Mike might have a secret of his own that he’s protecting and might have some ulterior motives. It also kind of seems like Mike might be after Brady’s girlfriend. Mike’s got a lot of reasons to try and make Brady be the shooter.
That conversation about Mike’s secrets was so intriguing because it seems Brady knows all this stuff no one else does.
Yeah, and he does. He knows a lot about Mike. They fought over there. I think Brady testified something that I don’t even know if Jack knows but the fact that he hasn’t gone out and told everyone about what it is just shows also that Brady’s not a bad guy either. He’s not like, “well, you did this!” For whatever reason, he’s kept that a secret and that shows his loyalty to someone who is even arresting him. That he doesn’t stop that low shows a sense of integrity right there.
Who do you think shot Jack?
I do not know. It’s definitely gotta be someone who is really motivated. Obviously, there’s Calvin (David Cubitt) and Jimmy (Ian Tracey), who obviously have all the motives, but Jimmy had an alibi but it doesn’t mean that Calvin didn’t have a hired gun. At least that’s what it sounds like. It could be someone we haven’t met yet or someone that no one’s even considered that might be a part of someone else’s storyline. There’s a lot of possibilities out there.
