Who is the father of mels baby virgin river

Last year, the third season of Netflix's hit series Virgin River left fans with the biggest cliffhanger in the show's short history. The season finale saw Mel interrupt Jack's proposal to inform him that she was pregnant. While that is great news for Mel, it came with some uncertainty, because she wasn't sure who the father was. It could have been Jack, or the pregnancy could have been the result of the eggs she had frozen from her late husband, Mark. Virgin River Season 4 arrived on Netflix this week and finally resolved the cliffhanger, revealing the identity of Mel's baby's father.

WARNING: This article contains MAJOR spoilers for Virgin River Season 4! Continue reading at your own risk...

Virgin River left fans hanging for most of Season 4, allowing the tension over the baby's father's identity to build. In the finale, however, Mel received information from the hospital about her baby. Much to the relief of Virgin River fans, the baby does belong to Jack.

The Season 4 finale does set up a brand new paternity mystery, however. Jack was that he was the father of the twins Charmaine is carrying. It appears as though that isn't the case. Charmaine tells Jack at the end of the season that she lied about the father of the children, but she doesn't go as far as to say who the real father is. That will have to wait until Season 5.

Based on the series of novels from Robyn Carr, Virgin River stars Alexandra Breckenridge and Martin Henderson. Netflix previously renewed the hit series through Season 5, so the upcoming episodes definitely won't be the last.

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Here's the official synopsis for Virgin River Season 4:

"Despite not knowing whether her baby belongs to her deceased husband, Mark or Jack, Mel begins Season Four with a sense of optimism. For years she yearned to be a mother and her dream is one step closer to reality. While Jack is supportive and excited, the question of paternity continues to gnaw at him. Complicating matters is the arrival of a handsome new doctor, who's in the market to start a family of his own. Hope is still healing from her car accident, and the lingering psychological effects of her brain injury will have profound consequences for both her and Doc. Brie, intent on proving the innocence of the man she loves, unexpectedly finds herself in a closer relationship with Mike and one step closer to Calvin's violent criminal web. Even as Preacher forges a new romantic connection, he can't help but hold out hope for being reunited with Christopher and Paige."

Who is Mel Monroe's (Alexandra Breckenridge) baby daddy on the Netflix series Virgin River? In Season 3, Mel found herself in an awkward predicament when her on-and-off-again love Jack (Martin Henderson) tried to propose to her.

Naturally, she had to tell him she was pregnant. It should have been easy to tell the father of her child — right?

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Not so fast. This is Virgin River after all, a show dedicated to making its heroine's life difficult. So what other man could've been Mel's baby daddy? Let's explain the timeline and reveal the real father of Mel's baby!

(L to R) Martin Henderson as Jack Sheridan, Alexandra Breckenridge as Mel Monroe

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Who is Mel's baby daddy on 'Virgin River'?

Mel and Jack broke up back in Virgin River Season 3 because they didn't agree on children. Jack wasn't ready for another child, while Mel wanted a baby of her own. After the breakup, Mel took matters into her own hands.

Before her husband Mark (Daniel Gillies) died, they had been trying IVF treatments at a Los Angeles clinic. Mel decides to try to get pregnant with one of the two remaining embryos from the past treatments.

Mel slept with Jack shortly after the IVF treatment, hence her "Who's the daddy" confusion. Either way the child will be with a man she loved, right? The painstaking final father reveal doesn't happen until the Season 4 finale of Virgin River, but trust us — it's well worth the wait.

So ... the father is ... wait for it ...

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Jack! And it's a girl. Jack had struggled with the idea of being a father again — and with the thought of Mel having another man's child. However, before Mel reveals the results of the paternity test, he reassures her that he'll love her child no matter what. Jack and Mel get officially engaged before she unveils the paternity test findings, so the results are just icing on the wedding cake.

So that's one new chapter for Jack and Mel. But what about that other huge Season 4 ending twist?

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It turns out Jack's other two children may not actually be his — biologically, anyway. Charmaine (Lauren Hammersley) confesses that her two kids aren't actually his.

(L to R) Martin Henderson as Jack Sheridan, Alexandra Breckenridge as Mel Monroe

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When one door opens ... another door shuts?

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The main reason why Jack hesitated to have children with Mel in the first place was due to the fact that he was the father of Charmaine's twins.

Or so he thought.

Charmaine confesses in the Virgin River Season 4 cliffhanger that Jack actually isn't the father of her twins. She truly believes she's being affected by karma for lying about it for so long. So who is the father? The drama-packed season ends without a concrete answer.

Thankfully Netflix has already renewed Virgin River for a fifth season! You can binge-watch all four juicy seasons on Netflix now while we begin the long, long wait for answers in Virgin River Season 5.

Is Jack the father of Charmaine's babies?

In the finale of Virgin River Season 4, fans finally got confirmation of a theory that had been floating around for a while -- Jack is not the father of Charmaine's unborn twins. While the revelation was shocking, fans have been speculating about his paternity since Charmaine announced her pregnancy in Season 1.

How can mark be the father of Mel's baby?

Mark was going to originally be the father of Mel's baby As we know, amid their brief breakup, Mel visited LA and went through a round of IVF using an embryo she'd created with her ex-husband. Initially, the writers had decided the baby would be Mark's.

Is Jack the father of the twins on Virgin River?

Virgin River Season 4 was shocking. We learned that Jack (Martin Henderson) is not the biological father of Charmaine's (Lauren Hammersley) unborn twins. However, he is the father of Mel's (Alexandra Breckenridge) unborn baby girl.

Is Jack the father of Mel's baby in the books?

Yes, Jack is the father of Mel's unborn baby and this was confirmed in episode 12 of season four. The pair got engaged and then spent a few days in a stunning hotel to celebrate the news.