Top 3 Most Annoying Things About Virgin River

During its impressive five-season run, Virgin River has become one of Netflix's most popular shows, attracting hordes of fans over the years. While the romantic drama remains the streaming service's flagship and is beloved by millions of viewers worldwide, it has a number of flaws that make it difficult to enjoy.

Here are just three things that will make you reconsider your love for the show.

Irritating Characters

Apparently, Virgin River is full of ridiculous people. As small as the town is, it's surprising that it has so many characters whose antics do nothing but draw the viewer's ire. Hope with her childish behavior and constant lip pouting, Lizzie with her inconsistent personality and chaotic behavior, Ricky with his awkwardness, and Charmaine with her victim persona and scheming nature, Preacher with his meek, doormat demeanor – the list goes on and on. And while it's fun to have characters like these on the show – they add spice and pizzazz to any story – they're unbearable in large numbers.

Inconsistent Storytelling

First and foremost, let's talk about Virgin River's ridiculous pacing. Over the course of the show's five-year run, it has covered just over a year of the characters' lives. As a result, the cast has outgrown their roles by this point. Still, we can turn a blind eye to this.

However, the overall plot of Virgin River doesn't make any sense when you look at it more closely. How come Mel's biological father has been living in that very small town all this time and we've never seen him? How come Preacher loses the child of the woman he supposedly loves, starts a new romance as if nothing happened, and then breaks it off when she returns? How is it that Hope and Muriel have remained friends after the latter tried to seduce the former's husband? Apparently, there are too many questions and not enough answers.

Unrelatable Main Character

Primarily centered on Melinda Monroe, Virgin River mostly offers her perspective on life in the town. Furthermore, the audience is made to experience the gamut of her emotions. However, Mel proves to be very difficult to sympathize with. She's quite self-centered and has an obvious penchant for drama, which is why she ends up being unhappy again and again. Most of all, she seems to enjoy wallowing in self-pity, which doesn't do her any favors story-wise.