Plus, what he thinks Jack should do about Mel’s big reveal.
It’s the questionVirgin Riverfans have been asking since the end of season 2: who shot Jack?
But while audiences are still hungry for answers, Henderson confesses he has the answer.
Martin Henderson as Jack on ‘Virgin River’.NETFLIX
“I know,” he tells EW sheepishly.
“And the fact that I know makes me feel like the audience is going to find out.”
Why does he know?
Mel (Alexandra Breckenridge) and Jack (Martin Henderson) share a loving moment on ‘Virgin River’.NETFLIX
It’s not purely for acting reasons.
Showrunner Sue Tenney considered making the big reveal this season.
“They toyed with the idea of revealing that in season 3,” Henderson reveals.
But for a bunch of reasons, they decided to extend that.
So that can be dragged out a little bit."
“It would be unfair to the audience to not have that result,” Henderson adds.
“That would feel a little tacky to string them along and then keep it a mystery.
Grab a drink from Jack’s Bar and dive in.
How might that shake his faith in her and their relationship?
MARTIN HENDERSON:It’s obviously going to be a tough pill to swallow.
Because initially there’s going to be this mystery around who the father is.
There’s clearly going to be some damage control there that they’re going to have to navigate.
Their relationship’s going to be tested.
It’s calling on both of them to display a degree of maturity and acceptance because of the situation.
But ultimately, it’s that big question of, “Does love triumph?
Is love enough when a bunch of other internal and external factors threaten to undermine the dream?”
Everyone can relate to that.
No matter how deep your love is, life’s just not perfect, and people aren’t perfect.
It’s going to be interesting to see how these guys navigate those waters.
Well, I assume he’s not going to be immediately getting back down on one knee.
He’s probably going to hit pause on that, right?
I don’t know exactly how he’s going to feel about it.
There’s some other unanswered questions that have to be figured out.
That’s definitely something that we have to wait and see.
Do you think he even wants to know the answer to who the baby’s father is?
Might someone of him just want to skip a paternity test and move on?
I imagine there’d be a few sleepless nights where he wrestles with that.
I know I would want to love my woman’s child unconditionally.
It’s just such a complicated emotional territory to go through.
Not knowing would help simplify that.
He could just be like, “I don’t care.
to get to follow through with that level of commitment, it might help not to know.
He’s also already expecting twins with Charmaine.
So, how does this news complicate or compound that situation?
That’s a really complicated and delicate thing to also navigate.
Do you think he’ll ever stop fighting for the twins or that’s not in his DNA?
I don’t think so.
In a weird way, Jack’s fate in that way is in the hands of the writers.
But I imagine that he would fight tooth and nail to be a presence.
And there’s some long lasting effects of that.
He knows that he suffered from a bad relationship with his dad.
So I’d say he’s prepared to fight.
I think that would undoubtedly take a toll and start to fray at the edges of his mental health.
He’s struggling with demons, and there’s grief there and a lot of it’s unexamined.
And, it’ll be nice.
I won’t say it’s fun to play, but it’ll be interesting.
What might lie ahead in his relationship with his sister?
It seems like Brie is struggling to trust him,but is there hope for repair there?
There’s definitely room, right?
Jack’s sincere in that he would like his sister to stick around.
It’s been hinted that he’s quite estranged from his family.
It might be a ways coming before she’s really ready to be totally honest with him.
Brady has to forgive jack and Jack has to forgive Brady.
And men being men, that’s probably going to be an awkward process for both of them.
That threat’s real.
Jack has a lot on his plate, but he also welcomed Preacher as his officialbusinesspartner.
Might he get involved more with the whole Christopher situation?
I’m not sure exactly what the writers intend to do there.
What do you wish for Jack if there’s a season 4?
(Laughs) Just an easier time, but I don’t think he’s going to get it.
It might be wishful thinking.
It’s fun playing this character, but damn, I’d love to give him a break.
