After a season filled with emotional turbulence, Mel Monroe (Alexandra Breckenridge) and Jack Sheridan (Martin Henderson) seem poised to step into a new chapter — together. Their breakup, rooted in differing dreams about starting a family, is behind them. Jack’s ready to commit. Mel is glowing with hope.

But just as Jack gets down on one knee, Mel blurts out: “I’m pregnant.”
Jack’s face lights up — until she follows it with: “I don’t know if it’s yours.”

Suddenly, their hard-won reconciliation teeters on the edge of collapse.

👶 Whose Baby Is It: Jack or Mark?
Mel’s confession hurls the couple into chaos. While visiting her sister during their breakup, Mel was reminded of the two embryos she had frozen with her late husband, Mark. She quietly underwent IVF, never expecting to conceive. Now she’s pregnant — but the paternity is uncertain.

Alexandra Breckenridge weighs in:

“I hope it’s Jack’s baby, but I don’t know. That might be wishful thinking.”

There’s complexity in every corner of Mel’s heart. A part of her might want to carry a piece of Mark forward, to give life to the child they once dreamed of. But more than anything, she wants a future with Jack — and the ambiguity is tearing her apart.Virgin River Season Four: Every Question About That Shocking Finale, Answered | Glamour

💍 Was She Ready to Say Yes?
Fans were crushed by the timing of the reveal. Jack, filled with love and resolve, asks Mel to marry him — only to be hit with emotional whiplash seconds later. Was Mel ready to accept the proposal?

Breckenridge believes so:

“She doesn’t not love him. She doesn’t not want to be with him. I want to say she would’ve said yes.”

But between Jack’s complicated feelings about fatherhood and the lingering trauma from past losses, Mel’s news sends shockwaves through their still-fragile bond.

🏥 Life, Death, and the Weight of the Moment
Mel and Jack’s drama isn’t unfolding in a vacuum. Lilly has died. Hope is in the hospital. The town of Virgin River is reeling from multiple tragedies, and it’s in the middle of this grief and confusion that Jack decides he can’t waste another moment.

“Jack’s point is that he loves Mel so much, he doesn’t want to wait,” Breckenridge says.

But can a love proposal born in crisis survive the storm of uncertainty?