I’m about to sell this show down the river

VIRGIN RIVER is back for a fourth

series and went straight to No 1 on the Netflix charts. First, some terrible news for fans of this sugary romance. Hope is Not Dead . . . literally. Many viewers prayed that town mayor Hope — the most annoying character in the history of river-based romcoms — had perished in the cliff-hanger car crash at the end of series three

Instead, she is back and as irritating as ever, even with a brain injury. Meanwhile, everyone is pregnant and many seem to have been impregnated by Jack ( right).

In one scene the lustrous-maned heartthrob took off his plaid shirt — but the camera shyly panned to the log fire. Honestly.

Things better improve on Virgin River — or it will be sailing out of my affections.