‘Virgin River’: 2 Longtime Cast Members Leaving Ahead Of Season 8; See Who’s Returning

SPOILER ALERT: The story includes details about Season 7 of Netflix’s Virgin River.

Mike Valenzuela has solved his last case in Virgin River, for now. Marco Grazzini, who has been on the Netflix romantic drama for five seasons, the last four as a series regular, is leaving after the current seventh season.

“He’s not coming back for Season 8,” Virgin River showrunner Patrick Sean Smith tells Deadline.

Also not returning next season is Lauren Hammersley, who has been playing Charmaine for the entire seven-season run of the show to date, as a series regular for the first four seasons and recurring thereafter. Both could return in subsequent seasons, Smith said.

The two departures after Season 7 match the total of series regular exits over the show’s first six seasons, with Grayson Gurnsey (Ricky) leaving after Season 4 and Mark Ghanimé (Dr. Cameron) after Season 6. (Jenny

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