On
Virgin River, based on Robyn Carr s novels, Henderson plays the love interest for Alexandra Breckenridge s character Mel, who moves to his small town in the mountains of California for a fresh start. According to
Henderson, he feels extremely grateful to play such a moral character on the beloved show and giving people some hope in goodness and humanity. There is something unusually. what s the word. comforting and cozy about it, he says. It s refreshingly romantic, particularly in an era where so much of what we find on television, particularly on cable and on streaming, is this tendency to keep pushing the envelope toward darker, more sinister material. When I read this, I thought it would be quite nice to just play someone who is wholesome. People do still want some goodness. It feels like an honor to be bringing that to people s homes right now.