Virgin River‘s Zibby Allen explained why she is “a bit worried” about season 8 after that shocking finale.
Season 7 of the Netflix hit, which premiered on Thursday, March 12, saw Brie (Allen) and Brady (Ben Hollingsworth) finally getting on the same page about being together. Their bliss was short-lived, however, as Brady ended up in a motorcycle crash that left his fate unclear.
“We’ve speculated a lot about, what’s it going to be? Is he going to be OK?” Allen exclusively told Us Weekly. “It’s so unfortunate that things never seem to go totally right with Brady.”
Allen confirmed she didn’t know what the plan was, adding, “I’m not going to lie, I’m a bit worried. I want them to have a moment or longer than just a moment — because they had one moment on the motorcycle before his accident. I want to give him a chance [at happiness with Brie] so we’ll see what happens.”
In a separate interview, Hollingsworth poked fun at Brady never winning in his professional or personal life. “That’s pretty much on par for Brady’s luck,” Hollingsworth quipped to Us. “I guess I just can’t have nice things. I guess Brady just can’t have nice things.”
Hollingsworth also hinted that he knows where Brady will end up in season 8. Allen, however, argued that the cast would need to wait until the show goes into production to get the full picture.
“I know as much as Ben — and it’s not as much as he’s letting on,” she joked. “The writers always let us give us a pitch of what the character arc is going to be for the upcoming season. But that’s when they’re beginning to write the new season. So things often — and always do — actually change and shift. It’s always a bit of a mystery to us until we get the actual scripts.”
Allen, who has been on the show since season 3, has high hopes for the show’s future.
“Brie is excited to be an auntie. She’s finally doubled down on Brady and she’s had this real personal win with finding Charmaine,” she recalled. “I can’t obviously give much away but I really hope that those pieces give her a chance to settle into Virgin River and into herself in a way that she just hasn’t been. She’s been on her back foot. She’s barely been reacting to life and so I’m excited to see what they do with her.”
As for how long Virgin River can go on for, Allen didn’t have a specific idea but she can see Netflix’s longest-running scripted series only growing from here.
“I could see this world going on and on and on and on and watching these characters live their lives in a really long form way,” she noted. “There are shows that do it. I think it all depends on whether or not the audience still wants more.”
Virgin River is currently streaming on Netflix.
