Doc and Muriel really got along well, but, ultimately, he couldn’t keep up the ridiculous ruse anymore and told her that he and Hope were back on.
So, she made her husband date another woman to cover up their reconciliation to the rest of the town gossips.
Hope was then forced to come clean, and everyone was happy for them.
When Season 1 of Virgin River wrapped, these two had decided to completely scrap their 20-year-long plans for a divorce and make a go of it again after Hope finally accepted Doc’s apology for cheating all those years ago.