For 5 years now the nice (and unHealthy) characters of Virgin River have introduced us a ton of small city romance, familial strife, emotional reveals and extra dramatic twists than Mel Monroe may shake a stethoscope at. As anticipated, it sounds just like the upcoming Virgin River Season 6 can be no totally different, and we already know fairly a bit in regards to the new season. Now, let’s dig into what we all know in regards to the hit drama that you could watch along with your Netflix subscription, and the way it will delve into all of the questions left after the surprises of Season 5 Half 2!
Warning: Spoilers for Virgin River Season 5 forward. Proceed with warning!
What Is The Virgin River Season 6 Launch Date?
As of March 2024, there isn’t a precise launch date but for Virgin River Season 6, however Netflix revealed in early February 2024 that it gained’t return till some level in 2025. As talked about above, the sequence has aired yearly since 2019 so it’s unlucky that we gained’t see the episodes hit the streamer in some unspecified time in the future throughout this yr.
We additionally don’t know whether or not or not the season will launch all at one time, as Seasons 1-4 did, or be cut up into two components, as was the case with Season 5.
All Of The Main Forged Members Return For Season 6
Virgin River could also be one of many few reveals with a fairly expansive solid that has managed to see just about everybody return from yr to yr, and followers can, fortunately, count on the identical in Season 6.
Tudum revealed in late February 2024 that every one of our important Gamers will return. So, this implies we will depend on seeing Alexandra Breckinridge (Mel), Martin Henderson (Jack), Annette O’Toole (Hope), Tim Matheson (Doc), Colin Lawrence (Preacher), Zibby Allen (Brie), Marco Grazzini (Mike), Benjamin Hollingsworth (Brady), Sarah Dugdale (Lizzie), Mark Ghanimé (Cameron), Kai Bradbury (Denny), and the latest addition, Kandyse McClure, who started her run as firefighter Kaia in Season 5.
Seeing as how all of our favorites can be again, we will additionally most likely count on to see supporting actors like Teryl Rothery (Muriel), Jenny Cooper (Mel’s sister, Joey), Gwynyth Walsh (Jo Ellen), Keith MacKechnie (Nick), and others return, as effectively.
John Allen Nelson Will Be Again As Mel’s Dad
One new addition that’s been confirmed by Tudum is actor John Allen Nelson, who debuted as Mel’s organic father, Everett Reid, in Season 5 Episode 12. That episode noticed Mel and Jack monitor down the person her mom had an affair with after an incredibly brief search led them to search out out that he had been in Virgin River this complete time. We’ll get into extra particulars later, however he’ll play an vital half within the new season.
Some ‘Returning Favorites’ Have Been Promised
Showrunner Patrick Sean Smith advised Tudum that among the surprises in Virgin River Season 6 are set to be character associated, as followers will “be shocked by some returning favorites from the previous.” That would discuss with characters like Ricky (Grayson Gurnsey), who left city and his job at Jack’s Bar in Season 4 for primary coaching after enlisting within the Marines.
Smith additionally spoke to Deadline in November 2023 in regards to the subsequent season, and teased that among the present’s villains will return. Anybody who noticed the previous few episodes of Season 5 will know that not solely did drug-runner Calvin (David Cubitt) really survive that boat explosion in Season 4 Episode 9, however his former right-hand man, Jimmy (Ian Tracey, pictured above), is again on the scene in a scary approach that we’ll get into extra in a bit.
Virgin River Season 6 Will Start A Few Months After The Christmas Episodes
The size of Charmaine’s being pregnant is now not an enormous query mark/concern for some followers, because the showrunner set the document straight by confirming that every season picks up, at most, a number of weeks after the earlier one. Season 6, then, can be a rarity, as Smith additionally confirmed to Tudum that the motion will begin a number of months after the Christmas episodes of Season 5. It will put the city “deeper into springtime,” and, presumably, approach nearer to some welcome occasions.
In fact, this most likely additionally signifies that poor Brady is prone to be very deep into his romance with seemingly candy single mother, Lark (Elise Gatien), who we now know is working with Jimmy to get revenge on him. And, because the showrunner advised Leisure Weekly in December 2023 in regards to the still-imprisoned Jimmy:
He positively is a nemesis to Brady. And we’re simply getting a touch of what Jimmy’s as much as get again at Brady. Season 6 will inform us all.
Brady’s attempting so exhausting to remain out of bother for actual this time, and right here it comes knocking on his door once more!
We Would possibly See ‘Infants And Wedding ceremony Bells’
Smith’s chat with Tudum did trace at some story particulars, as he famous that “infants and wedding ceremony bells are by no means off the desk on Virgin River.” A time bounce of some months is prone to see the mayor’s chief of workers, expectant mother Lizzie, displaying her child bump and making ready to welcome her little bundle of pleasure with Denny (who I positive hope has a job by then, seeing as how he left Stanford pre-med to stick with her).
We may additionally get a take a look at Charmaine’s twins with Calvin (I’m STILL surprised by that baby-daddy reveal!), and see how she makes an attempt to maintain one of many city’s Huge UnHealthy crime lords out of their lives.
As for these wedding ceremony bells, Mel and Jack bought engaged on the finish of the fourth season, and the top of the fifth noticed them agree to purchase the Anderson farm which was ruined by the wildfire. Smith famous to Tudum that the couple, who’ve been by so much (together with a heartbreaking miscarriage) in just some months “will advance on their path to parenthood whereas additionally turning Lilly’s farm into their final dream house,” so a part of their plan would possibly embody getting married on their new property, as Mel prompt on the finish of Season 5.
We’ll Get Extra Particulars About Mel’s Father
Viewers (in addition to Mel and her sister) had been surprised to search out out that the person who raised Mel was not her organic father. The finale noticed new character Everett Reid determine to be part of her life in spite of everything, and left us with an enormous cliffhanger when he introduced that he had one thing vital to inform her.
As famous above, the brand new episodes will ship extra of Everett, and when the showrunner spoke to Deadline about it in November 2023, he advised the outlet:
I feel [what] we’re exploring extra in Season 6 is who Everett Reid is, what his backstory is, what his connection to Virgin River was when he met her mother after which additionally what it’s at present, because it’s a small city. I grew up in a small city, everyone is aware of everyone, so everyone has an opinion of everyone. And I feel that’s what we’re leaping into in Season 6 is that relationship of Everett with the city in addition to Everett and Mel.
Appears like there could also be a purpose why Everett has by no means been a serious participant on the town, regardless of dwelling there for thus a few years, and I can’t wait to study extra!
Filming Started In February 2024
When the shock information got here in February 2023 {that a} spinoff is being deliberate which can concentrate on the youthful days of Mel’s mom and her affair with Everett, it was additionally revealed by Deadline that manufacturing on the brand new season, which had been delayed by the WGA and SAG/AFTRA strikes in 2023, had lastly begun. This, clearly, accounts for the shortage of a premiere date in 2024.
There Will Be 10 Episodes In Season 6
After action-packed fourth and fifth seasons that delivered two extra episodes than Seasons 1-3, for a complete of 12, Virgin River can be returning to its tried and true episode depend of 10 for the sixth installment. Smith famous to Deadline when speaking about villains returning that this season may have 10 episodes, and that can most likely be the case for the drama “transferring ahead.”
That’s a variety of information for a season that simply began filming, so you possibly can wager that extra can be revealed within the months to return!
