Virgin River Season 6: Plot, cast, & everything we know
NetflixWe’re a few weeks away from Virgin River Season 6 – while we wait for the next chapter of the Netflix series, here’s what we know, including production updates and cast and plot details.
Based on the bestselling books by Robyn Carr, Netflix’s Virgin River is beloved, with each new season on the streaming service outranking the last. Mel Monroe, played by Alexandra Breckenridge, is a nurse who moves from LA to the quiet town of Virgin River after a series of personal tragedies.
After the epic cliffhanger in Season 5 Part 2, fans have been hungry for more, with the program’s showrunners teasing what Virgin River Season 6 storylines are coming.
With Seasons 1-5 available to stream on Netflix, here’s what we know about Season 6 of Virgin River.
Is there a Virgin River Season 6 release date?
Virgin River Season 6 will be released on December 19, 2024. Unlike Season 5, we can expect all episodes to drop at once.
Instagram/@virginriverseriesThe news was revealed via an Instagram post, along with six first-look images for the new series.
Netflix CEO Ted Sarandos also alluded to new episodes arriving on screens in late 2024.
Sarandos remarked during the Netflix Q2 earnings interview: “Just before the end of this year we’ve got Squid Game’s return, Emily in Paris’s return, a new season of Selling Sunset, The Lincoln Lawyer, The Diplomat, Virgin River, Love is Blind, Ryan Murphy has an incredible new season of Monsters.
“That’s all just coming up before the end of the year.”
Star Alexandra Breckenridge similarly teased knowing the release date ahead of time to her followers on Instagram.
When did Virgin River Season 6 wrap filming?
Season 6 began filming on February 22, 2024 and wrapped in June.
Breckenridge and Henderson announced the news of being back on set via Instagram.
Instagram/@virginriverseriesNetflix renewed the show in November 2023, ahead of Season 5 Part 2.
Since filming began, updates on Season 6 have been far and far between, sparking fan complaints.
In lieu of new episodes, a Season 6 video game on the streaming platform was announced under the ‘Netflix Stories’ umbrella.
Who is in the Virgin River Season 6 cast?
We can expect our full cast to return for Virgin River Season 6, and our two mainstays are back: Alexandra Breckenridge as Mel Monroe and Martin Henderson as Jack Sheridan.
NetflixThe expected Virgin River Season 6 cast:
- Tim Matheson as Dr. Vernon “Doc” Mullins
- Annette O’Toole as Hope McCrea
- Colin Lawrence as John “Preacher” Middleton
- Benjamin Hollingsworth as Dan Brady
- Sarah Dugdale as Lizzie
- Jenny Cooper as Joey Barnes
- Zibby Allen as Brie Sheridan
- Marco Grazzini as Mike Valenzuela
- Lauren Hammersley as Charmaine Roberts
- Mark Ghanimé as Dr. Cameron Hayek
- Kai Bradbury as Denny Cutler
- Teryl Rothery as Muriel
- Nicola Cavendish as Connie
- Stacey Farber as Tara Anderson
- Gwynyth Walsh as Jo Ellen
- Chase Petriw as Christopher
- Barbara Pollard as Melissa Montgomery
- Kandyse McClure as Kaia Bryant
- David Cubitt as Calvin
Thanks to social media updates, we know that Doc, Hope, Brie, Kaia, Preacher, Muriel, and Cameron will definitely be returning.
Another actor we can expect to return is John Allen Nelson as Everett, who we found out in Season 5 is actually Mel’s biological father. This is confirmed by the greenlighting of a Virgin River spinoff following his earlier life.
Henderson had fans concerned by recent health scares, though this doesn’t seem to be affecting his role in the show.
The Season 6 plot
The official synopsis for Season 6 reveals Mel and Jack will be getting married, alongside confirming a flashback episode following Mel’s parents in 1972.
NetflixThe full synopsis reads “Against the backdrop of Mel and Jack’s romantic spring wedding season, this sixth installment promises fresh twists and turns, escalating love triangles, delightful wedding drama, as well as uncovered secrets from Mel’s father’s past which will transport us to the magic and mystique of Virgin River in the 1970s.”
Episode 2 will follow the flashback of a young Everett and Sarah, played by Callum Kerr and Jessica Rothe. Patrick Sean Smith explained the episode would explore “who Everett Reid is, what his backstory is, what his connection to Virgin River was when he met her mom and then also what it is today; the relationship of Everett with the town as well as Everett and Mel.”
Even so, we still don’t know if any of the above will include Mel and Jack’s road to parenthood.
Smith also told Deadline, “Season 6 will open with the construction of the house and the barn and starting to see in a bigger way what Jack and Mel’s life and future is going to start looking like.”
Speaking about the couple’s miscarriage midway through Season 5, Breckenridge told Tudum in 2022: “I felt like it was an important story to tell. Not everyone gets their miracle baby. And so, talking to a friend of mine who had dealt with fertility issues, it seemed as though we were going to be talking about it in an honest way that would be appreciated by women who have experienced that.
“It was very hard for me, though. There was a lot of crying. It’s a really sad storyline, but in the end, I think Mel comes out of it on the other side in a better way.”
Elsewhere, Season 5 Part 1 ended with the revelation of Lizzie telling Denny that she might be pregnant, news that was confirmed in Part 2. What’s more, they’re having a girl, so we’ll no doubt get to see their pregnancy journey in Season 6.
Then there’s Brie and Mike’s fledgling relationship, as well as Cameron and Muriel. But the romance is second to all of the drama going down, from drug cartels to wildfires, the latter of which uncovered a body, which will likely be Paige’s abusive ex-husband Wes.
What will this mean for the Virgin River residents, especially Preacher, who helped to cover up the evidence? No doubt we’ll find out more in Season 6, with Smith teasing: “He seems justified in what he did. But then there’s the law and then there is Preacher’s moral compass, which is strong. So I think that’s a lot of what we’re getting into with his character.”
The showrunner went on, “We do intend to do another time jump from the holidays to when Season 6 starts so we can anticipate a bit of a time jump. I don’t know exactly how many months but it won’t be a direct pickup from the holidays.”
Episode titles
Virgin River Season 6 will have 10 episodes, with titles for each leaking online in early August.
Neither Netflix nor Virgin River has confirmed these to be true, and we don’t know which order these episodes will appear in.
The rumored titles are:
- ‘Brothers & Sisters’
- ‘Ghosts’
- ‘Going Overboard’
- ‘Hope Springs Eternal’
- ‘I Climbed a Mountain and I Turned Around’
- ‘Love Story’
- ‘Prelude to a Kiss’
- ‘The Big Day’
- ‘The Broken Places’
- ‘The Jury’s Out’
Is there a trailer?
There’s no new Virgin River trailer yet, but there is a first teaser, which you can see below:
We should get a full trailer in the next few weeks.
Will there be a Virgin River Season 7?
Yes! Virgin River Season 7 has officially been greenlit. We have no further details about it at this stage.
Fans did expect that more series were still to come. Sean Smith told Deadline “There’s no plans of wrapping anything up. I think, as long as these characters are living, there are always going to be stories to tell, and that’s an incredible opportunity for any showrunner.”
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