Season 6 spoilers ahead.
Aww, Mel and Jack finally got their happily ever after, or did they?
Season 6 of Netflix’s soapy romantic drama “Virgin River” dropped Thursday and besides serving viewers with bucket loads of emotion, the season ended in true series fashion, with multiple cliffhangers.
The new season picked up a few months after Season 5’s Christmas-themed episodes as Virgin River gathers to celebrate the highly anticipated event of the season: Mel (Alexandra Breckenridge) and Jack’s (Martin Henderson) wedding. Netflix promised the season, set “against the backdrop of Mel and Jack’s romantic spring wedding season,” would be full of “fresh twists and turns, escalating love triangles (and a) delightful wedding drama.”
Annette O’Toole, who plays Virgin River mayor Hope McRae in the series, told USA TODAY, the season is “the happiest season certainly, and the shortest (one).”
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“It was nice to have a core event. The wedding is this the culmination of the whole town’s hopes and dreams. We have a lot of problems along the way, but it’s a nice, positive, happy season for the most part,” O’Toole said.
Recapping Season 6
Much of “Virgin River’s” latest season was centered around Mel and Jack’s much-awaited wedding and the lead up to it. At the same time, the season also delved deeper into Mel’s relationship with her long-lost father and her parents’ past.
However, Mel and Jack’s wedding was not the only thing that happened during the season. Doc’s medical license has been suspended, and his clinic is under scrutiny by the California State Medical Board after a malpractice case was opened against him. Brie found herself in a love triangle with Mike and Brady after Mike popped the question and Brady told her he would not be able to love anyone like he loved her.
The season, meanwhile, ended on a major cliffhanger when Jack goes to check up on his ex-girlfriend and local hairstylist Charmaine after she is a no-show on the wedding. Charmaine was being threatened by her baby daddy Calvin and was looking into getting a restraining order against him. At the end of the finale, Jack enters her home to find it ransacked and her and the babies possibly missing.
Based on Robyn Carr’s novels of the same name, “Virgin River” premiered on Netflix in 2019. It was developed by Sue Tenney, who served as showrunner until Smith took over in Season 5.
With so much left unanswered, here’s what we know so far about Season 7 of “Virgin River” including release date, cast
Will there be ‘Virgin River’ Season 7?
Yes. Netflix, on Dec. 5, announced “Virgin River” has been renewed for Season 7.
“There’s a lot more to go here with these characters,” showrunner Patrick Sean Smith told Tudum.
Smith added viewers have “only just begun to see Mel and Jack function as a married couple, which is exciting,” and Season 7 will “explore the honeymoon phase for them as they’re building their lives on the farm, which can come with its own obstacles.”
