If you swooned hard over Mel Monroe (Alexandra Breckenridge) and Jack Sheridan’s (Martin Henderson) small-town love story on Virgin River, you’re in for a real Season 6 treat.
The sixth season of Netflix’s hit drama, based on Robyn Carr’s book series, not only tells the next chapter in Mel and Jack’s romance (they’re finally in their wedding era!) but it travels back to Virgin River in the 1970s to show the meet-cute/love story of Mel’s parents.
In an unexpectedly delightful twist, Virgin River‘s flashbacks became just as compelling
as the main, present-day story, thanks in large part to phenomenal casting and compelling performances by the younger versions of Mel’s dad Everett (John Allen Nelson) and her late mom Sarah.
As fans watch the ’70s story unfold on-screen, they’ll likely want to know more about young Sarah and Everett. So who plays Mel’s charming parents in Season 6 flashbacks? And what do we know about Jessica Rothe and Callum Kerr?
As noted above, Jessica Rothe and Callum Kerr play the younger version of Mel’s parents in Season 6 flashbacks. Ahead of Mel’s wedding, she presses her dad for information on her mom in hopes of coming up with a thoughtful way to honor her during the ceremony. While Everett is reluctant to reminisce because he’s so hurt by the loss of Sarah, at the end of the Season 6 premiere he starts sharing snippets of their love story with Mel. Then, in Episode 2, Virgin River successfully takes us back in time to show Everett and Sarah’s meet-cute.
While driving his VW bus and belting Don Mclean’s “American Pie,” a young, carefree Everett — rocking an unbuttoned shirt and some Aviator shades — zoomed past Sarah, who was hitchhiking on the side of the road after her car broke down. Everett was heading to see The Stones at the Winterland Ballroom in San Francisco, but it was love at first sight, so he backed up, learned that Sarah was also headed to San Francisco for a peace march with her friends, and gave her a ride on the condition that they didn’t have to talk politics. (He’s “more of a sex, drugs, and rock and roll kind of guy.”)
After Everett hit a pot hole, his VW paid the price and the two had to seek assistance at the nearest auto shop…in Virgin River. The fix would take 48 hours, which meant the new friends had to camp nearby and spend some romantic one-on-one time by a bonfire with a bottle of whiskey and Everett’s guitar. After getting vulnerable, Everett told Sarah, “If I don’t kiss you, I might spend the rest of my life regretting it.” (Have I mentioned that I’d watch the hell out of this spin-off?!) The two ultimately parted ways when Everett dropped her off at the march, but Sarah promised that fate would bring them back together again, and it did.
While driving his VW bus and belting Don Mclean’s “American Pie,” a young, carefree Everett — rocking an unbuttoned shirt and some Aviator shades — zoomed past Sarah, who was hitchhiking on the side of the road after her car broke down. Everett was heading to see The Stones at the
Winterland Ballroom in San Francisco, but it was love at first sight, so he backed up, learned that Sarah was also headed to San Francisco for a peace march with her friends, and gave her a ride on the condition that they didn’t have to talk politics. (He’s “more of a sex, drugs, and rock and roll kind of guy.”)
After Everett hit a pot hole, his VW paid the price and the two had to seek assistance at the nearest auto shop…in Virgin River. The fix would take 48 hours, which meant the new friends had to camp nearby and spend some romantic one-on-one time by a bonfire with a bottle of whiskey and Everett’s guitar. After getting vulnerable, Everett told Sarah, “If I don’t kiss you, I might spend the rest of my life regretting it.” (Have I mentioned that I’d watch the hell out of this spin-off?!) The two ultimately parted ways when Everett dropped her off at the march, but Sarah promised that fate would bring them back together again, and it did.
