Before Mel (Alexandra Breckenridge) and Jack (Martin Henderson)’s epic Virgin River romance, Mel’s late mother Sarah fell in love with a man from the same Northern California town.
Season 6 of Netflix’s popular BC-filmed series will tease the origin story of Mel’s biological parents, with a flashback in episode 2 of them meeting in the early 1970s when Callum Kerr’s musician Everett gives Jessica Rothe’s free spirit activist Sarah a ride in his VW van.
At the end of season 5, Mel and Jack spent Christmas looking for and finding her biological father Everett Reid (John Allen Nelson).
“You look so much like your mom. Seeing you just broke my heart all over again. I didn’t know what to say . . . I am your father. And I’m here now.”
Season 6 will uncover secret’s from Mel’s father’s past as well as “transporting us to the magic and mystique of Virgin River in the 1970s” which might lead to a prequel series.
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But the main event this season will be Mel and Jack’s Spring wedding.
Virgin River Season 6:
Episodes: 10.
Working title: Sea to Sea.
BC filming dates: February 21 2024 – May 30 2024.
Series developed by Sue Tenney.
Showrunner: Patrick Sean Smith.
Cast:: Alexandra Breckenridge, Martin Henderson, Tim Matheson, Annette O’Toole, Colin Lawrence, Benjamin Hollingsworth, Zibby Allen, Sarah Dugdale, Marco Grazzini, Mark Ghanime ,Lauren Hammersley, Kai Bradbury, Kandyse McClure.
Others: Teryl Rothery, Nicola Cavendish, Gwynyth Walsh, Christina Jastrzembska, Jenny Cooper, Lucia Walters, Steve Bacic, Libby Osler, Keith MacKechnie, Barbara Pollard, Trevor Lerner, Ellie Harvie, Darcy Laurie, Sandy Robson, Lexa Doig, Chase Petriw, Emma Oliver, Michelle Addison, Miranda Edwards, David Cubitt, Dan Payne, Tom Butler, Gabrielle Rose, John Allen Nelson, Jessica Rothe, Callum Kerr.
Regular BC filming locations:
Jack’s Bar is played by The Watershed Grill in Brackendale near Squamish, with interiors filmed in studio.
Mel’s cabin has been played by the 70-year-old McCrea cabin in North Vancouver’s Murdo Frazer Park, with interiors filmed in studio.
In season 6, Mel and Jack build a new home on Lilly’s farm.
