There’s a lot for Virgin River fans to mull over until Season 6 of the Netflix series debuts, starting with a promise from showrunner Patrick Sean Smith that “the journey for Mel and Jack as a couple will always be to having that family that they dream of and that we dream for them.”
Mel is the series heroine, nurse practitioner-midwife Melinda “Mel” Munroe (Alexandra Breckenridge), and Jack is her loving-but-troubled guy Jack Sheridan (Martin Henderson), who owns the local bar/restaurant. Both of these Virgin River residents have experienced deep loss in their lives and personify the show’s themes of moving forward and seizing second chances.
After an emotional 10 episodes and two additional “cozy” holiday episodes meant to be a Christmas present to the fans after a pretty intense Season 5, it’s time for us to take a closer look at what to expect from Virgin River Season 6.
Netflix has not announced a release date for Season 6 just yet, but we know that the show will not return in 2024, as Netflix released its slate of 2024 shows and Virgin River was not on it. Meaning fans can expect new episodes sometime in 2025.
Deadline reported the show started filming in Vancouver in late February 2024 and on May 15 Henderson is teased on Instagram that the cast was close to wrapping.
“Back in the studio making all things Virgin River,” he wrote in a post. “Just spiffy.”
In the snapshot, Henderson appeared to be wearing a pair of headphones as he stood in front of a microphone to presumably finish any last-minute additional dialogue recordings.
“We are close to wrapping up Season 6,” he told his followers with a screen with him and co-star Alexandra Breckenridge appeared in the background.
The post—set to the tune of Bill Withers’ “Lovely Day”—also gave fans some insight about what to expect in Season 6, as Henderson further teased, “What a ride this one has been. Excited for everyone to see it.” There’s at least one new cast member in Virgin River Season 6: John Allen Nelson, Mel’s newly discovered biological father, Everett Reid.
