It’s all the news Virgin River Fans have been eagerly awaiting season 6, as Netflix has revealed who will be playing Mel Monroe’s (Alexandra Breckenridge) parents. And they’ve been perfectly cast.
After it became apparent that Virgin River season 6 is set to hit the top streaming service in late 2024, one of the best netflix series now welcomes two new residents to the sleepy town as jessica rothe (Happy Death Day) and Callum Kerr (One piece) will join the sixth series as a younger version of Mel’s parents, Sarah and Everett Reid.
In addition to Mel and Jack Sheridan’s (Martin Henderson) upcoming weddings, Sarah and Everett will appear in the series via flashbacks, as they meet and fall in love in the 1970s. First images released by Tudum show the lovers in 1972, with Sarah described as: “a witty, free spirit from the big city with a fiery passion for activism, who tries to avoid the conventional and traditional life of a young woman in the ’70s.”
Sarah shares an instant spark with Everett, “a handsome and free-spirited singer-songwriter with the soul of a poet” who will one day pursue his dreams of the stage and currently sails through life in a VW van. But a chance encounter with a beautiful hitchhiker may show him there’s more to life.
How do Sarah and Everett fit into Virgin River season 6?
Spoilers ahead for the ending Virgin River season 5.
The modern-day version of Everett (John Allen Nelson) was introduced in the Christmas special, but Sarah has not been on the show until now.
In Virgin River season 5 part 1, Mel’s sister Joey discovered the love letters of a man to their mother who turned out to be Mel’s biological father. In Virgin River season 5 part 2, Mel and her fiancé Jack set out on a mission to find the mysterious man who eventually led them to Virgin River resident Everett. At first he wanted nothing to do with her, but eventually he came around and wanted a relationship with his long lost daughter in a true vacation spirit.
The cliffhanger ending saw Everett reveal that he had “something important” to tell her, which would be revealed in 2017. Virgin River season 6. Showrunner Patrick Sean-Smith teased to Term that we would learn more about Sarah and Everett’s romance in the upcoming series.
“What we’re going to explore further in Season 6 is who Everett Reid is, what his backstory is, what his connection to Virgin River was when he met her mother and also what it is today,” he added. “Season 6 will also explore Everett’s relationship with the town and with Everett and Mel.”
Mel’s parents will also be the center of a rumor Virgin River prequel currently in early development. The prequel will be the Virgin River universe in which the love story between Sarah and Everett is told.