After Virgin River season 5 ended with the shocking news that Mel (Alexandra Breckenridge)

had another biological father, Everett (John Allen Nelson), who had been nearby the entire time,

we’ll learn more about the unexpected love story between Mel’s mother, Sarah,

and Everett in season 6. As Deadline first reported, Jessica Rothe (Happy Death Day) and Callum Kerr (Monarch) will play Sarah and Everett in flashbacks set largely in 1972. The new season will shed more light on Sarah, who has been largely overlooked in the story so far, and her desire to pursue a life of activism and distance herself from the more conventional options available to a woman of the time. When the free spirit meets Everett, a handsome musician, they hit it off immediately, and she wonders if she’s finally found her soul mate.

Virgin River showrunner answers all our burning questions about the season 5 holiday episode After the season 5 Christmas special aired last December, Smith revealed that an older Everett would be returning in season 6. “He’s definitely going to be a big part of Mel’s storyline,” he previously said. with Entertainment Weekly.

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