Virgin River’s latest season brought plenty of drama for Mel and the Town.

The community had to pull together to fend off wildfires, while Mel made

a huge discovery that would change her family life forever. Netflix’s adaptation of

Robyn Carr’s novels has continued to be popular on the platform, and as such the soap opera has been renewed for another instalment. The last episodes aired around Christmas 2023, and many fans thought they’d have to wait a long time for the show to return. Fortunately, production has moved along quicker than expected.

Here’s everything you need to know about Virgin River’s upcoming season.

When could Virgin River season 6 be released on Netflix?

Netflix CEO Ted Sarandos revealed in the Q2 earnings call that Virgin River would return by the end of 2024, and not in 2025 as initially expected.

Star Alexandra Breckenridge later corroborated this on her Instagram stories (via the Express), saying “I’m curious. I know it was announced that season six will be airing this year in 2024, where, previously this year, we didn’t think it would air until 2025.

“I totally know what date it is. I can’t tell you though.”

The last two episodes dropped on 30 November. So, if the show were to follow a yearly cycle, the end of November 2024 would make sense. However, this is just an estimation.

We should learn more in the coming months.

What will the plot of Virgin River season 6 be about?

Spoilers for Virgin River season 5 below

Mel and Jack faced some of their biggest challenges yet in season 5. The biggest story of the season was the wildfire, which nearly threatened to destroy the picturesque town. Fortunately, everyone pulled together – with Jack getting his own heroic moment by borrowing a plane and putting out the fire with water from the air.

However, Mel very sadly experienced a miscarriage during the event. Going through this pain once again after having a stillbirth earlier in her life was traumatic for her and Jack, and the pair will be looking for a way to move forward and heal.

According to Tudum‘s interview with Breckenridge, Mel and Jack may be looking into other ways to grow their family other than the traditional pregnancy route. “Obviously, it’s hit Mel a lot harder in some ways than it has hit Jack, but I think that they find their way through it together as a couple”.

Jack is still keen to build his own family unit, especially now that he’s learned about Charmaine lying to him about being the dad of her twins. In the festive finale, we learned that Calvin from the drugs empire (who we thought had died in an explosion) is the real father. Talk about a bonkers twist!

Will Charmaine become more involved with Melissa Montgomery’s criminal empire? It could be an interesting direction for her already morally grey character.