Also revealed was a touching scene with Vernon ‘Doc’ Mullins (Tim Matheson)

and his wife Hope McCrea (Annette O’Toole) looking after a horse.

Plus, Lizzie’s (Sarah Dugdale) pregnancy is much further along than the last time

we saw her and Preacher’s (Colin Lawrence) romance with Kaia Bryant (Kandyse McClure) is still going strong.

Jack’s sister Brie Sheridan (Zibby Allen), Mike Valenzuela (Marco Grazzini), Dan Brady (Ben Hollingsworth), Muriel (Teryl Rothery) and Dr Cameron Hayek (Mark Ghanimé) will also all return.

In the caption, the post confirmed: “We’ve missed them so much! Get a first look at what’s ahead in season 6. Counting the days until Virgin River comes back December 19th.”

Fans were thrilled the gift of Virgin River season six will be arriving just in time for Christmas.

However, some devotees admitted they have some concerns based on the new first look and some intriguing comments made by the cast.

Over on Reddit, one viewer said: “Super excited. However, a little concerned about the Mel and Jack storyline.”

They went on to claim: “Listening to the ‘I Like You Very Much’ podcast (from Alexandra and Zibby ) interview with Martin, it seems that they don’t have a lot of scenes together.

“More like Mel and Jack go off in different directions to continue to resolve their own issues, then come back together.”