‘Virgin River’ Season 6 Ending Explained: Showrunner Breaks Down Cliffhangers, Teases Season 7 (Unique)

Virgin River season 6 provided audiences more delight– and drama– than ever in the past, and showrunner Patrick Sean Smith broke down all the insane exposes, plot twists and cliffhangers with United States Weekly

Caution: Spoilers ahead for season 6 of Virgin River.

Season 6 of the village drama, which struck Netflix on Thursday, December 19, saw numerous characters’ lives being turned upside down in simple minutes. Simply as Doc ( Tim Matheson) reached a pleased (and healthy) groove with Hope ( Annette O’Toole), his medical practice was taken into jeopardy; Mel ( Alexandra Breckenridge) and Jack ( Martin Henderson) lastly got wed however were tossed for a loop when a regional teen lady asked Mel to embrace her child; Charmaine ( Laura Hammersley) apparently vanished after submitting a limiting order on her druglord ex; Preacher ( Colin Lawrence) and Kaia ( Kandyse McClure) discovered themselves at a significant crossroads about their future and Muriel ( Teryl Rothery) revealed that she had actually been identified with breast cancer.

No drama, nevertheless, compared to the ever-evolving untidy love triangle in between Brie ( Zibby Allen), Brady ( Ben Hollingsworth) and Mike ( Marco Grazzini). Brie and Brady’s spontaneous choice to sleep together in spite of separating in season 5– and remaining in relationships with other individuals– triggered significant fallout, which was just worsened by 2 significant ending bombs: Brady admitting he was still in love with Brie and Mike proposing after she admitted her cheating.

According to Smith, those kinds of high stakes are what make the trio’s plot so attracting.

” An excellent love triangle is just as strong as the alternatives you exist, and likewise taking a look at the impact that [Brie’s] option would have on her life,” the showrunner specifically shown United States “So picturing what her future might appear like with Brady compared to what it might appear like with Mike. And I believe that’s where it works truly well.”

Brie was formerly sexually attacked by her previous sweetheart, and Smith kept in mind that her journey to “recover” from her past is a significant factor to her indecision.

” What Mike provides to her, I believe, what she seems like she requires today, which is security and consistency and a great guy,” he continued. “And Brady provides the opposite, which is likewise extremely enticing.”

While season 7– which was greenlit previously this year– will continue to unwind a lot of season 6’s plot points, Smith assured that Mel’s pre-wedding jitters will not be among them. (The bride-to-be nearly bailed on the event after her biological daddy, Everett, played by John Allen Nelson, had a medical emergency situation however she eventually made it down the aisle.)

” For me, it was taking a look at [Mel] as a character, who has actually had a lot of difficult times, [and the] stress and anxiety of expecting your wedding being a day totally without any of that. Then your worst case situation takes place when your recently emerged biological daddy suffers a health scare,” he described. “It knocks her off balance a bit, and being off balance is the last thing that I believe her character wishes to feel as she’s going through this experience with Jack. However I do not see it returning once again. I see it more as sort of a last lap for her in attempting to put the previous behind her to begin this brand-new chapter in her life with Jack.”

Keep scrolling for more of Smith’s teasers for Virgin River season 7:

Will There Be More ‘Virgin River’ Flashbacks?

Virgin River presented a brand-new structure in season 6 by flashing back to Everett’s romance with Mel’s mommy, Sarah, who passed away when she was 11 years of ages. The peek into the past, Smith stated, was a trial for what a possible prequel spinoff may appear like.

“[It would] broaden Sarah and Everett’s story more while likewise broadening and discovering more about the history of Virgin River,” Smith informed United States “One referral that was made in the pilot that had actually never ever truly been checked out before was Hope states that the McCrea Cabin is a location that individuals within 50 miles understand everything about, which indicates there she has a sort of household tradition to this location that we have not truly gotten to scratch the surface area of.”

Smith stated that the Sarah and Everett flashbacks are simply the start of “broadening the Virgin River– verse,” and its history, however worked as a fantastic leaping off point.

” When we dedicated to the concept of presenting Everett, it seemed like a fantastic chance as someone who we understand has actually lived in the location however has actually sort of gotten rid of and separated himself from the neighborhood to have this history and have this relationship to this town and to this location,” Smith described, including that it “seemed like a chance that we might present a brand-new couple, which the program has actually done relatively regularly throughout the seasons, and not acquire another couple that we need to keep maintenance in today.”

For Smith, Everett and Sarah’s romance looked like Robin Carr’s method in the Virgin River books where she presented a brand-new couple in each book. “And it seemed like taking a look at Mel’s birth parents as having the depth of this impressive love that would be book-worthy,” he continued. “[Something] that might cover time, that might be star crossed and might have a pregnancy and a kid and a daddy that wishes to belong of that. And whatever simply seemed like a distinct method to check out a couple in this through the lens of this program in a manner in which we have not seen before.”

What’s Up With Hope and Her Ex-Husband?

Season 6 presented a brand-new character in Hope’s ex-husband, Roland. While a shroud of secret still surrounds the curmudgeonly horseman, the set plainly have a troubled and abundant history.

Smith verified that Roland will return for season 7 which past will be looked into even more, check out “more of where their relationship didn’t work, however likewise begin to possibly dip a toe into how their relationship did work.”

Smith likewise stated that Hope’s history will continue to broaden in numerous other methods, which will enter into play for the prospective prequel.

Will Cameron Make Anymore Surprise Appearances?

Although Cameron ( Mark Ghanime) and Muriel called it stops in season 5, the medical professional returned after discovering her breast cancer medical diagnosis to assist prepare her for the hard roadway ahead. Fans of the pairing, nevertheless, will need to be pleased with the exes’ season 6 interactions, as Smith informed United States their love is likely a closed chapter.

” I enjoy that relationship, and, I believe this season saw a bit of a sendoff for Cameron,” he described. “In regards to Mark, the star who I love, he regrettably will not be returning for season 7, however that’s not to state that Cameron’s not a part of our world permanently.”

When it comes to prospective looks in the future, Smith stated, “I would enjoy to bring him back, and bring his character back when the story emerges.”

Could Brie and Brady Discover Their Method Back Together?

After separating in season 5, Brie and Brady understood they weren’t rather over each other and provided into their enthusiasms on among Jack’s bar swimming pool tables in spite of remaining in relationships with other individuals. Brady had actually been dating Lark– the female who attempted to take all his cash– while Brie had actually stimulated a love with good-guy police officer Mike.

The set dealt with how to manage their cheating all season, with it culminating in a couple of significant surprises throughout the ending. Brady admitted his love for Brie at Mel and Jack’s wedding event, while Brie came tidy to Mike about making love with Brady.

The season ended in real cliffhanger type when Mike exposed he understood about the tryst however got down on one knee and proposed anyhow.

When it pertains to Brie and Brady’s future in season 7, Smith would not provide excessive away however confessed that the set’s chemistry is indisputable.

” I’m a useful individual. I see and enjoy all the story capacity in their chemistry, and in what Zibby and Ben bring whenever they get in front of the cam,” he shared, keeping in mind that even the executives at Netflix were blown away by Brady’s love confession. “I keep in mind at the table read, our network officer who I enjoy, she texted me or emailed me after and she resembled, ‘Oh my God, that scene!’ It was unique.”

Smith mentioned, nevertheless, that the exes had genuine problems that triggered them to divide– even if a lot of their enthusiastic fans do not concur. “When individuals were distressed with the separation in season 5, I resembled, ‘He’s working for a fentanyl queen! He’s screwed her bro over consistently!'” Smith stated with a laugh.

In spite of their rocky past, Smith acknowledged that the duo are a really “unique” part of the program, and have a dynamic that works “truly well” on screen. “I wish to be extremely conscious and cautious of it,” he stated of their story, “and continue to make it as fresh and amazing and attractive as possible.”

So, Was Mike Always Going to Propose?

Smith stated that Brie’s confession and Mike’s subsequent proposition was the initial strategy, noting it was “part of the pressure cooker” he wished to put Brie in “with the secret she was resting on for numerous episodes,” leading her to “admit in order to atone.”

Things a little altered, nevertheless, when Smith understood he wished to movie the proposition 2 various methods.

” On the day we chose to shoot it 2 methods and we included his, ‘I understand [you slept with Brady].’ And I resembled, ‘I simply wish to see what it appears like in the cut.'”

Smith then ran it by his composing group, and the reaction was indisputable. “We had a seeing with the composing personnel when the episode was cut together. They didn’t understand it was going occur,” he remembered. “And when we viewed it together and he stated that, there were, like, audible gasps and screams in the space, and I resembled, ‘I believe we’re opting for that a person!'”

When It Comes To how Brie will react, Smith exposed– simply joking, you understand he didn’t inform United States!

Will Mel and Jack End Up Being Moms And Dads?

Mel– and the rest of United States— were surprised in the ending’s last minutes when a pregnant Marley exposed that the couple who were going to embrace her child altered their minds. Marley then asked Mel and Jack to take her child, leaving Mel stunned.

Smith informed United States that Marley’s situation, together with other discussions about broadening their household, will continue to be a centerpiece for Mel and Jack progressing.

” With Marley which scenario, we will continue to see Mel and Jack move down their course towards being a parent,” he described. “We get to reside in the newlywed happiness that they have and the obstacles that included that as a brand-new couple.”

Smith included that he’s searching for a “difference” from how Mel and Jack were while dating to who they are as a couple. “I believe that with the rate at which we’re moving easily offers us a great deal of chance to simply keep informing increasingly more stories for as numerous seasons to come as possible,” he stated.

What Occurred to Charmaine?

After bring to life her twins in season 5, Charmaine just made a couple of quick looks in season 6 as she continued to handle her kids’ daddy, Calvin ( David Cubitt)– a drug kingpin and gang leader– and dealt with Brie to get a limiting order.

Charmaine was arranged to design Mel’s hair for her wedding event, however when she never ever appeared, Jack headed over to examine her the next day just to discover her home empty and rummaged. The last scene of the ending saw Jack opening the infants’ space looking aghast, however the expose was concealed from audiences.

Smith could not dish on what pushes the opposite of that space, however assured it would be a plot for season 7.

” Charmaine has actually discovered herself in the middle of a mess, which is a location where she tends to live and it pulls our character into it,” he teased. “Not simply Jack and Mel, however there are some other characters that discover themselves pulled into it too.”