Season 6 of Virgin River explores Mel’s (Alexandra Breckenridge) past in more depth, and more particularly that of her parents. This is not a surprise because at the end of the previous burst, the young woman discovered that Sarah, her mother, had had a love affair with a certain Everett Reid (John Allen Nelson). To the nurse’s surprise, the latter turned out to be her biological father. The finale of season 5 ends with the meeting of Mel and Everett, so we are not surprised to discover more about him in this sixth season, which also gave us great excitement, and which is now available on Netflix. Wanting to know his parents better, Mel interviews Everett and asks him in particular what his mother was like when he was young and how they met. Since Sarah is dead, she cannot ask him these questions. But by the way, how did Mel’s mother, played in the series by Jessica Rothe, die?
How Sarah, Mel’s mother, died in the series Virgin River ?
Sarah’s death is not a spoiler because we have known since the launch of the series that she died well before Mel’s arrival in Virgin River. To find out more, you have to rewatch episode 2 of season 1 of the hit Netflix series. While Jack (Martin Henderson) opens up a little about himself and his family, Mel does the same. At that time the two protagonists were still strangers to each other who were getting to know each other. The young woman reveals to him that she is “technically an orphan“. Intrigued by the term “technically“, Jack asks him for some explanations. Mel confides and reveals to him thus: “I lost my mother when I was 11, and my father about ten years ago. My mother had cancerbut it was thanks to her that I decided to become a nurse“.
Mel opens up about the death of her mother to Jack from season 1 of Virgin River
Following this, the young woman remembered the moment her mother passed away and how she said goodbye to her. It was with emotion that she told this touching story to Jack: “When the time came for me to say goodbye, I didn’t want to go. My dad and my sister Joey went into my mom’s room, and I ran down the hall. I thought if I didn’t say goodbye to her, she wouldn’t really be able to leave. I don’t really remember how long I was alone, but after a while one of my mother’s nurses came down, sat next to me, and didn’t say anything. She just held me and let me cry. Later, we went to my mother’s room and I said goodbye to her. But this nurse got me through one of the hardest days of my life. That’s when I realized this is what I wanted to do for others. Today, every time I enter an exam room or hospital, I think of my mother“.
A spin-off of Virgin River about Mel’s parents is it really possible on Netflix?
In order to stage the sequences of Everett and Sarah in the 1970s during season 6 of Virgin Riverthe production called on actors Callum Kerr and Jessica Rothe. Even before the release of these new episodes, it was also announced that a spin-off project with them was in development at Netflix. However, no official announcement on the ordering of this spin-off series has yet been confirmed by the streaming platform. But if the introduction of Mel’s parents in this sixth salvo of Virgin River is of great interest to the public, the announcement could well come soon. And we wouldn’t be surprised!
