‘Virgin River’ Season 7 Trailer Teases Hope & Heartbreak for Mel and Jack (VIDEO)
Virgin River fans, it’s time to return home. Netflix released the official Season 7 trailer on February 9, and your Virgin River favorites will experience the highest of highs and the lowest of lows.
There were plenty of cliffhangers at the end of Season 6, which means there’s a lot of story to still be told when the show returns in 2026. On January 7, Netflix confirmed the premiere date, with the first Season 7 trailer following a month later. Scroll down to get the latest updates on Virgin River Season 7.
When is Virgin River Season 7 coming out?
Season 7 of Virgin River will drop on Thursday, March 12, and consist of 10 episodes. The series has already been renewed for Season 8.
Across its first five seasons, Virgin River appeared in the Global Top 10 TV (English) list for 25 weeks since the weekly top 10 lists started in 2021. Season 5 reached the top 10 in 77 countries.
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The sixth season dropped on December 19, 2024, with all 10 episodes. After releasing a new season every year for the first six seasons, Netflix did not air new episodes of Virgin River in 2025, but fans won’t have to wait long into 2026 to see what happens next.
When did Virgin River Season 7 start filming?
Martin Henderson, aka Jack Sheridan, revealed on March 12, 2025, that Season 7 was in production. “I want to make this the best season yet for you guys,” he said in his Instagram video as he gave a shoutout to fans for all their support.
“Season 7 of #virginriver !!!!! Day 1 – here we go……!!!!” he captioned the post. “So stoked to be back at it doing what I love for all of you who love the show. Thank you @netflix for your thoughtful gifts and the continued support and thank YOU to all the fans who keep us coming back here to make this cozy, heartfelt show. It’s an honor to be putting this thing out there for y’all.” The show wrapped production in late June 2025.
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Who will return for Virgin River Season 7?
You can expect the core cast to return for Season 7. Series regulars include Henderson, Breckenridge, Zibby Allen (Brie), Benjamin Hollingsworth (Brady), Tim Matheson (Doc), Annette O’Toole (Hope), Colin Lawrence (Preacher), Sarah Dugdale (Lizzie), Kai Bradbury (Denny), Kandyse McClure (Kaia), and Marco Grazzini (Mike).
What will happen in Virgin River Season 7?
The Season 7 trailer gives a glimpse at Mel and Jack’s post-wedding bliss. And, yes, they will be going on a honeymoon!
Mel and Jack are thrilled about adopting a baby together. However, their road to parenthood will continue to encounter obstacles. “I wasn’t ready for how painful it would be to feel hopeful again,” Mel admits.
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Lizzie gives birth to her and Denny’s baby, so we’ll see them adjusting to parenthood. Meanwhile, Brie and Brady continue to orbit around each other.
Showrunner Patrick Sean Smith revealed that Brie will make a decision about getting engaged to Mike in Season 7, but the love triangle is far from over. “I think he would do anything to try to make things work with her,” Smith told Swooon about Mike. “But there’s always going to be the Brady factor, and that’s what keeps the triangle alive in Season 7 is just both sides battling to see which one wins in the end.”
The Marley situation with Mel and Jack will be top of mind in Season 7. The newlyweds will be “exploring [the] potential” of possibly adopting the baby as they “continue on their path to parenthood.”
As for Charmaine and the twins, Smith promised that the twins are okay. “I would be concerned about Charmaine,” he told TV Insider. “I feel like after Season 5 with the miscarriage, I want to promise that no babies will be harmed in the production of this show in the future, but the circumstances are messy, and Charmaine’s at the center of it, which is where she tends to typically find herself, in the middle of a mess, right?”
The Virgin River boss is also excited to dive into the clinic drama in Season 7. “One thing that I think that’s a really special opportunity for our show is, while we’re not a traditional medical procedural, we still have that medical perspective that we hold through the series, and getting to run that through the lens of a small town practice compared to Grey’s Anatomy and all the other shows that are about major hospitals, it feels like there’s a fresh opportunity for us to look at the current state of medicine a little bit and how that can influence these smaller practices,” he noted.
What happened in Virgin River Season 6?
Mel and Jack finally said “I do” at the end of Virgin River Season 6. The couple enjoyed the wedding of their dreams, surrounded by their loved ones. However, these newlyweds will have their hands full in Season 7. In the finale, a very pregnant Marley ran to Mel and asked her to adopt her baby. She feared Darla and Phil were backing out of the adoption.
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Brie and Brady had a steamy hookup on the pool table in Jack’s bar, despite being in relationships with other people. At the wedding, Mike popped the question to Brie and admitted that he knew about her tryst with Brady. Meanwhile, Lark overheard Brady confess his love for Brie and ran off with all his money.
Outside forces are looming over Doc’s clinic, but the biggest shocker involves Charmaine. When Mel and Jack realized that Charmaine didn’t show up for the wedding, Jack went over to her place to check on her. He found her place in total disarray. When he walked into the twins’ nursery, he had a shocked look on his face, leaving viewers in doubt about what he was looking at.
What does this mean for the Virgin River prequel?
A Virgin River prequel focusing on the love story between Mel’s parents, Everett and Sarah, is in the works at the streamer, according to Deadline. The younger versions of Everett and Sarah, played by Callum Kerr and Jessica Rothe, made their debut in Season 6.
Smith told Swooon that the prequel is “still currently in development.” However, young Everett and Sarah will be returning in Season 7. “There’s so much that was presumed, and some things that have been referenced, but that’s where I think the more we can fill out this love that spans almost 40 years, if not 40-plus years, the better,” he continued. “I think there’s a lot of big events and milestones that can happen along the way that we can highlight as we fill that out.”
What do you want to see happen in Virgin River Season 7? Let us know your thoughts in the comments below.
Virgin River, Season 7, Thursday, March 12, Netflix
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