After the massive questions left by the Season 5 ending, Virgin River returned proper earlier than Christmas to ship extra drama, the marriage we’ve all waited for and quite a few surprises, together with some hotter than ever sexytimes to maintain followers glued to one of many finest streaming companies with their Netflix subscription. I totally loved Virgin River Season 6, however was wowed to see that one character was actually pulling out all of the stops to the purpose the place they grew to become the season’s (and probably the city’s) MVP.
There Actually Was A Lot To Love About Virgin River Season 6
Virgin River has by no means upset on the subject of romance, small city shenanigans or dramatic developments (bear in mind when Jack obtained shot and we didn’t discover out who did it for like two entire seasons?), however Season 6 actually did set the bar even increased. Mel and Jack had been lastly on their method down the aisle, and made their love official within the finale, however that they had a variety of trials massive and small to get there. These included a misplaced male stripper, rising tensions between Mike and Brady that just about ruined Jack’s bachelor occasion, and, after all, Everett nearly dying actually the night time earlier than the marriage.
We additionally obtained Hope overstepping her bounds as officiant and planning a super-big marriage ceremony that Mel and Jack didn’t really need, Preacher lastly being freed after his half in Wes’ loss of life, shocks in Muriel’s breast most cancers analysis, Brie dishonest on Mike with Brady (and Mike proposing to her despite the fact that he knew concerning the dishonest), and Charmaine’s disappearance or loss of life (relying on the Season 7 results of that cliffhanger.)
Mainly, everybody and all the things hit good this season, however there was one character who got here out on prime to me, and that’s none aside from Hope’s new(ish) chief of employees.
However Lizzie Is the MVP Of Season 6 For Me
Lizzie (performed by Sarah Dugdale) had so much to cope with in Season 6. Not solely was she serving to Hope coordinate Mel and Jack’s large, dove-filled, two-chocolate fountain marriage ceremony and reception to suit the entire city into the festivities, however she’s additionally now vastly pregnant, and she or he and Denny had been coping with some fairly heavy stuff regarding their unborn daughter and Denny’s Huntington’s illness.
However! It seems that the entire stress of adulting in such a significant and fairly sudden method is probably going what helped make Lizzie such a game-changer this season. She’s all the time been no less than kinda spicy (which I’ll get into extra in a bit), however as a result of she was pregnant, careworn and understandably emotional concerning the potential of outliving each her associate and their child woman… properly, Ms. Lizzie was simply over it this season.
Lizzie had no time for anybody’s bullshit in Season 6, and I freakin’ beloved it! She hilariously known as everybody out anytime they gave the impression to be making issues tougher than they needed to be. For instance, you may see this when Hope tries to vary the city’s drive-in film night time decide on the final minute as a result of she simply discovered about Muriel doubtlessly having most cancers. When she tells Lizzie they will’t display Love Story as a result of somebody has most cancers in it, Lizzie is visibly aggravated and responds with, “So! That’s like a 3rd of all motion pictures!”
She additionally freely lets individuals know after they’re annoying her or taking on an excessive amount of of her time. A chief instance of that is when Jack and Mel disappear actually proper earlier than they’re alleged to stroll down the aisle and go away everybody questioning the place they’re. Once they lastly return, Jack dares to ask for 5 extra minutes (to shock Mel by carrying his Marine costume uniform for the ceremony) and Lizzie says, “Certain, why not? We’re solely an hour behind.” And she or he doesn’t course-correct to a smiling “I imply, it’s your big day. Take on a regular basis you want,” till she realizes everyone seems to be gazing her in disbelief.
I merely adore Lizzie with an angle!
Lizzie Got here To Virgin River As A Shit-Starter, So It Was Good To See Her Get A Bit Of An Angle Once more
When Lizzie first confirmed up in Virgin River, she was a troublemaker of the primary order. She’d been despatched to stay together with her aunt Connie as a result of her dad and mom couldn’t deal with her anymore after she was busted for shoplifting, and as quickly as she laid eyes on Brady she tried to get with the a lot older man, which he fortunately put an finish to when he realized she was solely 19.
She then began “bonding” with Ricky (seemingly the one different individual on the town who’s their age) and took benefit of him, main the nice child to start out stepping into every kind of bother. I favored having a shit-starter on the town who wasn’t truly a full-fledged murdering felony, so I used to be kinda bummed when her character began to melt after Connie banned Lizzie and Ricky from seeing one another. I used to be high-quality together with her changing into a greater individual, however she was hanging out with the senior residents within the stitching circle, and I wished to see her nonetheless have some youth-adjacent enjoyable.
For this reason I used to be upset when she realized she was pregnant. However, it looks as if all these fierce mama-bear feelings have truly led us again to a Lizzie that feels more true to the character we first noticed, and obtained us again to the younger lady who pulls only a few punches, however in the most effective as a substitute of worst methods.
Nevertheless, Lizzie Is Nonetheless Maturing Properly For Somebody So Younger And Dealing With So A lot
Whereas so many followers had been complaining about how lengthy Charmaine was pregnant, and it was lastly confirmed that the seasons principally happen back-to-back, so little or no time has handed story-wise over the course of six seasons, it may be exhausting to consider that Lizzie remains to be very younger. In actual fact, on the oldest she’s in all probability solely 22, and she or he’s already attempting to make critical choices like whether or not or to not have her child with Denny examined for Huntington’s illness, and the way they’re going to deal with his care as he will get sicker whereas elevating that child.
Though she’s gotten a few of that previous, dearly missed Lizzie-tude again, we will see that she’s nonetheless maturing properly. Whereas she’s not completely comfortable about all the things that being pregnant has meant (having morning illness, getting hungry each 45 minutes when she isn’t sick…), she shortly determined to maintain the child and is worked up about being a mother or father, regardless of being absolutely conscious of how exhausting it’s going to be.
She’s additionally achieved an excellent job of being in an actual relationship with Denny, and has taken to a few of the finer facets of it higher than some who’ve been at it for for much longer. Which leads me to my final level.
Lizzie And Denny May Be My Favourite Couple Now
Yup. I wrote it down for all to see and I’m not taking it again! Lizzie and Denny are very near being my favourite Virgin River couple proper now, despite the fact that I do know that concept might be borderline sacrilegious to Mel and Jack followers.
Truthfully, Denny and Lizzie are each nonetheless so younger, and so they have some tough stuff to cope with (which is able to solely worsen), however are dealing with it like champs. Sure, that they had some lapses in communication in Season 6, with Denny desirous to have their daughter examined for Huntington’s as quickly as potential and Lizzie not wanting to consider it, however in addition they fairly shortly absolutely opened up about why they had been feeling the best way they had been concerning the many troublesome life selections they’ll be making quickly.
There are grown of us of their 40s and 50s who wait months, years or just by no means have the exhausting conversations they should have with their companions, and right here these two are simply coping with all of the troublesome stuff head on inside a few weeks! I don’t understand how far past Season 7 Virgin River will go, however Lizzie and Denny are sure for excellent issues in the event that they hold dwelling like they did in Season 6!
Virgin River will ultimately return for Season 7, till then take a look at the 2025 TV schedule and 2025 Netflix film and TV present premieres to see what else can entertain you within the meantime.