Speaking of, when Brady goes looking for Lark—who had previously went to find Hazel—he runs into JoEllen instead, who tells him they’ve left the reception and went back to the B&B. To make matters worse, JoEllen tells a stunned Brady that Lark has also given up her housekeeping job and left town. Brady is stunned, and then stunned even more when he looks at his phone and sees that his back account balance is $0. Oh boy.
As if that wasn’t shocking enough, things are about to get more wild for Mike and Brie. As they’re sitting outside on the patio, he proposes to her. Not only does she respond by admitting that she slept with Brady, thereby making it easy for Mike to take back his proposal, but he responds by saying, “I know.” (I gotta admit, in all six seasons of Virgin River, nothing has shocked me more. Frankly, it was amazing.) Of course, we’ll have to wait until season 7 to see how she responds.
The next day—their first as newlyweds—Mel tells Jack that she left Charmaine several voicemails, but she never got back to her. Mel is especially worried because Charmaine recently took out a restraining order against Calvin. Ever the dutiful husband, Jack says he’ll go check in on her while he’s out.
Meanwhile, Vernon tells Hope that the California State Medical Board has suspended him, pending an investigation. Vernon says it feels personal against him, but Hope thinks otherwise because earlier that morning she got a call from a woman on the Grace Valley Hospital Board of Directors, and she spoke like she didn’t know Hope and Vernon are married. (They do have different last names, remember.) Hope says, “The woman was excited to share with me—the mayor—that Grace Valley is looking at expanding their network into Virgin River.” In other words, they’re planning on Vernon being out of the picture and want the clinic. Doc is adamant that neither he nor the clinic are going anywhere. “Not without one hell of a fight.”
But the Virgin River finale doesn’t end there. Nope, we have two more cliffhangers to get to.
Mel is sitting outside on her porch, taking in the scenery and drinking her coffee, when her patient Marley shows up out of the blue. She assures Mel that her unborn baby is fine, but Phil and Darla are backing out of the adoption. Mel says the four of them can find a solution, but Marley says she already knows the solution: “Mel, I want you to have my baby.”
