Season 6 - Aber-T

The sixth season of the hit ABC series Aber-T premiered on September 13, 2015 and concluded on April 21, 2016.

Summary
It's a whole new era for the alumni of Lincoln Memorial High School, as they begin their college freshmen year. The year starts with Lewis Springfield (Adam Hicks), Emma Wilson (Lindsay Pearce), Connor Lloyd (Jeremy Allen White), Christian Baskerville (Thomas McDonell), Jessica Hathaway (AnnaSophia Robb), Emily Hucker (Evanna Lynch), Billy Thomas (Alex Wolff), Ellie John (Naomi Scott) and Robyn Baskerville (Hayley Kiyoko) all studying at Brown University. While Owen Bailey (Luke Benward) and Joe McNamara (Alex Wolff) begin their studies at Columbia University in New York City.

The students find college life incredibly difficult as for most them it's the first time that they've lived away from their families. However they face their fears and begin life on their own. New challenges of their own arise when new classmates, teachers, life-styles and places are introduced to our favourite alumni.

Ellie John (Naomi Scott) starts to enjoy the perks of being a newly single woman. However she soon begins dating new heart-throb, Shai Edmunds (Tyler Posey) and after a number of dates the two embark on a relationship. Joe Bool (Alex Wolff) and Emily Hucker (Evanna Lynch) attempt to make their relationship work long distance. However thing become a litter more complicated when Emily makes a surprise trip to see Joe and catches him kissing someone else. Lewis (Adam Hicks) and Christian (Thomas McDonell) break-up over the summer break, making things more than a little awkward when they're around each other. However after a night-out drinking Emma (Lindsay Pearce) and Christian begin reminiscing about their relationship and end up having a one-night-stand. As a result of their drunken escapade the two rekindle their previous romance.

Owen Bailey (Luke Benward) faces the most challenges of all the alumni, as not only does he have to adapt to life without his family but also has to attempt to make new friends, while desperately misses his old ones. Connor Lloyd's (Jeremy Allen White) father continues to face extended medical issues when he ends up having a stroke and being paralysed. This causes Connor to fall into an extreme state of depression. There's a little trouble in paradise when Jessica Hayward (AnnaSophia Robb) nearly has a break-down, after putting so much time into planning her wedding to Lucas (Wes Brown), although the the wedding goes to plan and the two enjoy a fantastic honeymoon. Things between Lewis and Billy Thomas (Sam Strike) become heated when the two have a drunken one-night-stand. However Lewis begins to wonder if things between the two of them could develop into a something more.

Correy Harriman (Jake Short), Poppy Rees (Rebecca Ryan), Chloe Hayward (Daniela Bobadilla), Thomas "Tom" Jenkins (Michael Arden) and Tomos "Tom" Locke (Miles Heizer) are all introduced at the beginning of the season as new classmates for the already established alumni. Correy and Lewis quickly bond over their shared interests and sexuality causing some tension between Lewis and Owen, who begins to think that he has been replaced. Chloe and Emma also become best-friends very quickly, causing drama between Emma and the rest of the alumni. While over the cause of the season Poppy, Thomas and Tomos become established members of the cast. Also introduced later in the season are Amy Richards (Jillian Murray) and Louisa Norris (Amber Riley) who become good friends of Jessica's and later the rest of the Lincoln Memorial alumni.

After trying to make their relationship work, Emily and Joe end their relationship. This decision leaves Emily heartbroken and devastated, so much so that it begins to effect her college work. She decides that she is going to take a semester away from Brown and also changes her major, she does this under the guidance of Brown University's Dean of Students Candice Flynn (Jessica Capshaw). Owen Bailey visits Brown at several points throughout the season, although on one of his visits he goes on a date with his form girlfriend, Robyn Baskerville (Hayley Kiyoko). The two talk about their lives in the present and their lives when they were dating, this leads to the two discovering that they still have feeling for one another. However they choose not to pursue a long-distance relationship, after seeing the effects of long-distance on their friends relationship.

Towards the end of the season Emma meets Jake Hurley (Reid Ewing), a student at the New York Institute of Photography and the two develop a deep connect over their shared love of photography. After showing Jake some of the photo galleries she's put together, Emma is shocked to learned that Jake has showed some of her photos to the Institute's Dean of Admissions and that he is offering her a full scholarship to the Institute. With this one extremely generous offer there only comes one catch, Emma would have to move to New York where the Institute is located. Initially Emma is very excited about the offer, however she soon realizes that moving could cause soon major problems in her recently rekindled relationship with Christian (Thomas McDonell). After spending some time debating what to do, Emma asks Christian to move along with her. Christian immediately declines Emma's offer by stating that he already has too many commitments in Providence.

Main Plot Points

 * The gang begin their lives at college, with Owen and Joe at Brown and everyone else at Columbia.
 * Ellie starts to enjoy the perks of being a newly single woman. However will new heart-throb, Shai have something to say about that.
 * Joe and Emily attempt to make their relationship work long distance.
 * Lewis and Christian break-up over the summer break, making things more than a little awkward when they're around each other.
 * There a little trouble in paradise when Jess nearly has a break-down, after putting so much time into planning her wedding.
 * Owen attempts to make new friends, however desperately misses his old friends.
 * Emily and Lewis begin making amends with Connie and slowly she is accepted back into the group by everyone. However, not without a little fight from Emma.
 * Connor's father continues to face extended medical issues and ends up having a stroke and being paralysed.

Main Cast

 * Adam Hicks as Lewis Springfield (22 episodes)
 * Luke Benward as Owen Bailey (18 episodes) (episodes 1-6, 8, 10-17, 20-22)
 * Lindsay Pearce as Emma Wilson (22 episodes)
 * Jeremy Allen White as Connor Lloyd (22 episodes)
 * AnnaSophia Robb as Jessica Hathaway (21 episodes) (episodes 1-15, 17-22)
 * Evanna Lynch as Emily Hucker (22 episodes)
 * Sam Strike as Billy Thomas (20 episodes) (episodes 1-2, 4-13, 15-22)
 * Alex Wolff as Joseph "Joe" McNamara (13 episodes) (episodes 1-12, 17)
 * Naomi Scott as Eleanor "Ellie" John (22 episodes)
 * Hayley Kiyoko as Robyn Baskerville (21 episodes) (episodes 1-5, 7-22)
 * Thomas McDonell as Christian Baskerville (20 episodes) (episodes 1-2, 4-7, 9-22)

Special Guest Stars

 * Rebel Wilson as Connie Spence (5 episodes) (episodes 2, 5, 8, 15, 19)
 * Vanessa Hudgens as Mia Coleman-Jackson (2 episodes) (episodes 1, 3)
 * Zac Efron as Rhys Edmunds (2 episodes) (episodes 1, 3)
 * Hayden Christensen as Shannen Holland (2 episodes) (episodes 5, 18)
 * Cameron Mitchell as Jack "Blackie" Blackmore (2 episodes) (episodes 8, 13)
 * Margo Martindale as Susan Springfield (1 episode) (episode 12)

Recurring cast

 * Amber Riley as Louisa Norris (16 episodes) (episodes 7-22)
 * Jake Short as Correy Harriman (14 episodes) (episodes 1-2, 4-5, 7, 11-12, 14-16, 18-21)
 * Tyler Posey as Shai Edmunds (14 episodes) (episodes 3, 5-10, 12-15, 17, 19, 22)
 * Daniela Bobadilla as Chloe Hayward (13 episodes) (episodes 2-5, 7-10, 13, 15, 18-19, 21)
 * Rebecca Ryan as Poppy Rees (12 episodes) (episodes 1-8, 12, 16, 20-21)
 * Michael Arden as Thomas "Tom" Jenkins (10 episodes) (episodes 2-6, 8-9, 12-14)
 * Miles Heizer as Tomos "Tom" Locke (10 episodes) (episodes 6-7, 11-13, 16-19, 21)
 * Jillian Murray as Amy Richards (7 episodes) (episodes 8, 13, 16-19, 21)
 * Tyler Steelman as Harrison Taylor (5 episodes) (episodes 6-8 & 16-17)
 * Alyson Stoner as Harriet Grace (5 episodes) (episodes 11-12, 15-17)
 * Jessica Capshaw as Candice Flynn (4 episodes) (episodes 1, 5, 17, 22)
 * Sally Field as Susan Wilson (4 episodes) (episodes 4, 9, 12, 16)
 * Madison Pettis as Shannon Willis (3 episodes) (episodes 5, 11, 14)
 * Skyler Samuels as Natalie Channer (3 episode) (episodes 7-8, 15)
 * Beau Mirchoff as Joshua "Josh" Prosser (3 episodes) (episodes 2, 5, 19)
 * Brendan Dooling as Kieron Greenaway (3 episodes) (episodes 9-11)
 * Cody Christian as Cameron Humphries (3 episodes) (episodes 15, 20, 22)
 * Jesse Plemons as Cellan Loyal (3 episode) (episodes 16-17, 19)
 * Hunter Parrish as Jack Baghurst (2 episodes) (episodes 10-11)
 * Dylan Schmid as Jack Wilson (2 episodes) (episodes 5, 12)
 * Wes Brown as Lucas Statham (2 episodes) (episodes 13-14)
 * Nolan Gerard Funk as Joseph "Joe" Tibbs (2 episodes) (episodes 2, 18)
 * Jonathan Morgan Heit as Rhordi Chaplin (2 episodes) (episodes 5, 8)

Guest cast

 * Reid Ewing as Jake Hurley (2 episodes) (episodes 21-22)
 * Kyle Riabko as Callum Westcott (1 episode) (episode 11)
 * Shawnee Smith as Claire Lloyd (1 episode) (episode 6)
 * Derek Richardson as Richard Lloyd (1 episode) (episode 6)
 * Ron Howard as Greg Glover (1 episode) (episode 4)
 * Mahnaz Afshar as Ezra "Nancy" King (1 episode) (episode 7)
 * Josh Charles as Jeremy Hayward (1 episode) (episode 14)
 * Amanda Peet as Nicola Hayward (1 episode) (episode 14)
 * Denyse Tontz as Deanna Baskerville (episode 15)

Lineup Changes

 * Vanessa Lengies is no longer billed as "starring". 
 * Becca Tobin is no longer billed as "starring". 
 * Naomi Scott is now billed as "starring". 
 * Hayley Kiyoko is now billed as "starring". 
 * Rebel Wilson is now billed as "special guest starring". 
 * Hayden Christensen is now billed as "guest starring". 

Episodes

 * 7x01 - "Hello, Goodbye" - (The Beatles) - September 22, 2016
 * 7x02 - "Best Thing I Never Had" - (Beyonce) - September 29, 2016
 * 7x03 - "Dancing On My Own" - (Calum Scott) - October 6, 2016
 * 7x04 - "When You’re Smiling"- (Andy Williams) - October 13, 2016
 * 7x05 - "It's a Long Way Back" (Romanes) - October 20, 2016
 * 7x06 - "Staring At The Sun" - (U2) - October 27, 2016
 * 7x07 - "Pure Imagination" - (Gene Wilder) - November 3, 2016
 * 7x08 - "Odd Man Out" - (Mitchel Musso) - November 10, 2016
 * 7x09 - "Water Under The Bridge" (Adele) - November 17, 2016
 * 7x10 - "Black Magic" - (Little Mix) - November 24, 2016
 * 7x11 - "If Only You Were Lonely" - (The Replacements) - December 1, 2016
 * 7x12 - "State of Love and Trust" - (Pearl Jam) - February 9, 2017
 * 7x13 - "You're So Dark?" - (Arctic Monkeys) - February 16, 2017
 * 7x14 - "Young and Beautiful - (Lana Del Rey) - February 23, 2017
 * 7x15 - "Choose Your Side"- (La Coka Nostra) - March 2, 2017
 * 7x16 - "Don't Become the Thing You Hated" - (Destroyer) - March 9, 2017
 * 7x17 - "Blueberry Hill" - (Fats Domino) - March 16, 2017
 * 7x18 - "You Give A Little Love" - (Paul Williams) - March 23, 2017
 * 7x19 - "Never Tear Us Apart" - (INXS) - March 30, 2017
 * 7x20 - "One Night Only" - (Dreamgirls) - April 6, 2017
 * 7x21 - "7 Years" - (Lukas Graham) - April 13, 2017
 * 7x22 - "Another Lonely Night" (Adam Lambert) - April 20, 2017
 * 7x23 - "When I'm Sixty Four" - (The Beatles) - April 27, 2017
 * 7x24 - "One Moment In Time" - (Whitney Houston) - May 4, 2017

Triva

 * Providence Guidance was renewed for a seventh season on 25 June 2015, along with the sixth season, as part of a two-season renewal deal for the show.
 * On 10 March 2016, ABC confirmed that Adam Hicks, Jeremy Allen White, Evanna Lynch and Sam Strike had renewed their contracts and so would be returning as series regulars for seventh season.
 * On 17 April 2016, ABC confirmed that Blake Michael would be returning as a series regular for the season. It was also announced that Amber Riley had been promoted to series regular status for the seventh season.
 * On 26 April 2016, ABC confirmed that Olympia Valance would be recurring during the seventh season, but the specifics of her role were not revealed.
 * On 8 January 2017, ABC announce that Miles Heizer had been promoted to series regular as Tomos "Tom" Locke.
 * On 27 March 2017, AnnaSophia Robb confirmed that the seventh season would be her last, meaning that this will be the final season to feature Jessica Hathaway.
 * Adam Hicks, Luke Benward, Evanna Lynch, Hayley Kiyoko and Thomas McDonell are the only actors to appear in every episode of the season.

Spoilers

 * Jamie Chung will recur as Nerys Shepherd, a new love interest for Christian.