‘Every Year After’s Anatomy Scene is The Textbook Definition Of YA Yearning: An “Almost One-To-One” Book-To-TV Translation, Says Sadie Soverall
Romance readers have been having a moment in the streaming space, and Every Year After offers a nearly identical book-to-tv translation of one of author Carley Fortune‘s most beloved scenes in her debut novel, Every Summer After.
**Warning! Spoilers ahead for Every Year After, now streaming on Prime Video.**
The scene in question, which takes place about two-thirds of the way into Fortune’s novel, emerges in the Prime Video series’ fourth episode, fittingly titled, “Anatomy of a Romance.” Percy (Sadie Soverall) and Sam (Matt Cornett) are spending a summer afternoon in Sam’s room, sitting atop his bed as the aspiring doctor pores over an anatomy textbook.
As Lana Del Rey’s “West Coast” plays, Percy—having just accomplished her summer mission of swimming across the lake—is feeling on top of the world, and takes it upon herself to make a move.
“Did you learn anything else from that book of yours?” she asks. “Wanna enlighten me, genius?”
Sam is initially hesitant, seemingly at a loss for words. However, Percy knows just what to say to motivate him to take action.
“Guess I’ll have to find some other future doctor to educate me then,” she teases.
That’s when Sam swoops in, starting off by gently holding Percy’s ankle, and moving up to her knee. While Percy ribs Sam for the elementary nature of the body parts he’s identifying, he gradually moves to more advanced—and intimate—material, as he grazes her vastus medialis, or inner thigh. The music slows, becoming just instrumentals. The two gaze into each other’s eyes as he slides over to the vastus lateralis, otherwise known as her outer thigh, and then up to the tensor fasciae latae, a thigh muscle.
“Are you done with the anatomy lesson, or should I keep going?” he asks.
The tension becomes too much for Percy, who grabs Sam and pulls him in for what becomes their first kiss in the series. They break apart only for a moment, holding each other’s faces, as Sam whispers, “Are we doing this?”
Percy replies, “Hell yeah, we’re doing this.”
The scene, which sees the two confront their feelings for each other, features dialogue almost directly lifted from the pages of Fortune’s book (though Sam covers a couple more body parts in Every Summer After). As Soverall told DECIDER that the scene in Every Year After is “almost one to one” with how it plays out in Every Summer After.
Cornett named the scene as one of several “fan-favorite book moments,” assuring DECIDER that “a lot of time and precious energy were put into those.” Even Michael Bradway, who plays Sam’s older brother Charlie in the new series, cited the scene as one fans would go berserk over while chatting with DECIDER.
“I mean, I wasn’t in this scene obviously, but the anatomy scene is something that everyone is talking about and I think people are really gonna love what they did,” he said.
And he was absolutely right. Now it’s just a matter of waiting for a second season to be picked up…
Every Year After Season 1 is streaming on Prime Video.a
SOURE: https://decider.com/2026/06/12/every-year-after-anatomy-scene-sadie-soverall-matt-cornett/
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