Every Year After Showrunner Breaks Down the Biggest Changes from Carley Fortune’s Book (Exclusive)

Why does Sue leave the Tavern to Percy in her will in Every Year After?

There’s no discussion about Sue’s will in Every Summer After, nor is Percy ever in the running to become the owner of the family restaurant. Instead, Sam and Charlie (Michael Bradway) choose to sell it to longtime employee and friend, Julien.

For the TV show, Harris says she “debated” whether to introduce something new for the Tavern. “When I pitched out [Percy inheriting] the Tavern, it was like, ‘Does she get 50%? All of it? What am I thinking? Is this crazy?’ ” Harris admits. “And the scene with Sue in [episode] eight, where they’re wearing the tiara, and she’s saying, ‘This tiara will be yours. I don’t think my boys are going to want it,’ to me, that was really her talking about the Tavern and this life, in general.”

Sue (Elisha Cuthbert) “knew” that Charlie and Sam were “off to do different things,” but Percy felt like she could be “the one person that could continue to honor the Tavern and Barry’s Bay.”

“To me, that scene with the tiara and the tutu was really about [Sue saying], ‘My boys aren’t going to want — not just this silly little outfit, but this life — and I think you could hold that responsibility and treasure it.’ So, that felt like enough [explanation of Sue’s choice] for me.”

Why introduce even more love interests for both Percy and Sam in their teen years?

Things are never simple when it comes to Percy and Sam — in both the book and the TV show. However, Every Year After introduces more love interests for both of the characters compared to Every Summer After.

“I just liked the idea of — summer loving is so different for kids than their real lives,” Harris says. “And Sam knew that, in a sort of mature way, that I think in some ways, you can argue with Sam not trusting her enough to make their relationship work.”

“Summer is one thing,” she says, but “going back to school” is another, and Harris wanted to reflect that in the show. Sitting at the bonfire in episode 3, they both realize, “Oh, I kiss boys. You take girls to dances. We do have these lives that are outside of this precious, perfect place.”

“And that is life. Life gets in the way of these perfect summer romances. And I think that was important, for me, for [Percy and Sam] to be realizing that, also.”

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