Prime Video will release the complete first season of Every Year After on June 10, and the streaming service is billing it as the television return of former Chicago Fire actor Michael Bradway.
Bradway stars in Every Year After as Charlie, the older brother of Matt Cornett’s character Sam, in a romantic drama drawn from Carley Fortune’s book series. The first season unfolds over six years and one week in the seaside town of Barry’s Bay, and Prime Video will drop the full season at once on June 10.
For viewers who tuned to Firehouse 51, the casting matters: Bradway had been playing Damon, Severide’s younger brother, on Chicago Fire before he left the series at the start of season 14. The show’s writers handled his exit by writing Damon out with a transfer to a different house.
The practical reason for the change is simple and concrete: Bradway’s commitment to Every Year After clashed with Chicago Fire’s production schedule, and he could not appear in both shows. That scheduling conflict is the direct cause of his departure from the firehouse drama, even as the producers left a doorway open for the character to return.
Every Year After is a tonal pivot from the routines of Firehouse 51 — a rom-com-inflected long-form romance rather than a procedural about firefighters — and its structure makes the casting stake higher than a single guest turn. Telling a story across six years and one week demands continuity and availability from its leads, which helps explain why Prime Video locked down Bradway for the full season.
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How to watch: All episodes of Every Year After arrive on Prime Video on June 10. The package release means viewers can binge the six-years-spanning story in one sitting or spread it across the summer while Chicago Fire is idle.
Behind the scenes, creators and early promotional material have signaled that a second season would be likely if the show finds an audience — a standard streaming calculus but an important one here because ongoing production would further reduce the odds of Bradway slipping back into the schedule at Firehouse 51.
The central, practical question is whether Damon can return to Chicago Fire now that Bradway has a new series. The facts point to a near-term negative: scheduling conflicts forced Bradway’s exit, Every Year After premieres June 10 as a full-season commitment, and the series’ potential continuation would keep him tied to Prime Video work. The show did, however, choose a clean exit for Damon, so a future return remains possible only if timelines align.
For viewers: the immediate takeaway is simple. Starting June 10, Chicago Fire fans get a new place to follow one of the franchise’s recent cast members — a romantic drama that asks a different kind of loyalty from its leads — and any resurrection of Damon on 51 depends on the calendars and fortunes of a show that is now Bradway’s primary obligation.
