Episode
Day 1595
Day 1595 in Seahaven Springs, under rainy skies. Bev Tanner discovered the loose paving slab outside the shop and is spending a few days in Seahaven General. The radio in Truman Beaumont's kitchen has been persuaded to play his favourite song. He is singing along, badly. Bev Tanner is in Seahaven General after they discovered the loose paving slab outside the shop. Nothing bad ever happens here — but something is always going on. The Battle of the Noticeboard takes a turn. Goodnight, Truman. In case we don't see you: good afternoon, good evening, and goodnight.
OPEN THIS DAY IN THE BROADCASTWhat was announced
00:00The radio in Truman Beaumont's kitchen has been persuaded to play his favourite song. He is singing along, badly.
09:00The rain has cleared. A rainbow appeared at a frankly cinematic angle.
10:00Saturday orchard morning is under way. Opinions about ladders are plentiful.
10:17THIRD NOTICE, THIRD THEORY: TRUMAN AND NURSE DOT PUT HEADS TOGETHER OVER THE BOARD
10:18Hattie Whitlow has got good enough at practising stories worth telling to be quietly smug about it.
11:00Marla Finch has arrived at the store without the list. This has happened before.
11:00A studio lamp came loose and struck the road beside Truman Beaumont. Control has logged it as "debris".
12:16Abel Callahan and Sal Marino have quietly become the sort of friends who notice things.
13:00The community orchard is in blossom and briefly the best place in town.
13:29GAZEBO SUMMIT: WHAT ARE MARLA AND ELAINE PLOTTING FOR FOUNDERS PARK?
13:29Marla Finch and Elaine Whitlow kept their word and finished what they started.
13:36Rex Callahan has put right the thing at The Anchor Bar that had been annoying them for weeks.
14:00Clouds drift in over the bay. The fishermen pretend not to enjoy it.
15:00Rain has begun over Seahaven Springs. Umbrellas deployed with suspicious synchronization.
16:00The town ladder is on its fourth borrower this week and nobody is sure who owns it.
16:00Bev Tanner discovered the loose paving slab outside the shop and is spending a few days in Seahaven General.
17:00The town cat is asleep on the Town Hall steps. Municipal business reroutes around it.
18:00The same passer-by has now walked past Truman Beaumont three times on the same route.
20:00The rain has driven everyone indoors, and the café is doing the best trade of the week.
21:00Faint harmonica music was heard from the dock. Everybody denies everything.
21:04Rex Callahan has reached the storytelling stage at The Anchor.
21:13Dot Ferris is negotiating with a bar stool and appears to be losing.
21:29Hal Brody is conducting an imaginary orchestra near the dartboard.
22:09Lark Ferris has proposed a toast to the concept of Thursdays.
22:10Ewan Callahan has sworn undying friendship to somebody met twenty minutes ago.
22:14Hattie Whitlow is describing a fish that grows between each telling.
22:46Truman Beaumont offered to buy the room a drink, then checked a pocket.
What was said
06:34Dot Ferris, Kip Doyle · Kip's House
Well if it isn't Kip. How's the day treating you?
Well if it isn't Kip. How's the day treating you?
07:04Milo Ferris, Lark Ferris · Dot's House
You have not changed since we were knee-high.
You have not changed since we were knee-high.
07:04Bea Callahan, Linus Tidewater · Norma's House
Linus, you look like someone with five minutes to spare.
Linus, you look like someone with five minutes to spare.
07:59Marla Finch, Cole Whitlow · Sunrise Café
Morning, Cole. You are out before the town has finished yawning.
Morning, Cole. You are out before the town has finished yawning.
08:00Edie Gorse, Ewan Callahan, Hattie Whitlow, Orson Ferris · Sunrise Café
Morning, Ewan. Everything feels possible at this hour.★
Morning, Ewan. Everything feels possible at this hour.★
08:02Hal Brody, Iris Brody · Sheriff Brody's House
Good morning! First proper conversation of the day.
Good morning! First proper conversation of the day.
08:09Dot Ferris, Abel Callahan · Sunrise Café
Morning, Abel. You are out before the town has finished yawning.
Morning, Abel. You are out before the town has finished yawning.
09:00Elaine Whitlow, Truman Beaumont · Sunrise Café
Well if it isn't Truman. How's the day treating you?
Well if it isn't Truman. How's the day treating you?
09:50Bram Tidewater, Rue Callahan, Hattie Whitlow · Founders Park
You have caught me before my second cup of tea.
You have caught me before my second cup of tea.
10:19Truman Beaumont, Dot Ferris · Seahaven Mutual
Good morning! First proper conversation of the day.
Good morning! First proper conversation of the day.
10:59Rex Callahan, Fern Gorse · Town Hall
Well if it isn't Fern. How's the day treating you?
Well if it isn't Fern. How's the day treating you?
11:58Sal Marino, Abel Callahan · The Salty Gull
You have got the hang of it. I am almost redundant.
You have got the hang of it. I am almost redundant.