Episode
Day 2341
Day 2341 in Seahaven Springs, under sunny skies. Bram Tidewater is in a staring contest with a gull on the dock. The gull is winning. Marla Finch and Elaine Whitlow have stopped leaving their friendship to chance. Mabel Tidewater was born to Bram Tidewater and Hattie Whitlow. Nothing bad ever happens here — but something is always going on. Goodnight, Truman. In case we don't see you: good afternoon, good evening, and goodnight.
OPEN THIS DAY IN THE BROADCASTWhat was announced
03:00The sun breaks through over Seahaven Springs, precisely on cue.
07:46Marla Finch and Elaine Whitlow have stopped leaving their friendship to chance.
08:00Rain has begun over Seahaven Springs. Umbrellas deployed with suspicious synchronization.
08:23Hattie Whitlow's evening happened, ran long, and is still being talked about.
09:00The rain has cleared. A rainbow appeared at a frankly cinematic angle.
09:07Orson Ferris has an answer, of a sort, and has decided it will do.
10:00Bram Tidewater is in a staring contest with a gull on the dock. The gull is winning.
10:57Sal Marino has got to the bottom of it. The bottom was not far down.
12:00It is Wednesday lunch in Founders Park. Benches are being claimed diplomatically.
12:00It was a very large and entirely ordinary fish. The town is delighted regardless.
12:00Truman Beaumont and Orson Ferris kept their word and finished what they started.
12:00And so concludes: Something in the Pond. The town will live with how it ended.
14:00The tide is out further than usual. Wilf Tanner has gone to look at what it left behind.
15:00A hedge has been trimmed one inch past a boundary. Diplomacy is under way.
16:00Jonah Ferris has arrived at the store without the list. This has happened before.
17:00Someone is practising the same eight bars of piano again. The town has grown fond of them.
18:57practising stories worth telling has stopped being something Wilf Tanner is trying, and become something they do.
20:00The light over Seahaven Springs this evening is almost unreasonably good.
20:18Linus Tidewater and Dot Ferris kept their word and finished what they started.
21:00It is warm enough to sit outside. Half the town has done exactly that.
22:02Orson Ferris has reached the storytelling stage at The Anchor.
22:23Opal Ferris has reached the storytelling stage at The Anchor.
22:27Linus Tidewater has ordered one for the road and then forgotten which road.
23:22Rex Callahan has thanked every chair in The Anchor for its service.
What was said
06:34Dot Ferris, Kip Doyle · Kip's House
Morning, Kip. You are out before the town has finished yawning.
Morning, Kip. You are out before the town has finished yawning.
07:20Elaine Whitlow, Marla Finch · Sunrise Café
Morning, Marla. Everything feels possible at this hour.
Morning, Marla. Everything feels possible at this hour.
07:25Edie Gorse, Linus Tidewater · Sunrise Café
Morning, Linus. Everything feels possible at this hour.
Morning, Linus. Everything feels possible at this hour.
07:48Elaine Whitlow, Opal Ferris, Bram Tidewater, Hattie Whitlow, Lark Ferris · Sunrise Café
Good morning! First proper conversation of the day.★
Good morning! First proper conversation of the day.★
08:12Bea Callahan, Linus Tidewater · Norma's House
I knew the day would improve if I ran into you.
I knew the day would improve if I ran into you.
08:25Lark Ferris, Ned Ferris · Sunrise Café
You have caught me before my second cup of tea.
You have caught me before my second cup of tea.
08:46Marla Finch, Hattie Whitlow, Iris Brody, Elaine Whitlow · Sunrise Café
This table has reached the confidential part of breakfast.
This table has reached the confidential part of breakfast.
08:46Truman Beaumont, Orson Ferris · Seahaven Mutual
Orson! Good to see you. I was beginning to think the day had skipped you.
Orson! Good to see you. I was beginning to think the day had skipped you.
08:53Bev Tanner, Lark Ferris · Sunrise Café
Morning, Lark. You are out before the town has finished yawning.
Morning, Lark. You are out before the town has finished yawning.
09:09Truman Beaumont, Toby Tanner · Seahaven Mutual
Toby, you look like someone with five minutes to spare.
Toby, you look like someone with five minutes to spare.
10:39Rex Callahan, Sal Marino · The Dune House
Sal! Sun's out again. Like clockwork.
Sal! Sun's out again. Like clockwork.
11:26Bev Tanner, Hal Brody · Sunrise Café
I knew the day would improve if I ran into you.
I knew the day would improve if I ran into you.