Episode
Day 244
Day 244 in Seahaven Springs, under cloudy skies. [CONTROL] Dot Ferris has been flagged. She has started to find it difficult, and she is close enough to Truman Beaumont for that to matter. Dot Ferris is stepping out with Dr. Cornelius Pratt. Dot Ferris has been quiet lately, and keeps starting sentences she does not finish. Nothing bad ever happens here — but something is always going on. The Anonymous Good Deed 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
00:00[CONTROL] Dot Ferris has been flagged. She has started to find it difficult, and she is close enough to Truman Beaumont for that to matter.
03:00An unclaimed umbrella has been standing by the café door for three days.
07:00The queue at the bakery has reached the door. Nobody minds; it is that kind of queue.
09:00Fog has come in off the bay and stopped, very precisely, at the edge of town.
10:00Saturday orchard morning is under way. Opinions about ladders are plentiful.
10:00The orchard is loud with bees. Nobody has been stung in living memory.
12:00A seagull has stolen Pearl Gorse's sandwich near the dock. Again.
13:00The town cat is asleep on the Town Hall steps. Municipal business reroutes around it.
14:09Someone has been leaving small gifts around town. Rex Callahan finds one.
15:00Rain has begun over Seahaven Springs. Umbrellas deployed with suspicious synchronization.
16:00The rain has cleared. A rainbow appeared at a frankly cinematic angle.
17:00Rain fell in a single column, precisely on Truman Beaumont, and nowhere else in Seahaven Springs.
17:00A lighthouse postcard has been added to today's mail. Truman Beaumont collects them, and Control knows it.
19:00Someone is practising the same eight bars of piano again. The town has grown fond of them.
19:00A studio lamp came loose and struck the road beside Truman Beaumont. Control has logged it as "debris".
19:01Sal Marino and Bev Tanner kept their word and finished what they started.
20:00It is warm enough to sit outside. Half the town has done exactly that.
21:00The lights of Seahaven Springs flickered for exactly three seconds. The town clock is unbothered.
22:48Truman Beaumont has reached the storytelling stage at The Anchor.
What was said
09:52Gus Tidewater, Rex Callahan · The Dock
I knew the day would improve if I ran into you.
I knew the day would improve if I ran into you.
10:34Dr. Cornelius Pratt, Norma Quist · Norma's Grocery
Morning, Norma. Just the usual today.
Morning, Norma. Just the usual today.
11:00Sal Marino, Norma Quist · Norma's Grocery
Morning, Norma. Just the usual today.
Morning, Norma. Just the usual today.
12:22Kip Doyle, Truman Beaumont · The Dock
Boss! Perfect timing. I have a theory and fresh rolls.
Boss! Perfect timing. I have a theory and fresh rolls.
12:43Marla Finch, Fern Gorse · Sunrise Café
Good to see you, Fern. I'll bring that right over.
Good to see you, Fern. I'll bring that right over.
12:51Marla Finch, Flo Tidewater · Sunrise Café
Good to see you, Flo. I'll bring that right over.
Good to see you, Flo. I'll bring that right over.
13:21Sal Marino, Dr. Cornelius Pratt · The Salty Gull
Good to see you, Dr.. I'll bring that right over.
Good to see you, Dr.. I'll bring that right over.
13:34Marla Finch, Norma Quist · Sunrise Café
Good to see you, Norma. I'll bring that right over.
Good to see you, Norma. I'll bring that right over.
14:12Rex Callahan, Flo Tidewater · Sunrise Café
Afternoon, Flo. Escaping the busy part of the day?
Afternoon, Flo. Escaping the busy part of the day?
14:30Marla Finch, Hal Brody · Sunrise Café
Good to see you, Hal. I'll bring that right over.
Good to see you, Hal. I'll bring that right over.
15:18Sal Marino, Bev Tanner · Sunrise Café
Bev, perfect timing. I needed a pause.
Bev, perfect timing. I needed a pause.
17:43Marla Finch, Elaine Whitlow · Sunrise Café
Good to see you, Elaine. I'll bring that right over.
Good to see you, Elaine. I'll bring that right over.