Episode
Day 2793
Day 2793 in Seahaven Springs, under cloudy skies. Orson Ferris has been released from the Sheriff's office with a stern word and a handshake. The town clock is going again. It is four minutes fast, and the town has decided to live with that. Dot Ferris has got to the bottom of it. The bottom was not far down. 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
00:00Orson Ferris has been released from the Sheriff's office with a stern word and a handshake.
00:00The town clock is going again. It is four minutes fast, and the town has decided to live with that.
09:00The Bakery's fresh bread smell has reached the town square. Productivity plummets.
10:00The sun breaks through over Seahaven Springs, precisely on cue.
10:22Dot Ferris has got to the bottom of it. The bottom was not far down.
10:31Both routes are declared excellent. Everyone returns to the way they always went.
10:31Truman Beaumont and Elaine Whitlow kept their word and finished what they started.
10:31And so concludes: The Shortcut. The town will live with how it ended.
13:00Truman Beaumont has arrived at the store without the list. This has happened before.
13:39Rue Callahan is not brilliant at keeping a notebook about the pond, and is no longer pretending to be. It stuck anyway.
14:01Ewan Callahan and Edie Gorse have got into the habit of each other.
15:00The town cat is asleep on the Town Hall steps. Municipal business reroutes around it.
16:00The community orchard is in blossom and briefly the best place in town.
16:00Opal Ferris and Cole Whitlow kept their word and finished what they started.
17:00Sunday supper is drawing the town toward The Salty Gull.
17:00The tide is out further than usual. Perry Gorse has gone to look at what it left behind.
18:00The light over Seahaven Springs this evening is almost unreasonably good.
22:00Clouds drift in over the bay. The fishermen pretend not to enjoy it.
What was said
09:04Bev Tanner, Toby Tanner · Bev's House
Morning, Toby. Everything feels possible at this hour.
Morning, Toby. Everything feels possible at this hour.
09:04Hal Brody, Iris Brody · Sheriff Brody's House
Good morning! First proper conversation of the day.
Good morning! First proper conversation of the day.
09:04Fern Gorse, Opal Ferris · Marla's House
Morning, Opal. You are out before the town has finished yawning.
Morning, Opal. You are out before the town has finished yawning.
09:12Edie Gorse, Bea Callahan · Norma's House
Bea! Just the person I wanted to see.
Bea! Just the person I wanted to see.
09:17Kip Doyle, Orson Ferris · The Anchor Bar
Hi Orson — busy day at The Anchor Bar?★
Hi Orson — busy day at The Anchor Bar?★
09:51Elaine Whitlow, Hattie Whitlow · Sal's House
Hattie, you look like someone with five minutes to spare.
Hattie, you look like someone with five minutes to spare.
10:02Dot Ferris, Kip Doyle · Kip's House
You have caught me before my second cup of tea.
You have caught me before my second cup of tea.
10:07Jonah Ferris, Ned Ferris · Dr. Pratt's House
Let us establish what happened before the story acquires a boat.
Let us establish what happened before the story acquires a boat.
10:18Bram Tidewater, Hattie Whitlow · Sal's House
Hattie! Just the person I wanted to see.
Hattie! Just the person I wanted to see.
10:33Truman Beaumont, Elaine Whitlow · The Anchor Bar
Morning, Elaine. You are out before the town has finished yawning.
Morning, Elaine. You are out before the town has finished yawning.
11:25Lark Ferris, Abel Callahan · Promenade House
Abel! Just the person I wanted to see.
Abel! Just the person I wanted to see.
11:33Opal Ferris, Dell Tanner, Cole Whitlow · Norma's Grocery
Morning, Dell. You are out before the town has finished yawning.
Morning, Dell. You are out before the town has finished yawning.