Episode
Day 2797
Day 2797 in Seahaven Springs, under sunny skies. The puddle outside the Sunrise Café has returned to its usual dimensions. Cole Whitlow has got good enough at sketching the shoreline to be quietly smug about it. The tide is out further than usual. Bram Tidewater has gone to look at what it left behind. 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.
04:00Rain has begun over Seahaven Springs. Umbrellas deployed with suspicious synchronization.
08:00The puddle outside the Sunrise Café has returned to its usual dimensions.
09:00The rain has cleared. A rainbow appeared at a frankly cinematic angle.
09:37Cole Whitlow has got good enough at sketching the shoreline to be quietly smug about it.
10:00The tide is out further than usual. Bram Tidewater has gone to look at what it left behind.
11:00The queue at the bakery has reached the door. Nobody minds; it is that kind of queue.
12:00Toby Tanner nearly answered Truman Beaumont early, and turned it into a cough.
12:26Elaine Whitlow is not brilliant at practising stories worth telling, and is no longer pretending to be. It stuck anyway.
13:01Both routes are declared excellent. Everyone returns to the way they always went.
13:01Truman Beaumont and Bram Tidewater kept their word and finished what they started.
13:01And so concludes: The Shortcut. The town will live with how it ended.
15:00A form has been filed correctly at the first attempt. Town Hall is quietly jubilant.
17:00Rain has begun over Seahaven Springs. Umbrellas deployed with suspicious synchronization.
19:00The rain has cleared. A rainbow appeared at a frankly cinematic angle.
19:30Iris Brody and Truman Beaumont kept their word and finished what they started.
20:00The light over Seahaven Springs this evening is almost unreasonably good.
21:00Clouds drift in over the bay. The fishermen pretend not to enjoy it.
22:00The sun breaks through over Seahaven Springs, precisely on cue.
22:04Orson Ferris is negotiating with a bar stool and appears to be losing.
22:07Cole Whitlow is conducting an imaginary orchestra near the dartboard.
22:11Edie Gorse has begun a heartfelt speech with no clear subject.
22:12Abel Callahan offered to buy the room a drink, then checked a pocket.
22:14Ewan Callahan has proposed a toast to the concept of Thursdays.
22:17Rex Callahan is teaching the room a song that appears to have no chorus.
22:17Opal Ferris is explaining boats to anyone who will listen down at The Anchor.
22:18Somebody behind the bar has quietly moved Wilf Tanner onto the water. Wilf Tanner has not noticed.
22:53Iris Brody has sworn undying friendship to somebody met twenty minutes ago.
What was said
06:34Dot Ferris, Kip Doyle · Kip's House
Kip, you look like someone with five minutes to spare.
Kip, you look like someone with five minutes to spare.
07:03Hal Brody, Iris Brody · Sheriff Brody's House
Morning, Iris. Everything feels possible at this hour.
Morning, Iris. Everything feels possible at this hour.
07:04Fern Gorse, Opal Ferris · Marla's House
Opal, you look like someone with five minutes to spare.
Opal, you look like someone with five minutes to spare.
07:26Edie Gorse, Wilf Tanner, Bea Callahan, Truman Beaumont, Toby Tanner · Sunrise Café
Wilf. Say something interesting. I have been stamping since I arrived.★
Wilf. Say something interesting. I have been stamping since I arrived.★
08:32Bea Callahan, Linus Tidewater · Norma's House
Morning, Linus. Everything feels possible at this hour.
Morning, Linus. Everything feels possible at this hour.
08:46Truman Beaumont, Orson Ferris · Seahaven Mutual
Orson! The rain has polished Main Street nicely.
Orson! The rain has polished Main Street nicely.
08:48Bram Tidewater, Hattie Whitlow · Founders Park
Morning, Hattie. Everything feels possible at this hour.
Morning, Hattie. Everything feels possible at this hour.
08:52Bev Tanner, Elaine Whitlow, Hal Brody · Sunrise Café
Morning, Elaine. You are out before the town has finished yawning.
Morning, Elaine. You are out before the town has finished yawning.
08:55Rue Callahan, Wilf Tanner · Seahaven Mutual
You have not changed since we were knee-high.
You have not changed since we were knee-high.
09:11Cole Whitlow, Opal Ferris · Seahaven General
Opal, you look like someone with five minutes to spare.
Opal, you look like someone with five minutes to spare.
09:20Abel Callahan, Bea Callahan · The Salty Gull
Good to see you, Bea. I'll bring that right over.
Good to see you, Bea. I'll bring that right over.
09:29Hal Brody, Kip Doyle · The Bakery
Morning, Kip. Just the usual today.
Morning, Kip. Just the usual today.