Episode
Day 2858
Day 2858 in Seahaven Springs, under sunny skies. Cole Whitlow is in a staring contest with a gull on the dock. The gull is winning. The Town Hall clock and the bakery clock disagree by two minutes. Both are certain. Alma Callahan was born to Bea Callahan and Linus Tidewater. 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
07:00The Town Hall clock and the bakery clock disagree by two minutes. Both are certain.
08:00The queue at the bakery has reached the door. Nobody minds; it is that kind of queue.
08:00For four seconds Truman Beaumont's radio carried a voice describing exactly where Truman Beaumont was standing.
08:00Control has sent an old friend to sit with Truman Beaumont for a while. Nothing calms him faster.
09:00The photocopier at Seahaven Mutual is making the noise again. Ewan Callahan has been elected to deal with it.
10:00Rain has begun over Seahaven Springs. Umbrellas deployed with suspicious synchronization.
10:01One small Seahaven question is settled, and Bev Tanner is already eyeing another.
12:00Cole Whitlow is in a staring contest with a gull on the dock. The gull is winning.
13:00A heron has taken up position at Miller's Pond and is refusing to be hurried.
13:51Both routes are declared excellent. Everyone returns to the way they always went.
13:51Kip Doyle and Marla Finch kept their word and finished what they started.
13:51And so concludes: The Shortcut. The town will live with how it ended.
14:00The rain has cleared. A rainbow appeared at a frankly cinematic angle.
15:00Clouds drift in over the bay. The fishermen pretend not to enjoy it.
15:00Three separate neighbours greeted Truman Beaumont with the identical sentence this morning.
16:00The orchard is loud with bees. Nobody has been stung in living memory.
18:00The sun breaks through over Seahaven Springs, precisely on cue.
19:00The light over Seahaven Springs this evening is almost unreasonably good.
19:24Jonah Ferris and Elaine Whitlow kept their word and finished what they started.
21:00It is warm enough to sit outside. Half the town has done exactly that.
22:11Abel Callahan is teaching the room a song that appears to have no chorus.
22:17Rex Callahan has decided the dartboard is at fault and said so publicly.
22:17Opal Ferris is negotiating with a bar stool and appears to be losing.
22:18Ewan Callahan has decided the dartboard is at fault and said so publicly.
22:22Hattie Whitlow has decided the dartboard is at fault and said so publicly.
23:00Rain has begun over Seahaven Springs. Umbrellas deployed with suspicious synchronization.
What was said
06:34Dot Ferris, Kip Doyle · Kip's House
Morning, Kip. Everything feels possible at this hour.
Morning, Kip. Everything feels possible at this hour.
07:04Fern Gorse, Opal Ferris · Marla's House
Good morning! First proper conversation of the day.
Good morning! First proper conversation of the day.
07:04Jonah Ferris, Ned Ferris · Dr. Pratt's House
Morning, Ned. You are out before the town has finished yawning.
Morning, Ned. You are out before the town has finished yawning.
07:04Cole Whitlow, Mabel Tidewater · Rex's House
Mabel. Sit, if you like. I am not going to make you talk.
Mabel. Sit, if you like. I am not going to make you talk.
07:19Hattie Whitlow, Rue Callahan · Sunrise Café
There you are, Rue. I was hoping we would cross paths.
There you are, Rue. I was hoping we would cross paths.
07:20Elaine Whitlow, Marla Finch, Gil Ferris, Wilf Tanner · Sunrise Café
Oh, hello. I was asking the roses about you.★
Oh, hello. I was asking the roses about you.★
07:26Abel Callahan, Iris Brody · Sunrise Café
Morning, Iris. Everything feels possible at this hour.
Morning, Iris. Everything feels possible at this hour.
08:12Bram Tidewater, Hattie Whitlow, Wilf Tanner, Marla Finch, Dell Tanner · Sunrise Café
Hattie. I was not doing anything.★
Hattie. I was not doing anything.★
08:47Milo Ferris, Kip Doyle, Ned Ferris · The Bakery
Hello. Sit down, you look like you have been standing all day.
Hello. Sit down, you look like you have been standing all day.
08:51Bev Tanner, Hal Brody · Sunrise Café
Good morning! First proper conversation of the day.
Good morning! First proper conversation of the day.
08:58Orson Ferris, Truman Beaumont · Truman's House
You always know what to do. How?
You always know what to do. How?
09:09Marla Finch, Iris Brody, Elaine Whitlow · Sunrise Café
Morning, Iris. Everything feels possible at this hour.
Morning, Iris. Everything feels possible at this hour.