Episode
Day 3656
Day 3656 in Seahaven Springs, under rainy skies. Fern Gorse is in a staring contest with a gull on the dock. The gull is winning. Ned Ferris is not currently speaking to Gil Ferris. Gil Ferris is cooling off in the Sheriff's holding cell after the business at The Anchor. 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
00:00The swans have moved on, having accepted a great deal of bread and given nothing back.
04:00Rain has begun over Seahaven Springs. Umbrellas deployed with suspicious synchronization.
07:00The puddle outside the Sunrise Café has returned to its usual dimensions.
07:24Alma Callahan and Bram Tidewater have got into the habit of each other.
07:55Edie Gorse and Ewan Callahan have got into the habit of each other.
09:12Hattie Whitlow and Bram Tidewater have got into the habit of each other.
10:01Orson Ferris has got good enough at practising stories worth telling to be quietly smug about it.
11:00The rain has cleared. A rainbow appeared at a frankly cinematic angle.
11:00Three separate neighbours greeted Truman Beaumont with the identical sentence this morning.
11:07The coffee is bought regardless, and drunk in comfortable silence.
11:07Bram Tidewater and Mabel Tidewater kept their word and finished what they started.
11:07And so concludes: A Wager on the Weather. The town will live with how it ended.
12:00The orchard is loud with bees. Nobody has been stung in living memory.
14:00Milo Ferris and Bev Tanner have quietly become the sort of friends who notice things.
16:00Nothing whatsoever is happening in Seahaven Springs. Linus Tidewater appears to be enjoying it.
16:00Dell Tanner fumbled Truman Beaumont's name and recovered it smoothly. Nobody breathed.
17:00A hedge has been trimmed one inch past a boundary. Diplomacy is under way.
18:00Fern Gorse is in a staring contest with a gull on the dock. The gull is winning.
18:00A face Truman Beaumont last saw years ago walked by wearing a different coat and a different life.
18:00The dock has been closed for maintenance, effective this morning. It was not closed yesterday.
18:00Word has gone round the kitchens: Truman Beaumont is to be given his favourite, and no bill.
21:00Rain has begun over Seahaven Springs. Umbrellas deployed with suspicious synchronization.
22:05Ewan Callahan is negotiating with a bar stool and appears to be losing.
22:10Gil Ferris has declared this the finest town in the world. Twice.
22:14Wren Gorse has thanked every chair in The Anchor for its service.
22:18Fern Gorse has become extremely confident about lighthouse engineering.
22:18Alma Callahan has sworn undying friendship to somebody met twenty minutes ago.
22:22Ned Ferris has sworn undying friendship to somebody met twenty minutes ago.
23:00Commotion at The Anchor! Ned Ferris and Gil Ferris came to (very gentle) blows over an argument about the correct way to pronounce "buoy".
23:00Sheriff Brody has invited Gil Ferris to spend the night in the cells. Everyone agrees this is for the best.
What was said
06:35Dot Ferris, Kip Doyle · Kip's House
I knew the day would improve if I ran into you.
I knew the day would improve if I ran into you.
07:04Bram Tidewater, Alma Callahan · Gus's House
Morning, Alma. Everything feels possible at this hour.
Morning, Alma. Everything feels possible at this hour.
07:06Perry Gorse, Wren Gorse · The Gorse House
Morning, Wren. You are out before the town has finished yawning.
Morning, Wren. You are out before the town has finished yawning.
07:20Fern Gorse, Milo Ferris · Sunrise Café
Morning, Milo. Everything feels possible at this hour.
Morning, Milo. Everything feels possible at this hour.
07:22Edie Gorse, Iris Brody, Jonah Ferris, Ewan Callahan · Sunrise Café
Nobody leave until we agree which version is most plausible.
Nobody leave until we agree which version is most plausible.
07:25Bea Callahan, Linus Tidewater, Marla Finch · Sunrise Café
Good morning! First proper conversation of the day.
Good morning! First proper conversation of the day.
07:46Orson Ferris, Cass Tanner · Bev's House
You have caught me before my second cup of tea.
You have caught me before my second cup of tea.
08:36Iris Brody, Marla Finch · Sunrise Café
Good to see you, Marla. I'll bring that right over.
Good to see you, Marla. I'll bring that right over.
08:44Marla Finch, Iris Brody · Sunrise Café
You have got the hang of it. I am almost redundant.
You have got the hang of it. I am almost redundant.
08:48Bram Tidewater, Hattie Whitlow · Founders Park
Hattie! Just the person I wanted to see.
Hattie! Just the person I wanted to see.
08:52Truman Beaumont, Wilf Tanner, Perry Gorse, Orson Ferris · Seahaven Mutual
This has unexpectedly become a gathering.
This has unexpectedly become a gathering.
09:03Sal Marino, Ike Tidewater · The Dune House
Well if it isn't Ike. How's the day treating you?
Well if it isn't Ike. How's the day treating you?