Episode
Day 3880
Day 3880 in Seahaven Springs, under cloudy skies. Hal Brody has been discharged from Seahaven General and is right as rain. Jonah Ferris has reached the storytelling stage at The Anchor. Alma Callahan is in a staring contest with a gull on the dock. The gull is winning. 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
00:00Hal Brody has been discharged from Seahaven General and is right as rain.
00:00Rain has begun over Seahaven Springs. Umbrellas deployed with suspicious synchronization.
00:28Jonah Ferris has reached the storytelling stage at The Anchor.
07:00A heron has taken up position at Miller's Pond and is refusing to be hurried.
07:29Fern Gorse and Opal Ferris no longer need a reason to call round.
10:00Alma Callahan is in a staring contest with a gull on the dock. The gull is winning.
11:00Cass Tanner has arrived at the store without the list. This has happened before.
12:00Hal Brody has received a postcard from somewhere far away. The handwriting is unfamiliar.
13:00A form has been filed correctly at the first attempt. Town Hall is quietly jubilant.
14:06It was a very large and entirely ordinary fish. The town is delighted regardless.
14:06Truman Beaumont and Fern Gorse kept their word and finished what they started.
14:06And so concludes: Something in the Pond. The town will live with how it ended.
14:07Bea Callahan's small gathering has come together, with just enough chairs and no speeches.
16:00Someone is practising the same eight bars of piano again. The town has grown fond of them.
17:00The rain has cleared. A rainbow appeared at a frankly cinematic angle.
18:00The Town Hall clock and the bakery clock disagree by two minutes. Both are certain.
18:42Edie Gorse's small gathering has come together, with just enough chairs and no speeches.
19:00The tide is out further than usual. Bea Callahan has gone to look at what it left behind.
20:00Rain has begun over Seahaven Springs. Umbrellas deployed with suspicious synchronization.
20:23Cass Tanner and Cole Whitlow postponed the matter, but neither has forgotten it.
21:00The rain has cleared. A rainbow appeared at a frankly cinematic angle.
22:00Clouds drift in over the bay. The fishermen pretend not to enjoy it.
22:03Bram Tidewater has decided the dartboard is at fault and said so publicly.
22:04Wilf Tanner is describing a fish that grows between each telling.
22:07Gil Ferris is conducting an imaginary orchestra near the dartboard.
22:12Ike Tidewater offered to buy the room a drink, then checked a pocket.
22:15Linus Tidewater has begun a heartfelt speech with no clear subject.
22:19Opal Ferris is negotiating with a bar stool and appears to be losing.
22:21Somebody behind the bar has quietly moved Edie Gorse onto the water. Edie Gorse has not noticed.
What was said
00:02Perry Gorse, Wren Gorse · The Gorse House
Still awake, Wren? That makes two of us.
Still awake, Wren? That makes two of us.
06:52Kip Doyle, Jonah Ferris · The Anchor Bar
Good morning! First proper conversation of the day.
Good morning! First proper conversation of the day.
07:04Fern Gorse, Opal Ferris · Marla's House
Morning, Opal. Everything feels possible at this hour.
Morning, Opal. Everything feels possible at this hour.
07:19Bev Tanner, Cass Tanner · Bev's House
There you are, Cass. I was hoping we would cross paths.
There you are, Cass. I was hoping we would cross paths.
07:19Iris Brody, Hattie Whitlow, Cole Whitlow · Sunrise Café
Hattie! Dad says you are allowed.
Hattie! Dad says you are allowed.
07:21Marla Finch, Truman Beaumont · Sunrise Café
I was wondering when you would appear, Truman.
I was wondering when you would appear, Truman.
07:35Jonah Ferris, Ned Ferris · Dr. Pratt's House
Ned! Ned, listen. Listen. You're a good egg, you are.
Ned! Ned, listen. Listen. You're a good egg, you are.
08:05Bea Callahan, Linus Tidewater · Sunrise Café
Well if it isn't Linus. How's the day treating you?
Well if it isn't Linus. How's the day treating you?
08:10Kip Doyle, Hal Brody · The Bakery
Good to see you, Hal. I'll bring that right over.
Good to see you, Hal. I'll bring that right over.
08:36Marla Finch, Iris Brody, Bev Tanner · Sunrise Café
Right, cups down for one moment. Something has happened.
Right, cups down for one moment. Something has happened.
08:45Hal Brody, Milo Ferris · The Bakery
You have caught me before my second cup of tea.
You have caught me before my second cup of tea.
08:48Bram Tidewater, Hattie Whitlow · Founders Park
There you are, Hattie. I was hoping we would cross paths.
There you are, Hattie. I was hoping we would cross paths.