Episode
Day 424
Day 424 in Seahaven Springs, under sunny skies. Kip Doyle has been discharged from Seahaven General and is right as rain. Bev Tanner is grieving Dr. Cornelius Pratt. Dot Ferris lost Dr. Cornelius Pratt after a long life together. Nothing bad ever happens here — but something is always going on. The Plum Harvest takes a turn. Goodnight, Truman. In case we don't see you: good afternoon, good evening, and goodnight.
OPEN THIS DAY IN THE BROADCASTWhat was announced
00:00Kip Doyle has been discharged from Seahaven General and is right as rain.
00:00It is too hot in Seahaven Springs. The tarmac on Front Street has gone soft and the Sunrise Café has put its chairs in the shade.
08:00The queue at the bakery has reached the door. Nobody minds; it is that kind of queue.
09:00The town ladder is on its fourth borrower this week and nobody is sure who owns it.
10:00A heron has taken up position at Miller's Pond and is refusing to be hurried.
10:00June Ellery came off worse in an argument with a garden gnome and a flowerbed and is spending a few days in Seahaven General.
10:18Truman Beaumont organises a picking rota. Elaine Whitlow improves it immediately, uninvited.
12:00A seagull has stolen Rex Callahan's sandwich near the dock. Again.
14:51Rex Callahan and Gus Tidewater have stopped leaving their friendship to chance.
16:00The Town Hall clock and the bakery clock disagree by two minutes. Both are certain.
17:00Rain has begun over Seahaven Springs. Umbrellas deployed with suspicious synchronization.
18:00The puddle outside the Sunrise Café has returned to its usual dimensions.
19:00The rain has driven everyone indoors, and the café is doing the best trade of the week.
19:35Fern Gorse and Flo Tidewater kept their word and finished what they started.
20:00Faint harmonica music was heard from the dock. Gus denies everything.
21:00The rain has cleared. A rainbow appeared at a frankly cinematic angle.
22:00The lights of Seahaven Springs flickered for exactly three seconds. The town clock is unbothered.
What was said
07:21Marla Finch, Flo Tidewater · Sunrise Café
Flo, you look like someone with five minutes to spare.
Flo, you look like someone with five minutes to spare.
07:43Dot Ferris, Hal Brody · Sunrise Café
You have caught me before my second cup of tea.
You have caught me before my second cup of tea.
08:01Elaine Whitlow, Gus Tidewater · Sunrise Café
Gus! Just the person I wanted to see.
Gus! Just the person I wanted to see.
08:48Bev Tanner, Flo Tidewater · Seahaven Mutual
There you are. How is it going, really?
There you are. How is it going, really?
09:26Kip Doyle, Flo Tidewater · The Bakery
Good to see you, Flo. I'll bring that right over.
Good to see you, Flo. I'll bring that right over.
09:36Kip Doyle, Flo Tidewater · The Bakery
Morning, Flo. You are out before the town has finished yawning.
Morning, Flo. You are out before the town has finished yawning.
09:38Elaine Whitlow, Lark Ferris · Founders Park
Good morning! First proper conversation of the day.
Good morning! First proper conversation of the day.
10:20Truman Beaumont, Elaine Whitlow · The Anchor Bar
Elaine! Perfect weather for doing something unnecessarily outdoors.
Elaine! Perfect weather for doing something unnecessarily outdoors.
11:02Sal Marino, Norma Quist · Norma's Grocery
Morning, Norma. Just the usual today.
Morning, Norma. Just the usual today.
11:10Norma Quist, Sal Marino · Norma's Grocery
You have caught me before my second cup of tea.
You have caught me before my second cup of tea.
12:17Marla Finch, Truman Beaumont · Sunrise Café
Good to see you, Truman. I'll bring that right over.
Good to see you, Truman. I'll bring that right over.
12:17Milo Ferris, Lark Ferris · Dot's House
Lark! Sunshine on every windowsill.
Lark! Sunshine on every windowsill.