Episode
Day 4313
Day 4313 in Seahaven Springs, under sunny skies. Milo Ferris has come down with a spectacular head cold and is being kept in for observation. Fern Gorse is in a staring contest with a gull on the dock. The gull is winning. Milo Ferris is being kept in overnight with a spectacular head cold. Nothing bad ever happens here — but something is always going on. Everybody, Slightly Left runs into trouble. 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 town clock has stopped at twenty past four. Nobody can agree on when it happened, which is itself a problem of some irony.
05:00Rain has begun over Seahaven Springs. Umbrellas deployed with suspicious synchronization.
07:00The rain has cleared. A rainbow appeared at a frankly cinematic angle.
07:28Hattie Whitlow's small gathering has come together, with just enough chairs and no speeches.
08:00Clouds drift in over the bay. The fishermen pretend not to enjoy it.
09:00Dell Tanner nearly answered Truman Beaumont early, and turned it into a cough.
09:41Wilf Tanner and Perry Gorse have quietly become the sort of friends who notice things.
09:55Ewan Callahan's evening happened, ran long, and is still being talked about.
10:00The sun breaks through over Seahaven Springs, precisely on cue.
10:00Milo Ferris has come down with a spectacular head cold and is being kept in for observation.
11:00The tide is out further than usual. Dot Ferris has gone to look at what it left behind.
11:00Dell Tanner called Truman Beaumont by the wrong name mid-sentence, then laughed a little too quickly.
11:00A lighthouse postcard has been added to today's mail. Truman Beaumont collects them, and Control knows it.
12:00Fern Gorse is in a staring contest with a gull on the dock. The gull is winning.
13:00The photocopier at Seahaven Mutual is making the noise again. Wilf Tanner has been elected to deal with it.
14:00The town ladder is on its fourth borrower this week and nobody is sure who owns it.
14:00Ike Tidewater noticed the greetings had gone identical and improvised badly but successfully.
14:48It is decided the whole town should be in one photograph. Arrangements begin.
16:00Someone is practising the same eight bars of piano again. The town has grown fond of them.
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.
18:00Rain fell in a single column, precisely on Truman Beaumont, and nowhere else in Seahaven Springs.
19:53Alma Callahan has got good enough at practising stories worth telling to be quietly smug about it.
20:00A face Truman Beaumont last saw years ago walked by wearing a different coat and a different life.
21:14Cass Tanner and Kip Doyle kept their word and finished what they started.
22:00The bakery sign flickered and, for a moment, read a different name entirely.
22:05Edie Gorse is negotiating with a bar stool and appears to be losing.
22:09Iris Brody has ordered one for the road and then forgotten which road.
22:09Mabel Tidewater has decided the dartboard is at fault and said so publicly.
22:23Alma Callahan has thanked every chair in The Anchor for its service.
22:26Ike Tidewater has reached the storytelling stage at The Anchor.
What was said
06:35Dot 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.
07:03Edie Gorse, Wren Gorse · The Gorse House
Wren. Say something interesting. I have been stamping since I arrived.
Wren. Say something interesting. I have been stamping since I arrived.
07:04Cole Whitlow, Mabel Tidewater · Rex's House
Morning, Mabel. Everything feels possible at this hour.
Morning, Mabel. Everything feels possible at this hour.
07:04Hattie Whitlow, Dell Tanner · Sal's House
Good morning! First proper conversation of the day.
Good morning! First proper conversation of the day.
07:20Milo Ferris, Fern Gorse, Bram Tidewater, Jonah Ferris, Ewan Callahan · Sunrise Café
Morning, Fern. Everything feels possible at this hour.★
Morning, Fern. Everything feels possible at this hour.★
07:26Truman Beaumont, Bea Callahan, Marla Finch · Sunrise Café
Good morning! First proper conversation of the day.
Good morning! First proper conversation of the day.
07:56Fern Gorse, Ewan Callahan, Opal Ferris, Bram Tidewater, Truman Beaumont · Sunrise Café
Good morning! First proper conversation of the day.★
Good morning! First proper conversation of the day.★
08:14Milo Ferris, Jonah Ferris, Perry Gorse · Sunrise Café
Good morning! First proper conversation of the day.
Good morning! First proper conversation of the day.
08:16Bea Callahan, Linus Tidewater · Norma's House
I knew the day would improve if I ran into you.
I knew the day would improve if I ran into you.
08:46Marla Finch, Iris Brody · Sunrise Café
Good morning! First proper conversation of the day.
Good morning! First proper conversation of the day.
08:48Kip Doyle, Ned Ferris · The Bakery
There you are. How is it going, really?
There you are. How is it going, really?
08:53Wilf Tanner, Dell Tanner · Seahaven Mutual
I keep meaning to ask somebody about that, and then I never do.
I keep meaning to ask somebody about that, and then I never do.