Episode
Day 438
What a day it's been in Seahaven Springs—Hal hung up his badge after forty-four years of peacekeeping, and the whole town gathered round a cake to thank him for it. Meanwhile, the fog rolled in like it had an appointment, stopping neat as you please at the town line, and Sal took a tumble down the Town Hall stairs that's landed him in Dot's capable hands at the General. Love is blooming all over town: Dot and Kip, Marla and Gus, June and dear Truman—and somewhere near the dartboard, three people found themselves conducting orchestras that only they could hear. Tomorrow will bring its small mysteries and smaller miracles, but tonight, Seahaven Springs rests easy, knowing that everything that needed doing got done, and everyone who needed looking after is being looked after.
OPEN THIS DAY IN THE BROADCASTWhat was announced
00:00Milo Ferris has been discharged from Seahaven General and is right as rain.
00:00Hal Brody has worked their last shift at Sheriff's Office, at 68. There was cake.
02:00The traveling garden gnome has been spotted on a new porch. Nobody admits to moving it.
07:00The tide is out further than usual. Hal Brody has gone to look at what it left behind.
08:00Fog has come in off the bay and stopped, very precisely, at the edge of town.
08:08Dot Ferris and Milo Ferris have stopped leaving their friendship to chance.
08:43Marla Finch and Gus Tidewater have stopped leaving their friendship to chance.
09:20Flo Tidewater and Bev Tanner have stopped leaving their friendship to chance.
10:00The queue at the bakery has reached the door. Nobody minds; it is that kind of queue.
10:16A town-wide safety inspection is announced. Truman Beaumont is inspected first.
11:00Sal Marino has received a postcard from somewhere far away. The handwriting is unfamiliar.
12:00The Town Hall clock and the bakery clock disagree by two minutes. Both are certain.
12:00Sal Marino misjudged the last step of the Town Hall stairs and is spending a few days in Seahaven General.
14:00Nothing whatsoever is happening in Seahaven Springs. Flo Tidewater appears to be enjoying it.
14:00Truman Beaumont's radio caught the control room again. Fern Gorse turned the dial and talked loudly about the weather.
14:22Rex Callahan has closed the notebook on one small Seahaven mystery, satisfied for now.
15:53Bev Tanner and Dot Ferris kept their word and finished what they started.
16:00There is one more chair at The Anchor than there was yesterday. Rex has not mentioned it.
18:00A seagull has stolen Bev Tanner's sandwich near the dock. Again.
20:00Someone is practising the same eight bars of piano again. The town has grown fond of them.
21:00Rain has begun over Seahaven Springs. Umbrellas deployed with suspicious synchronization.
22:00Faint harmonica music was heard from the dock. Gus denies everything.
22:14Fern Gorse is conducting an imaginary orchestra near the dartboard.
22:29Edie Gorse is conducting an imaginary orchestra near the dartboard.
22:34Milo Ferris is conducting an imaginary orchestra near the dartboard.
What was said
07:19Elaine Whitlow, Milo Ferris · Sunrise Café
Morning, Milo. Everything feels possible at this hour.
Morning, Milo. Everything feels possible at this hour.
07:22June Ellery, Truman Beaumont · Sunrise Café
Truman, you look like someone with five minutes to spare.
Truman, you look like someone with five minutes to spare.
07:33Bev Tanner, Marla Finch · Sunrise Café
You have caught me before my second cup of tea.
You have caught me before my second cup of tea.
07:44Dot Ferris, Milo Ferris · Sunrise Café
Well if it isn't Milo. How's the day treating you?
Well if it isn't Milo. How's the day treating you?
07:44Elaine Whitlow, Truman Beaumont · Sunrise Café
I hear you have been practising. So have I, obviously.
I hear you have been practising. So have I, obviously.
08:14Dot Ferris, Marla Finch, Gus Tidewater, Hal Brody · Sunrise Café
Marla, you look well enough to be useful.★
Marla, you look well enough to be useful.★
08:26Milo Ferris, Lark Ferris · Dot's House
You have caught me before my second cup of tea.
You have caught me before my second cup of tea.
08:54Bev Tanner, Flo Tidewater · Seahaven Mutual
Flo! Just the person I wanted to see.
Flo! Just the person I wanted to see.
10:19Truman Beaumont, Edie Gorse · The Bakery
Hi Edie — busy day at The Bakery?
Hi Edie — busy day at The Bakery?
10:40Kip Doyle, Truman Beaumont · The Bakery
Truman! Just the person I wanted to see.
Truman! Just the person I wanted to see.
11:01Sal Marino, Norma Quist · Norma's Grocery
Morning, Norma. Just the usual today.
Morning, Norma. Just the usual today.
12:05Milo Ferris, Kip Doyle · The Bakery
Good to see you, Kip. I'll bring that right over.
Good to see you, Kip. I'll bring that right over.