Episode
Day 465
Day 465 in Seahaven Springs, under sunny skies. Hal Brody has been discharged from Seahaven General and is right as rain. Dot Ferris lost Dr. Cornelius Pratt after a long life together. Dot Ferris is stepping out with Kip Doyle. 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.
07:44June Ellery has turned practising stories worth telling into a real part of life.
08:00An unclaimed umbrella has been standing by the café door for three days.
11:00Elaine Whitlow has received a postcard from somewhere far away. The handwriting is unfamiliar.
12:00It is Wednesday lunch in Founders Park. Benches are being claimed diplomatically.
12:00The town cat is asleep on the Town Hall steps. Municipal business reroutes around it.
12:45Elaine Whitlow and Truman Beaumont have stopped leaving their friendship to chance.
13:00A heron has taken up position at Miller's Pond and is refusing to be hurried.
13:29The gift-giver is revealed to be the least suspected resident, who is thanked with a modest ceremony.
13:29Truman Beaumont and Fern Gorse kept their word and finished what they started.
13:29And so concludes: The Anonymous Good Deed. The town will live with how it ended.
14:00The town ladder is on its fourth borrower this week and nobody is sure who owns it.
14:00The same passer-by has now walked past Truman Beaumont three times on the same route.
15:00The puddle outside the Sunrise Café has returned to its usual dimensions.
16:00June Ellery is in a staring contest with a gull on the dock. The gull is winning.
18:00Business is slow enough that Bev Tanner has been sent home early. Nobody argues.
19:00Someone is practising the same eight bars of piano again. The town has grown fond of them.
19:00Three separate neighbours greeted Truman Beaumont with the identical sentence this morning.
19:00The radio in Truman Beaumont's kitchen has been persuaded to play his favourite song. He is singing along, badly.
20:00Faint harmonica music was heard from the dock. Gus denies everything.
22:00The rain has cleared. A rainbow appeared at a frankly cinematic angle.
22:12Edie Gorse has thanked every chair in The Anchor for its service.
22:50Rex Callahan is conducting an imaginary orchestra near the dartboard.
What was said
06:38Dot Ferris, Kip Doyle · Kip's House
Good morning! First proper conversation of the day.
Good morning! First proper conversation of the day.
07:21June Ellery, Truman Beaumont · Sunrise Café
There you are, Truman. I was hoping we would cross paths.
There you are, Truman. I was hoping we would cross paths.
07:35Milo Ferris, Lark Ferris · Dot's House
Morning, Lark. You are out before the town has finished yawning.
Morning, Lark. You are out before the town has finished yawning.
08:19Gus Tidewater, Hal Brody · Sunrise Café
Well if it isn't Hal. How's the day treating you?
Well if it isn't Hal. How's the day treating you?
08:47Hal Brody, Gus Tidewater, June Ellery, Marla Finch · Sunrise Café
Nobody leave until we agree which version is most plausible.★
Nobody leave until we agree which version is most plausible.★
08:49Fern Gorse, Edie Gorse · Town Hall
Morning, Edie. You are out before the town has finished yawning.★
Morning, Edie. You are out before the town has finished yawning.★
08:55Bev Tanner, Flo Tidewater · Seahaven Mutual
Morning, Flo. You are out before the town has finished yawning.
Morning, Flo. You are out before the town has finished yawning.
09:24Marla Finch, Sal Marino · Sunrise Café
Morning, Sal. Everything feels possible at this hour.
Morning, Sal. Everything feels possible at this hour.
09:46Dot Ferris, Gus Tidewater, June Ellery · Sunrise Café
Gus, you look well enough to be useful.
Gus, you look well enough to be useful.
10:44Gus Tidewater, Norma Quist · Norma's Grocery
Morning, Norma. Just the usual today.
Morning, Norma. Just the usual today.
11:33Sal Marino, Norma Quist · Norma's Grocery
Morning, Norma. Just the usual today.
Morning, Norma. Just the usual today.
12:12Milo Ferris, June Ellery · The Bakery
Good to see you, June. I'll bring that right over.
Good to see you, June. I'll bring that right over.