Episode
Day 4720
Day 4720 in Seahaven Springs, under sunny skies. One small Seahaven question is settled, and Kip Doyle is already eyeing another. One small Seahaven question is settled, and Bea Callahan is already eyeing another. Fern Gorse is not currently speaking to Alma Callahan. Nothing bad ever happens here — but something is always going on. The Photograph Nobody Can Explain reaches its conclusion. Goodnight, Truman. In case we don't see you: good afternoon, good evening, and goodnight.
OPEN THIS DAY IN THE BROADCASTWhat was announced
06:55One small Seahaven question is settled, and Kip Doyle is already eyeing another.
07:28One small Seahaven question is settled, and Bea Callahan is already eyeing another.
07:28Linus Tidewater has turned practising stories worth telling into a real part of life.
07:45Elaine Whitlow has closed the notebook on one small Seahaven mystery, satisfied for now.
08:00Fog has come in off the bay and stopped, very precisely, at the edge of town.
08:00Elaine Whitlow fumbled Truman Beaumont's name and recovered it smoothly. Nobody breathed.
11:00A seagull has stolen Ike Tidewater's sandwich near the dock. Again.
12:00Rain has begun over Seahaven Springs. Umbrellas deployed with suspicious synchronization.
13:00The Town Hall clock and the bakery clock disagree by two minutes. Both are certain.
13:44Hal Brody and Ned Ferris have quietly become the sort of friends who notice things.
13:48Bram Tidewater produces a second photograph, which makes everything worse.
14:00The rain has cleared. A rainbow appeared at a frankly cinematic angle.
14:10There were not enough plates at Flo Ferris's, and nobody minded.
14:25Cass Tanner and Bram Tidewater kept their word and finished what they started.
15:00The photocopier at Seahaven Mutual is making the noise again. Ewan Callahan has been elected to deal with it.
16:00A heron has taken up position at Miller's Pond and is refusing to be hurried.
18:00Every car, gull and passer-by around Truman Beaumont paused at once, as though waiting for a cue.
19:00The tide is out further than usual. Lark Ferris has gone to look at what it left behind.
20:00Someone is practising the same eight bars of piano again. The town has grown fond of them.
21:00For four seconds Truman Beaumont's radio carried a voice describing exactly where Truman Beaumont was standing.
21:00Word has gone round the kitchens: Truman Beaumont is to be given his favourite, and no bill.
22:07Mabel Tidewater offered to buy the room a drink, then checked a pocket.
22:10Jonah Ferris has begun issuing compliments in alphabetical order.
22:10Dell Tanner has decided the dartboard is at fault and said so publicly.
22:10Somebody behind the bar has quietly moved Flo Ferris onto the water. Flo Ferris has not noticed.
22:11Abel Callahan has declared this the finest town in the world. Twice.
22:12Ned Ferris has begun a heartfelt speech with no clear subject.
22:24Wren Gorse has begun a heartfelt speech with no clear subject.
What was said
06:34Dot 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.
07:02Bea Callahan, Linus Tidewater · Norma's House
You have not changed since we were knee-high.
You have not changed since we were knee-high.
07:18Lark Ferris, Iris Brody · Sunrise Café
Oh, hello Iris. Sun's out again. Like clockwork.
Oh, hello Iris. Sun's out again. Like clockwork.
07:19Elaine Whitlow, Jonah Ferris, Marla Finch · Sunrise Café
Good morning! First proper conversation of the day.
Good morning! First proper conversation of the day.
07:22Edie Gorse, Ewan Callahan, Truman Beaumont · Sunrise Café
Morning, Ewan. You are out before the town has finished yawning.
Morning, Ewan. You are out before the town has finished yawning.
07:43Lark Ferris, Abel Callahan · Sunrise Café
Good morning! First proper conversation of the day.
Good morning! First proper conversation of the day.
07:50Elaine Whitlow, Truman Beaumont, Jonah Ferris, Ewan Callahan, Edie Gorse · Sunrise Café
Oh, hello. I was asking the roses about you.★
Oh, hello. I was asking the roses about you.★
08:49Milo Ferris, Ned Ferris · The Bakery
Morning, Ned. Everything feels possible at this hour.
Morning, Ned. Everything feels possible at this hour.
08:53Truman Beaumont, Wilf Tanner · Seahaven Mutual
Well if it isn't Wilf. How's the day treating you?
Well if it isn't Wilf. How's the day treating you?
09:03Sal Marino, Ike Tidewater · The Dune House
There you are, Ike. I was hoping we would cross paths.
There you are, Ike. I was hoping we would cross paths.
09:22Wilf Tanner, Truman Beaumont, 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.
09:24Cole Whitlow, Opal Ferris · Seahaven General
Opal! Just the person I wanted to see.
Opal! Just the person I wanted to see.