Episode
Day 4731
Day 4731 in Seahaven Springs, under rainy skies. Elaine Whitlow has come down with a cough with genuine ambition and is being kept in for observation. Elaine Whitlow is being kept in overnight with a cough with genuine ambition. Hal Brody is not currently speaking to Bram Tidewater. Nothing bad ever happens here — but something is always going on. Word of an Inspection 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
00:32Perry Gorse offered to buy the room a drink, then checked a pocket.
00:34Lark Ferris has proposed a toast to the concept of Thursdays.
00:37Wren Gorse has begun issuing compliments in alphabetical order.
06:00Fog has come in off the bay and stopped, very precisely, at the edge of town.
07:00The Bakery's fresh bread smell has reached the town square. Productivity plummets.
09:00The orchard is loud with bees. Nobody has been stung in living memory.
10:00Saturday orchard morning is under way. Opinions about ladders are plentiful.
10:00A heron has taken up position at Miller's Pond and is refusing to be hurried.
11:44Truman Beaumont tidies what was already tidy. Kip Doyle hides one item, on instinct.
15:00Elaine Whitlow has come down with a cough with genuine ambition and is being kept in for observation.
16:00Nothing whatsoever is happening in Seahaven Springs. Bev Tanner appears to be enjoying it.
17:00The Town Hall clock and the bakery clock disagree by two minutes. Both are certain.
18:39Dell Tanner has got to the bottom of it. The bottom was not far down.
19:00The light over Seahaven Springs this evening is almost unreasonably good.
19:00For four seconds Truman Beaumont's radio carried a voice describing exactly where Truman Beaumont was standing.
19:00The radio in Truman Beaumont's kitchen has been persuaded to play his favourite song. He is singing along, badly.
20:18Hattie Whitlow and Kip Doyle kept their word and finished what they started.
21:49Jonah Ferris has decided the dartboard is at fault and said so publicly.
22:00Rain has begun over Seahaven Springs. Umbrellas deployed with suspicious synchronization.
22:14Alma Callahan is negotiating with a bar stool and appears to be losing.
22:33Hattie Whitlow has sworn undying friendship to somebody met twenty minutes ago.
What was said
01:54Lark Ferris, Wren Gorse, Perry Gorse · The Anchor Bar
Still awake, Wren? That makes two of us.
Still awake, Wren? That makes two of us.
07:04Fern Gorse, Opal Ferris · Marla's House
There you are, Opal. I was hoping we would cross paths.
There you are, Opal. I was hoping we would cross paths.
07:04Edie Gorse, Wren Gorse · The Gorse House
Well if it isn't Wren. How's the day treating you?
Well if it isn't Wren. How's the day treating you?
07:16Iris Brody, Lark Ferris, Hattie Whitlow · Sunrise Café
You have caught me before my second cup of tea.
You have caught me before my second cup of tea.
08:11Dot Ferris, Bea Callahan, Ned Ferris, Alma Callahan, Jonah Ferris · Sunrise Café
You have caught me before my second cup of tea.★
You have caught me before my second cup of tea.★
08:58Marla Finch, Milo Ferris, Alma Callahan · Sunrise Café
Morning, Milo. You are out before the town has finished yawning.
Morning, Milo. You are out before the town has finished yawning.
09:04Abel Callahan, Mabel Tidewater · Seahaven General
Remember when this whole street felt enormous?
Remember when this whole street felt enormous?
09:07Kip Doyle, Ned Ferris · The Bakery
Ned! Clouds rolling in off the bay.
Ned! Clouds rolling in off the bay.
09:22Dot Ferris, Jonah Ferris, Bea Callahan, Truman Beaumont, Bev Tanner · Sunrise Café
Right, cups down for one moment. Something has happened.★
Right, cups down for one moment. Something has happened.★
09:33Marla Finch, Alma Callahan · Sunrise Café
Good to see you, Alma. I'll bring that right over.
Good to see you, Alma. I'll bring that right over.
09:45Marla Finch, Iris Brody · Sunrise Café
Iris, sit down before you fall down. Tea?
Iris, sit down before you fall down. Tea?
10:03Elaine Whitlow, Jonah Ferris · Sunrise Café
Jonah! Just the person I wanted to see.
Jonah! Just the person I wanted to see.