Episode
Day 4737
Day 4737 in Seahaven Springs, under rainy skies. The radio in Truman Beaumont's kitchen has been persuaded to play his favourite song. He is singing along, badly. Fog has come in off the bay and stopped, very precisely, at the edge of town. Hattie Whitlow and Bram Tidewater have got into the habit of each other. 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
00:00The radio in Truman Beaumont's kitchen has been persuaded to play his favourite song. He is singing along, badly.
05:00Clouds drift in over the bay. The fishermen pretend not to enjoy it.
07:00Rain has begun over Seahaven Springs. Umbrellas deployed with suspicious synchronization.
08:00The rain has cleared. A rainbow appeared at a frankly cinematic angle.
09:00Fog has come in off the bay and stopped, very precisely, at the edge of town.
09:06Hattie Whitlow and Bram Tidewater have got into the habit of each other.
09:42Elaine Whitlow has explained the tides three times, differently each time.
10:00The town ladder is on its fourth borrower this week and nobody is sure who owns it.
10:52Both routes are declared excellent. Everyone returns to the way they always went.
10:52Truman Beaumont and Flo Ferris kept their word and finished what they started.
10:52And so concludes: The Shortcut. The town will live with how it ended.
12:00The sun breaks through over Seahaven Springs, precisely on cue.
13:00The town cat is asleep on the Town Hall steps. Municipal business reroutes around it.
16:00Business is slow enough that Linus Tidewater has been sent home early. Nobody argues.
17:00The community orchard is in blossom and briefly the best place in town.
18:00Friday evening has begun at The Anchor. Rex is polishing the good glasses.
18:00Clouds drift in over the bay. The fishermen pretend not to enjoy it.
18:28Mabel Tidewater and Dell Tanner have quietly become the sort of friends who notice things.
19:31Hal Brody is conducting an imaginary orchestra near the dartboard.
19:33Somebody behind the bar has quietly moved Rex Callahan onto the water. Rex Callahan has not noticed.
19:39Dot Ferris is conducting an imaginary orchestra near the dartboard.
19:41Opal Ferris is conducting an imaginary orchestra near the dartboard.
20:00Faint harmonica music was heard from the dock. Everybody denies everything.
20:01Cass Tanner is telling the same story again, now with improved weather.
20:30Bev Tanner has thanked every chair in The Anchor for its service.
20:43Perry Gorse and Cass Tanner kept their word and finished what they started.
21:06Wren Gorse is conducting an imaginary orchestra near the dartboard.
21:38There were not enough plates at Wren Gorse's, and nobody minded.
22:00Rain has begun over Seahaven Springs. Umbrellas deployed with suspicious synchronization.
22:14Bram Tidewater is teaching the room a song that appears to have no chorus.
What was said
06:34Dot Ferris, Kip Doyle · Kip's House
Good morning! First proper conversation of the day.
Good morning! First proper conversation of the day.
07:04Jonah Ferris, Ned Ferris · Dr. Pratt's House
Morning, Ned. Everything feels possible at this hour.
Morning, Ned. Everything feels possible at this hour.
07:04Bea Callahan, Linus Tidewater · Norma's House
Morning, Linus. You are out before the town has finished yawning.
Morning, Linus. You are out before the town has finished yawning.
07:14Hal Brody, Hattie Whitlow · Sunrise Café
Hattie. Good to see you under uncomplicated circumstances.
Hattie. Good to see you under uncomplicated circumstances.
07:19Fern Gorse, Marla Finch, Wilf Tanner, Dell Tanner · Sunrise Café
This table has reached the confidential part of breakfast.
This table has reached the confidential part of breakfast.
07:50Wilf Tanner, Dell Tanner, Fern Gorse, Gil Ferris, Hattie Whitlow · Sunrise Café
Morning, Dell. You are out before the town has finished yawning.★
Morning, Dell. You are out before the town has finished yawning.★
08:39Kip Doyle, Mabel Tidewater · The Bakery
Good to see you, Mabel. I'll bring that right over.
Good to see you, Mabel. I'll bring that right over.
08:47Kip Doyle, Ned Ferris · The Bakery
You have got the hang of it. I am almost redundant.
You have got the hang of it. I am almost redundant.
08:47Milo Ferris, Mabel Tidewater · The Bakery
Good morning! First proper conversation of the day.
Good morning! First proper conversation of the day.
08:48Bram Tidewater, Hattie Whitlow · Founders Park
Hattie! Not a cloud in the sky.
Hattie! Not a cloud in the sky.
08:49Marla Finch, Alma Callahan · Sunrise Café
There you are. How is it going, really?
There you are. How is it going, really?
09:04Sal Marino, Ike Tidewater · The Dune House
Ike! Just the person I wanted to see.
Ike! Just the person I wanted to see.