Episode
Day 4796
Day 4796 in Seahaven Springs, under sunny skies. Ned Ferris has come down with a cough with genuine ambition and is being kept in for observation. Abel Callahan is not currently speaking to Opal Ferris. Abel Callahan is cooling off in the Sheriff's holding cell after the business at The Anchor. 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
05:00The sun breaks through over Seahaven Springs, precisely on cue.
08:41practising stories worth telling has stopped being something Flo Ferris is trying, and become something they do.
09:00Somebody has repainted their front door overnight. Opinions are being gathered.
09:25Ned Ferris is not brilliant at keeping a notebook about the pond, and is no longer pretending to be. It stuck anyway.
11:00The queue at the bakery has reached the door. Nobody minds; it is that kind of queue.
11:05Marla Finch produces a second photograph, which makes everything worse.
11:54Marla Finch and Elaine Whitlow have got into the habit of each other.
12:00Clouds drift in over the bay. The fishermen pretend not to enjoy it.
13:00A hedge has been trimmed one inch past a boundary. Diplomacy is under way.
14:00Rain has begun over Seahaven Springs. Umbrellas deployed with suspicious synchronization.
14:26Fern Gorse and Marla Finch kept their word and finished what they started.
15:00Ned Ferris has come down with a cough with genuine ambition and is being kept in for observation.
16:00Wilf Tanner fumbled Truman Beaumont's name and recovered it smoothly. Nobody breathed.
18:00The bakery sign flickered and, for a moment, read a different name entirely.
20:00There is one more chair at The Anchor than there was yesterday. Rex has not mentioned it.
21:00The rain has cleared. A rainbow appeared at a frankly cinematic angle.
22:00An unclaimed umbrella has been standing by the café door for three days.
22:14Abel Callahan is negotiating with a bar stool and appears to be losing.
22:15Somebody behind the bar has quietly moved Milo Ferris onto the water. Milo Ferris has not noticed.
22:15Opal Ferris is telling the same story again, now with improved weather.
22:15Wilf Tanner is describing a fish that grows between each telling.
22:18Dell Tanner has ordered one for the road and then forgotten which road.
22:25Edie Gorse has thanked every chair in The Anchor for its service.
23:00Commotion at The Anchor! Abel Callahan and Opal Ferris came to (very gentle) blows over a difference of opinion regarding the jukebox.
23:00Sheriff Brody has invited Abel Callahan to spend the night in the cells. Everyone agrees this is for the best.
What was said
07:04Bea Callahan, Linus Tidewater · Norma's House
Hello, Linus. Whatever it is, there is a procedure for it.
Hello, Linus. Whatever it is, there is a procedure for it.
07:07Gil Ferris, Flo Ferris · June's House
Good morning! First proper conversation of the day.
Good morning! First proper conversation of the day.
07:20Bev Tanner, Cass Tanner · Bev's House
There you are, Cass. I was hoping we would cross paths.
There you are, Cass. I was hoping we would cross paths.
07:21Jonah Ferris, Lark Ferris, Wilf Tanner, Cole Whitlow, Opal Ferris · Sunrise Café
Right, cups down for one moment. Something has happened.
Right, cups down for one moment. Something has happened.
07:55Lark Ferris, Wilf Tanner, Marla Finch, Fern Gorse, Abel Callahan · Sunrise Café
You have caught me before my second cup of tea.★
You have caught me before my second cup of tea.★
08:14Jonah Ferris, Ned Ferris · Dr. Pratt's House
Ned! You have come a long way for a pond.
Ned! You have come a long way for a pond.
08:17Bram Tidewater, Flo Ferris · Sunrise Café
There you are, Flo. I was hoping we would cross paths.
There you are, Flo. I was hoping we would cross paths.
08:49Kip Doyle, Milo Ferris · The Bakery
Morning, Milo. Everything feels possible at this hour.
Morning, Milo. Everything feels possible at this hour.
08:49Marla Finch, Alma Callahan · Sunrise Café
Morning, Alma. Everything feels possible at this hour.
Morning, Alma. Everything feels possible at this hour.
08:53Wilf Tanner, Dell Tanner · Seahaven Mutual
Dell, you look like someone with five minutes to spare.
Dell, you look like someone with five minutes to spare.
08:55Bram Tidewater, Hattie Whitlow · Founders Park
Morning, Hattie. Everything feels possible at this hour.
Morning, Hattie. Everything feels possible at this hour.
09:08Kip Doyle, Ned Ferris · The Bakery
I knew the day would improve if I ran into you.
I knew the day would improve if I ran into you.