Episode
Day 4886
Day 4886 in Seahaven Springs, under sunny skies. Gil Ferris is in a staring contest with a gull on the dock. The gull is winning. Ned Ferris is not currently speaking to Wren Gorse. Silas Tidewater was born to Bram Tidewater and Hattie Whitlow. 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.
01:00A face Truman Beaumont last saw years ago walked by wearing a different coat and a different life.
08:29Elaine Whitlow has turned keeping a notebook about the pond into a real part of life.
09:00The rain has cleared. A rainbow appeared at a frankly cinematic angle.
09:34Truman Beaumont has thanked every chair in The Anchor for its service.
09:55Alma Callahan and Marla Finch no longer need a reason to call round.
10:00The orchard is loud with bees. Nobody has been stung in living memory.
11:00The town ladder is on its fourth borrower this week and nobody is sure who owns it.
11:34The perfect loaf enters local legend, where it will improve every year.
11:34Wilf Tanner and Jonah Ferris kept their word and finished what they started.
11:34And so concludes: The Loaf That Cannot Be Repeated. The town will live with how it ended.
14:00Rain has begun over Seahaven Springs. Umbrellas deployed with suspicious synchronization.
17:00Sunday supper is drawing the town toward The Salty Gull.
17:00The rain has driven everyone indoors, and the café is doing the best trade of the week.
18:00Gil Ferris is in a staring contest with a gull on the dock. The gull is winning.
18:46Sal Marino has got to the bottom of it. The bottom was not far down.
19:00The rain has cleared. A rainbow appeared at a frankly cinematic angle.
20:00The light over Seahaven Springs this evening is almost unreasonably good.
20:09Milo Ferris and Jonah Ferris kept their word and finished what they started.
What was said
08:04Elaine Whitlow, Marla Finch · Bay View House
Marla, you look like someone with five minutes to spare.
Marla, you look like someone with five minutes to spare.
09:03Dot Ferris, Kip Doyle · Kip's House
Kip, you look well enough to be useful.
Kip, you look well enough to be useful.
09:04Bea Callahan, Linus Tidewater · Norma's House
Morning, Linus. Everything feels possible at this hour.
Morning, Linus. Everything feels possible at this hour.
09:04Cole Whitlow, Mabel Tidewater · Rex's House
Mabel! Just the person I wanted to see.
Mabel! Just the person I wanted to see.
09:11Bev Tanner, Milo Ferris · Dot's House
Well if it isn't Milo. How's the day treating you?
Well if it isn't Milo. How's the day treating you?
09:26Marla Finch, Alma Callahan · Bay View House
I knew the day would improve if I ran into you.
I knew the day would improve if I ran into you.
09:29Bev Tanner, Lark Ferris · Dot's House
Do not think I have forgotten the last one.
Do not think I have forgotten the last one.
09:33Sal Marino, Ike Tidewater · The Dune House
Ike! Not a cloud in the sky.
Ike! Not a cloud in the sky.
10:05Bev Tanner, Cass Tanner · Bev's House
Cass! Just the person I wanted to see.
Cass! Just the person I wanted to see.
10:10Lark Ferris, Abel Callahan · Dot's House
I knew the day would improve if I ran into you.
I knew the day would improve if I ran into you.
10:55Marla Finch, Truman Beaumont · The Bakery
Morning, Truman. Everything feels possible at this hour.
Morning, Truman. Everything feels possible at this hour.
11:36Wilf Tanner, Jonah Ferris · The Bakery
Jonah, you look like someone with five minutes to spare.
Jonah, you look like someone with five minutes to spare.