Episode
Day 4966
Day 4966 in Seahaven Springs, under cloudy skies. Dell Tanner has been released from the Sheriff's office with a stern word and a handshake. Dot Ferris and Kip Doyle have stopped leaving their friendship to chance. Truman Beaumont and Elaine Whitlow discover they are both entering the kite-flying contest. Nothing bad ever happens here — but something is always going on. The Great Kite-Flying Rivalry 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
00:00Dell Tanner has been released from the Sheriff's office with a stern word and a handshake.
06:58Dot Ferris and Kip Doyle have stopped leaving their friendship to chance.
06:58Whatever Kip Doyle and Dot Ferris were circling, they have landed on it.
07:00Rain has begun over Seahaven Springs. Umbrellas deployed with suspicious synchronization.
08:00The Town Hall clock and the bakery clock disagree by two minutes. Both are certain.
09:00The town cat is asleep on the Town Hall steps. Municipal business reroutes around it.
10:00The rain has cleared. A rainbow appeared at a frankly cinematic angle.
11:00The orchard is loud with bees. Nobody has been stung in living memory.
11:30Truman Beaumont and Elaine Whitlow discover they are both entering the kite-flying contest.
12:00It is Wednesday lunch in Founders Park. Benches are being claimed diplomatically.
13:00The community orchard is in blossom and briefly the best place in town.
13:06Ewan Callahan has closed the notebook on one small Seahaven mystery, satisfied for now.
14:00Clouds drift in over the bay. The fishermen pretend not to enjoy it.
16:00The sun breaks through over Seahaven Springs, precisely on cue.
16:00Three separate neighbours greeted Truman Beaumont with the identical sentence this morning.
17:00A heron has taken up position at Miller's Pond and is refusing to be hurried.
18:00The tide is out further than usual. Dot Ferris has gone to look at what it left behind.
18:48Truman Beaumont and Opal Ferris kept their word and finished what they started.
19:00Rain has begun over Seahaven Springs. Umbrellas deployed with suspicious synchronization.
19:00The bakery sign flickered and, for a moment, read a different name entirely.
19:00A lighthouse postcard has been added to today's mail. Truman Beaumont collects them, and Control knows it.
20:00The rain has cleared. A rainbow appeared at a frankly cinematic angle.
20:52Marla Finch has got to the bottom of it. The bottom was not far down.
22:08Wren Gorse has explained the tides three times, differently each time.
22:09Hattie Whitlow offered to buy the room a drink, then checked a pocket.
22:10Linus Tidewater is telling the same story again, now with improved weather.
22:13Alma Callahan is describing a fish that grows between each telling.
22:24Bram Tidewater is negotiating with a bar stool and appears to be losing.
What was said
06:34Dot Ferris, Kip Doyle · Kip's House
I knew the day would improve if I ran into you.
I knew the day would improve if I ran into you.
07:02Gil Ferris, Flo Ferris · June's House
Flo, you look like someone with five minutes to spare.
Flo, you look like someone with five minutes to spare.
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
Hello, Linus. Whatever it is, there is a procedure for it.
Hello, Linus. Whatever it is, there is a procedure for it.
07:06Ewan Callahan, Wilf Tanner · Elaine's House
There you are, Wilf. I was hoping we would cross paths.
There you are, Wilf. I was hoping we would cross paths.
07:14Marla Finch, Dell Tanner · Sunrise Café
Hello, Dell. We keep meeting in the useful parts of town.
Hello, Dell. We keep meeting in the useful parts of town.
07:20Elaine Whitlow, Mabel Tidewater, Fern Gorse, Bram Tidewater, Hattie Whitlow · Sunrise Café
Morning, Mabel. You are out before the town has finished yawning.★
Morning, Mabel. You are out before the town has finished yawning.★
07:33Alma Callahan, Silas Tidewater · Gus's House
I knew the day would improve if I ran into you.
I knew the day would improve if I ran into you.
07:38Edie Gorse, Dell Tanner, Marla Finch, Abel Callahan · Sunrise Café
Good, a real person. Come in.★
Good, a real person. Come in.★
08:30Hattie Whitlow, Flo Ferris · Sunrise Café
Flo! Good weather for ducks.
Flo! Good weather for ducks.
08:47Truman Beaumont, Perry Gorse · Seahaven Mutual
Perry, you look like someone with five minutes to spare.
Perry, you look like someone with five minutes to spare.
08:48Kip Doyle, Milo Ferris, Ned Ferris · The Bakery
Morning, Milo. You are out before the town has finished yawning.
Morning, Milo. You are out before the town has finished yawning.