Episode
Day 5224
Day 5224 in Seahaven Springs, under cloudy skies. There were not enough plates at Bram Tidewater's, and nobody minded. Fog has come in off the bay and stopped, very precisely, at the edge of town. Posy Gorse was born to Edie Gorse and Ewan Callahan. Nothing bad ever happens here — but something is always going on. A Surprise for Truman Beaumont 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
07:00The rain has cleared. A rainbow appeared at a frankly cinematic angle.
07:31There were not enough plates at Bram Tidewater's, and nobody minded.
08:00Fog has come in off the bay and stopped, very precisely, at the edge of town.
09:00The town ladder is on its fourth borrower this week and nobody is sure who owns it.
09:13Kip Doyle has hosted the thing they kept meaning to host.
10:00A hedge has been trimmed one inch past a boundary. Diplomacy is under way.
10:53Everyone in town is now keeping the same secret, badly.
11:00The photocopier at Seahaven Mutual is making the noise again. Bram Tidewater has been elected to deal with it.
11:00Hattie Whitlow answered a question Truman Beaumont had not asked out loud.
12:00Dell Tanner fumbled Truman Beaumont's name and recovered it smoothly. Nobody breathed.
12:00The radio in Truman Beaumont's kitchen has been persuaded to play his favourite song. He is singing along, badly.
14:00Three separate neighbours greeted Truman Beaumont with the identical sentence this morning.
15:00A kite is stuck in the big park tree. A committee is forming.
15:46Truman Beaumont and Ned Ferris kept their word and finished what they started.
16:00Business is slow enough that Ned Ferris has been sent home early. Nobody argues.
18:00The tide is out further than usual. Abel Callahan has gone to look at what it left behind.
19:00The light over Seahaven Springs this evening is almost unreasonably good.
20:00The bakery sign flickered and, for a moment, read a different name entirely.
20:17practising stories worth telling has stopped being something Lark Ferris is trying, and become something they do.
22:00The sun breaks through over Seahaven Springs, precisely on cue.
22:19Milo Ferris has decided the dartboard is at fault and said so publicly.
22:23Bram Tidewater is describing a fish that grows between each telling.
22:34Perry Gorse offered to buy the room a drink, then checked a pocket.
22:37Somebody behind the bar has quietly moved Cole Whitlow onto the water. Cole Whitlow has not noticed.
22:38Abel Callahan has begun issuing compliments in alphabetical order.
23:00Clouds drift in over the bay. The fishermen pretend not to enjoy it.
What was said
06:35Dot Ferris, Kip Doyle · Kip's House
Well if it isn't Kip. How's the day treating you?
Well if it isn't Kip. How's the day treating you?
07:05Bram Tidewater, Alma Callahan · Gus's House
Good morning! First proper conversation of the day.
Good morning! First proper conversation of the day.
07:06Milo Ferris, Lark Ferris · Dot's House
Lark! Just the person I wanted to see.
Lark! Just the person I wanted to see.
07:33Marla Finch, Edie Gorse · Sunrise Café
Well if it isn't Edie. How's the day treating you?
Well if it isn't Edie. How's the day treating you?
08:36Marla Finch, Iris Brody, Edie Gorse · Sunrise Café
This table has reached the confidential part of breakfast.
This table has reached the confidential part of breakfast.
08:46Kip Doyle, Milo Ferris · The Bakery
Milo! Just the person I wanted to see.
Milo! Just the person I wanted to see.
08:46Truman Beaumont, Perry Gorse · Seahaven Mutual
Perry! A good hour to run into you.
Perry! A good hour to run into you.
08:51Bev Tanner, Ike Tidewater, Hattie Whitlow, Hal Brody · Sunrise Café
Nobody leave until we agree which version is most plausible.
Nobody leave until we agree which version is most plausible.
09:03Elaine Whitlow, Edie Gorse · Sunrise Café
I knew the day would improve if I ran into you.
I knew the day would improve if I ran into you.
09:03Cole Whitlow, Mabel Tidewater · Seahaven General
Mabel, you look like someone with five minutes to spare.
Mabel, you look like someone with five minutes to spare.
09:15Kip Doyle, Ned Ferris, Milo Ferris · The Bakery
Morning, Ned. Everything feels possible at this hour.
Morning, Ned. Everything feels possible at this hour.
10:01Elaine Whitlow, Marla Finch · Norma's Grocery
Morning, Marla. You are out before the town has finished yawning.
Morning, Marla. You are out before the town has finished yawning.