Episode
Day 5372
Day 5372 in Seahaven Springs, under sunny skies. Hal Brody has come down with a spectacular head cold and is being kept in for observation. The traveling garden gnome has been spotted on a new porch. Nobody admits to moving it. Hal Brody is being kept in overnight with a spectacular head cold. 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
03:00The rain has cleared. A rainbow appeared at a frankly cinematic angle.
04:00The traveling garden gnome has been spotted on a new porch. Nobody admits to moving it.
07:00Clouds drift in over the bay. The fishermen pretend not to enjoy it.
08:00The community orchard is in blossom and briefly the best place in town.
08:43Bea Callahan has an answer, of a sort, and has decided it will do.
09:00The sun breaks through over Seahaven Springs, precisely on cue.
09:00Hal Brody has come down with a spectacular head cold and is being kept in for observation.
09:13Bram Tidewater and Hattie Whitlow have got into the habit of each other.
11:00Rain has begun over Seahaven Springs. Umbrellas deployed with suspicious synchronization.
11:39The surprise is sprung. Dell Tanner is surprised, more or less.
11:39Dell Tanner and Elaine Whitlow kept their word and finished what they started.
11:39And so concludes: A Surprise for Dell Tanner. The town will live with how it ended.
12:00It is Wednesday lunch in Founders Park. Benches are being claimed diplomatically.
12:00A form has been filed correctly at the first attempt. Town Hall is quietly jubilant.
12:12learning the orchard properly has stopped being something Bev Tanner is trying, and become something they do.
13:00The puddle outside the Sunrise Café has returned to its usual dimensions.
14:00The rain has driven everyone indoors, and the café is doing the best trade of the week.
16:00A hedge has been trimmed one inch past a boundary. Diplomacy is under way.
20:49Bev Tanner and Ewan Callahan kept their word and finished what they started.
21:00The rain has cleared. A rainbow appeared at a frankly cinematic angle.
22:00It is warm enough to sit outside. Half the town has done exactly that.
22:02Flo Ferris has sworn undying friendship to somebody met twenty minutes ago.
22:25Lark Ferris offered to buy the room a drink, then checked a pocket.
22:25Bea Callahan has explained the tides three times, differently each time.
22:30Hattie Whitlow has ordered one for the road and then forgotten which road.
What was said
06:34Dot Ferris, Kip Doyle · Kip's House
Kip, you look well enough to be useful.
Kip, you look well enough to be useful.
07:04Hal Brody, Iris Brody · Sheriff Brody's House
Morning, Iris. Everything feels possible at this hour.
Morning, Iris. Everything feels possible at this hour.
07:04Fern Gorse, Opal Ferris · Marla's House
Good morning! First proper conversation of the day.
Good morning! First proper conversation of the day.
07:19Bev Tanner, Cass Tanner · Bev's House
You have caught me before my second cup of tea.
You have caught me before my second cup of tea.
07:19Marla Finch, Cole Whitlow · Sunrise Café
You have caught me before my second cup of tea.
You have caught me before my second cup of tea.
07:19Milo Ferris, Lark Ferris, Alma Callahan · Sunrise Café
Right, cups down for one moment. Something has happened.
Right, cups down for one moment. Something has happened.
07:26Jonah Ferris, Linus Tidewater · Sunrise Café
Oh, hello Linus. Good thinking weather, this.
Oh, hello Linus. Good thinking weather, this.
07:34Ewan Callahan, Silas Tidewater · Elaine's House
Silas! The fishermen will call this ideal and pretend they did not.
Silas! The fishermen will call this ideal and pretend they did not.
08:18Bea Callahan, Linus Tidewater · Norma's House
There you are, Linus. I was hoping we would cross paths.
There you are, Linus. I was hoping we would cross paths.
08:27Perry Gorse, Posy Gorse · The Gorse House
Morning, Posy. Everything feels possible at this hour.
Morning, Posy. Everything feels possible at this hour.
08:45Marla Finch, Dot Ferris, Iris Brody, Bev Tanner · Sunrise Café
Nobody leave until we agree which version is most plausible.
Nobody leave until we agree which version is most plausible.
08:48Bram Tidewater, Hattie Whitlow · Founders Park
I see we have chosen the same spot again.
I see we have chosen the same spot again.