Episode
Day 5384
Day 5384 in Seahaven Springs, under sunny skies. The town clock has stopped at twenty past four. Nobody can agree on when it happened, which is itself a problem of some irony. Fog has come in off the bay and stopped, very precisely, at the edge of town. Lark Ferris has turned sketching the shoreline into a real part of life. Nothing bad ever happens here — but something is always going on. Word of an Inspection 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
00:00The town clock has stopped at twenty past four. Nobody can agree on when it happened, which is itself a problem of some irony.
00:00Rain has begun over Seahaven Springs. Umbrellas deployed with suspicious synchronization.
02:00The rain has cleared. A rainbow appeared at a frankly cinematic angle.
07:00Fog has come in off the bay and stopped, very precisely, at the edge of town.
07:45Lark Ferris has turned sketching the shoreline into a real part of life.
08:00The sun breaks through over Seahaven Springs, precisely on cue.
09:26keeping a notebook about the pond has stopped being something Hal Brody is trying, and become something they do.
10:42Nobody can establish what is being inspected, or by whom, or when.
10:43Ned Ferris is not brilliant at learning the orchard properly, and is no longer pretending to be. It stuck anyway.
11:00Truman Beaumont's radio caught the control room again. Ewan Callahan turned the dial and talked loudly about the weather.
13:00The town ladder is on its fourth borrower this week and nobody is sure who owns it.
14:00Rain has begun over Seahaven Springs. Umbrellas deployed with suspicious synchronization.
14:00Three separate neighbours greeted Truman Beaumont with the identical sentence this morning.
14:00The radio in Truman Beaumont's kitchen has been persuaded to play his favourite song. He is singing along, badly.
16:00The rain has cleared. A rainbow appeared at a frankly cinematic angle.
16:03Truman Beaumont and Ewan Callahan kept their word and finished what they started.
17:00Clouds drift in over the bay. The fishermen pretend not to enjoy it.
18:00The light over Seahaven Springs this evening is almost unreasonably good.
20:00It is warm enough to sit outside. Half the town has done exactly that.
20:00The bakery sign flickered and, for a moment, read a different name entirely.
21:00The sun breaks through over Seahaven Springs, precisely on cue.
22:05Hattie Whitlow is teaching the room a song that appears to have no chorus.
22:07Edie Gorse has begun issuing compliments in alphabetical order.
22:07Ike Tidewater has declared this the finest town in the world. Twice.
22:12Mabel Tidewater has reached the storytelling stage at The Anchor.
22:13Iris Brody has begun issuing compliments in alphabetical order.
22:14Ned Ferris offered to buy the room a drink, then checked a pocket.
22:51Linus Tidewater has proposed a toast to the concept of Thursdays.
What was said
06:34Dot Ferris, Kip Doyle · Kip's House
There you are, Kip. I was hoping we would cross paths.
There you are, Kip. I was hoping we would cross paths.
07:02Bea Callahan, Linus Tidewater · Norma's House
You have caught me before my second cup of tea.
You have caught me before my second cup of tea.
07:02Hattie Whitlow, Dell Tanner · Sal's House
You have caught me before my second cup of tea.
You have caught me before my second cup of tea.
07:03Gil Ferris, Flo Ferris · June's House
Morning, Flo. Everything feels possible at this hour.
Morning, Flo. Everything feels possible at this hour.
07:18Cole Whitlow, Mabel Tidewater · Rex's House
Mabel. Sit, if you like. I am not going to make you talk.
Mabel. Sit, if you like. I am not going to make you talk.
07:22Marla Finch, Jonah Ferris, Truman Beaumont · Sunrise Café
I was wondering when you would appear, Jonah.
I was wondering when you would appear, Jonah.
07:23Edie Gorse, Ewan Callahan · Sunrise Café
You have caught me before my second cup of tea.
You have caught me before my second cup of tea.
07:25Lark Ferris, Abel Callahan · Sunrise Café
Remember when this whole street felt enormous?
Remember when this whole street felt enormous?
07:45Mabel Tidewater, Nell Tidewater · Rex's House
People keep telling me this place has not changed. I would not know.
People keep telling me this place has not changed. I would not know.
08:05Cole Whitlow, Nell Tidewater · Rex's House
Well if it isn't Nell. How's the day treating you?
Well if it isn't Nell. How's the day treating you?
08:13Fern Gorse, Ned Ferris · Sunrise Café
Ned! Sun's out again. Like clockwork.
Ned! Sun's out again. Like clockwork.
08:33Jonah Ferris, Ned Ferris · Sunrise Café
You have caught me before my second cup of tea.
You have caught me before my second cup of tea.