Episode
Day 5400
Day 5400 in Seahaven Springs, under sunny skies. Truman Beaumont has come down with a cough with genuine ambition and is being kept in for observation. Truman Beaumont is being kept in overnight with a cough with genuine ambition. Ike Tidewater is not currently speaking to Alma Callahan. Nothing bad ever happens here — but something is always going on. A Key, and No Lock runs into trouble. Goodnight, Truman. In case we don't see you: good afternoon, good evening, and goodnight.
OPEN THIS DAY IN THE BROADCASTWhat was announced
00:00A lighthouse postcard has been added to today's mail. Truman Beaumont collects them, and Control knows it.
04:00The rain has cleared. A rainbow appeared at a frankly cinematic angle.
06:53Kip Doyle and Dot Ferris no longer need a reason to call round.
08:02Gil Ferris has got good enough at keeping a notebook about the pond to be quietly smug about it.
10:00Clouds drift in over the bay. The fishermen pretend not to enjoy it.
10:00Truman Beaumont has come down with a cough with genuine ambition and is being kept in for observation.
11:00The sun breaks through over Seahaven Springs, precisely on cue.
12:00It is Wednesday lunch in Founders Park. Benches are being claimed diplomatically.
12:29A key turns up in a drawer at the town hall, fitting nothing anyone can find.
13:00A form has been filed correctly at the first attempt. Town Hall is quietly jubilant.
14:00The town ladder is on its fourth borrower this week and nobody is sure who owns it.
15:00Rain has begun over Seahaven Springs. Umbrellas deployed with suspicious synchronization.
16:00The puddle outside the Sunrise Café has returned to its usual dimensions.
17:00The rain has driven everyone indoors, and the café is doing the best trade of the week.
19:00The traveling garden gnome has been spotted on a new porch. Nobody admits to moving it.
19:00Abel Callahan is not brilliant at learning the orchard properly, and is no longer pretending to be. It stuck anyway.
20:00Faint harmonica music was heard from the dock. Everybody denies everything.
20:00Marla Finch and Kip Doyle kept their word and finished what they started.
21:25Edie Gorse has stopped wondering about it, which is not quite the same as knowing.
22:00The rain has cleared. A rainbow appeared at a frankly cinematic angle.
22:01Somebody behind the bar has quietly moved Abel Callahan onto the water. Abel Callahan has not noticed.
22:02Gil Ferris has decided the dartboard is at fault and said so publicly.
22:05Edie Gorse has become extremely confident about lighthouse engineering.
22:08Bram Tidewater has explained the tides three times, differently each time.
22:45Ned Ferris is telling the same story again, now with improved weather.
What was said
06:34Dot Ferris, Kip Doyle · Kip's House
There you are, love. Sit if you need to, stand if you do not.
There you are, love. Sit if you need to, stand if you do not.
07:04Hal Brody, Iris Brody · Sheriff Brody's House
Well if it isn't Iris. How's the day treating you?
Well if it isn't Iris. How's the day treating you?
07:19Bev Tanner, Cass Tanner · Bev's House
Good morning! First proper conversation of the day.
Good morning! First proper conversation of the day.
07:26Linus Tidewater, Gil Ferris, Abel Callahan, Wren Gorse, Ned Ferris · Sunrise Café
This table has reached the confidential part of breakfast.★
This table has reached the confidential part of breakfast.★
07:46Mabel Tidewater, Nell Tidewater · Rex's House
I did the whole harbour loop and saw four people. Same four.
I did the whole harbour loop and saw four people. Same four.
08:04Hal Brody, Ned Ferris, Wren Gorse, Abel Callahan, Bea Callahan · Sunrise Café
Right, cups down for one moment. Something has happened.★
Right, cups down for one moment. Something has happened.★
08:28Dot Ferris, Elaine Whitlow, Gil Ferris · Sunrise Café
Nobody leave until we agree which version is most plausible.
Nobody leave until we agree which version is most plausible.
08:29Edie Gorse, Perry Gorse · The Gorse House
Good morning! First proper conversation of the day.
Good morning! First proper conversation of the day.
08:56Bram Tidewater, Flo Ferris · Founders Park
There you are, Flo. I was hoping we would cross paths.
There you are, Flo. I was hoping we would cross paths.
09:05Cole Whitlow, Opal Ferris · Seahaven General
You have caught me before my second cup of tea.
You have caught me before my second cup of tea.
09:55Rex Callahan, Sal Marino · Promenade House
Morning, Sal. You are out before the town has finished yawning.
Morning, Sal. You are out before the town has finished yawning.
10:23Lark Ferris, Linus Tidewater · Community Orchard & Gardens
Good morning! First proper conversation of the day.
Good morning! First proper conversation of the day.