Episode
Day 542
Day 542 in Seahaven Springs, under cloudy skies. Norma Quist has been discharged from Seahaven General and is right as rain. Dot Ferris lost Dr. Cornelius Pratt after a long life together. Dot Ferris is stepping out with Kip Doyle. 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
00:00Norma Quist has been discharged from Seahaven General and is right as rain.
00:00Fern Gorse has been discharged from Seahaven General and is right as rain.
00:00[CONTROL] She has settled. The file on her has been closed, and she will never know there was one.
07:00Fog has come in off the bay and stopped, very precisely, at the edge of town.
10:00The town cat is asleep on the Town Hall steps. Municipal business reroutes around it.
11:00Bev Tanner answered a question Truman Beaumont had not asked out loud.
12:00It is Wednesday lunch in Founders Park. Benches are being claimed diplomatically.
12:13It was a very large and entirely ordinary fish. The town is delighted regardless.
12:13Truman Beaumont and Milo Ferris kept their word and finished what they started.
12:13And so concludes: Something in the Pond. The town will live with how it ended.
13:00The Town Hall clock and the bakery clock disagree by two minutes. Both are certain.
14:00An unclaimed umbrella has been standing by the café door for three days.
15:00The sun breaks through over Seahaven Springs, precisely on cue.
16:00The lights of Seahaven Springs flickered for exactly three seconds. The town clock is unbothered.
17:00The community orchard is in blossom and briefly the best place in town.
18:00The tide is out further than usual. Milo Ferris has gone to look at what it left behind.
19:00Rain has begun over Seahaven Springs. Umbrellas deployed with suspicious synchronization.
20:00The rain has cleared. A rainbow appeared at a frankly cinematic angle.
22:00Clouds drift in over the bay. Gus pretends not to enjoy it.
What was said
06:34Dot Ferris, Kip Doyle · Kip's House
Kip! Just the person I wanted to see.
Kip! Just the person I wanted to see.
07:20Elaine Whitlow, Fern Gorse, Marla Finch · Sunrise Café
Morning, Fern. You are out before the town has finished yawning.★
Morning, Fern. You are out before the town has finished yawning.★
07:48Gus Tidewater, Hal Brody, Milo Ferris · Sunrise Café
Hal. Weather.★
Hal. Weather.★
08:17Elaine Whitlow, June Ellery · Sunrise Café
June! Just the person I wanted to see.
June! Just the person I wanted to see.
08:18Dot Ferris, Fern Gorse, Hal Brody, Gus Tidewater, Milo Ferris · Sunrise Café
Morning, Fern. Everything feels possible at this hour.
Morning, Fern. Everything feels possible at this hour.
08:58June Ellery, Fern Gorse, Hal Brody, Milo Ferris, Gus Tidewater · Sunrise Café
Fern. Excellent. I require an informal opinion in triplicate.
Fern. Excellent. I require an informal opinion in triplicate.
09:13Bev Tanner, Flo Tidewater · Seahaven Mutual
Flo! Clouds rolling in off the bay.
Flo! Clouds rolling in off the bay.
09:25Elaine Whitlow, Sal Marino, Marla Finch · Sunrise Café
Good morning! First proper conversation of the day.
Good morning! First proper conversation of the day.
09:47Gus Tidewater, Kip Doyle · The Bakery
Morning, Kip. Just the usual today.
Morning, Kip. Just the usual today.
11:39Sal Marino, Norma Quist · Norma's Grocery
Morning, Norma. Just the usual today.
Morning, Norma. Just the usual today.
11:48Norma Quist, Sal Marino · Norma's Grocery
Morning, Sal. Everything feels possible at this hour.
Morning, Sal. Everything feels possible at this hour.
12:15Truman Beaumont, Milo Ferris · Norma's Grocery
Milo, you look like someone with five minutes to spare.
Milo, you look like someone with five minutes to spare.