Episode
Day 5423
Day 5423 in Seahaven Springs, under cloudy skies. It is too hot in Seahaven Springs. The tarmac on Front Street has gone soft and the Sunrise Café has put its chairs in the shade. For four seconds Truman Beaumont's radio carried a voice describing exactly where Truman Beaumont was standing. A lighthouse postcard has been added to today's mail. Truman Beaumont collects them, and Control knows it. Nothing bad ever happens here — but something is always going on. The Anonymous Good Deed 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
00:00It is too hot in Seahaven Springs. The tarmac on Front Street has gone soft and the Sunrise Café has put its chairs in the shade.
03:00Clouds drift in over the bay. The fishermen pretend not to enjoy it.
07:00The sun breaks through over Seahaven Springs, precisely on cue.
08:00For four seconds Truman Beaumont's radio carried a voice describing exactly where Truman Beaumont was standing.
08:00A lighthouse postcard has been added to today's mail. Truman Beaumont collects them, and Control knows it.
09:00Dell Tanner noticed the greetings had gone identical and improvised badly but successfully.
10:00Rain has begun over Seahaven Springs. Umbrellas deployed with suspicious synchronization.
11:00The rain has cleared. A rainbow appeared at a frankly cinematic angle.
11:00The same passer-by has now walked past Truman Beaumont three times on the same route.
11:06Someone has been leaving small gifts around town. Truman Beaumont finds one.
12:00An unclaimed umbrella has been standing by the café door for three days.
13:00A hedge has been trimmed one inch past a boundary. Diplomacy is under way.
13:00A file that cannot possibly wait has been found for Truman Beaumont. It could have waited.
13:30Ewan Callahan has got to the bottom of it. The bottom was not far down.
13:58Ike Tidewater's small gathering has come together, with just enough chairs and no speeches.
14:00Wren Gorse has arrived at the store without the list. This has happened before.
16:00The photocopier at Seahaven Mutual is making the noise again. Jonah Ferris has been elected to deal with it.
18:00Friday evening has begun at The Anchor. Rex is polishing the good glasses.
18:00The tide is out further than usual. Bev Tanner has gone to look at what it left behind.
18:00The bakery sign flickered and, for a moment, read a different name entirely.
18:22Dell Tanner has stopped wondering about it, which is not quite the same as knowing.
20:00Faint harmonica music was heard from the dock. Everybody denies everything.
20:08Rex Callahan is describing a fish that grows between each telling.
20:10Milo Ferris and Cass Tanner kept their word and finished what they started.
20:21Milo Ferris has thanked every chair in The Anchor for its service.
20:29Silas Tidewater has explained the tides three times, differently each time.
20:32Edie Gorse has thanked every chair in The Anchor for its service.
21:00Clouds drift in over the bay. The fishermen pretend not to enjoy it.
21:07Kip Doyle has sworn undying friendship to somebody met twenty minutes ago.
21:30Iris Brody has begun a heartfelt speech with no clear subject.
22:00It is warm enough to sit outside. Half the town has done exactly that.
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.
07:03Edie Gorse, Wren Gorse · The Gorse House
Morning, Wren. Everything feels possible at this hour.
Morning, Wren. Everything feels possible at this hour.
07:04Bram Tidewater, Alma Callahan · Gus's House
Alma, you look like someone with five minutes to spare.
Alma, you look like someone with five minutes to spare.
07:04Gil Ferris, Flo Ferris · June's House
Flo, you look like someone with five minutes to spare.
Flo, you look like someone with five minutes to spare.
07:05Fern Gorse, Opal Ferris · Marla's House
Hello, Opal. I am supposed to be filing, so this is a rescue.
Hello, Opal. I am supposed to be filing, so this is a rescue.
07:18Bev Tanner, Cass Tanner · Bev's House
Morning, Cass. You are out before the town has finished yawning.
Morning, Cass. You are out before the town has finished yawning.
07:19Ewan Callahan, Cole Whitlow, Iris Brody, Lark Ferris · Sunrise Café
Morning, Cole. Everything feels possible at this hour.
Morning, Cole. Everything feels possible at this hour.
07:26Marla Finch, Ned Ferris, Abel Callahan · Sunrise Café
This table has reached the confidential part of breakfast.
This table has reached the confidential part of breakfast.
07:36Mabel 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.
08:08Cole 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.
08:12Hal Brody, Jonah Ferris, Silas Tidewater, Lark Ferris, Ned Ferris · Sunrise Café
Right, cups down for one moment. Something has happened.★
Right, cups down for one moment. Something has happened.★
08:50Truman Beaumont, Dell Tanner · Seahaven Mutual
There you are. How is it going, really?
There you are. How is it going, really?