Episode
Day 5548
Day 5548 in Seahaven Springs, under cloudy skies. The tide is out further than usual. Linus Tidewater has gone to look at what it left behind. 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. A Wager on the Weather 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
08:00The tide is out further than usual. Linus Tidewater has gone to look at what it left behind.
09:00For four seconds Truman Beaumont's radio carried a voice describing exactly where Truman Beaumont was standing.
09:00A lighthouse postcard has been added to today's mail. Truman Beaumont collects them, and Control knows it.
10:00A form has been filed correctly at the first attempt. Town Hall is quietly jubilant.
12:00A kite is stuck in the big park tree. A committee is forming.
12:00Posy Gorse called Truman Beaumont by the wrong name mid-sentence, then laughed a little too quickly.
13:11Hattie Whitlow and Bram Tidewater have quietly become the sort of friends who notice things.
13:38Truman Beaumont bets Ike Tidewater that tomorrow will be glorious. The stakes are one coffee.
14:00There is one more chair at The Anchor than there was yesterday. Rex has not mentioned it.
15:00The photocopier at Seahaven Mutual is making the noise again. Hal Brody has been elected to deal with it.
16:00A seagull has stolen Fern Gorse's sandwich near the dock. Again.
17:00Clouds drift in over the bay. The fishermen pretend not to enjoy it.
18:00Rain has begun over Seahaven Springs. Umbrellas deployed with suspicious synchronization.
18:58Jonah Ferris and Lark Ferris kept their word and finished what they started.
21:00The puddle outside the Sunrise Café has returned to its usual dimensions.
21:00The bakery sign flickered and, for a moment, read a different name entirely.
21:58Abel Callahan is conducting an imaginary orchestra near the dartboard.
22:13Cole Whitlow is describing a fish that grows between each telling.
22:13Somebody behind the bar has quietly moved Silas Tidewater onto the water. Silas Tidewater has not noticed.
22:21Posy Gorse is negotiating with a bar stool and appears to be losing.
23:29Rex Callahan has explained the tides three times, differently each time.
What was said
06:35Dot 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.
07:03Edie Gorse, Wren Gorse · The Gorse House
Well if it isn't Wren. How's the day treating you?
Well if it isn't Wren. How's the day treating you?
07:03Cole Whitlow, Nell Tidewater · Rex's House
Nell! Not a cloud in the sky.
Nell! Not a cloud in the sky.
07:03Gil Ferris, Flo Ferris · June's House
You have not changed since we were knee-high.
You have not changed since we were knee-high.
07:20Perry Gorse, Posy Gorse · The Gorse House
You have that look. What have you done?
You have that look. What have you done?
07:25Lark Ferris, Ewan Callahan, Bram Tidewater, Abel Callahan, Fern Gorse · Sunrise Café
Morning, Ewan. Everything feels possible at this hour.★
Morning, Ewan. Everything feels possible at this hour.★
07:28Mabel Tidewater, Nell Tidewater · Rex's House
Nell! Just the person I wanted to see.
Nell! Just the person I wanted to see.
07:46Edie Gorse, Posy Gorse · The Gorse House
Good morning! First proper conversation of the day.
Good morning! First proper conversation of the day.
08:20Hattie Whitlow, Dell Tanner · Sal's House
Morning, Dell. You are out before the town has finished yawning.
Morning, Dell. You are out before the town has finished yawning.
08:46Marla Finch, Milo Ferris, Iris Brody · Sunrise Café
Right, cups down for one moment. Something has happened.
Right, cups down for one moment. Something has happened.
09:02Truman Beaumont, Nell Tidewater · Seahaven Mutual
Nell, you look like someone with five minutes to spare.
Nell, you look like someone with five minutes to spare.
09:07Lark Ferris, Silas Tidewater · Community Orchard & Gardens
Morning, Silas. You are out before the town has finished yawning.
Morning, Silas. You are out before the town has finished yawning.