Episode
Day 5655
Day 5655 in Seahaven Springs, under sunny skies. Fern Gorse has been discharged from Seahaven General and is right as rain. Fog has come in off the bay and stopped, very precisely, at the edge of town. Iris Brody is not currently speaking to Ike Tidewater. Nothing bad ever happens here — but something is always going on. The Battle of the Noticeboard 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
00:00Fern Gorse has been discharged from Seahaven General and is right as rain.
08:00Fog has come in off the bay and stopped, very precisely, at the edge of town.
09:40Alma Callahan's evening happened, ran long, and is still being talked about.
10:00Saturday orchard morning is under way. Opinions about ladders are plentiful.
10:00Opal Ferris called Truman Beaumont by the wrong name mid-sentence, then laughed a little too quickly.
11:00For four seconds Truman Beaumont's radio carried a voice describing exactly where Truman Beaumont was standing.
11:00The radio in Truman Beaumont's kitchen has been persuaded to play his favourite song. He is singing along, badly.
12:27The board is now entirely covered and legible from no angle.
13:00The Town Hall clock and the bakery clock disagree by two minutes. Both are certain.
14:00The sun breaks through over Seahaven Springs, precisely on cue.
14:00The same passer-by has now walked past Truman Beaumont three times on the same route.
15:53Posy Gorse and Truman Beaumont kept their word and finished what they started.
17:00The tide is out further than usual. Elaine Whitlow has gone to look at what it left behind.
20:00Someone is practising the same eight bars of piano again. The town has grown fond of them.
21:00Clouds drift in over the bay. The fishermen pretend not to enjoy it.
21:32Hal Brody has thanked every chair in The Anchor for its service.
22:00It is warm enough to sit outside. Half the town has done exactly that.
22:01Dell Tanner has proposed a toast to the concept of Thursdays.
22:03Nell Tidewater offered to buy the room a drink, then checked a pocket.
22:08Gil Ferris is describing a fish that grows between each telling.
22:16Linus Tidewater has proposed a toast to the concept of Thursdays.
23:00The sun breaks through over Seahaven Springs, precisely on cue.
What was said
06:34Dot Ferris, Kip Doyle · Kip's House
I knew the day would improve if I ran into you.
I knew the day would improve if I ran into you.
07:02Mabel 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.
07:04Edie Gorse, Wren Gorse · The Gorse House
Good morning! First proper conversation of the day.
Good morning! First proper conversation of the day.
07:04Bea Callahan, Linus Tidewater · Norma's House
Linus! Sit down, you have the look of somebody who needs a form.
Linus! Sit down, you have the look of somebody who needs a form.
07:04Gil Ferris, Flo Ferris · June's House
Good morning! First proper conversation of the day.
Good morning! First proper conversation of the day.
07:18Lark Ferris, Hattie Whitlow, Cole Whitlow · Sunrise Café
Hattie! Mind the crates, they are stacked mostly on optimism.
Hattie! Mind the crates, they are stacked mostly on optimism.
07:19Marla Finch, Opal Ferris · Sunrise Café
Hello, Opal. We keep meeting in the useful parts of town.
Hello, Opal. We keep meeting in the useful parts of town.
07:19Fern Gorse, Bram Tidewater · Sunrise Café
Good morning! First proper conversation of the day.
Good morning! First proper conversation of the day.
07:24Perry Gorse, Posy Gorse · The Gorse House
I knew the day would improve if I ran into you.
I knew the day would improve if I ran into you.
07:39Elaine Whitlow, Opal Ferris, Marla Finch · Sunrise Café
Opal, careful of the new shoots. They are feeling ambitious.
Opal, careful of the new shoots. They are feeling ambitious.
07:45Fern Gorse, Jonah Ferris, Cole Whitlow, Lark Ferris, Bram Tidewater · Sunrise Café
This table has reached the confidential part of breakfast.★
This table has reached the confidential part of breakfast.★
08:03Abel Callahan, Ned Ferris · The Anchor Bar
I have heard three versions, and the least believable one is the truth.
I have heard three versions, and the least believable one is the truth.