Episode
Day 5748
Day 5748 in Seahaven Springs, under sunny skies. Kip Doyle has been discharged from Seahaven General and is right as rain. Cole Whitlow has decided to let bygones be bygones. Dell Tanner has decided to let bygones be bygones. Nothing bad ever happens here — but something is always going on. Everybody, Slightly Left 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
00:00Kip Doyle has been discharged from Seahaven General and is right as rain.
00:00Cole Whitlow has decided to let bygones be bygones.
00:00Dell Tanner has decided to let bygones be bygones.
06:00The tide is out further than usual. Nell Tidewater has gone to look at what it left behind.
07:00Clouds drift in over the bay. The fishermen pretend not to enjoy it.
08:00The sun breaks through over Seahaven Springs, precisely on cue.
10:00A seagull has stolen Silas Tidewater's sandwich near the dock. Again.
11:00Dell Tanner fumbled Truman Beaumont's name and recovered it smoothly. Nobody breathed.
11:36Linus Tidewater is in every attempt, in a different place each time, blinking.
12:00The lights of Seahaven Springs flickered for exactly three seconds. The town clock is unbothered.
12:00Every car, gull and passer-by around Truman Beaumont paused at once, as though waiting for a cue.
14:00The town cat is asleep on the Town Hall steps. Municipal business reroutes around it.
14:49Truman Beaumont and Linus Tidewater kept their word and finished what they started.
16:00A form has been filed correctly at the first attempt. Town Hall is quietly jubilant.
16:00Three separate neighbours greeted Truman Beaumont with the identical sentence this morning.
17:00The orchard is loud with bees. Nobody has been stung in living memory.
18:00The bakery sign flickered and, for a moment, read a different name entirely.
18:00The radio in Truman Beaumont's kitchen has been persuaded to play his favourite song. He is singing along, badly.
20:00It is warm enough to sit outside. Half the town has done exactly that.
20:00Milo Ferris answered a question Truman Beaumont had not asked out loud.
22:07Cole Whitlow has begun issuing compliments in alphabetical order.
22:12Wren Gorse is negotiating with a bar stool and appears to be losing.
22:23Iris Brody is conducting an imaginary orchestra near the dartboard.
22:26Fern Gorse is describing a fish that grows between each telling.
22:34Ewan Callahan has begun issuing compliments in alphabetical order.
What was said
00:02Kip Doyle, Nell Tidewater · Seahaven General
Hello, Nell. We keep meeting in the useful parts of town.
Hello, Nell. We keep meeting in the useful parts of town.
07:03Perry Gorse, Posy Gorse · The Gorse House
I was going to walk the long way, but here we are.
I was going to walk the long way, but here we are.
07:04Fern Gorse, Opal Ferris · Marla's House
Good morning! First proper conversation of the day.
Good morning! First proper conversation of the day.
07:04Gil Ferris, Flo Ferris · June's House
Remember when this whole street felt enormous?
Remember when this whole street felt enormous?
07:17Marla Finch, Cole Whitlow · Sunrise Café
Hello, Cole. We keep meeting in the useful parts of town.
Hello, Cole. We keep meeting in the useful parts of town.
07:18Milo Ferris, Lark Ferris · Dot's House
Remember when this whole street felt enormous?
Remember when this whole street felt enormous?
07:19Bev Tanner, Cass Tanner · Bev's House
You have caught me before my second cup of tea.
You have caught me before my second cup of tea.
07:20Bram Tidewater, Hattie Whitlow · Sunrise Café
I knew the day would improve if I ran into you.
I knew the day would improve if I ran into you.
07:22Edie Gorse, Ewan Callahan, Iris Brody · Sunrise Café
Ewan. Say something interesting. I have been stamping since I arrived.
Ewan. Say something interesting. I have been stamping since I arrived.
07:32Jonah Ferris, Ned Ferris · Dr. Pratt's House
You have caught me before my second cup of tea.
You have caught me before my second cup of tea.
07:56Cole Whitlow, Mabel Tidewater · Rex's House
You have caught me before my second cup of tea.
You have caught me before my second cup of tea.
08:11Fern Gorse, Jonah Ferris, Edie Gorse, Bram Tidewater, Linus Tidewater · Sunrise Café
This table has reached the confidential part of breakfast.★
This table has reached the confidential part of breakfast.★