Episode
Day 5871
Day 5871 in Seahaven Springs, under rainy skies. Marla Finch has come down with a spectacular head cold and is being kept in for observation. Bev Tanner is not currently speaking to Perry Gorse. Bev Tanner is cooling off in the Sheriff's holding cell after the business at The Anchor. 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
08:00The Bakery's fresh bread smell has reached the town square. Productivity plummets.
09:00The tide is out further than usual. Perry Gorse has gone to look at what it left behind.
10:00Rain has begun over Seahaven Springs. Umbrellas deployed with suspicious synchronization.
11:00The puddle outside the Sunrise Café has returned to its usual dimensions.
11:00Marla Finch has come down with a spectacular head cold and is being kept in for observation.
11:19A photograph is taken at last. Four people look the wrong way and it is perfect.
11:19Kip Doyle and Marla Finch kept their word and finished what they started.
11:19And so concludes: Everybody, Slightly Left. The town will live with how it ended.
12:00The traveling garden gnome has been spotted on a new porch. Nobody admits to moving it.
16:00The town ladder is on its fourth borrower this week and nobody is sure who owns it.
17:00The rain has driven everyone indoors, and the café is doing the best trade of the week.
17:00Truman Beaumont's radio caught the control room again. Dell Tanner turned the dial and talked loudly about the weather.
18:00Friday evening has begun at The Anchor. Rex is polishing the good glasses.
18:00An unclaimed umbrella has been standing by the café door for three days.
19:45Perry Gorse has begun a heartfelt speech with no clear subject.
19:46Bev Tanner has reached the storytelling stage at The Anchor.
19:46Rex Callahan has decided the dartboard is at fault and said so publicly.
19:46Jonah Ferris has begun a heartfelt speech with no clear subject.
19:50Ewan Callahan and Cass Tanner kept their word and finished what they started.
20:00Commotion at The Anchor! Perry Gorse and Bev Tanner came to (very gentle) blows over a difference of opinion regarding the jukebox.
20:00Sheriff Brody has invited Bev Tanner to spend the night in the cells. Everyone agrees this is for the best.
20:52Dell Tanner is conducting an imaginary orchestra near the dartboard.
21:02Lark Ferris has become extremely confident about lighthouse engineering.
21:07Hal Brody has explained the tides three times, differently each time.
22:00Ewan Callahan has declared this the finest town in the world. Twice.
What was said
07:03Cole Whitlow, Nell Tidewater · Rex's House
Good morning! First proper conversation of the day.
Good morning! First proper conversation of the day.
07:04Edie Gorse, Posy Gorse · The Gorse House
Morning, Posy. You are out before the town has finished yawning.
Morning, Posy. You are out before the town has finished yawning.
07:16Kip Doyle, Hattie Whitlow · Sunrise Café
Hattie, quick question: how much do you trust a seagull?
Hattie, quick question: how much do you trust a seagull?
07:19Bev Tanner, Cass Tanner · Bev's House
Good timing. I was about to take a policy-compliant break.
Good timing. I was about to take a policy-compliant break.
07:30Mabel Tidewater, Nell Tidewater · Rex's House
I did the whole harbour loop and saw four people. Same four.
I did the whole harbour loop and saw four people. Same four.
08:35Marla Finch, Iris Brody, Wren Gorse · Sunrise Café
This table has reached the confidential part of breakfast.
This table has reached the confidential part of breakfast.
08:45Kip Doyle, Milo Ferris, Ned Ferris · The Bakery
You have caught me before my second cup of tea.
You have caught me before my second cup of tea.
08:45Truman Beaumont, Perry Gorse · Seahaven Mutual
Well if it isn't Perry. How's the day treating you?
Well if it isn't Perry. How's the day treating you?
08:51Bev Tanner, Hal Brody · Sunrise Café
I knew the day would improve if I ran into you.
I knew the day would improve if I ran into you.
08:56Linus Tidewater, Silas Tidewater, Dot Ferris · Community Orchard & Gardens
Good morning! First proper conversation of the day.
Good morning! First proper conversation of the day.
09:06Dell Tanner, Perry Gorse · Seahaven Mutual
Morning, Perry. You are out before the town has finished yawning.
Morning, Perry. You are out before the town has finished yawning.
09:23Hal Brody, Milo Ferris, Ned Ferris, Kip Doyle · The Bakery
You have caught me before my second cup of tea.
You have caught me before my second cup of tea.