Episode
Day 596
Day 596 in Seahaven Springs, under cloudy skies. Bunting has gone up across Founders Park. The fair is on, and the committee is being very firm about the bunting. Dot Ferris lost Dr. Cornelius Pratt after a long life together. Dot Ferris is stepping out with Kip Doyle. 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
00:00Bunting has gone up across Founders Park. The fair is on, and the committee is being very firm about the bunting.
07:00Fog has come in off the bay and stopped, very precisely, at the edge of town.
08:07Flo Tidewater has closed the notebook on one small Seahaven mystery, satisfied for now.
09:15Milo Ferris has closed the notebook on one small Seahaven mystery, satisfied for now.
10:00For four seconds Truman Beaumont's radio carried a voice describing exactly where Truman Beaumont was standing.
10:00Word has gone round the kitchens: Truman Beaumont is to be given his favourite, and no bill.
11:00The orchard is loud with bees. Nobody has been stung in living memory.
12:00The morning mail has arrived. Abel Callahan received a mysterious postcard.
12:17The clock is left exactly as it is. Being early becomes a local custom.
12:17Flo Tidewater and Sal Marino kept their word and finished what they started.
12:17And so concludes: The Clock Is Two Minutes Fast. The town will live with how it ended.
13:00A kite is stuck in the big park tree. A committee is forming.
13:00The same passer-by has now walked past Truman Beaumont three times on the same route.
15:00The community orchard is in blossom and briefly the best place in town.
16:00The sun breaks through over Seahaven Springs, precisely on cue.
17:01Marla Finch and June Ellery kept their word and finished what they started.
21:00Clouds drift in over the bay. Gus pretends not to enjoy it.
21:13Rex Callahan has closed the notebook on one small Seahaven mystery, satisfied for now.
22:06Rex has quietly moved Flo Tidewater onto the water. Flo Tidewater has not noticed.
22:17Edie Gorse has reached the storytelling stage at The Anchor.
22:47Milo Ferris is teaching the room a song that appears to have no chorus.
What was said
07:04Hal Brody, Norma Quist · Sheriff Brody's House
Morning, Norma. Everything feels possible at this hour.
Morning, Norma. Everything feels possible at this hour.
07:21June Ellery, Flo Tidewater · Sunrise Café
Flo. Excellent. I require an informal opinion in triplicate.
Flo. Excellent. I require an informal opinion in triplicate.
07:35Milo Ferris, Lark Ferris · Dot's House
Good morning! First proper conversation of the day.
Good morning! First proper conversation of the day.
07:42Bev Tanner, Flo Tidewater · Sunrise Café
You have got the hang of it. I am almost redundant.
You have got the hang of it. I am almost redundant.
07:42Truman Beaumont, Edie Gorse · Sunrise Café
Edie, isn't it? How are things your end?
Edie, isn't it? How are things your end?
08:09Bev Tanner, Edie Gorse, Flo Tidewater, Truman Beaumont, Dot Ferris · Sunrise Café
Right, cups down for one moment. Something has happened.★
Right, cups down for one moment. Something has happened.★
08:45Dot Ferris, Hal Brody · Sunrise Café
Good morning! First proper conversation of the day.
Good morning! First proper conversation of the day.
08:52Kip Doyle, Milo Ferris · The Bakery
Milo, you look like someone with five minutes to spare.
Milo, you look like someone with five minutes to spare.
08:57Fern Gorse, Edie Gorse · Town Hall
Before anyone proposes a subcommittee, let us hear the problem.★
Before anyone proposes a subcommittee, let us hear the problem.★
09:30Hal Brody, Marla Finch, Dot Ferris · Sunrise Café
Morning, Marla. You are out before the town has finished yawning.
Morning, Marla. You are out before the town has finished yawning.
10:30Hal Brody, Norma Quist · Norma's Grocery
Morning, Norma. Just the usual today.
Morning, Norma. Just the usual today.
10:36Marla Finch, Truman Beaumont · Sunrise Café
You have caught me before my second cup of tea.
You have caught me before my second cup of tea.