Episode
Day 599
Day 599 in Seahaven Springs, under cloudy skies. The tide is out further than usual. Hal Brody has gone to look at what it left behind. 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. The Loaf That Cannot Be Repeated 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
02:00Clouds drift in over the bay. Gus pretends not to enjoy it.
07:00The Bakery's fresh bread smell has reached the town square. Productivity plummets.
08:00The tide is out further than usual. Hal Brody has gone to look at what it left behind.
08:27Norma Quist's small gathering has come together, with just enough chairs and no speeches.
09:00The queue at the bakery has reached the door. Nobody minds; it is that kind of queue.
10:45Elaine Whitlow suggests the weather was different that day, and is taken seriously.
11:00The morning mail has arrived. Sal Marino received a mysterious postcard.
12:00A seagull has stolen Elaine Whitlow's sandwich near the dock. Again.
15:00The Town Hall clock and the bakery clock disagree by two minutes. Both are certain.
15:23Truman Beaumont and Elaine Whitlow kept their word and finished what they started.
17:00The orchard is loud with bees. Nobody has been stung in living memory.
19:00The same passer-by has now walked past Truman Beaumont three times on the same route.
19:00The radio in Truman Beaumont's kitchen has been persuaded to play his favourite song. He is singing along, badly.
20:00Someone is practising the same eight bars of piano again. The town has grown fond of them.
20:00For four seconds Truman Beaumont's radio carried a voice describing exactly where Truman Beaumont was standing.
22:10Flo Tidewater has proposed a toast to the concept of Thursdays.
22:32Edie Gorse offered to buy the room a drink, then checked a pocket.
What was said
06:34Dot 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.
07:16Marla Finch, Norma Quist · Sunrise Café
You have caught me before my second cup of tea.
You have caught me before my second cup of tea.
07:33Milo Ferris, Lark Ferris · Dot's House
Lark! Perfect. I have made far too much of something again.
Lark! Perfect. I have made far too much of something again.
08:00Dot Ferris, Norma Quist · Sunrise Café
I hear you have been practising. So have I, obviously.
I hear you have been practising. So have I, obviously.
08:00June Ellery, Truman Beaumont · Sunrise Café
Truman! The sky cannot quite make up its mind.
Truman! The sky cannot quite make up its mind.
08:01Fern Gorse, Flo Tidewater · Sunrise Café
Flo, you look like someone with five minutes to spare.
Flo, you look like someone with five minutes to spare.
08:29Dot Ferris, Milo Ferris · Sunrise Café
There you are, Milo. I was hoping we would cross paths.
There you are, Milo. I was hoping we would cross paths.
08:58Dot Ferris, Bev Tanner, Elaine Whitlow, June Ellery, Flo Tidewater · Sunrise Café
You have caught me before my second cup of tea.★
You have caught me before my second cup of tea.★
09:10Kip Doyle, Milo Ferris · The Bakery
Good morning! First proper conversation of the day.
Good morning! First proper conversation of the day.
09:31Fern Gorse, Edie Gorse · Town Hall
You have caught me before my second cup of tea.
You have caught me before my second cup of tea.
09:46Elaine Whitlow, Kip Doyle · The Bakery
Morning, Kip. Just the usual today.
Morning, Kip. Just the usual today.
09:51Truman Beaumont, Flo Tidewater · Seahaven Mutual
Flo, you look like someone with five minutes to spare.
Flo, you look like someone with five minutes to spare.