Episode
Day 638
Day 638 in Seahaven Springs, under sunny skies. Kip Doyle has been discharged from Seahaven General and is right as rain. 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 Leak at The Anchor runs into trouble. 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.
00:00Control has sent an old friend to sit with Truman Beaumont for a while. Nothing calms him faster.
07:00The queue at the bakery has reached the door. Nobody minds; it is that kind of queue.
08:00The Bakery's fresh bread smell has reached the town square. Productivity plummets.
08:05Norma Quist and Hal Brody have stopped leaving their friendship to chance.
09:00Ewan Callahan has arrived at the store without the list. This has happened before.
09:14Milo Ferris and Kip Doyle have stopped leaving their friendship to chance.
10:00Rain has begun over Seahaven Springs. Umbrellas deployed with suspicious synchronization.
11:00The town cat is asleep on the Town Hall steps. Municipal business reroutes around it.
11:00Truman Beaumont is down at the dock again. He is not going anywhere. He is just looking.
12:00The morning mail has arrived. Milo Ferris received a mysterious postcard.
13:30Elaine Whitlow and Edie Gorse have stopped leaving their friendship to chance.
14:00There is one more chair at The Anchor than there was yesterday. Rex has not mentioned it.
15:00A form has been filed correctly at the first attempt. Town Hall is quietly jubilant.
17:00The rain has cleared. A rainbow appeared at a frankly cinematic angle.
18:00The tide is out further than usual. Ewan Callahan has gone to look at what it left behind.
18:27💛 An unhurried supper for two — and a mystery that refuses to be solved.
19:14🕯️ Sheriff Brody off duty tonight — and off the clock, at Norma's table.
19:14Hal Brody and Norma Quist kept their word and finished what they started.
21:00A door that has been locked for as long as Truman Beaumont can remember was standing open this morning.
22:00Fern Gorse has proposed a toast to the concept of Thursdays.
22:06Rex Callahan is negotiating with a bar stool and appears to be losing.
22:15Sal Marino has become extremely confident about lighthouse engineering.
22:27Milo Ferris has explained the tides three times, differently each time.
22:37Edie Gorse is teaching the room a song that appears to have no chorus.
What was said
00:52June Ellery, Truman Beaumont · Truman's House
Evening, Truman. We should both probably be heading home.
Evening, Truman. We should both probably be heading home.
06:51Kip Doyle, Marla Finch · Sunrise Café
Marla, quick question: how much do you trust a seagull?
Marla, quick question: how much do you trust a seagull?
07:20Elaine Whitlow, Milo Ferris, Norma Quist · Sunrise Café
Milo, careful of the new shoots. They are feeling ambitious.
Milo, careful of the new shoots. They are feeling ambitious.
07:48Hal Brody, Norma Quist · Sunrise Café
Good morning! First proper conversation of the day.
Good morning! First proper conversation of the day.
08:00Dot Ferris, Elaine Whitlow, June Ellery, Milo Ferris · Sunrise Café
Let us establish what happened before the story acquires a boat.★
Let us establish what happened before the story acquires a boat.★
08:45Kip Doyle, Milo Ferris · The Bakery
Morning, Milo. You are out before the town has finished yawning.
Morning, Milo. You are out before the town has finished yawning.
08:51Fern Gorse, Edie Gorse · Town Hall
Edie. Good. You will want to hear what I have found out.
Edie. Good. You will want to hear what I have found out.
09:19Bev Tanner, Elaine Whitlow, Hal Brody, Marla Finch, June Ellery · Sunrise Café
Elaine, this conversation is covered under the friendly-encounter clause.★
Elaine, this conversation is covered under the friendly-encounter clause.★
10:30June Ellery, Norma Quist · Norma's Grocery
Morning, Norma. Just the usual today.
Morning, Norma. Just the usual today.
11:44Kip Doyle, Milo Ferris · The Bakery
There you are, Milo. I was hoping we would cross paths.
There you are, Milo. I was hoping we would cross paths.
11:45Truman Beaumont, Flo Tidewater · Seahaven Mutual
Flo! Just the person I wanted to see.
Flo! Just the person I wanted to see.
12:09Milo Ferris, Kip Doyle · The Bakery
Good to see you, Kip. I'll bring that right over.
Good to see you, Kip. I'll bring that right over.