Episode
Day 704
Day 704 in Seahaven Springs, under sunny skies. Wonderful news: Kip Doyle and Dot Ferris are expecting a baby. Norma has already started knitting. 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 Anonymous Good Deed takes a turn. Goodnight, Truman. In case we don't see you: good afternoon, good evening, and goodnight.
OPEN THIS DAY IN THE BROADCASTWhat was announced
07:00The queue at the bakery has reached the door. Nobody minds; it is that kind of queue.
07:22Hal Brody has closed the notebook on one small Seahaven mystery, satisfied for now.
07:23Milo Ferris has turned sketching the shoreline into a real part of life.
10:00The town cat is asleep on the Town Hall steps. Municipal business reroutes around it.
11:00A form has been filed correctly at the first attempt. Town Hall is quietly jubilant.
12:00Wonderful news: Kip Doyle and Dot Ferris are expecting a baby. Norma has already started knitting.
12:19Nurse Ferris's mystery deepens: a wooden bird joins the growing collection of unexplained kindnesses.
13:00The orchard is loud with bees. Nobody has been stung in living memory.
13:07Bev Tanner and Flo Tidewater have stopped leaving their friendship to chance.
13:08Elaine Whitlow and Edie Gorse have stopped leaving their friendship to chance.
14:00Somebody has repainted their front door overnight. Opinions are being gathered.
16:00The Town Hall clock and the bakery clock disagree by two minutes. Both are certain.
16:00Flo Tidewater answered a question Truman Beaumont had not asked out loud.
18:00A seagull has stolen Elaine Whitlow's sandwich near the dock. Again.
18:40Rex Callahan seen setting down the polishing rag long enough to just talk.
20:00An unclaimed umbrella has been standing by the café door for three days.
20:03An unhurried dinner turns into a lead — Kip Doyle may have seen Seahaven's secret gift-giver.
22:09Flo Tidewater offered to buy the room a drink, then checked a pocket.
22:12Lark Ferris has begun issuing compliments in alphabetical order.
What was said
06:34Dot Ferris, Kip Doyle · Kip's House
Kip, you look well enough to be useful.
Kip, you look well enough to be useful.
07:04Hal Brody, Norma Quist · Sheriff Brody's House
Well if it isn't Norma. How's the day treating you?
Well if it isn't Norma. How's the day treating you?
07:05Milo Ferris, Lark Ferris · Dot's House
Hello. Sit down, you look like you have been standing all day.
Hello. Sit down, you look like you have been standing all day.
08:03Elaine Whitlow, Marla Finch · Sunrise Café
Marla! Just the person I wanted to see.
Marla! Just the person I wanted to see.
08:46Kip Doyle, Milo Ferris · The Bakery
Well if it isn't Milo. How's the day treating you?
Well if it isn't Milo. How's the day treating you?
08:55Truman Beaumont, Flo Tidewater · Seahaven Mutual
Flo! Good to see you. I was beginning to think the day had skipped you.
Flo! Good to see you. I was beginning to think the day had skipped you.
09:47Bev Tanner, Dot Ferris, Hal Brody, Marla Finch, Elaine Whitlow · Sunrise Café
Morning, Dot. You are out before the town has finished yawning.★
Morning, Dot. You are out before the town has finished yawning.★
09:50Rex Callahan, Sal Marino · The Dune House
Sal! Sunshine on every windowsill.
Sal! Sunshine on every windowsill.
10:36Hal Brody, Kip Doyle · The Bakery
Morning, Kip. Just the usual today.
Morning, Kip. Just the usual today.
11:00Dot Ferris, Norma Quist · Norma's Grocery
Morning, Norma. Just the usual today.
Morning, Norma. Just the usual today.
11:13Fern Gorse, Edie Gorse · Town Hall
Morning, Edie. Everything feels possible at this hour.★
Morning, Edie. Everything feels possible at this hour.★
11:26Sal Marino, Norma Quist · Norma's Grocery
Morning, Norma. Just the usual today.
Morning, Norma. Just the usual today.