Episode
Day 2112
Day 2112 in Seahaven Springs, under cloudy skies. Bev Tanner misjudged the last step of the Town Hall stairs and is spending a few days in Seahaven General. Rue Callahan has turned practising stories worth telling into a real part of life. Bev Tanner is in Seahaven General after they misjudged the last step of the Town Hall stairs. 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
07:00The Bakery's fresh bread smell has reached the town square. Productivity plummets.
07:28Rue Callahan has turned practising stories worth telling into a real part of life.
08:00The tide is out further than usual. Toby Tanner has gone to look at what it left behind.
08:00For four seconds Truman Beaumont's radio carried a voice describing exactly where Truman Beaumont was standing.
08:00A lighthouse postcard has been added to today's mail. Truman Beaumont collects them, and Control knows it.
10:00The morning mail has arrived. Bev Tanner received a mysterious postcard.
11:00The town ladder is on its fourth borrower this week and nobody is sure who owns it.
12:00Clouds drift in over the bay. The fishermen pretend not to enjoy it.
13:07Whatever Bev Tanner and Milo Ferris were circling, they have landed on it.
13:07The key is hung on a nail above the desk, in case the lock ever comes back.
13:07Truman Beaumont and Hal Brody kept their word and finished what they started.
13:07And so concludes: A Key, and No Lock. The town will live with how it ended.
13:48Abel Callahan and Lark Ferris have quietly become the sort of friends who notice things.
16:00A kite is stuck in the big park tree. A committee is forming.
17:00The sun breaks through over Seahaven Springs, precisely on cue.
18:00Friday evening has begun at The Anchor. Rex is polishing the good glasses.
18:00Rain has begun over Seahaven Springs. Umbrellas deployed with suspicious synchronization.
19:00The rain has cleared. A rainbow appeared at a frankly cinematic angle.
19:00Bev Tanner misjudged the last step of the Town Hall stairs and is spending a few days in Seahaven General.
19:25Rex Callahan is describing a fish that grows between each telling.
19:47Fern Gorse has decided the dartboard is at fault and said so publicly.
19:59Bea Callahan is describing a fish that grows between each telling.
20:00Someone is practising the same eight bars of piano again. The town has grown fond of them.
20:08Toby Tanner offered to buy the room a drink, then checked a pocket.
20:53Jonah Ferris and Dot Ferris have stopped leaving their friendship to chance.
21:09Truman Beaumont and Elaine Whitlow kept their word and finished what they started.
21:27Sal Marino and Rex Callahan have quietly become the sort of friends who notice things.
22:00Three separate neighbours greeted Truman Beaumont with the identical sentence this morning.
22:11Ewan Callahan is conducting an imaginary orchestra near the dartboard.
23:00Clouds drift in over the bay. The fishermen pretend not to enjoy it.
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.
07:04Bea Callahan, Linus Tidewater · Norma's House
You have not changed since we were knee-high.
You have not changed since we were knee-high.
07:04Bram Tidewater, Rue Callahan · Gus's House
Well if it isn't Rue. How's the day treating you?
Well if it isn't Rue. How's the day treating you?
07:21Marla Finch, Wilf Tanner · Sunrise Café
You have caught me before my second cup of tea.
You have caught me before my second cup of tea.
07:22Dot Ferris, Orson Ferris, Cole Whitlow · Sunrise Café
Right, cups down for one moment. Something has happened.
Right, cups down for one moment. Something has happened.
07:22Milo Ferris, Lark Ferris · Dot's House
You have caught me before my second cup of tea.
You have caught me before my second cup of tea.
07:48Lark Ferris, Ned Ferris · Dot's House
Ned, you look like someone with five minutes to spare.
Ned, you look like someone with five minutes to spare.
08:47Truman Beaumont, Orson Ferris · Seahaven Mutual
You have got the hang of it. I am almost redundant.
You have got the hang of it. I am almost redundant.
08:48Marla Finch, Iris Brody, Hal Brody · Sunrise Café
Morning, Iris. Everything feels possible at this hour.
Morning, Iris. Everything feels possible at this hour.
08:58Dot Ferris, Bev Tanner, Elaine Whitlow · Sunrise Café
Morning, Bev. Everything feels possible at this hour.
Morning, Bev. Everything feels possible at this hour.
09:25Hal Brody, Kip Doyle · The Bakery
Morning, Kip. Just the usual today.
Morning, Kip. Just the usual today.
09:27Bram Tidewater, Hattie Whitlow · Founders Park
You have not changed since we were knee-high.
You have not changed since we were knee-high.