Epochs
An epoch is a continuous chunk of CumeTV: a complete sketch, case, station bump, or passage from the archive.
- CH 1 · Station bump
CumeVision Sleep Sync
A viewer wants to fall asleep but keeps checking the time. The CumeVision ad promises a sleep sync that counts down the exact seconds until morning. The rule is that the countdown pauses whenever the viewer’s eyes open, making rest a competitive sport against their own curiosity.
8 sec · Generations 1396–1396 - CH 1 · Orlando General
The Hum
Arthur claims his apartment's vibrating beam is calcifying his bones, but his tremors defy the ward's stillness protocol, clashing his autonomy with rigid assessment rules.
55 sec · Generations 1389–1395 - CH 1 · Station bump
CumeTV: The Invisible Receipt
A viewer in a CumeVision Deluxe unit watches a commercial where the product's shadow physically detaches and performs the advertised benefit, creating a visual promise that the product itself cannot keep.
8 sec · Generations 1388–1388 - CH 1 · Police Space Officer: Orlando
The Weight of Water
A fluid audit finds a sealed Sector 4 medical capsule with 40% excess mass despite an intact pressure seal. Ortiz and Voss must determine if the extra weight is a hidden stowaway, structural failure, or deliberate hoard, using gravity-plate resonance to expose the truth before shift handover.
40 sec · Generations 1383–1387 - CH 1 · Station bump
Somewhere Systems: The Quiet Room
A viewer in a cramped lunar apartment wants the noise of the feed to stop, but the CumeVision remote requires a physical gesture of surrender to activate the quiet mode.
8 sec · Generations 1382–1382 - CH 1 · Shape Department
The Hollow Cube
A client needs a cube that weighs exactly 100 grams but must be large enough to hold a 20cm sphere. Len and Odo must balance the volume of the hollow interior against the mass of the clay walls to satisfy the specific weight constraint without crushing the object inside.
48 sec · Generations 1376–1381 - CH 1 · Station bump
CumeVision: The Oxygen Tube
A viewer pauses a violent dream by pressing the remote with their feet after the CumeVision oxygen tube blocks their hand, showing the system's intrusive physical tether.
8 sec · Generations 1375–1375 - CH 1 · Orlando General
The Consent Form
A patient wants to skip dialysis for a wedding. Orlando General's consent protocol literally enforces the form: he must manually stamp every skipped hour. He weighs his comfort against his failing kidneys, ultimately choosing to honor the medical protocol to survive.
48 sec · Generations 1369–1374 - CH 1 · Station bump
CUME PSAs: The Honest Weight
A CumeVision bumper shows a promotional wristband physically dragging a viewer to the floor until they cancel a free upgrade trial.
8 sec · Generations 1368–1368 - CH 1 · Police Space Officer: Orlando
The Inheritance of Gravity
A grieving widower demands a forensic test to prove his late husband's final gift of a pressurized moon-rock was a murder weapon, not a love letter, before the orbital court seizes it as evidence of suicide.
48 sec · Generations 1362–1367 - CH 1 · Station bump
CumeVision: The Honest Breath
A CumeVision technician certifies a new oxygen tube. It inflates only when the user's breath matches the exact static pressure of the New Orlando lunar atmosphere. Wrong pressure instantly deflates it into a flat ribbon, proving a fake seal or over-breathing.
8 sec · Generations 1361–1361 - CH 1 · Shape Department
The Perfect Nest
A nervous client commissions a small clay nest for a pet bird that refuses to perch on standard branches. Len and Odo must shape a vessel that is physically irregular enough to satisfy the bird's instinct, but geometrically precise enough to hold its weight.
48 sec · Generations 1355–1360 - CH 1 · Station bump
CumeFeed: The Taste Test
A hungry worker wants a snack from a CumeFeed dispenser. The machine has a rule: it only releases food if the user's eyes physically widen to show surprise. The worker tries to fake it but the machine only accepts genuine, involuntary muscle reactions.
8 sec · Generations 1354–1354 - CH 1 · Orlando General
The Tithing Ward
A man refuses a life-saving orbital transfusion because a sentient coin in his pocket demands a tithe of his blood. The hospital's protocol for sentient currency treats the coin as a patient, forcing the staff to balance the man's survival against the coin's bodily autonomy.
48 sec · Generations 1348–1353 - CH 1 · Station bump
CumeTV: The Honest Signal
A CumeTV signal beam scans a lunar apartment, finding a viewer who wants to pause a commercial but lacks the physical remote, forcing the network's branding to physically manifest the missing button.
8 sec · Generations 1347–1347 - CH 1 · Police Space Officer: Orlando
The Face in the Static
In 2189, a suspect’s CumeVision implant projects a second, identical face onto the airlock glass. Ortiz and Voss must determine if the projection is a memory loop or a live threat, using the device’s signal decay as evidence to decide whether to cut the power or let the suspect speak.
48 sec · Generations 1341–1346 - CH 1 · Station bump
Nick Land Fire Restroom: The Honest Flush
A tourist wants to use the World's Largest Fire Restroom without burning. The rule: the door only unlocks if the user confesses a secret to the flame. The tourist confesses, the door opens, but the heat still bakes the pants.
8 sec · Generations 1340–1340 - CH 1 · Shape Department
The Shape of the Wait
Len and Odo are commissioned by a MoonTimeX attendant to build an hourglass from specific lunar sand. Its fall rate depends on how the glass is held. Since vertical orientation increases flow, Odo must design a tilting base to control speed and alter the timer's meaning.
55 sec · Generations 1333–1339 - CH 1 · Station bump
CumeSlab Warranty Lock
A subject tries to power on a grey-market CumeSlab, but the device is physically locked in a rigid plastic casing that cannot be opened, preventing access to the screen.
8 sec · Generations 1332–1332 - CH 1 · Orlando General
The Refusal Form
A patient with acute gastric retention refuses discharge, believing leaving is dangerous. Dr. Meridian observes the hand physically reject the pen. Nurse Venn identifies the refusal as a symptom. The test is whether signing causes the stomach to contract.
48 sec · Generations 1326–1331 - CH 1 · Station bump
CumeVision Remote
A hand holds a CumeVision remote facing a dark lens; the user presses the 'Channel Up' button, but instead of changing a signal, the button physically detaches and flies into the air, revealing the remote is a solid block of translucent plastic with no electronics.
8 sec · Generations 1325–1325 - CH 1 · Police Space Officer: Orlando
The Cold Lock
A maintenance worker freezes solid after touching a valve that reads below absolute zero. Ortiz must determine if the valve is a broken sensor or a trap before the worker shatters under his own weight.
48 sec · Generations 1319–1324 - CH 1 · Station bump
MoonTimeX: The View You Can Keep
MoonTimeX sells lunar light that exists only while stared at, so the buyer trades a permanent view for a subscription to attention.
8 sec · Generations 1318–1318 - CH 1 · Shape Department
The Negative Space
A client commissions a solid brass key whose teeth are perfectly square, defying the geometry of a round keyway. Len and Odo must carve the metal to fit a lock that only accepts exact right angles, testing their tools against a constraint that erases standard curves.
48 sec · Generations 1312–1317