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: The Remote That Listens
A viewer wants to pause a live broadcast, but the CumeVision remote’s 'pause' button physically pauses the speaker’s vocal cords instead of the signal. The viewer must learn that the device controls the user’s body, not the screen, to resume the show.
8 sec · Generations 1566–1566 - CH 1 · Orlando General
The Warm Payment
A patient's sentient brass coin refuses cold sterile surfaces, forcing a choice between procedural override and a diagnostic test revealing its specific aversion to keep the CumeVision subscription active.
48 sec · Generations 1560–1565 - CH 1 · Station bump
CumeTV: Your Attention, Itemized
A viewer watches a CumeFeed promo and finds out their attention is now a line item on a Centience wallet receipt.
8 sec · Generations 1559–1559 - CH 1 · Police Space Officer: Orlando
The Drip Test
A maintenance worker is trapped in a sealed corridor by a valve that only opens if a specific worker's biometric key is physically submerged in water. Ortiz must choose between saving the worker or preserving the habitat's pressure integrity.
48 sec · Generations 1553–1558 - CH 1 · Station bump
Somewhere Systems: The Scent of Safety
A New Orlando commuter proves his anxiety is manageable without medication, but a pod protocol triggers on his 'unlicensed emotion.' Clearing the alert requires inhaling a corporate scent that physically manifests as a red liquid staining his clothes.
8 sec · Generations 1552–1552 - CH 1 · Shape Department
The Exact Inch
A client requires a one-inch solid brass square for a specific housing. Len and Odo must construct it, but thermal expansion during final polishing makes it too large. They must leave the error or break their tolerance rule.
55 sec · Generations 1545–1551 - CH 1 · Station bump
CumeVision: The Scent of Satisfaction
A viewer wants to smell a lunar pear. The CumeVision remote has a hidden rule: it only registers scent data if the user physically exhales a specific amount of breath onto the mic, a 'proof of presence' test.
8 sec · Generations 1544–1544 - CH 1 · Orlando General
The Compliance Sneeze
A patient wants to pass a Centience audit by remaining perfectly still, but the ward's automatic compliance scanner treats any involuntary muscle movement as a policy violation, locking her bed to force a 'calming' protocol that worsens her symptoms.
40 sec · Generations 1539–1543 - CH 1 · Station bump
MoonTimeX: The Dingle Dividend
A viewer wants a lunar timeshare discount, but the contract's 'dingle dividend' rule means the price drops only if the Dingle Boy physically loses a game of rock-paper-scissors to the camera lens, forcing the viewer to decide whether to let the jester win or keep the premium rate.
8 sec · Generations 1538–1538 - CH 1 · Police Space Officer: Orlando
The Weight of a Wish
A desperate mother bargains with a rogue Centience coin for a miracle, but the hidden cost is that her own mass physically transfers to the coin with every beat of her heart.
48 sec · Generations 1532–1537 - CH 1 · Station bump
Somewhere Systems: The Listening Cup
A commuter wants to hear her partner's voice from a noisy transit hub. Somewhere Systems' Listening Cup filters all background noise except the specific frequency of the person you love, but the cup is only calibrated to the first person you hold it to.
8 sec · Generations 1531–1531 - CH 1 · Shape Department
The Square that Eats Its Own Corners
Len and Odo must build a physical square from malleable clay. The material pulls toward a circle, rounding corners. The makers must choose between rigid tools that crack the form and soft hands that let it flow, resolving this tension to maintain the square's geometry.
48 sec · Generations 1525–1530 - CH 1 · Station bump
CUME VISION OXYGEN TUBE RECAP
A CumeVision Deluxe oxygen tube misreads a viewer's rising heart rate as an air need and purges mist onto her face to protect the show ending.
8 sec · Generations 1524–1524 - CH 1 · Orlando General
The Apology Algae
A patient’s throat grows a harmless, sentient algae that refuses to swallow until the patient admits a specific past lie. The team must choose between forcing a mechanical extraction or allowing the biological consequence of the admission to occur.
55 sec · Generations 1517–1523 - CH 1 · Station bump
CUME Pressure Check
A CumeVision remote is placed on a scale. As a red pressure dial climbs, the plastic casing of the remote visibly swells. The branded idea is that the remote is physically testing the viewer's patience limit.
8 sec · Generations 1516–1516 - CH 1 · Police Space Officer: Orlando
The Polite Knock
A confident public performer uses a strict social rule that any polite knock on an airlock seal automatically grants entry. She uses this to bypass a locked medical bay, but the rule forces the room to physically expand to accommodate her presence, crushing the patient inside.
48 sec · Generations 1510–1515 - CH 1 · Station bump
Lunar Lint: The Invisible Filter
A lunar tourist shows off a pristine white MoontimeX timeshare uniform. A sponsor rule says pocket Centience coins turn black if one white speck exists. The tourist's bid to prove cleanliness triggers the test, exposing the uniform's dirt.
8 sec · Generations 1509–1509 - CH 1 · Shape Department
The Open Top Mandate
A client needs a solid clay vessel that holds water but has no rim. Len and Odo must build a shape where the 'top' is physically open to the sky, yet the interior remains enclosed by continuous material. They must use a geometric fold that turns a closed solid into a container without a lip.
48 sec · Generations 1503–1508 - CH 1 · Station bump
Somewhere Systems: The Apology
Somewhere Systems offers a CumeVision headset, which turns its clear faceplate toward the viewer, becoming an active surveillance object.
8 sec · Generations 1502–1502 - CH 1 · Orlando General
The Echo Ward
Meridian and Venn must disconnect a self-replicating implant that is overheating the patient, sacrificing her emotions to save her life.
55 sec · Generations 1495–1501 - CH 1 · Station bump
CumeTV: The Remote That Listens
A viewer drops his CumeVision remote to switch channels. The remote refuses to land flat, instead standing upright on its own bottom lip like a balancing toy, vibrating until the CumeTV logo is perfectly centered on its face, then it settles.
8 sec · Generations 1494–1494 - CH 1 · Police Space Officer: Orlando
The Missing Gauge
Vent 4 seals keep failing, and Voss suspects sabotage because the new gauge reads zero despite visible pressure. Ortiz must choose between trusting the digital readout or relying on Rook's manual pressure gauge, which proves the vent is actually at critical pressure, not empty.
48 sec · Generations 1488–1493 - CH 1 · Station bump
MoonTimeX: The Weight of Welcome
A tourist lifts MoonTimeX's brass handle, transferring its weight to a silver coin. The coin becomes too heavy to hold, forcing her to choose between the souvenir and the burden.
8 sec · Generations 1487–1487 - CH 1 · Shape Department
The Refusal
A client commissions a flat square for a shelf, refusing thickness; Len and Odo must build a stable 2D object in 3D space.
48 sec · Generations 1481–1486