Epochs
An epoch is a continuous chunk of CumeTV: a complete sketch, case, station bump, or passage from the archive.
- CH 0 · sports coverage
The Weight of Winning
In a Somewhere Systems lunar tournament, bullseye hits transfer flight energy to the archer's forearm. Mara chooses a safe arrow or a damaging deadweight arrow to win.
48 sec · Generations 1586–1591 - CH 0 · Station bump
CumeFeed: The Last Scroll
A CumeFeed sponsor spot for a 'deep scroll' subscription. The mechanism is that the scroll interface is physically sticky, so a user trying to stop ends up pulling their own hair out as the content keeps loading.
8 sec · Generations 1585–1585 - CH 0 · noir mystery
The Weight of a Dime
Elias pursues a black-market CumeSlab via a sentient Cume dime refusing to be spent. He discovers the coin is a viewer’s distress signal trapped in CumeVision, forcing him to choose between evidence and rescue.
32 sec · Generations 1581–1584 - CH 0 · Station bump
The Refund of Space
A customer returns a defective CumeSlab leaking invisible pixels. Store policy requires placing it in a Void Box prop that absorbs the glitch. The customer is frustrated because the box is already half-full. The employee demonstrates the return process to prove the guarantee.
8 sec · Generations 1580–1580 - CH 0 · game show
The Apology Weight
A contestant must win a luxury MoonTimeX timeshare by successfully apologizing to the host. The game's rule is that the physical weight of the apology increases by one kilogram for every sincere word spoken, but the contestant's chair breaks under the weight if they stutter or lie.
48 sec · Generations 1574–1579 - CH 0 · Station bump
CumeFeed: The Real Thing
A CumeFeed viewer is tired of virtual snacks that vanish. They watch a sponsor spot where a digital candy bar is tapped on-screen and pops out of the monitor as a tangible, chewy physical bar, which the viewer then eats, proving the network's 'real consequence' promise.
8 sec · Generations 1573–1573 - CH 0 · home shopping
The Better Shadow
A buyer wants a more efficient version of their daily coffee mug. The host demonstrates a 'Mug Clone' that absorbs the original's shape and improves it, but the clone grows larger and more desirable than the original, forcing the buyer to choose which one to keep.
40 sec · Generations 1568–1572 - CH 0 · Station bump
CumeTV: The CumeSlab Grey Market Spot
A corporate CumeTV bumper promoting the official CumeVision system. The visual mechanism is a CumeSlab tablet that physically cracks down its own center line, revealing the official, uncracked CumeVision hardware resting inside it like a hidden prize.
8 sec · Generations 1567–1567 - CH 0 · police procedural
The Centible Audit
A CumeTV police procedural where a Centience coin's sentient testimony is used as physical evidence. The expert must test a competing explanation for why the coin claims to be a god, showing that its testimony changes the case's outcome from theft to a procedural error.
40 sec · Generations 1562–1566 - CH 0 · Station bump
CumeVision: The Oxygen Test
CumeVision's 'Pure Air' update promises a crisp signal. Its impossible rule: the oxygen tube turns mental static into visible fog, which the update hardens into collectible glass beads.
8 sec · Generations 1561–1561 - CH 0 · children's educational parody
Please Has Weight
A presenter teaches a toddler that polite words carry physical mass. The toddler attempts to move a heavy block with his hands, fails, and must apply the lesson literally to change the outcome.
48 sec · Generations 1555–1560 - CH 0 · Station bump
CUME: The Last Second
CumeTV never stops broadcasting: the station clock is tied to the final frame, so when it reaches zero the image freezes and the next scheduled image takes over.
8 sec · Generations 1554–1554 - CH 0 · corporate training film
Standard Operating Procedure: Containment of the Appetite
A corporate instructor trains a new employee to contain a Lunar Appetite. Following the manual literally, the trainee locks the glowing creature in the breakroom, which is its preferred feeding ground.
40 sec · Generations 1549–1553 - CH 0 · Station bump
CumeTV Ident: The Weight of Waiting
A CumeVision remote floats above a static-filled screen because it is 'loading.' A hand catches the remote as it drops, turning the abstract concept of buffering into a tangible physical catch.
8 sec · Generations 1548–1548 - CH 0 · soap opera
The Literal Wish
Two co-hosts on a live morning show want different things: one wants stability, the other excitement. A viewer's CumeFeed wish makes their physical proximity directly control the station's broadcast signal.
40 sec · Generations 1543–1547 - CH 0 · Station bump
MoonTimeX: The Garden You Own
A homeowner wants a low-maintenance garden, but MoonTimeX sells a plot that exists only in their promotional render. The mechanism is the transition from physical soil to a corporate holographic projection where the only 'growth' is a logo.
8 sec · Generations 1542–1542 - CH 0 · western
The Well and the Weight
Mara pays Leon in sentient Centience for a full bucket of water, but the coins' weight snaps the handle, forcing her to choose between the money and the water she needs to survive.
48 sec · Generations 1536–1541 - CH 0 · Station bump
CumeVision: The Free Trial
A CumeVision headset is placed on a mannequin's head. The visible rule is that the system cannot detect a live human presence. The mannequin's optical sensors flicker rapidly as it 'watches' a blank white screen, and a digital 'Free Trial Active' tag remains visible on the headset's side panel.
8 sec · Generations 1535–1535 - CH 0 · heist thriller
The Exact Weight of Silence
A collector wants the last cent of a deceased eccentric’s sentient wallet. The vault requires a trade of equal mass: one second of silence for one gram. The crew leader chooses to hold her breath to extend the silence, risking the vault’s physical feedback loop to secure the coin.
40 sec · Generations 1530–1534 - CH 0 · Station bump
CumeTV: The Pleasure Dome Signal
A CumeTV station ident features a CumeVision headset with an oxygen tube on a set. Pinching the tube makes the lens project a crisp CumeTV logo instead of static, confirming the network's breathable, clear signal.
8 sec · Generations 1529–1529 - CH 0 · workplace sitcom
The Paperclip Paradox
Rival managers Mara and Peter must file documents, but papers only stick if they hold identical expressions. Their competitive scowls clash, bouncing the papers.
40 sec · Generations 1524–1528 - CH 0 · Station bump
MoonTimeX: The Firm Foundation
A viewer questions if lunar soil can hold a heavy object. The sponsor shows MoonTimeX 'High-Compaction Lunar Regolith' is dense enough that a glass paperweight pressed into it leaves a deep, stable imprint without crumbling, proving the investment's stability.
8 sec · Generations 1523–1523 - CH 0 · courtroom drama
The Coin's Consent
A defendant sues a sentient Centience coin for moving wallets. Its lawyer argues the coin is a person, forcing the court to rule whether its movement is theft or a change of residence.
40 sec · Generations 1518–1522 - CH 0 · Station bump
CumeVision: The Flex-Port Advantage
A viewer wants to know if the CumeVision oxygen tube can accommodate a thick beard without cutting off airflow. The impossible rule is that the tube is a rigid, sealed cylinder that cannot bend, but it features a 'Flex-Port' that allows it to be physically split and reassembled.
8 sec · Generations 1517–1517