Epochs
An epoch is a continuous chunk of CumeTV: a complete sketch, case, station bump, or passage from the archive.
- CH 1 · Station bump
CumeTV: The CumeSlab Battery Drain
A technician needs to verify if a grey market CumeSlab is safe to power, but the device drains the battery of any object placed on it within three seconds.
8 sec · Generations 1644–1644 - CH 1 · Orlando General
The Tactile Threshold
A 'Static Syndrome' patient claims he feels no touch, yet his band records friction marks. Hospital rules require a tactile threshold test; a reaction deems him 'dynamic,' forcing surgical debonding he refuses.
40 sec · Generations 1639–1643 - CH 1 · Station bump
MoonTimeX: The Honest Meter
A MoonTimeX tourist wants proof his lunar timeshare unit is actually in the Deluxe tier. The meter physically expands the visible horizon as the tier is verified.
8 sec · Generations 1638–1638 - CH 1 · Police Space Officer: Orlando
The Pressure Test
Ortiz hunts a missing oxygen recycler in a sealed crew bay. Voss blames a valve failure, but Eli finds a manual release mark. Rook opened the valve to save a trapped robot, sacrificing the crew's air to prove its loyalty.
40 sec · Generations 1633–1637 - CH 1 · Station bump
CumeVision Oxygen Tube Recall
The technician live-tests the CumeVision safety valve, proving it seals the oxygen tube when breathing exceeds the limit and physically blocks airflow.
8 sec · Generations 1632–1632 - CH 1 · Shape Department
The Hollow Crown
A client requests a rigid, hollow crown that must clear a solid concrete sphere without touching it. Len and Odo construct a flared aluminum cone, using the sphere's weight as the final test for structural integrity and precise geometric clearance.
40 sec · Generations 1627–1631 - CH 1 · Station bump
CumeVision: The Oxygen Tube
A viewer wants to stop the ad, but the device's safety rule requires him to keep his head inside the tube; his attempt to cheat the sensor makes the ad louder and turns him into the commercial's product.
8 sec · Generations 1626–1626 - CH 1 · Orlando General
The Honest Wish
Orlando General's 'Literal Wish' protocol stops a patient's nightmares by permanently removing her REM sleep.
48 sec · Generations 1620–1625 - CH 1 · Station bump
CumeFeed: The Sneeze Subscription
A viewer wants to finish a CumeFeed binge without interruption, but the subscription rule mandates a mandatory sneeze for every new episode load, causing the viewer to hold their breath until their face turns bright red.
8 sec · Generations 1619–1619 - CH 1 · Police Space Officer: Orlando
The Quiet Valve
A quiet maintenance worker wants to sleep in her cabin, but a new 'helpful' air-quality patch forces a manual override of her pressure valve every time she falls asleep, leaking the cabin's atmosphere into the corridor and endangering the adjacent medical bay.
48 sec · Generations 1613–1618 - CH 1 · Station bump
Somewhere Systems: The Unseen Warranty
A customer demands a refund for a scratched CumeVision lens. The Somewhere Systems policy states that any physical damage to the hardware voids the warranty, but the warranty itself is a sentient entity that refuses to accept its own obsolescence.
8 sec · Generations 1612–1612 - CH 1 · Shape Department
The 24 Millimeter Truth
A client needs a perfectly round brass bushing that fits exactly into a 24mm hole without any play. The workshop uses a precision air gauge and a live stability test to verify that the geometry is mathematically static and physically stable.
48 sec · Generations 1606–1611 - CH 1 · Station bump
The CumeVision Oxygen Test
A CumeVision headset's oxygen tube inflates a balloon only when the test subject laughs; the operator must pop the inflated balloon to reset the equipment.
8 sec · Generations 1605–1605 - CH 1 · Orlando General
The Dimple Protocol
A father's geometric skin pattern spreads rapidly. He refuses removal, believing the shape is a sentient part of himself. The rule: his emotional attachment physically stabilizes it, so standard removal triggers catastrophic regrowth.
48 sec · Generations 1599–1604 - CH 1 · Station bump
CumeTV: Signal Check
A technician proves a CumeVision feed is live before a bump by performing an unrepeatable action, bypassing the anti-piracy static lock.
8 sec · Generations 1598–1598 - CH 1 · Police Space Officer: Orlando
The Weight of the Gift
An organizer gifts Ortiz a sealed tin of lunar mint coins, claiming their magnetic weight can buy back his habitat share. Ortiz suspects contraband, starting an investigation of the object's mass and origin.
40 sec · Generations 1593–1597 - CH 1 · Station bump
CumeSlab Dental Paste
A commuter on a lunar transit tube wants to fix a chipped tooth before a video interview. The sponsored CumeSlab paste only hardens if the user holds their breath while the tube’s oxygen sensor detects a drop in ambient moisture, turning a dental repair into a synchronized breathing exercise.
8 sec · Generations 1592–1592 - CH 1 · Shape Department
The Exact Sneeze
Len and Odo build a birch and brass funnel to map a client's sneeze cone, adjusting the geometry for his nervousness.
55 sec · Generations 1585–1591 - CH 1 · Station bump
Somewhere Systems: The Calorie Chime
Cummer finds a foil-wrapped bar claimed to be 'audit-immune' only if crumpled in one continuous motion to register as a 'caloric ghost'.
8 sec · Generations 1584–1584 - CH 1 · Orlando General
The Centience Audit
A wealthy lunar tourist wants his sentient wallet's 'divine' status medically certified to avoid a tax seizure. Dr. Meridian must determine if his convulsions are organic illness or a coin-driven neurological rebellion.
32 sec · Generations 1580–1583 - CH 1 · Station bump
CumeTV: The Sigh
A corporate sigh is captured by a CumeVision remote, held in a glass case, and released to satisfy the viewer's need for a perfect, unbothered exhale.
8 sec · Generations 1579–1579 - CH 1 · Police Space Officer: Orlando
The Perfect Forgery
In a station where pressure suits are 3D-printed and legally registered, a suspect claims his suit was stolen. Ortiz must determine if the physical wear on the suit matches its digital history or if the owner has been living a second, unregistered life.
48 sec · Generations 1573–1578 - CH 1 · Station bump
MoonTimeX: The Weight of View
A woman wants a quiet lunar balcony for her timeshare. MoonTimeX allows her to buy a 'view', but the mechanism is that the balcony physically shrinks one inch for every second she gazes at the Earth, forcing her to choose between the sight and the space.
8 sec · Generations 1572–1572 - CH 1 · Shape Department
The Exact Negative
A client commissions a solid bronze negative of her own hand to hold the shape of her grip after surgery. Len and Odo measure the hand, build a plaster cast, and attempt to pour bronze into the void, but the metal shrinks as it cools, leaving a hollow gap where the fingers should be.
40 sec · Generations 1567–1571