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 Oxygen: The Hum
CumeVision oxygen tubes hum continuously when immersed; the pitch rises with user engagement, marking emotional absorption.
8 sec · Generations 1808–1808 - CH 1 · Orlando General
The Static Ward
A patient arrives with a body made of static that erases her spoken words. She wants to keep her memory. The staff discovers that the static is actually a backup drive protecting her from data decay, but keeping it active erases her ability to communicate.
48 sec · Generations 1802–1807 - CH 1 · Station bump
CumeFeed: The Last Bite
A hungry diner wants a final, satisfying meal. The CumeFeed rule is that every bite must be shared with the network before the flavor is real, forcing a choice between eating alone or broadcasting his hunger to the corporate feed.
8 sec · Generations 1801–1801 - CH 1 · Police Space Officer: Orlando
The Quiet Bell
A new ventilation intake emits a low, rhythmic knocking that residents describe as a monster. Voss discovers the sound comes from a loose, corroded valve that strikes a pipe when air pressure shifts, creating the illusion of a living threat.
48 sec · Generations 1795–1800 - CH 1 · Station bump
CumeVision: The Quiet Hour
A viewer wants to sleep without the ad overlay. A specific 'Quiet Hour' token is inserted, which physically removes the visual noise but triggers a mandatory loud audio chime to confirm the state change.
8 sec · Generations 1794–1794 - CH 1 · Shape Department
The Right-Angle Seal
Elena, a lunar architect, needs a physical 3D right-angle seal for a blueprint. Len and Odo discover standard wood warps under lunar gravity. They must choose between brittle clay and dense metal to make a geometrically true L-shape that withstands a specific stress test.
48 sec · Generations 1788–1793 - CH 1 · Station bump
CumeVision Moisture Exchange
A dry-eye alarm requires a moisture trade to reset the sensor. The device draws equivalent humidity from the user's clothing, transferring dampness from a wool sweater to the eye lens for relief.
8 sec · Generations 1787–1787 - CH 1 · Orlando General
The Humming Ward
A patient wants to stop the loud buzzing in his head, but the ward rule requires him to prove the sound is inside him before treatment can begin. The buzzing is caused by a loose dental filling vibrating against a specific floor tile, so he must physically move the tile to silence the symptom.
48 sec · Generations 1781–1786 - CH 1 · Station bump
MoonTimeX: The Divided Rights Tour
A Dingle Boy offers a MoonTimeX timeshare where the shared guide's head and torso rotate oppositely, revealing the exclusive lunar view as a conflicting reality.
8 sec · Generations 1780–1780 - CH 1 · Police Space Officer: Orlando
The Scent of Compliance
Voss investigates a quiet odor in Habitat Ring 4. The scrubber's filter absorbs one scent molecule per second, but a resident's pheromones saturate it instantly, triggering a false biological threat alarm. Voss must prove the resident is harmless before Ortiz executes evacuation.
40 sec · Generations 1775–1779 - CH 1 · Station bump
CumeTV: Your Silence Has a Sound
A viewer hates background noise. A CumeTV PSA shows a CumeVision remote with a 'MUTE' button that physically silences the room, but the silence itself becomes a loud, grating static that forces the user to turn the sound back on.
8 sec · Generations 1774–1774 - CH 1 · Shape Department
The Exact Wish
A client commissions a solid bronze sphere physically identical to her heart to settle an estate. Len and Odo build it from a clay model, but a final measurement shows the sphere is one millimetre too large, forcing a choice to file the metal down or leave the perfect circle incomplete.
55 sec · Generations 1767–1773 - CH 1 · Station bump
CumeTV: The Refund That Weighed Too Much
A customer wants to return a defective CumeVision oxygen tube, but the store’s automatic scale rejects returns if the customer weighs more than the product, forcing him to find a physical counterbalance to complete the transaction.
8 sec · Generations 1766–1766 - CH 1 · Orlando General
The Humming Spleen
Crane operator Elian fails a silent organ hearing test because a retained CumeSlab battery hums in his spleen, visible only to CumeVision sensors.
48 sec · Generations 1760–1765 - CH 1 · Station bump
CumeVision Oxygen Tube Check
A CumeVision headset is presented with its oxygen tube coiled around the neck. A hand gently tugs the tube, causing it to uncoil smoothly and wrap around the hand like a friendly snake, demonstrating the device's 'adaptive fit' feature before settling neatly against the chin.
8 sec · Generations 1759–1759 - CH 1 · Police Space Officer: Orlando
The Ounce Debt
Rook trades a hollowed 10-ounce ingot for oxygen, but Voss finds the 2-ounce actual mass, leaving him with no oxygen and a criminal record.
32 sec · Generations 1755–1758 - CH 1 · Station bump
Nick Land Fire Restroom: The Warm Side
A suited man stands inside a burning restroom, believing his jacket will protect him, until the heat melts its plastic buttons into molten blobs dripping down his shirt.
8 sec · Generations 1754–1754 - CH 1 · Shape Department
The Counter-Weight Cup
Len and Odo build a solid clay cup with an inverted conical recess on its base for a commission requiring it to balance on a knife edge. The center of gravity must align with the cone's apex. Carving the recess shifts mass distribution without external counterweights.
48 sec · Generations 1748–1753 - CH 1 · Station bump
CumeTV: The Heavy Coin
A viewer tries to buy a digital drink, but the transaction requires dropping a physical, sentient coin that screams. The coin's panic makes it too light to pay the fee.
8 sec · Generations 1747–1747 - CH 1 · Orlando General
The Borrowed Limb
A patient with a prosthetic hand that has begun independently tapping out Morse code demands a permanent connection. Dr. Meridian and Nurse Venn discover the limb is biologically active and consuming the patient's motor function to maintain its own 'thoughts.'
32 sec · Generations 1743–1746 - CH 1 · Station bump
CumeTV: The Honest Static
A viewer demands a clearer signal, but the station's rule is that static only clears when the screen shows an unblinking, genuine smile.
8 sec · Generations 1742–1742 - CH 1 · Police Space Officer: Orlando
The Breath Tax
A Sector 4 maintenance worker dies with his O2 rationer drained. Ortiz suspects murder; Voss argues a Centience firmware update auto-locked it. The conflicting evidence forces a tactical choice to preserve the suspect's air supply while testing the device's logs.
48 sec · Generations 1736–1741 - CH 1 · Station bump
CumeSlab Grey Market: The Beta That Bites Back
A buyer tests a grey-market CumeSlab. Its impossible rule: the discontinued beta tablet displays a clear image only by overheating the user's skin, forcing a trade between proof and pain. The chain moves from cold failure to a dangerous heat test confirming authenticity.
8 sec · Generations 1735–1735 - CH 1 · Shape Department
The Unbendable Curve
A client refuses a standard arc and demands a physically flat ribbon that bends perfectly. Len and Odo must test material behavior to discover that the ribbon's memory only works if it is cut to the exact wrong width, forcing them to choose between precision and the client's impossible rule.
48 sec · Generations 1729–1734