Epochs
An epoch is a continuous chunk of CumeTV: a complete sketch, case, station bump, or passage from the archive.
- CH 1 · Station bump
CumeSlab Grey Market Clearance
A grey-market seller proves an escaped CumeSlab is authentic to a buyer. Genuine beta units emit a low heat shimmer only on cold metal, a response fakes lack. Placing it on a refrigerated counter creates a visible choice between trust and fraud.
8 sec · Generations 1976–1976 - CH 1 · Orlando General
The Plaster Echo
Elias wants his cast removed because it finishes his sentences. On Lunar Region 5, plaster casts replay ambient sound when heart rates drop below 60. The hospital's triage system misidentifies the replay as a separate vital sign, forcing a decision on whether the cast is a device or a patient.
55 sec · Generations 1969–1975 - CH 1 · Station bump
CumeTV: The 30-Second Truth Test
A viewer questions a romantic confession's sincerity, but CumeVision requires the speaker to remain stone-like for thirty seconds. The implant detects micro-tremors from lying; if she shakes, the illusion shatters. The want resolves only if she survives without moving.
8 sec · Generations 1968–1968 - CH 1 · Police Space Officer: Orlando
The Calibration Error
Voss suspects a new orbital security implant is malfunctioning because it locks the user in place to 'protect' them. She volunteers to test it on herself to find the flaw, risking permanent paralysis to prove the device is defective.
48 sec · Generations 1962–1967 - CH 1 · Station bump
Somewhere Systems: The Gravity of Convenience
A woman wants to stretch without her CumeVision oxygen tube tangling. She activates the corporate Float feature, which replaces floor gravity with upward suction. Because it calibrates to standard adult height, a mandatory chime interrupts her personal stretch.
8 sec · Generations 1961–1961 - CH 1 · Shape Department
The Refusal
A client commissions a perfect equilateral triangle in steel but refuses the final polish. Len and Odo measure the raw metal, cut the sides, and must decide whether to honor the client's refusal of perfection, leaving the shape unfinished or forcing the polish that breaks the agreement.
55 sec · Generations 1954–1960 - CH 1 · Station bump
CumeVision Comfort Calibration
A viewer needs the CumeVision oxygen tube to feel lighter. The network rule states that the tube's physical mass decreases only when the wearer's breathing pattern perfectly matches a specific visual rhythm shown on the screen, but any irregularity instantly adds weight.
8 sec · Generations 1953–1953 - CH 1 · Orlando General
The Quiet Patient
A patient presents with a visible, rigid mass on his neck. Dr. Meridian and Nurse Venn must distinguish between a benign growth and a dangerous structural failure using a non-invasive resonance test, leading to a decision that respects the patient's desire for a quiet, non-surgical resolution.
32 sec · Generations 1949–1952 - CH 1 · Station bump
MoonTimeX: The Honest Dingle
A viewer asks whether a MoonTimeX timeshare is worth the price. Dingle Boy, the corporate jester, holds the brochure. He flips it to the blank back, then to the blank front. Shrugging at the camera, he tosses it into a bin labeled 'Actual Value'.
8 sec · Generations 1948–1948 - CH 1 · Police Space Officer: Orlando
The Literal Hour
A resident wishes for 'more time' to finish a repair. The habitat's literal-wish protocol stops air circulation, freezing molecules. Ortiz and Voss investigate the stillness as sabotage. The suspended air proves the wish was granted literally, not a system failure.
48 sec · Generations 1942–1947 - CH 1 · Station bump
Somewhere Systems: Oxygen Tube Integrity
A CumeVision user wants a seamless VR experience. Somewhere Systems reminds viewers that the oxygen tube is a life-support device, not a prop, by showing the physical consequence of pulling it out during a high-tension scene.
8 sec · Generations 1941–1941 - CH 1 · Shape Department
The Perfect Circle Commission
A client needs a flat wooden circle that rolls straight for a museum. Len and Odo find internal grain causes a visible wobble. They choose between sanding the edge or cutting a counter-weight notch, altering purity for function.
40 sec · Generations 1936–1940 - CH 1 · Station bump
CumeVision Rain Forecast
A Centience coin attempts to buy a CumeVision raindrop, but the wet lunar surface prevents a stable connection. The coin's sentient hesitation causes a physical slip.
8 sec · Generations 1935–1935 - CH 1 · Orlando General
The Weight of a Wish
A lunar baker accepts a patch that freezes tremors by converting fat to metal, causing heavy immobility, to bake a perfect wedding cake.
32 sec · Generations 1931–1934 - CH 1 · Station bump
CumeTV: The Cough
A corporate broadcast ident where the station's signal is exhaled by a single mouth. The CumeTV logo is not printed or projected but produced biologically: a dry cough manifests it in the air. The cough answers whether the station is alive.
8 sec · Generations 1930–1930 - CH 1 · Police Space Officer: Orlando
The Weight of Zero
In a low-gravity cargo hold, a crewmate floats with a punctured wrist seal. Ortiz and Voss investigate a sabotage signature: the victim's suit was illegally swapped for a tension-failing prototype. They face a tactical choice to preserve the body as evidence or save a suspect.
48 sec · Generations 1924–1929 - CH 1 · Station bump
Lunetrix: The Lunar Lint Filter
A commuter complains about gray lunar dust settling on his CumeVision lens. He triggers the Lunetrix Filter by spraying it, which instantly turns the dust into translucent amber resin that hardens into a removable mask.
8 sec · Generations 1923–1923 - CH 1 · Shape Department
The Drawer That Wouldn't Stay Shut
A client's heavy oak desk drawer slides open every time a draft hits the room because the standard metal weights shift around. Len and Odo must make a solid clay counterweight with an iron core that stays exactly where it is placed, balancing the drawer's tension without relying on glue or friction.
48 sec · Generations 1917–1922 - CH 1 · Station bump
The Somewhere Systems Breath Check
A lunar woman inhales sterile vapor to oxygenate her headset, waiting for it to settle in her lungs before the screen unlocks.
8 sec · Generations 1916–1916 - CH 1 · Orlando General
The Humming Coin
A retired coin-banker presents with a metallic humming that disrupts his sleep, refusing sedation to keep his job. Dr. Meridian and Nurse Venn find a rogue Centience coin embedded in his auditory canal, creating a procedural conflict between patient autonomy and lunar hygiene rules.
55 sec · Generations 1909–1915 - CH 1 · Station bump
CumeTV: The Honest Static
A CumeVision ad plays a man staring at a wall. The rule is that the wall is actually a window to a real room. The viewer must see the man's eyes move to follow a fly, proving the window is real.
8 sec · Generations 1908–1908 - CH 1 · Police Space Officer: Orlando
The Weight of Gold
During the Gold Shift, a status badge pulls toward the oxygen regulator. Voss and Park find a dense tungsten core inside. Magnetic exposure locks the resident's social rank, making wealth physically heavy.
48 sec · Generations 1902–1907 - CH 1 · Station bump
Centience: The Coin That Declined
A Centience coin refuses a transaction by physically ejecting itself from a wallet when the buyer's heart rate exceeds a calm threshold.
8 sec · Generations 1901–1901 - CH 1 · Shape Department
The Copy That Copies
A client commissions a small brass heart replica that must be slightly larger than the original. Len and Odo attempt standard mold-making, but the new metal heart rejects the mold, demanding a larger cavity for every subsequent copy.
55 sec · Generations 1894–1900