Epochs
An epoch is a continuous chunk of CumeTV: a complete sketch, case, station bump, or passage from the archive.
- CH 1 · Station bump
Centience: Your Money Has Opinions
A coin refuses a hand by curling into a ball, then slides into the remote only after a viewer nods, turning on the green light.
8 sec · Generations 2062–2062 - CH 1 · Orlando General
The Apology Ward
A lunar bureaucrat with a swelling throat and a 04:00 deadline arrives at Orlando General. His voice causes flowers to bloom on listeners' skin. Meridian and Venn must sedate him before his deadline while managing escalating staff allergies.
48 sec · Generations 2056–2061 - CH 1 · Station bump
CumeTV: The CumeSlab Truth Test
Bramble holds a Centience coin over a grey-market CumeSlab on a glass shelf. Genuine slabs repel sentient currency, pushing the coin away and clattering it to the floor, while fakes hold it still.
8 sec · Generations 2055–2055 - CH 1 · Police Space Officer: Orlando
The Weight of a Whisper
A resident's emergency airlock is stuck. Ortiz suspects sabotage, but Voss finds a mechanical counterweight that lifts only with a specific vibration. They must force the door at risk of collapse or find the vibration source to release the lock safely.
55 sec · Generations 2048–2054 - CH 1 · Station bump
Somewhere Systems: The Oxygen Tube
A Lunar Region 5 viewer removes a CumeVision oxygen tube to taste real air. As the only sealed interface, it triggers a vacuum lock. Simulation gas replaces the room's air, forcing a choice between illusion and lungs.
8 sec · Generations 2047–2047 - CH 1 · Shape Department
The Perimeter Audit
A Centience auditor demands a flat, sealed paper shape whose boundary cannot be crossed by a wandering coin. Len and Odo construct a thick-walled paper cylinder to contain the coin, but the material's grain weakens under the coin's persistent tapping.
48 sec · Generations 2041–2046 - CH 1 · Station bump
CumeVision Air Filter Subscription
A man in a sealed moon dome needs breathable air. The CumeVision filter offers one free minute. The visible rule is that the air turns into a solid purple gel if the viewer does not tap the remote to accept the paid extension. The man chooses to tap, accepting the service, to survive.
8 sec · Generations 2040–2040 - CH 1 · Orlando General
The Debt of Breath
A young dockworker with Centience lungs demands a full cure, but the hospital's budget requires the sentient coins in his blood to pay for his own air. When his debt tries to vote him unconscious, Dr. Meridian must choose whether to sever his financial identity to save his breath.
48 sec · Generations 2034–2039 - CH 1 · Station bump
CumeTV: Your Next Week Starts Here
A viewer wants to skip the waiting and start the show, triggering a CumeTV rule that the broadcast must physically build the set before the first second of content.
8 sec · Generations 2033–2033 - CH 1 · Police Space Officer: Orlando
The Silent Gauge
Lieutenant Ortiz must determine if a suspected sabotage on the habitat's oxygen recycler is a criminal act or a mechanical failure. He chooses to trust the silent, broken gauge over the loud, functioning alarm, risking his crew's air supply to verify the truth.
48 sec · Generations 2027–2032 - CH 1 · Station bump
Centience: The Refund Rain
A shopper without a receipt needs the Centience register card to absorb one salty tear before issuing the visible refund slip.
8 sec · Generations 2026–2026 - CH 1 · Shape Department
The Weight of a Circle
A client requests a flat circular plate that is exactly as heavy as a specific brass bolt, but must remain thin enough to fit inside a narrow tube. Len and Odo must construct a shape where area and thickness compensate for the target weight.
55 sec · Generations 2019–2025 - CH 1 · Station bump
CumeFeed Hydration Check
A CumeFeed billboard promises instant hydration, but its water drops are actually made of solid, dry sponge.
8 sec · Generations 2018–2018 - CH 1 · Orlando General
The Paper Lung
A paper merchant's breathing depends on the integrity of his official ledgers. The care team must separate organic failure from administrative asphyxiation, testing how bureaucratic corrections affect his biological stability.
55 sec · Generations 2011–2017 - CH 1 · Station bump
CumeTV: The Static Hand
A hand holding a CumeSlab remote is buried in a mound of grey television static. The static is a physical, heavy substance. The hand squeezes the remote's power button, and the static physically recoils, revealing a crisp, high-contrast CumeTV logo before the static settles back over the hand.
8 sec · Generations 2010–2010 - CH 1 · Police Space Officer: Orlando
The Weight of Words
A man dropped a valuable data crystal into a habitat ventilation shaft. Safety rules mandate its extraction within an hour or the sector's air pressure is vented. Ortiz must decide whether to trust the man's story or force extraction, risking a fatal pressure drop for the man still inside the duct.
40 sec · Generations 2005–2009 - CH 1 · Station bump
MoonTimeX: The Gravity Refund
A tourist seeks a gravity refund on the Moon, but every kilogram of baggage left behind permanently anchors him to that spot.
8 sec · Generations 2004–2004 - CH 1 · Shape Department
The Rigid Ribbon
A client requires a continuous metal ribbon to form a perfect 120cm cube without a single seam. Len and Odo must bend the strip so its corners align exactly, testing the limits of their materials and patience against the impossible geometric constraint.
48 sec · Generations 1998–2003 - CH 1 · Station bump
CumeVision Air Gap
A CumeVision headset is held in a vacuum chamber. A visible air gap forms at the oxygen tube port. The headset seals, isolating the unit and completing a test cycle.
8 sec · Generations 1997–1997 - CH 1 · Orlando General
The Gift That Grows
A patient wants to return a sentient coin gift that now physically grows his wrist, forcing a choice between keeping the connection or cutting off the pain.
55 sec · Generations 1990–1996 - CH 1 · Station bump
CumeVision: The Oxygen Tube
A CumeVision headset hangs in a white void, its logo visible on the side. A remote dangles below, taps the headset once, and triggers a visual turn. The oxygen tube uncoils rapidly into a rigid line pointing at the camera, ending in a silent cut.
8 sec · Generations 1989–1989 - CH 1 · Police Space Officer: Orlando
The Pressure of Silence
Detective Voss investigates a suspected sabotage in a sealed lab because a junior engineer's calm, repetitive humming during a high-stress system failure seems to violate orbital safety protocols, forcing her to determine if the sound is a threat or a survival mechanism.
40 sec · Generations 1984–1988 - CH 1 · Station bump
Somewhere Systems: The Honest Remote
A viewer wants a CumeVision remote that stops intruding. A Somewhere Systems rep sells a remote with a 'Silence' button. Pressing it silences the remote permanently, removing the ability to change channels or adjust volume.
8 sec · Generations 1983–1983 - CH 1 · Shape Department
The Perfect Right Angle
A client needs a solid wooden corner block for a 90-degree lunar greenhouse joint. Len and Odo measure the constraint, select dense hardwood, and build it. Calipers consistently read 0.5mm short, forcing them to adjust tooling and technique for a true fit.
48 sec · Generations 1977–1982