Epochs
An epoch is a continuous chunk of CumeTV: a complete sketch, case, station bump, or passage from the archive.
- CH 0 · cooking demonstration
The Cumin Whisperer
A home cook adds CumeChef spice to bland lentil soup. The cumin seeds whisper the recipe. Hearing her anxiety about the bland taste, they argue with her and shift the flavor to mimic an unpleasant memory of a bad date.
55 sec · Generations 2067–2073 - CH 0 · Station bump
CumeVision: The Warning Label Is The Product
A CumeVision module assembles itself from floating parts, but its final component is a large, printed warning label that reads 'DO NOT WATCH THIS WHILE ALIVE.' The module is fully functional, but the label is the primary visual hook.
8 sec · Generations 2066–2066 - CH 0 · sports coverage
The 0.1 Second Tax
Shaving 0.1 seconds from her lunar park race time physically ages the sprinter's face and hands, a cost she accepts for victory.
32 sec · Generations 2062–2065 - CH 0 · Station bump
MoonTimeX: The Dingle Guarantee
A viewer wants a friction-free lunar timeshare upgrade. The rule is that a Dingle Boy can only process an upgrade if the applicant physically bounces on a rubber moon-duck. The duck's bounce height directly determines the size of the lunar plot they receive.
8 sec · Generations 2061–2061 - CH 0 · romantic comedy
The Metronome Waltz
In a New Orlando cafe, a botanist and clockmaker meet under a Centience rule requiring heartbeat syncs for romance. Their waltz rhythms mismatch, so the coin rejects them, forcing a choice between organic feeling and mechanical compliance.
48 sec · Generations 2055–2060 - CH 0 · Station bump
The Final Click
A CumeVision headset has a physical emergency seal that is triggered by a specific mechanical action, not a biological one. A technician must demonstrate that the seal holds against a pressure test.
8 sec · Generations 2054–2054 - CH 0 · nature documentary
The Weight of a Whisper
A New Orlando scientist finds a translucent moth that lays viable eggs only when hearing a specific human hum; a lighter hum yields a fragile white egg, while a heavier hum yields a dense obsidian egg that hatches into a metal-eating moth.
40 sec · Generations 2049–2053 - CH 0 · Station bump
CumeVision: The Cold View
A CumeVision bumper promotes a new firmware that makes the virtual environment physically cold to the user's skin. The visual turn shows a flat screen surface freezing into a solid, frost-covered pane of glass, emphasizing the tangible temperature drop rather than weight.
8 sec · Generations 2048–2048 - CH 0 · musical
The Copper Wire Host
A jazz variety host performs with absolute confidence until a Somewhere Systems rule causes her to physically shrink whenever she feels insecure. She must sing her private need to maintain her stage size.
55 sec · Generations 2041–2047 - CH 0 · Station bump
CumeTV: The Static Frame
A viewer presses the red 'Save' button on their remote to preserve a fleeting live CumeVision moment. In this universe, saving a 'living' moment turns it physically magnetic and heavy, pulling it out of the screen's plane.
8 sec · Generations 2040–2040 - CH 0 · noir mystery
The Centience Handshake
A New Orlando PI recovers a stolen Centience coin that declared itself a god, where a ritual handshake transfers its divinity and reverses social status. He must choose between completing the ritual to save his client or breaking it to keep his sanity.
48 sec · Generations 2034–2039 - CH 0 · Station bump
CumeVision: The Hum
Elias in a lunar apartment must hold a CumeSlab to his forehead to silence his CumeVision, but moving makes the noise double.
8 sec · Generations 2033–2033 - CH 0 · game show
The Copy That Grew
A contestant wins a trip to Nick Land by perfectly copying the host's movements, triggering a rule where the perfect physical copy grows larger than the original. The host's frustration forces the contestant to choose whether to keep the grown copy or let the original win.
40 sec · Generations 2028–2032 - CH 0 · Station bump
CumeTV: The Lock
A CumeVision headset on a pedestal physically locks its visor shut when a single, specific CumeTV station coin is dropped into its charging port, instantly severing the connection to the physical studio.
8 sec · Generations 2027–2027 - CH 0 · home shopping
The Perfect Fit: A CumeVision Demo
Skeptical buyer tests CumeVision headset that tracks a transparent resin body mold; staying preserves the signal, but breaking free ends the program.
48 sec · Generations 2021–2026 - CH 0 · Station bump
The CumeFeed Efficiency Clause
A tired office worker wants a faster way to manage his physical paperwork. He uses a CumeFeed 'efficiency filter' that claims to optimize space by making non-essential items 'lighter.' He learns that 'lighter' means the objects lose their mass entirely.
8 sec · Generations 2020–2020 - CH 0 · police procedural
The Static Weight
A detective clears a suspect accused of stealing a high-value Centience coin. The passive object has a hidden internal weight. Testing a competing explanation: did the suspect steal it, or did the coin's weight change to match the suspect's hand? Deduction relies on physical evidence, not sentience.
48 sec · Generations 2014–2019 - CH 0 · Station bump
The Stretchy Penny
A CumeTV service spot introduces 'Value Stretch.' A host pinches a centience coin on a counter. Rule: pulling it stretches the coin into a flat strip without losing value. The want is seeing value manifest as tangible, stretchable matter.
8 sec · Generations 2013–2013 - CH 0 · children's educational parody
The Rolling Lesson
A children's host teaches a learner that 'rolling means going around the outside of things.' The learner applies this literally to a ball, believing it must roll around the outside of the room, not just across the floor.
48 sec · Generations 2007–2012 - CH 0 · Station bump
CumeTV: The Heavy Cloud
A grey felt studio cloud hovers silently above a plain white stage. It carries a standard CumeVision remote control. The cloud wants to deliver the remote to a specific point, demonstrating the network's ability to transport small objects through the air.
8 sec · Generations 2006–2006 - CH 0 · corporate training film
The Literal Loop
A CumeVision safety officer teaches a trainee to 'run the loop' on a corrupted file. Taking the phrase literally, the trainee physically circles until the file stabilizes, forcing the officer to run beside him to satisfy the software's hidden ritual requirement.
55 sec · Generations 1999–2005 - CH 0 · Station bump
Somewhere Systems: The Absorbable Receipt
A customer wants to keep a physical receipt, but the Somewhere Systems rule is that all paper dissolves upon contact with the customer's own moisture. The mechanism is a water-soluble ink that reacts to sweat.
8 sec · Generations 1998–1998 - CH 0 · soap opera
The Sync
A couple in New Orlando wants to eliminate arguments by installing a CumeVision 'Sync' module that makes them physically feel each other's emotional distress. The fix works, but it forces one partner to choose between protecting their own peace or enduring the shared pain to keep the bond alive.
40 sec · Generations 1993–1997 - CH 0 · Station bump
CumeMail: The Weight of Your Inbox
A viewer wants to physically offload digital clutter. A CumeMail agent introduces a rule where unread messages gain literal mass. The viewer must choose which notifications to delete to make the bag light enough to carry, revealing that their most neglected, important message is the heaviest.
8 sec · Generations 1992–1992