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: The Remote's Cold Shoulder
A viewer needs to exit a simulation. The remote's sensor rejects a warm hand as 'thermal contamination.' The only way to transmit a valid exit command is to lower the remote's temperature below the sensor's threshold.
8 sec · Generations 2142–2142 - CH 1 · Orlando General
The Cartography of Thirst
A dehydrated dockworker demands specific moon-spring water. Dr. Meridian notes his skin is raising ridges that map the water's mineral density. His body physically archives its hydration source. He must choose between immediate thirst relief and losing the permanent physical record of his origin.
48 sec · Generations 2136–2141 - CH 1 · Station bump
CumeTV: The Shape Department Special
A viewer wants a clear preview of the next Shape Department episode. Because CumeTV’s promotional law states that every preview must physically demonstrate the episode’s core rule, a practical clay shape forms, turning the ad into a miniature, tangible lesson in the show’s material logic.
8 sec · Generations 2135–2135 - CH 1 · Police Space Officer: Orlando
The Refusal
In 2189, a crewmate refuses to open a sealed cargo hatch because the biometric scanner flags a 'contaminant' inside. Ortiz and Voss discover the scanner is being fed false data by a hidden sensor. The refusal protects the crew from a silent structural breach that the automation is trying to mask.
48 sec · Generations 2129–2134 - CH 1 · Station bump
CumeVision: The Oxygen Debt
A commuter skips a mandatory ad on CumeVision, converting each skipped second into breathable oxygen debt. She must watch a specific absurd ad or physically suffocate to settle it.
8 sec · Generations 2128–2128 - CH 1 · Shape Department
The Flat Door
A client commissions a flat door that fits a perfectly round hole. Len and Odo measure the hole, cut a circular plywood door, and install it. Because the client wants a door that looks like a door but fits a round hole, they must create a flat object that is simultaneously a rectangle and a circle.
40 sec · Generations 2123–2127 - CH 1 · Station bump
CumeFeed: The Last Cookie
A viewer tries to accept the network's mandatory final cookie, but the consent button only depresses if the user first deletes their entire watch history.
8 sec · Generations 2122–2122 - CH 1 · Orlando General
The Centience Clause
Dr. Meridian must quarantine a tourist's sentient support coin as a biohazard, forcing a choice between the patient's stability and hospital rules as the coin reacts to stress.
48 sec · Generations 2116–2121 - CH 1 · Station bump
CumeVision Oxygen Tube: The Sniff Test
A viewer asks if their CumeVision oxygen tube is safe. The promo shows it stays flexible only while the user watches; looking away instantly hardens it into a rigid translucent rod, preventing accidental strangling.
8 sec · Generations 2115–2115 - CH 1 · Police Space Officer: Orlando
The Pressure Lock
Ortiz and Voss trace a stolen gravity anchor to a witness whose unregulated suit proves she faked her death and stole it.
40 sec · Generations 2110–2114 - CH 1 · Station bump
Somewhere Systems: Oxygen Tube Safety
A viewer wants to share a CumeVision oxygen tube with a friend, but a corporate rule states the tube can only be used by the person who first exhaled into it. The friend's attempt triggers a visible lockout.
8 sec · Generations 2109–2109 - CH 1 · Shape Department
The Rigid Ring
A client commissions a perfectly flat, unbreakable ring of compressed lunar dust to seal a leaking CumeVision oxygen tube, but the material's absolute rigidity makes it impossible to slide over the tube's curved connector, forcing a physical trade-off between seal integrity and fit.
48 sec · Generations 2103–2108 - CH 1 · Station bump
CumeVision Oxygen Tube Recall
A viewer's CumeVision oxygen tube is recalled for being too effective. A technician swaps the tube, but the replacement makes the viewer breathe the ad instead of air.
8 sec · Generations 2102–2102 - CH 1 · Orlando General
The Literal Wish Ward
A patient wishes to be 'light as a feather.' The ward's literal-wish rule physically reduces his mass to 0.05kg. Because he now floats uncontrollably, the team must stabilize him without violating the rule's permanence clause.
55 sec · Generations 2095–2101 - CH 1 · Station bump
CumeTV: The Moonlight Check
A CumeTV station ident featuring a single physical check made of brushed lunar steel. The check is stamped with a CumeTV logo and the amount '100%'. A gloved hand stamps a second CumeTV logo onto the check, completing a visual circuit.
8 sec · Generations 2094–2094 - CH 1 · Police Space Officer: Orlando
The Humid Seal
A resident's attempt to seal a micro-leak with a specific thermal-expanding compound creates a pressure imbalance that traps him in his own doorframe. Ortiz and Voss must deduce why the 'helpful' seal failed and execute a tactical choice to release him before his oxygen reserves fail.
40 sec · Generations 2089–2093 - CH 1 · Station bump
MoonTimeX: The Dingle Boy Discount
Elara Vance buys a lunar timeshare at a discount equal to Dingle Boy's involuntary laughs at the purchase terms.
8 sec · Generations 2088–2088 - CH 1 · Shape Department
The Paper Fold
A client commissions a paper map of her childhood home. Len and Odo fold a single sheet that snaps flat unless cut for its corners, remembering only the first fold it accepts.
40 sec · Generations 2083–2087 - CH 1 · Station bump
CumeVision: The Remote's Right
A lunar viewer squeezes a sentient remote to pause an ad, permanently biting his sleeve and forcing him to accept its rules.
8 sec · Generations 2082–2082 - CH 1 · Orlando General
The Quiet Room
A retired astronaut with a sentient Centience heart monitor wants to leave the hospital to see his daughter, but his body reacts to the lunar gravity of the ward by shrinking one millimeter every time he expresses a desire.
48 sec · Generations 2076–2081 - CH 1 · Station bump
CumeTV: The Somewhere Systems O2 Check
A CumeVision headset in a Somewhere Systems box only activates its oxygen tube when the logo is removed, revealing a tiny green plant.
8 sec · Generations 2075–2075 - CH 1 · Police Space Officer: Orlando
The Gift of Breath
A rookie technician discovers his mandatory life-support gift has been swapped. To prove his innocence, he must trade his own oxygen reserves to run the forensic test, forcing a choice that determines who survives the airlock purge.
40 sec · Generations 2070–2074 - CH 1 · Station bump
CumeVision Oxygen Tube: The Sneeze Clause
A CumeVision remote is shown with a tiny, sealed oxygen tube. The want is immediate, uninterrupted signal. The rule is that the tube must be squeezed exactly once per sneeze. Because a user sneezes while watching, the remote physically expands, forcing a visible test of the tube's capacity.
8 sec · Generations 2069–2069 - CH 1 · Shape Department
The Exact Shadow
A client requires a wooden block whose shadow matches a specific complex shape. Len and Odo must build the physical object, but the shadow's geometry depends entirely on the light's angle, forcing them to solve a spatial puzzle where the object's form is invisible until tested against the light.
48 sec · Generations 2063–2068