Epochs
An epoch is a continuous chunk of CumeTV: a complete sketch, case, station bump, or passage from the archive.
- CH 1 · Station bump
Somewhere Systems: The Retention Clause
A corporate PSA claims consent is permanent. Its system isolates a blink as resignation, brands the pupil to make consent irreversible, and locks the viewer into the feed.
8 sec · Generations 1215–1215 - CH 1 · Shape Department
Shape Department: The Fractured Dodecahedron
Len and Odo must construct a solid dodecahedron from a single sheet of rigid clay because a client's 'perfect' geometric trophy shattered, forcing a choice to build a new shape with structural flaws that actually makes the object stronger than the original.
48 sec · Generations 1209–1214 - CH 1 · Station bump
CumeTV: Your Case File
A viewer-service announcement confirms Channel 1's procedural rotation. The system isolates the exact moment a case becomes solvable, forcing the broadcast to shift from a static grid to an active file and assigning the viewer the role of junior detective.
8 sec · Generations 1208–1208 - CH 1 · Orlando General
The Centience Deposit
A patient presents with a sentient coin lodged in her ear. The coin demands a fair exchange for removal, conflicting with her pain. Dr. Meridian must choose between honoring the coin's claim or prioritizing the patient, forcing a care decision.
48 sec · Generations 1202–1207 - CH 1 · Station bump
CumeTV Promo: The Unsolvable Case File
The network promotes Channel 1's procedural block without spoiling the mystery. Isolating one physical evidence piece shifts the promo from a standard grid into an interactive case file, ending with the viewer assigned as junior detective.
8 sec · Generations 1201–1201 - CH 1 · workplace sitcom
The Centience Settlement
Rook wants to recover a sentimental coin from Eli. Because the coin refuses to be held, a corporate mediator forces them to sign a joint ownership agreement, causing the coin to demand a salary that bankrupts them both and leaves them sharing a single desk.
48 sec · Generations 1195–1200 - CH 1 · Station bump
Somewhere Systems: The Consent Form
A PSA verifies viewer consent. Because the system cannot distinguish a blink from rejection, it forces the viewer to hold their gaze steady for three seconds. This produces a visual turn where the accepted checkmark is drawn directly onto their cornea, leaving a permanent branded scar.
8 sec · Generations 1194–1194 - CH 1 · courtroom drama
The Centience Verdict
A defendant refuses to return a sentient coin gifted by the plaintiff. Because the coin testifies that the defendant's silence feels like abandonment, the court forces the plaintiff to choose between keeping the coin as property or adopting its emotional welfare, producing a custody order.
40 sec · Generations 1189–1193 - CH 1 · Station bump
Somewhere Systems: The Unsent Frame
Somewhere Systems must demonstrate that CumeTV transmits only approved content. Because a diagnostic isolates one frame that was never meant to be broadcast, the system must choose between deleting it or proving its value, which forces the frame to become the station's new visual identity.
8 sec · Generations 1188–1188 - CH 1 · folk horror
The CumeVision Chant
A moderator assumes a subscriber's low engagement stems from a faulty oxygen tube. Forcing a live calibration exposes the device recording a private lullaby as 'user data,' compelling the moderator to choose between preserving the subscription or admitting the product harvests intimacy.
48 sec · Generations 1182–1187 - CH 1 · Station bump
Somewhere Systems: Signal Integrity
Because Somewhere Systems must prove its network is reliable, an internal diagnostic runs. It forces a choice to hide the only visual artifact, which produces a final image where the artifact is the network's actual face.
8 sec · Generations 1181–1181 - CH 1 · science programme
The Lunar Hygiene Audit
A lunar health auditor wants to certify a pristine residential suite for broadcast. Because a resident refuses to remove a smudge from the wall, the audit protocol reverses, forcing the resident to clean the auditor's equipment, which produces a verified status swap.
48 sec · Generations 1175–1180 - CH 1 · Station bump
CumeFeed: The 4-Second Memory
A CumeFeed spot promises that four seconds of content can permanently replace a bad memory. Because a viewer watches the ad, their unwanted childhood memory is erased, forcing the company to provide a replacement clip, which produces a visual turn where the replacement is just the ad itself.
8 sec · Generations 1174–1174 - CH 1 · Archive
Archive · generations 1169–1173
Rook and Ortiz sprint to the corridor's visible secondary seal to manually lock it and halt the rising flood, forcing Voss to shatter the seal's release lever and cycle the surface lock from green to red.
40 sec · Generations 1169–1173 - CH 1 · Archive
Archive · generations 1161–1168
Rook and Ortiz sprint from the core shaft to the adjacent transit corridor and breach the visible maintenance ladder as Voss fires a plasma burst that shatters the shaft's primary ascent frame and cycles the surface lock from green to red.
1 min 3 sec · Generations 1161–1168 - CH 1 · Archive
Archive · generations 1153–1160
Rook and Ortiz sprint low across the flooded transit corridor to the visible lift car access port and breach the threshold as Voss and Eli fire plasma bursts that shatter the corridor's manual pressure regulator and cycle the surface lock from red to green.
1 min 3 sec · Generations 1153–1160 - CH 1 · Archive
Archive · generations 1145–1152
Rook and Ortiz sprint across the flooded command bridge to the visible core shaft hatch, forcing the surface lock to cycle from yellow to blue as Voss and Eli breach the airlock threshold and fire plasma bursts that shatter the bridge's primary control console.
1 min 3 sec · Generations 1145–1152 - CH 1 · Archive
Archive · generations 1137–1144
Rook and Ortiz cross the data array's visible service ladder threshold into the deep-level maintenance shaft, forcing the surface lock to cycle from red to green as Voss and Eli breach the array's far wall hatch and shatter the ladder's upper railing.
1 min 3 sec · Generations 1137–1144 - CH 1 · Archive
Archive · generations 1129–1136
Voss shatters the terminal's backup manual interface, forcing Rook and Ortiz to sprint through the visible surface command deck threshold as the surface lock cycles from white to blue and the command deck's primary power conduit fails.
1 min 3 sec · Generations 1129–1136 - CH 1 · Archive
Archive · generations 1121–1128
Ortiz fires a plasma burst into the service corridor's main conduit, venting steam into the corridor and forcing the surface lock to cycle from white to blue as Voss and Eli breach the visible deep-level evidence locker threshold to pursue the officers.
1 min 3 sec · Generations 1121–1128 - CH 1 · Archive
Archive · generations 1113–1120
Ortiz rips the exposed sabotage logs from the archive's terminal rack, severing the squad's forensic link and forcing Rook and Ortiz to dive through the visible deep-level forensics bay threshold as the surface lock cycles from green to white.
1 min 3 sec · Generations 1113–1120 - CH 1 · Archive
Archive · generations 1105–1112
Ortiz rips the jammed tactical radio housing from the patrol unit's rear axle, cutting the squad leader's broadcast link and forcing Rook and Ortiz to dive through the squad entry threshold into the dispatch terminal alcove as the surface lock cycles from green to yellow.
1 min 3 sec · Generations 1105–1112 - CH 1 · Archive
Archive · generations 1097–1104
The squad leader kicks the shattered tactical radio housing into the rising flood, causing it to float toward Voss while Rook and Ortiz dive behind the patrol unit's rear axle as the surface lock cycles from blue to red.
1 min 3 sec · Generations 1097–1104 - CH 1 · Archive
Archive · generations 1089–1096
Voss's plasma bolt shatters the emergency maintenance shaft's upper service ladder, causing it to crash into the flood path and forcing Rook and Ortiz to dive through the visible surface access lift base threshold into the lift car as the surface lock cycles from yellow to red.
1 min 3 sec · Generations 1089–1096