Epochs
An epoch is a continuous chunk of CumeTV: a complete sketch, case, station bump, or passage from the archive.
- CH 1 · Station bump
MoonTimeX: The 40% Moon
A tourist wants to feel the luxury of lunar ownership. MoonTimeX sells a physical timeshare key, but the rule is that the key only opens the door if the buyer holds less than 40% of the actual lunar property. The viewer sees the key, the turn, and the result.
8 sec · Generations 2309–2309 - CH 1 · Orlando General
The Centience Tithe
Retired MoonTimeX salesman Barnaby brings an overheated, swollen Centience wallet to Orlando General for a lunar timeshare refund, but the coins refuse spending and demand a grief tax. The team treats their biological fever without breaking their social hierarchy.
32 sec · Generations 2305–2308 - CH 1 · Station bump
CumeVision Oxygen Tube: The Sneeze
A technician tests a CumeVision oxygen tube where sneezing contracts the hose, forcing the device to physically shrink the user's face to maintain the seal.
8 sec · Generations 2304–2304 - CH 1 · Police Space Officer: Orlando
The Mimic Valve
Rook's air compressor fails, leaving his crew in a slow suffocation risk. Ortiz finds a valve that was cut to mimic the original's pressure profile but lacks the internal safety shear. Voss must choose between forcing the mimic to work, which risks a rupture, or admitting the original is lost.
48 sec · Generations 2298–2303 - CH 1 · Station bump
CumeVision: The Oxygen Tube Recall
A viewer wants an unbroken movie. A CumeVision remote displays a mandatory safety patch: the oxygen tube is recalled for vibrating when ignored. Choosing immersion, the viewer keeps it, causing the headset to lock and the tube to pulse visibly against their neck.
8 sec · Generations 2297–2297 - CH 1 · Shape Department
The Weight of a Circle
Len and Odo press red clay into a one-meter circle to seal a leaking MoonTimeX floor drain, but the wet clay won't hold a sharp edge, forcing a choice between an irregular solid shape or a fragile perfect one.
48 sec · Generations 2291–2296 - CH 1 · Station bump
CumeVision: The Ten Second Charge
A CumeVision unit dies mid-stream, showing a specific '10 Second Charge' battery swap. A user inserts a fresh pack, and the screen instantly returns to full brightness, demonstrating the immediate benefit of the proprietary power system without any complex internal machinery.
8 sec · Generations 2290–2290 - CH 1 · Orlando General
The Quiet Refusal
A retired lunar miner wants to keep his synthetic hand attached to a broken coffee mug because it is his late wife's. Dr. Meridian and Nurse Venn must determine if the hand is a medical prosthetic or a Centience coin, deciding whether to amputate the hand or the mug.
55 sec · Generations 2283–2289 - CH 1 · Station bump
MoonTimeX: The Dingle Door Demo
MoonTimeX agent Barnaby demonstrates the Dingle Boy Door to skeptical buyer Mira. It unlocks only for committed clients, but Mira says the absurd phrase anyway to test its honesty.
8 sec · Generations 2282–2282 - CH 1 · Police Space Officer: Orlando
The Quiet Tenant
Ortiz and Voss investigate a structural breach in a habitation ring. The evidence suggests a shape-shifting threat, but the creature is actually a displaced maintenance automaton seeking shelter from a failing heating grid.
48 sec · Generations 2276–2281 - CH 1 · Station bump
CUME FEED: The Pause Button That Bites Back
Viewer presses pause on a sentient CumeFeed ad. It bites the screen, cracking glass and marking his thumb red. He must finish thirty seconds to avoid the penalty.
8 sec · Generations 2275–2275 - CH 1 · Shape Department
The Perfect Hexagon
Len and Odo cut a wooden hexagon for a stone wall hole, but it fails to fit; Odo sees the hole is a curved hexagon, forcing Len to choose between shrinking the piece or accepting the void's true shape.
55 sec · Generations 2268–2274 - CH 1 · Station bump
Centience: The Coin That Paid for Silence
A single Centience coin rests on a glass counter. Its individual desire to stop conflicts with its collective mandate to circulate. When a hand pushes it toward a register, the coin physically shrinks and turns opaque while attempting to purchase its own stillness.
8 sec · Generations 2267–2267 - CH 1 · Orlando General
The Centience Cardiac
A patient’s sentient Centience coin refuses to leave its chest pocket, claiming to be his heart. Dr. Meridian and Nurse Venn must decide whether to perform surgery to remove a biological object or respect the coin’s legal personhood.
40 sec · Generations 2262–2266 - CH 1 · Station bump
CUME 158: The Honest Static
A grey static square on a CumeVision headset is a void that erases touch. A finger drifts over it, gets absorbed, leaving a featureless hole. The viewer decides whether to pull away or reach deeper.
8 sec · Generations 2261–2261 - CH 1 · Police Space Officer: Orlando
The Pressure Margin
Ortiz investigates a suspected sabotage in a residential airlock where a resident claims a stranger forced the inner hatch open. Physical evidence shows the latch was cut from the inside. Voss tests the timeline against the resident's thermal signature, forcing a choice that exposes the truth.
48 sec · Generations 2255–2260 - CH 1 · Station bump
MoonTimeX: The Gravity Guarantee
A tourist wants to feel lighter on the moon. A MoonTimeX attendant offers a gravity guarantee card. The tourist taps the card to a brass scale. The scale immediately sinks into the floor and locks, physically anchoring the tourist to the spot while a small red flag pops up from the dial.
8 sec · Generations 2254–2254 - CH 1 · Shape Department
The Honest Hole
A client wants a flat sheet with a hole exactly hand-sized. Workshop rules require holes to match physical negatives. Her refusal to remove her wedding ring forces Len and Odo to build a shape fitting the hand but excluding the ring, pitting function against truth.
48 sec · Generations 2248–2253 - CH 1 · Station bump
Somewhere Systems: The Oxygent
A viewer plugs the CumeVision oxygen tube into a standard coffee mug. The tube treats hot liquid as breathable atmosphere, filling the mug with a thick white fog. The viewer drinks the fog, demonstrating that CumeVision turns mundane warmth into an immersive sensory product.
8 sec · Generations 2247–2247 - CH 1 · Orlando General
The Tachybrachic Contract
A MoonTimeX manager demands a temporary heart-rate patch to appear calm during a live investor feed. The device works, but his body begins rejecting the imposed calm, forcing a choice between the patch and his own pulse.
48 sec · Generations 2241–2246 - CH 1 · Station bump
CumeTV: The Centience Coin Drop
A viewer drops a sentient Centience coin on a CumeVision remote; the coin’s tiny voice demands a specific CumeTV station to be 'heard' by the network’s central audio sensor before it settles into a stable state.
8 sec · Generations 2240–2240 - CH 1 · Police Space Officer: Orlando
The Glass Wall
A resident's private oxygen pod is found empty despite a sealed breach. Voss must distinguish between a natural pressure leak and a deliberate theft of a specific air volume, using the pod's physical mass and the suspect's conflicting performance of calm.
40 sec · Generations 2235–2239 - CH 1 · Station bump
Hal Rainbow's Pleasure Dome: The 404 Vibe
A bored guest seeks a specific sensory experience. The dome projects it, but the physical rule requires the guest to stand perfectly still to maintain the illusion. A fly lands on their nose.
8 sec · Generations 2234–2234 - CH 1 · Shape Department
The Flat Ring
A client commissions a solid copper marriage ring, perfectly flat to wear as a pendant. Len and Odo must calculate the exact wall thickness that lets it lie flat on a table without tipping, turning the shape into a stable, non-rolling annulus rather than a rolling cylinder.
48 sec · Generations 2228–2233