COLD OPEN – PODCAST STUDIO – NIGHT

We open on “The Unfiltered Truth Podcast” hosted by Tasha TeaTime, a bold, shady, unbothered ex-reality star known for dragging celebrities and spilling DMs.

TASHA TEATIME
(to camera)
Tonight’s topic? “Ghost Followers and Clout Whores.”
And if you mad? Bitch, then it’s you.

She sips tea loud. Sound FX slurp.

Suddenly, her mic glitches. She taps it.

TASHA
Ugh. Y’all trying to mute me like I ain’t the truth? God don’t like ugly but I do.

Cue creepy whisper through the mic:

“Don’t speak on the dead… if you won’t comment on the living.”

TITLE CARD:

“MUTE ME, BITCH”

ACT ONE – PODCAST LIVE BROADCAST

Tasha goes live on all platforms.

Her guest: CHAZ MONEY – ex-boy band member turned social media coach, who’s clearly riding her clout.

CHAZ
I just think people gotta stop blaming followers for their fall-offs. Sometimes… your content just ain’t hittin’ no more.

TASHA
Boy, shut up! Your last hit was in 2014. Now you teach people how to pose with coffee.

The livestream glitches. Comments flood in:

“Why is the screen flickering?”
“That shadow behind Tasha ain’t part of the set…”
“YOOO WHO’S IN THE BOOTH???”

ACT TWO – INSIDE THE SOUND BOOTH

CAMERA POV: The podcast engineer, Lil Dev, watches the soundboard spike. But none of the hosts are yelling.

He sees something on the audio waveform…
It’s a voice buried in static.

He isolates the track and plays it.

DEMONIC VOICE:

“Mute her… or I’ll mute you.”

Suddenly, Lil Dev’s ears bleed. He drops, convulsing.
The board short-circuits. The whole studio goes black.

ACT THREE – BACK TO THE PODCAST ROOM

The lights flicker back on.
Tasha and Chaz are frozen, mid-argument.

TASHA
Did… did the lights just try to cancel us?

CHAZ
No ma’am. I rebuke that.

The “ON AIR” sign glows blood red.
Tasha’s mic turns back on BY ITSELF.

VOICE THROUGH HER MIC (filtered, eerie):
“You never replied to my question during your IG Live Q&A. You said ‘I got you, sis.’
You lied.”

ACT FOUR – THE POSSESSION

Tasha suddenly can’t move. Her lips start twitching.

She blurts out her own deepest secrets on air:

TASHA (possessed)
I paid for fake comments in 2020. I made 12 burner accounts to drag my ex’s new girl.
I didn’t even watch the fan tribute video I reposted.

CHAZ freaks out and tries to run.

The studio door SLAMS shut. Locked.

A hand—dark, shadowy, with long press-on nails—slides across the wall.

ACT FIVE – BACK AT HEADMASTER’S NETWORK

HEADMASTER watches the chaos unfold, sipping green tea.

HEADMASTER
Authenticity sells… but confession? That’s priceless.

He triggers a final surge: “VIRAL IN 6 COUNTRIES” appears across his screen.

ACT SIX – FINAL BROADCAST

Livestream still going.

Tasha is levitating above her podcast chair, still spilling tea uncontrollably.

TASHA (possessed)
I lied to my fans about getting hacked. I deleted those DMs on purpose.

Her phone rings. The ringtone? Her old fan’s voice:

“Why didn’t you ever say thank you, Tasha? I loved you.”

She screams.

The mic melts. Blood pours from her ring light.
Camera cuts to black.

POST-CREDITS TWIST:

OG_COMMENTER and the trio are watching.

DEE
We didn’t plan that one.

NIA
So who did?

OG_COMMENTER
The curse… it’s not just viral.
It’s alive.

NEXT TIME ON ‘COMMENT OR DIE’:

A rising influencer gets a massive brand deal—but it comes with a contract she didn’t read.
Now her followers start disappearing every time she posts.