COLD OPEN – NIGHT – WOODS, WIDE SHOT

Tre Montana sets up a prank:
He’s got fake blood, scream sound effects, and an “invisible killer” skit lined up.

His goal? Go viral again.

He live-streams it, whispering:

TRE
Yo… about to make these clout-chasers piss their pants.

He fakes a scream in the woods.

The others at the fire run to help—but when they get there…

They find Tre hanging from a tree.

Blood dripping down his back.
Eyes open. Mouth wide.
But suddenly—he blinks.

He’s alive.
“IT’S A PRANK!”

Everyone is pissed.

BRIAH
You’re lucky I don’t shove this fire stick down your damn throat.

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TITLE CARD:

“VIRAL SILENCE”

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ACT ONE – THE WARNING

That night, Tre’s real phone starts ringing.

Blocked number.
He answers. Nothing.

Then…
A high-pitched tone plays.

He screams. Drops the phone.
Blood runs from his ear.

JELLY JAZZ (watching)
The silence speaks louder than you ever could.

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ACT TWO – SUPPORTER DEATH TECH IS ACTIVATED

The Dark Net Angels unleash a new tool:
“The Muter” — a ghostly slasher who tracks soundwaves.

If you scream, cough, breathe too loud…
he finds you.

ACT THREE – TRE’S DEMISE

Tre hides out in a “quiet pod” by the lake to wait out the freakout.
He starts to hear his own prank audio playing back… backwards.

Distorted version of his own voice:

“This ain’t funny no more, bro…”

His ears start to bleed.
He pulls off his headphones. Static pulses from the pod walls.

He whispers:
TRE
Yo… yo this ain’t my sound…

Then—DEAD SILENCE.

The lights flicker.
A figure slowly emerges from the walls of the pod — cloaked, face wrapped in noise-canceling material.

THE MUTER
Points to Tre’s mouth.
SHHH.

Suddenly, Tre’s throat explodes from the inside out.

The prank that started it all becomes his final post.
Auto-uploaded with the caption:

“Viral Silence: 1.5M views”

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ACT FOUR – MORNING AFTER

The group can’t find Tre.

JELLY JAZZ
He got what he asked for.

DAMEON BLACK (the ex-hacker)
This ain’t no game. This is a broadcasted execution.
And we’re the stars.

He opens his old laptop, finds a Dark Net stream labeled:

“AscensionLakeLIVE_003”

And inside it…
is every influencer’s real death prediction countdown.

Tre’s timer just hit 00:00.

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ACT FIVE – RITUAL ZONE DISCOVERY

They stumble into a hidden part of the woods.
A circle of broken phones hangs from the trees — each screen cracked.

Every device is tuned to one person’s past video mistake.

Rayven’s surgery lie.
Tre’s fake death prank.
Briah’s silent betrayal.

One screen suddenly speaks:

“You were born viral.
Now you’ll die in silence.”

They hear something behind them.
They turn.

The Muter is standing there — holding Tre’s vocal cords like a trophy.

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ENDING SCENE – NIGHT VISION LIVE CAM

A random fan watching a “Silent ASMR Ritual” on TikTok realizes…

It’s not ASMR.

It’s real.
It’s Tre’s death loop, re-edited into fake content.

Their screen glitches.

WHISPER (from phone speaker):

“Turn it up.
We want to hear you scream.”

NEXT TIME ON ‘COMMENT OR DIE – SEASON 2’:

Episode 3 – “The Cancel Cult”
The influencers try to escape, but get caught in a trap run by brainwashed ex-fans who worship the viral curse.
They’re led by someone they thought was dead…