Title: "DVD Rip" Original Air Date (fictional): May 12, 2023 Runtime: 52 minutes Synopsis: A leaked DVD copy of the President’s private archives threatens to expose a decades-old election fraud. But the leak wasn’t from an enemy — it came from inside the palace walls. Cold Open A dusty storeroom in the basement of the Presidential Palace. EL PRESIDENTE (60s, silver-haired, charming but ruthless) watches as two technicians carefully remove a cardboard box labeled “Electoral Commission – 1998 – CONFIDENTIAL” . Inside: MiniDV tapes, floppy disks, and a single DVD-R with a handwritten marker label: “MASTER – do not duplicate” .

His enters: Wife: “You recorded yourself?” Presidente: “I recorded them . But it doesn’t matter now. What matters is who leaked it.” Act Three A palace investigation narrows in on GABRIEL (32, mild-mannered archivist) , the dead man’s grandson who took over the storeroom. Gabriel confesses under soft interrogation: he copied the DVD not for money, but because he found his grandfather’s suicide note — blaming the 1998 theft of the election for his shame.

Gabriel gave the DVD to Lucía, whom he knew from university.

The President’s Chief of Staff suggests “disappearing” both Gabriel and Lucía. The President refuses — not out of mercy, but strategy. “If they vanish, everyone believes the video. If they live, I can say it’s a deepfake. We release a different ‘rip’ tomorrow — one that shows Lucía taking money from the opposition.” Final Scene Late night. The President sits alone in his study. He inserts the original DVD into a laptop. Watches himself at 35, laughing with a CIA officer. He ejects the disc, snaps it in half, and drops the pieces into a glass of whiskey.