[BACKSTAGE – GORILLA – RIGHT AFTER DANE WALKS OFF COMMENTARY]

The curtain flaps as Eric Dane storms through, veins bulging, eyes blazing.

Tyrone Walker, a founding Team Danger member, lifelong bro-from-another-hoe to Eric Dane, unofficial “Unk” to Eric Dane Jr., also happens to be producing the Iron Gauntlet from the Gorilla position in the back. He is standing stone-faced, unflinching, and directly in the path of the boss of Iron City

TYRONE WALKER
(quiet, sharp)
What the hell was that?

ERIC DANE
(gruff, cagey)
Don’t start with me, Ty.

TYRONE WALKER
I ain’t starting, homeboy! You already did. You left the desk. You walked out. Live. WE ARE STILL LIVE RIGHT NOW, ERIC!

The Team Danger Tag Team Terminator is not having any of Dane’s bullshit.

ERIC DANE
You saw what they did! You know who that was!

TYRONE WALKER
Damn right I do. You think I didn’t recognize ‘em the second they cleared the rail? 

And Dane tenses—because yeah, Ty knows.

TYRONE WALKER
(flat)
And you still threw a fit like some green kid who got worked.

ERIC DANE
You don’t get it.

TYRONE WALKER
Who you lyin’ to, bruh?

He steps closer, voice rising just enough to cut through the noise.

TYRONE WALKER
I was there for the original Untouchables. I saw the wars. I know what Andrews and Heidi did. Hell, you and me fought ‘em. So don’t stand here and act like you were the only one who felt that shot to the ribs.

ERIC DANE
They didn’t just show up to make a name, Ty. They’re here to start a goddamn fire.

TYRONE WALKER
Then let ‘em. That’s what we do. We fight fire with fire. We don’t stomp off the set and leave production in the lurch ‘cause you got caught in your feels on commentary.

Dane looks away, jaw working. Guilty. But stubborn.

TYRONE WALKER
You knew better, E. You know better.

The headset crackles—somebody’s yelling about camera positions.

Walker turns back to the monitors.

Dane stands still.

Camera lingers on him for a beat longer, then cuts to black.