‘Countdown’: Elliot Knight Says There’s ‘Definitely an Energy’ Between Bell & Shepherd

Countdown surprised viewers with the August 13 episode by closing out one case and opening a new one. And that first case did come to a definitive end for Volchek (Bogdan Yasinski), who had been planning to set off bombs at The Vine. But in stopping him, Meachum (Jensen Ackles), fighting off debilitating symptoms from his brain tumor, took the shot when he needed to and killed him.

Yasinski found out that was coming when he got to Episode 10. When he signed on, he didn’t know anything about his character. When it came to his character’s death, he was a little “sad,” he admits to TV Insider. “He’s a very effective individual. Could have done a lot of things. His résumé — managed a complex team, international team in shipping — would read very well. It was a good move, but I thought maybe there was a chance to flip him. Maybe there was a negotiation there. Has he made some mistakes? Don’t we all, right? Nobody’s perfect. But he didn’t blow up anything yet, right? Yes, he stabbed. Maybe they could have used him kind of like a Hannibal Lecter type of scenario.”