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[This story contains spoilers from the fourth episode of Countdown, “Bite ‘Em Down.”]

When Countdown returned after its three-episode premiere week, the task force made up of different law enforcement agencies suffered its first casualty with the shooting death of Department of Homeland Security Officer Damon Drew (Jonathan Togo).

As the group closed down on the sleeper cell terrorist and bomb maker Boris Volchek (Bogdan Yasinski) in the third episode of the new Prime Video series, LAPD Detective Mark Meachum (played by star Jensen Ackles) was led to the hideout where his uncle, Mikhail (Daniel Chernish), was harboring Volchek. Meachum called in reinforcements while snooping around the property and was caught by Volchek, who ordered Mikhail to take Meachum out to the back and shoot him. The rest of the unit arrived just in time, but a shootout occurred at the end of the hour and Damon was hit. Viewers found out in the beginning of the July 2 fourth episode that Damon died in the ambulance,...

[Warning: The below contains Major spoilers for Countdown Season 1 Episode 4 “Bite ‘Em Down.”] Already on Countdown, Shepherd’s (Violett Beane) computer skills are proving vital to the task force’s investigation into a major threat to Los Angeles. But in the most recent episode — which saw the team suffer a major loss, with Drew’s (Jonathan Togo) death — we saw a different side of her when it came to interrogating a person of interest. Shepherd joins Blythe (Eric Dane) in the interrogation room to talk to Mikhail (Daniel Chernish) about what he knows about Volchek’s (Bogdan Yasinski) plans for Los Angeles, since the other man had been set up in the basement of his dance hall. At first, Mikhail refuses to talk. But then Blythe brings up his daughter and warns that once everyone knows he’s her father, she’ll live in disgrace. Shepherd then warns that as a result, if he doesn’t cooperate, she’ll be ...