&34;I didn't tell Jess I was going to do it.&34; Countdown star Jensen Ackles talks improvising that handhold in 'vulnerable' moment

"I didn't tell Jess I was going to do it."

Countdown star Jensen Ackles talks improvising that handhold in 'vulnerable' moment

"I didn't tell Jess I was going to do it."

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Published on August 13, 2025 06:38PM EDT

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**This article contains spoilers from *Countdown* season 1, episode 10, "The Muzzle Pile."**

Slowly but surely, *Countdown*'s Mark Meachum (Jensen Ackles) and Amber Oliveras (Jessica Camacho) are getting closer.

As the task force's time seems to be coming to an end in this week's episode, Amber heads over to Mark's place to offer to delay her next job in order to help see him through treatment for his brain tumor. He tells her no. After episodes filled with flirtatious exchanges, she then asks him, "You want me to stay the night?"

And as much as Mark would love that, he tells her, "When...if I make it to the other side, whatever the hell this is, I really wanna try and do things right." He thinks it's the best way to handle things, and she supports it. But as they sit side by side and enjoy their beers, he quietly throws out his hand for her to hold, a moment that was improvised by Ackles.

Jessica Camacho as Amber and Jensen Ackles as Mark on 'Countdown'.

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"I love it when actors connect so much with their part that they do something magical and that moment was the two of them," creator Derek Haas tells **. "That was not in the script. They didn't do it the first couple of times and then Jensen put his hand out. I had goosebumps."

Camacho remembers the moment well. "It's so annoying that he's good at so many things, and one of them is that he's so good at coming up with a million different ways to do one thing, to say one thing, to approach the scene," she says of Ackles. "He plays until he finds something that works. I wish that I could say it was me, but it wasn't. But I was the one that was like, 'God, that's so good.'"

For Ackles, it was about reading into what the moment meant for his character. "I remember it being the first time there was that facade kind of washing away for this guy in front of her in a real way," he says. "Up to that point, there had been flirtation, but not in a real way. I thought that was a moment where it's out of character for him to maybe reach out for that connection. But how great is human connection when you're feeling vulnerable?"

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Ackles says the idea came to him in an early take, but he waited for the right moment. "I didn't tell Jess I was going to do it. I didn't tell the director I was going to do it," he says. "Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't. But I just feel like when a feeling or an idea hits you in the moment, then try it. Worst they could do is not use it. And they had a take or two without it."

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Both Camacho and the director were fans of the move. "The director came up and was like, 'Do that again,'" Ackles says with a laugh, adding, "I'm glad that worked."

New episodes of *Countdown *premiere Wednesdays on Prime Video.**

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