'Lioness' star weighs in on what drove Taylor Sheridan's unexpected decision for her character

WARNING: Spoilers below.

"Lioness" star Elizaveta Neretin reacted to Taylor Sheridan's bombshell season 3 finale, which saw her character, Oleksandra Balakin, killed off.

Speaking to Fox News Digital, Neretin — who played the Ukrainian double agent — said she expected Oleksandra's fate.

The character had been captured by American forces and recruited to help rescue Joe (Zoe Saldaña) after she was kidnapped.

In the episode, which aired Sunday night, Oleksandra was killed. 'LIONESS' SEASON 3 FINALE REVEALS WHO ORCHESTRATED JOE'S KIDNAPPING ALL ALONG "I thought it was going to happen.

So when he called, and he told me, I was like, 'Yeah, I get it.' I'm sad for Oleksandra and what Oleksandra represents, but I understand the choice.

It does serve this.

It serves to show how the whole system is.

Like American or not American, the whole system and the people that work in the system.

It's all sharks, you know, so it just demonstrates how people are," she told Fox News Digital.

Neretin said she would have preferred a different outcome for Oleksandra but understood why Sheridan made the decision.

"I would love a different ending for her, but like I said, I understand why it had to happen.

But of course I would have a good ending for her.

I just wonder if being a triple agent, I think your days are numbered.