Try returning a ContentResult from your action with an action of type GET.
[HttpGet]
public ContentResult MyAction(String variablename)
{
...
if (some_verification == true)
return Content("MyMessage);
....
}
On the watch page
$.ajax({
url: 'your controller/action url',
type: 'get',
cache: false,
async: false,
data: { variablename: "value" },
success: function (data) {
alert(data);
},
error: function () {
alert('Error doing some work.');
}
});