Kim Bauer

Kimberly "Kim" Bauer was a CTU Los Angeles employee and the daughter of federal agent Jack Bauer. She lived with Chase Edmunds and his daughter Angela for a time, and later dated Barry Landes.

Personal

 * Father: Jack Bauer
 * Mother (deceased): Teri Bauer
 * Grandfather: Phillip Bauer
 * Uncle (deceased): Graem Bauer
 * Aunt: Marilyn Bauer
 * Aunt: Carol
 * Cousin: Josh Bauer

Education

 * Associate of Arts, Computer Programming - Santa Monica College
 * GED Certificate
 * Santa Monica High School - dropped out before matriculation

Work Experience

 * CTU - Level One Analyst, Los Angeles Domestic Unit

Before Day 1
Kim Bauer was born fifteen years before Day 1, the only child of Jack and Teri Bauer. Her father was a federal agent, and the job caused a lot of stress on her parents' marriage.

Kim attended Santa Monica High School with her best friend Janet York. During her sophomore year, Jack was asked by Teri to move out of the house and Kim blamed her mother for the separation. Six months later, Jack moved back in, but Kim remained resentful towards Teri.

Kim spent a weekend in Cambria, California shortly before Day 1.

Day 1


Shortly after midnight, Kim was playing chess with her father Jack. When Kim insulted her mother Teri, Jack busted her for it and told her to go to bed. Teri and Jack later decided to talk to Kim together and discovered that Kim snuck out of the house. She met up with Janet and spent an hour at Paladio Furniture partying with two college guys, Rick Allen and Dan Mounts.

While Janet became comfortable with Dan, Kim started to connect with Rick Allen. Kim tells Rick that her father is dead, and Janet later becomes too drunk to drive. The guys decide to take the girls into their van and they offer to bring Kim home. When Dan refuses to bring Kim home, she realized she is in grave danger. She then revealed that her father is a federal agent, but Dan believed it was a bluff.

After Kim learns that Dan and Rick were hired to kidnap her and Janet, she tried to talk herself out of the situation. Dan told her to call her mother, but Kim refused. When Dan smashed Janet's arm with a crowbar, Kim called her mother and told her she was at a party. When Kim told her mother that she loved her, Teri became suspicious that she might be in some sort of danger, as Kim never says that. While Dan and Rick are distracted, Kim attempted to escape with the injured and drunken Janet.

After Janet and Kim escape, Rick and Dan realized they were gone and they started to chase after them. With help from a male prostitute, Kim and Janet are able to escape from Rick and Dan's path. After getting to a phone, Kim calls her mother and tells her where she is. However, while crossing the street, Janet is hit by a car and the driver fleed the scene. Kim tried to help Janet, but Rick and Dan grabbed her and drove away.



Dan and Rick tie Kim up and put her in the back of the van. A hysterical Kim pleed for them to go back and save Janet's life. After Dan realized Janet could identify him and Rick, he decided to go back to the alley and kill Janet. Rick took a gun and put his hand out of the window, preparing to shot Janet, but paramedics arrived to bring Janet to the hospital. Dan and Rick then dropped Kim off to Ira Gaines, and they claimed they were forced to kill Janet and the body won't be found.

Gaines put Kim in the back seat of his car, but he is forced to put her in the trunk when she tried to cause a scene. Gaines arrived at his compound and Dan and Rick were behind him. Disappointed in Dan's recent actions, Gaines shots and kills him. He told Rick that he had been promoted and his first task is to bury Dan's body. Kim helped Rick bury Dan's body, and she tried to convince Rick to help her escape from the compound. Kim soon realized that Dan is a great guy and just got mixed up in a mess.

Gaines later has Kim brought to him and he gives her the phone, so she can talk to her father. Kim soon becomes convinced that her kidnapping has nothing to do with money, and she becomes confident that her father will come and rescue her. Kim and Rick later try to escape, but Eli Stram walked in on them. Rick threw himself on top of Kim, to make it look like he was attempting to rape her. As they make their break for freedom, Kim decides to stay at the compound when her mother is brought there.



Kim and Teri had an emotional reunion, and Kim was convinced that they are going to be killed, while Teri reassures them that they will be saved. Kim and Teri are eventually dragged out of the shack and taken outside. Gaines' men were preparing to execute them, by shooting them in the back of the head, but Teri and Kim tried to retaliate. Their efforts failed and Eli was getting ready to kill them, before Gaines called and told him they needed to be kept alive. Eli brought Kim and Teri back to the shack.

Eli later comes to the shack and attempted to sexually assault Kim and rape her. Teri luckily managed to convince Eli to rape her instead, as she wouldn't fight it off. Eli took Teri into another room and locked the door. Kim was horrified at the fact that her mother was getting raped. Rick later enters the shack and gives Kim and Teri a cell phone, which he stole from Eli. Kim keeps look-out, while Teri uses the phone and comes into contact with Nina Myers from CTU Los Angeles. Luckily Nina was able to patch Teri through to Jack's cell phone.

Jack told Teri that he was working on rescuing them and he needed Teri to keep the line in use, in order for CTU to do a back trace and find their location. Kim later confronts her mother and she asked her why Teri seperated from Jack six months prior. Teri explained to Kim that Jack's work created wedges in the relationship. Teri told Kim that she and Jack decided to put these wedges behind them and work out these issues, as they loved each other.

Shortly after 10am, Kim starts to lose her consciousness and begins to feel tired. Teri urged her daughter to stay awake, as they will be rescued in any given time. When Eli discovers that Teri and Kim had his cell phone, Rick takes a beating in order to protect them. This upsets Kim and Rick later comes back into the shack, and hands Teri a gun. When Gaines orders for Eli to kill the women, he enters the shed and Teri pulls the gun on him. Teri realized the gun was empty and Eli begins to attack Kim. Teri then takes Eli's gun and shots him to his death. They bury the body inside the hay, hoping Gaines won't realize Eli hasn't killed them.



Kim and Teri are relieved when Jack enters the shack, but Jack assaults Rick. Teri and Kim are able to convince Jack that Rick is the only reason why they are alive. After Rick tells Jack he can get access to a van, Jack decides to stay with his family, while Rick gets the van. Rick arrives with the van and Jack drives away, but Gaines' men became aware of Jack's presence.

Eventually the van crashes and Jack fights Gaines and his men off. Jack gives Teri a PDA and tells her to take Kim to the water tower, while he and Rick cover them. While in the woods, Kim and Teri hear an explosion and don't know if Jack and Rick made it out all right. When looking for the water tower, Kim and Teri decide to go another way, in order to avoid running into Gaines or his men. They end up getting lost and thanks to Jack, they are saved from getting killed.

Kim becomes worried for Rick's safety and she became emotional when she realized Rick wasn't at the water tower. Jack realized Rick must of left in order to avoid any kidnapping charges. Jack sends his family to meet with the CTU helicopter, while he finished off Gaines. After Jack finished Gaines off, who was killed after he attempted to shot Jack, he reunited with Kim and Teri in the helicopter.

Jack is forced to go back to CTU and he has his family brought to a medical clinic, in order for them to get checked out. Kim urged her mother to tell the doctors about her rape, but Teri insisted on keeping the trauma a secret for the time being. When Nina suspected that Teri and Kim's lives might still be in possible danger, she has them moved to a CTU safehouse. Jack personally asks for Nina to stay with Teri and Kim, as she is the only one he can trust.



Kim later discovered that her mother is pregnant and she was eager for her father to learn about it, but Teri decided to hold off on telling him right away. Kim is then interviewed by Nina, after Teri decided to take a break. Nina asked questions about Rick and where he was, and Kim continued to support Rick and claimed he had no involvement in her and Teri's kidnappings. When Nina isn't watching her, Kim managed to get a hold of a cell phone and she called Rick.

Nina eventually left the safehouse and Ted Paulson came to the safehouse, to finish Teri and Kim's debriefing. When Paulson asks about Eli Stram, Kim created a cover for her mother. When Jeff Breeher is killed, Paulson became aware that there was an assassin inside the house. He held off Jovan Myovic, while Kim and Teri escaped to the garage. Paulson ended up getting killed, while Teri and Kim drove away.

Jovan chased after Kim and Teri and they ended up in the hills. When it became clear that they may of lost him, Teri pulled over and left the car, telling Kim to stay in it. As Teri left, the car fell over the hill and exploded. Kim managed to escape from the car and survive the explosion, but she couldn't find her mother anywhere. Kim decided to get to a phone and call for some help.

Kim called CTU and came into contact with Tony Almeida. When Tony asked for Kim's location, in order for him to send a car to pick her up, Kim refuses. She couldn't trust Tony and she asked to speak with Nina. When Tony told her Nina wasn't there, she hung up the phone and called Rick. Kim told Rick that she believed her mother was re-captured and Dan might have something in his room that can lead her to Teri. When Kim demanded to go over to his house, Rick was forced to give up his address.



Kim arrived at Rick's home and when she wasn't able to pay the cab fee, Rick decided to take care of it. Rick's girlfriend Melanie became jealous of Kim, but Kim assured Melanie she doesn't needed to look through Dan's possessions. When Kim realized that nothing useful was at the house, she decided to leave and meet at the park her mother told her to go to in case of an emergency.

Rick gave Kim some money and they shared a passionate kiss, but are interrupted by Frank Allard, Dan's brother. Frank asked where Dan was and Rick told him he never came back. Frank was planning on buy drugs with the money Dan received for the kidnapping. When Kim insisted on leaving, Frank orders for her to stay. Kim then lectures Rick on changing his life around, while he only hoped to get through the next few hours alive.

With no hope of leaving Rick's place, Kim broke the news to Frank that Dan was dead. Horrified over his brother's death, Frank realized that he wouldn't be able to go forward with the drug deal without any money. Frank called up some close friends and told them to bring weapons over to his house. He planned on getting the drugs by robbing the dealers, by threatening to kill them. When the dealers arrive, Frank and his men pulled guns out on Krugman and his posse. Krugman later took control of the situation, as he was a undercover cop. Despite pleas of innocence, Kim was arrested with Frank, Rick, and Melanie.



With no other way of getting out of the situation, Kim and Rick both agreed on telling the cops about the day's events. When Kim tells Krugman what happened to her, he doesn't believe her, due to the fact that Melanie told him Kim was a lying bitch. Kim was brought back to a holding cell, sharing the cell with Melanie and a number of other female characters.

After putting Melanie in her place, other cell mates try to pick on Melanie and Kim ends up sticking up for her. After she realized Kim is a decent person, Melanie decided to speak with Krugman and tell him that Kim was telling the truth. After he confirmed everything with CTU, Krugman released Kim and told her he would be taking her back to CTU. On her way to CTU, Kim comes into contact with her mother. Kim learns that Teri is at CTU waiting for her and she looks forward to seeing her.

While at a stop light, the police car is ambushed and Krugman is killed by men. Kim is dragged out of the car and duct tape is spread over her mouth. She is held in a basement and is grateful to see her father, who is being held hostage by Andre Drazen and Victor Drazen. CTU is able to get Jack released by giving up Alexis Drazen, but they refuse to release Kim. The Drazens tell Jack they will release her after Jack brings a phone to Senator David Palmer.



Kim is held in a warehouse by the Drazens, and she overhears a conversation between Victor and Senator Palmer. When she hears an explosion, she fears that her father and Palmer have been killed. When Andre tells Kim that Jack was responsible for his sister and mother's death, Kim is convinced her father would never harm innocent people. With no hopes of making it out alive, Kim tries to escape from the warehouse.

After throwing coffee on her guard, Kim runs out onto the port and she loosened the ropes around her wrists. When the Drazens spotted her, Kim jumped into the lake in order to escape. The Drazens' men are unable to find her and Kim hid under the dock. When the men leave, Kim got back on safe grounds and she hauled down a truck. Kim notified CTU of the situation and the danger Jack was in.

Kim was brought back to CTU, but she wasn't able to find her mother. After Jack killed the Drazens, he learned that Nina was working with them, as Nina told Jack Kim drowned and her body was picked up by the coast guard. Jack and Kim later search the building for Teri. Jack is horrified when he finds Teri dead in one of the rooms.

Day 2
After her mother's death, Kim became very distraught and she blamed her father Jack for Teri's death. She felt seeing her father was a constant reminder of her mother, and it was too painful for her. Kim eventually dropped out of high school and became a live-in nanny. She was responsible for taking care of Megan Matheson, working for Carla Matheson and her abusive ex-husband Gary.



During Day 2, Kim was out with Megan when she ran into her father. Kim tried to avoid Jack and she told him she wasn't ready to see him. When Kim brought Megan back to Carla's home, she became uncomfortable when Gary began to eye her sexually. Kim and Megan later overheard Gary physically abusing Carla, and he claimed she fell down the stairs. When Megan began crying, Kim attempted to comfort her, but Gary knocked her down and he hurt his own daughter in the process.

While Gary took a phone call, Kim and Megan snuck out of her bedroom. Kim went to see how Carla was doing, and she gave Kim her car keys and told her to take Megan away. However, Gary was able to track Kim with his security system. Gary traps Kim and his daughter in an alley, but they are able to escape and Megan hides under boxes. Kim attempted to call the authorities, but Gary arrived and prevented her from doing so. Kim fought him off and she eventually knocked him out unconscious, but Megan was nowhere in sight.

Kim eventually finds Megan on the street and she assured her that everything will be all right. After losing her cell phone, Kim called Jack from a payphone. Kim didn't receive any of Jack's messages to leave Los Angeles and Jack is unable to talk to her, as he is undercover with some men. Kim comes into contact with Tony Almeida and she told him she would take a bus to CTU. However, an explosion occurs at CTU just before Kim and Megan arrive. Despite not being in the explosion, Megan seized and had massive headaches.



With help from a paramedic, Kim is able to bring Megan to the hospital and the doctors inform her that Megan received a blow to the head and the doctor discovered she had multiple body injuries. After the doctor realized Megan might suffer from child abuse, the police were informed of the situation. Though Carla initially refuses to admit her husband's abuse, she admits to Kim that Gary often hits Megan. She tells Kim that she is on the way to the hospital.

While Kim waited for Carla to arrive at the hospital, she was confronted by Gary. Gary threatened to turn Kim into the authorities and tell them that she kidnapped Megan and was responsible for Megan's bruises. Gary also told Kim that Carla would back up these accusations. Gary offered Kim the option to run and she took it, contacting her father afterword. When Jack told Kim a nuclear bomb would go if in LA during the day, Kim called her boyfriend Miguel and asked him to help her get Megan and escape from the city.

With Gary not leaving Megan's hospital bed, Miguel pages Gary in order to stall him, so Kim could get Megan and leave the hospital. Kim convinces Megan that it would be best if she went with her, and the two of them left her room. Gary realized Kim got to his daughter and he alarms hospital security of the situation. While Kim and Megan hide in an exam room, Miguel created a diversion so they could escape. Kim and Megan are able to escape, but Gary spotted them and physically attacked Kim. Miguel arrived and knocked Gary out unconscious, he then took Gary's car keys and stole his car.



Miguel started to drive out of the city, towards Kim's Aunt Carol's house, while Megan slept in the back seat. They are pulled over for speeding by Officer Brown and he asks for license and registration. Kim explained that it was her boss' car and the officer decides to give them a warning. However, he notices that blood was dripping from the trunk. Officer Brown opened the trunk and saw a corpse. Kim was shocked to see Carla's dead body and she told Megan to stay in the car, while Brown arrested Kim and Miguel.

Kim and Miguel tried to explain to the officer about the situation and Kim gave him the number of CTU. When Officer Brown is unable to get into contact with the federal authorities, he became suspicious something was up. After arriving at the police station, Kim came into contact with Jack and he arranged for her to be picked up. When Officer Brown confronts Kim about her not wanting Megan in Los Angeles, she revealed to him the situation about the nuclear bomb.

Kim is told that she and Miguel are being transfered to central booking in downtown Los Angeles, as them being suspects in a murder overruled CTU's order for them to be released. Megan is transported to her aunt's home in Santa Barbara, and Kim is relieved she will be out of the bomb's range. While being pushed into the police squad car, Miguel tried to resist arrest and he gained access to a liter.

While being transported to central booking, Miguel insisted on attempting to escape from the car. He has Kim grab his bandana and he sets it on fire. When it caused the car to set on fire, Officer Brown became distracted and lost control of the car. The car tumbles off to the side of the road and crashes. Kim is able to escape from the car, but she refused to leave Migeul. Miguel insisted on her leaving and she ran into the woods. Kim was able to avoid being captured by the police helicopters.



When Kim got her foot caught in an animal trap, a wild cougar started to approach her. Kim tried to release her foot from the trap, but she was unsuccessful. She assumed the worst and nightfall descened upon the forest. Not being able to see what was heading her way, Kim was relieved when a man came to her rescue. The man insisted on taking her to the ranger's station, but Kim refused. The man decided to bring her back to his home, in order for Kim to get some shelter for the night.

Lonnie McRae took Kim to his cabin in the woods and she admitted to him that she knew about the immediate nuclear threat in Los Angeles. Lonnie took Kim to his basement, to show her his bomb shelter. When Kim discovered a number of weapons in Lonnie's basement, she became frightened and insisted on leaving. As Kim prepares to leave, McRae pretended that all the stations on his radio have gone static. He made Kim believe the nuclear bomb went off and he brings Kim back to his basement, locking him and herself in there.

McRae told Kim that he wasn't able to hear any news, due the nuclear radiation knocking out his radio frequency. When Kim insisted on calling her father, McRae refused for her to do that. Kim eventually got access to a television and realized that Lonnie was lying to her. She brandished a knife and used it to get Lonnie to release her. Lonnie grabbed the knife from her and told her he only wanted company. He allowed Kim to leave his cabin, but he gave her a firearm and a flashlight in order for her to not run into any danger.



Kim walked on the side of the highway and a male driver stopped to give her a lift. Kim became aware the driver wanted something more and she took out her gun and fires at the driver's vehicle. The guy drove off and Kim later got a ride from a woman named Anna. The female driver was very kind to Kim and she let Kim use her cell phone to get into contact with her father. Kim called CTU and Tony patched her through to Jack, who was on an airplane.

Jack explained to his daughter that he was on a suicide mission. He was going to fly the nuclear bomb out of the city and have it detonate in the Mojave Desert, as it couldn't be disarmed. Kim is horrified over the fact that she was going to lose her father, and she asked for Anna to pull over. Anna pulls the car over and Kim left the car, then she headed towards the woods. Kim no longer cared if she lived or dies and headed towards Los Angeles. From the forest, Kim saw the glare from the nuclear explosion and is saddened over her father's death.



After she realized her father was dead, Kim headed to a recently closed convenience store and she used the outside payphone. All the lines are jammed from the explosion and the store owner let Kim inside, so she could use the restroom. When a man demanded to be let in the store to get some supplies, the owner Frank Davies refused to do so. The man, Ramon Garcia, broke the glass window and he grabbed Frank's throat. After she realized people were starting to get paranoid from the explosion and Frank could get hurt, Kim fired her gun in the air and demanded for Garcia to release the owner.

When Garcia began to walk towards Kim, she was unable to shot him and he grabbed the gun from her. Garcia accidentally shot Frank and the cops arrived. With no other options, Garcia took Kim hostage and Kim tried to tend to Frank's wounds. Despite her best efforts to save his life, Frank ends up dying and Garcia will be charged with murder. Garcia refuses to let Kim go until his pregnant wife Lucia is taken out of the city. Kim managed to slip out through the back door and the police raid the store. She is horrified when she hears gun shots inside the store, as she showed sympathy for Garcia.

After being questioned about the hostage situation by the police, Kim admitted that she is a suspect in a murder case and escaped from the police the day before. When Kim arrived at the police station, she is informed that Gary confessed to murdering Carla and that charges against her and Miguel have been dropped. Kim called CTU and spoke with Tony, who revealed to her that her father is alive. Kim is confused about how the bomb went off in the desert, and Tony revealed George Mason decided to take over as the pilot.

Kim then called Miguel and expressed her feelings to him about her father being alive, Megan being safe, and the charges against them being dropped. Miguel is very cold towards her and doesn't show any respect. He broke up with her over the phone and Kim is horrified. Kim was clueless to the fact that Miguel only broke up with her because his leg was amputated from the earlier car crash.



As the police drove Kim to the Matheson house, in order for her to pick up her things, Kim decided to call CTU. She asked to speak with her father and Tony patched her through. Kim told Jack that she loved and missed him, and wanted to be a family again. Jack told her that they will soon see each other, but he had to finish the nuclear threat investigation. Kim then arrived at the Matheson home and she asked for the police officer to wait outside, while she packed her belongings.

Unbeknowst to Kim and the police officer, Gary is at the house gathering items, in order for him to flee the country and skip the murder charges. When he saw the cop, Gary assumed he was there to arrest him and Gary knocked him out unconscious. Gary grabbed the officers gun holster and his cell phone, and he made a phone call. When Kim called for the officer, Gary heard her and she discovers the officer's body. She hid in the attic, as Gary started to walk up the stairs.

Gary came up to the attic with the intention of killing Kim, but she luckily was able to knock him out. She took his gun and cell phone, and she called CTU and asked for her father. Jack advises his daughter to shoot Gary twice, before he wakes up and is given the chance to kill her. Although she was terrified, Kim shot and killed Gary. An emotional wreck, Kim was told by her father that he would have someone to pick her up.

When Kate Warner arrived at the Matheson home, Kim drawed her weapon. When Kate proved that Jack sent her and that he trusts her, Kim allows Kate to bring her back to CTU. While in the car, Kim questioned Kate on her relationship with Jack. Kate revealed that they only met the previous day and barely know each other. Kim revealed that all she wanted was to see her father happy, and Kate could make that happen.



After Kim arrived at CTU with Kate, she is informed by Tony that Jack is unreachale, as he is performing an operation in the field. Due to lose his pulse earlier in the day, Jack was unable to finish off all the terrorists, but CTU agents arrived and saved his life. Kim arrived and was terrified to see her father on a gurney. Kim ran to Jack and pledged her love for him, followed by giving him a hug. Jack assured Kim that everything would be all right and he was brought to the hospital.

24: The Game
Kim started her internship for CTU Los Angeles during the time of the attempted assassination of Vice President Prescott. Tony Almeida and Michelle Dessler were reluctant to allow her to stay during a time of crises, but analyst Sean Walker took her on to the tech wing. Tony and Michelle's apprehension proved accurate when Peter Madsen and a large number of thugs took over CTU while the field agents were preoccupied with a false nerve gas attack.

Michelle escorted Kim to room M3, which served as a panic room during the event of a hostile takeover. After Jack and Tony arrived back at CTU's perimeter, Tony told Kim to encrypt the data files on the undercover CTU agents. Although Jack objected, Tony guided Kim through evading the guards and encrypting the files.

Sean was killed despite Kim's efforts. To save Michelle, Kim turned herself in, but not before planting one tracking device on the hard drive and another on herself. Madsen and Joseph Sin-Chung took Kim hostage when CTU tactical teams stormed the building to regain their base. After Jack destroyed Madsen and Sin-Chung's helicopter, Madsen used Kim as a human shield. Sin-Chung's Plan B was called in, and the driver extracting them was none other than undercover CTU operative Chase Edmunds.

Kim was taken to the abandoned water facility in Burbank, where Madsen used her as a bargaining chip. While Jack focused on finding Kim, Chase broke his cover to tell Kim to warn CTU. Kim had difficulty trusting Chase, but Chase gave her the model number of a technological item stolen from a laboratory. Under the guise of having to use the bathroom, with Chase covering for her, Kim snuck away and called CTU, exposing Madsen's plan to create artificial earthquakes.

An hour after the call, Jack rescued Kim and directed Chase to stay undercover to recover the hard drive. Jack and Kim blasted their way out of Madsen's base and drove back to CTU. Kim stayed in Jack's office for the rest of the day in order to keep her safe from further harm.

Day 3


After the events in Day 2 and The Game, Kim obtained a GED and an A.A. in Computer Programming from Santa Monica College. Kim earned a job as an analyst at CTU Los Angeles, due partially to her father. Throughout Day 3, Kim was constantly put down by Adam Kaufman and Chloe O'Brian, as they felt she didn't earn her position fairly.

During the events of the day, CTU became aware that terrorists would release the Cordilla Virus if Ramon Salazar wasn't released from prison. After Jack and Chase Edmunds arrived at CTU, Kim confronted Chase and told her she wan't to tell her father about their relationship. Chase didn't believe her father could accept it easily, so he decided he would be the one to tell Jack. When Kim felt that Chase's career would suffer if he told Jack, she decided she would be the one to break the news.

Kim went to her father and she told him about her relationship with her father. Jack didn't like the fact his daughter was dating a field agent, as he felt field agents could never have a family life. Jack and Chase then left to visit Salazar in prison, and Kim confronted Michelle Dessler. Kim asked Michelle if being married to Tony caused problems in their work life, and Michelle advised Kim to keep her and Chase's private life between them.

When Chase comes back to CTU, Kim is confused what he isn't with her father on the field. Chase felt that Jack was putting him on the sidelines because of his relationship with Kim. Kim confronts Chase and tells her that her father will accept it over time. When she suggested for them to split for a while, Chase became furious over that thought. After Tony is shot in the neck, Kim saw Michelle's torment over him and she realized why Jack didn't approve of her relationship with Chase. Chase later decided to interrogate Salazar himself and Kim suggested for him to clear it with Michelle, but he didn't. Jack then called her and asked Kim to run a prison transfer for Salazar. After Kim did the task, Jack told her he loved her and apologized for his earlier reaction.



While looking through traffic cameras, Kim spotted suspect Kyle Singer being held at gunpoint. Kim was able to identify the license plate of the vehicle he was placed in. She then learned that Jack used her to break protocol in getting Salazar out of prison. When Kim's system went down, Gael Ortega claimed it was a surge error, and Kim became suspicious. Kim questions Adam and Chloe about her system, and discovered Chloe looking through Jack's office.

When Kim asked why Chloe was in Jack's office, Chloe admitted that she found heroin in Jack's garbage bin. Kim became visibly upset and she confronted Michelle about her father's drug use. Kim became relieved when Michelle told her no official charges would be pressed, but she became upset when she learned that her father's helicopter might be shot out of the sky. When Michelle and Ryan Chappelle question Kim on her feelings getting in the way of her work, Kim pleaded she could handle it. When Jack landed the helicopter and escaped with Salazar on foot, Kim was informed her father will likely not be harmed.

Kim was reassigned to the IT room, where Gael had been working. When Gael left the room, Kim discovered video feed of her father being knocked out unconscious and being dragged onto a plane. When Kim tried to notify someone about it, Gael locked her in the room and threatened to shoot her. Gael taped Kim's mouth shut and tied her up to a chair. When Gael is forced to go to a briefing in the Bullpen, he monitors Kim through a handheld device. Luckily, Adam overrided the room's access code and he found Kim.

After Adam untied Kim, she warned him about Gael and Michelle intiated a lockdown. Though he attempted to escape, Gael was forced to surrender when he was cornered. Adam and Kim worked on back tracing a call between Gael and Hector Salazar, but they were too late. When Chase called Kim, she warned him that Ryan Chappelle wanted him back at CTU. When Kim told him about Jack being kidnapped and brought to the Salazars, Chase told her he would find her father and to not tell Chappelle he was headed towards Mexico.

When Tony came back to CTU, he revealed that Gael was working with him and Jack on a covert operation to obtain the virus, and he wasn't a mole. Kim told Tony that Chase went dark and Tony believed it could blow Jack's cover. Tony contacted Mexican Intelligence Agent Rafael Gutierrez, in order for Chase to learn about the covert operation. However, gunfire was heard and Kim assumed the worst for her lover and father. Kim later noticed that Tony was forgetful and was making mistakes. She brought this to Michelle, who in turn informed Chappelle about it. After Chappelle talked to Tony, it became apparent that it was a misunderstanding and Kim was mistaken.

Kim is relieved when Tony tells her that both Jack and Chase are alive and well, and Jack is still undercover with the Salazars. However, Tony concealed the fact that Jack and the Salazars were forced to work with Nina Myers, the woman who killed Kim's mother. When Kim learned her father was forced to work with Nina, she became upset and begged Tony to have Nina prosecuted for her crimes after the crisis was resolved. Tony promised Kim that he would do everything in his power to make Nina pay, but it was likely she'll get off with immunity.



When Chloe brought her baby Angela into CTU, she asked for Kim to watch her and Kim freaked out when the baby began to cry. When Chappelle needed Chloe to get back on task, Kim was stuck with babysitting duties. When Kim learned Chloe doesn't have a child, she confronted her about it. Chloe claimed it was her boyfriend's baby and the mother was abusing Angela. Kim later confronted Tony about it and claimed Chloe was delusional. Tony told Kim to handle the issue herself, as Chloe was the only one who could track Chase by audio. He told her that he would deal with the baby issue once the virus is secured.

When Kim checked to see if any Child Services reports were made, she realized Chloe lied to her. Chappelle places Chloe under arrest and asks her who the father is. Chloe refuses and Chappelle threatens to have DNA tests on the baby. After Chloe was released, in order to stop the worm from feeding inside the CTU server, she told Ryan who the father was and charges were dropped. When Kim asked who Angela's father was, she became shocked when Chloe told her it was Chase.

When Jack and Chase arrive at CTU, Kim is disturbed to see Nina escorted into the building. Kim questioned Jack on why he didn't come to her with his drug addiction, and he told her he wanted to quiet on his own terms. After ignoring Chase, Kim eventually confronted him about Angela. Chase admitted he recently found out he had a daughter and his sister and Chloe have been helping him take care of her. Though Kim is conflicted over the baby issue, she told Chase she would stand by him and help raise Angela.



When Kim heard the CTU alarm go off, she headed down the stairs and noticed a guard was down. Nina attempted to escape from the building and Kim drew her gun, threatening to shoot her. Kim has a hard-time firing at Nina, and Nina prepared to shoot her. Jack arrived and hit Nina in the shoulder; he then asked for Kim to leave the room. When Jack realized Nina was no longer any use to him, he killed her in cold blood.

After the shooting, Kim began to wonder if her father killed Nina in self-defense or if he killed her to avenge her mother's death. When Kim questioned Jack on his motives, he assured her he was only protecting her from any further harm. Jack and Chase then leave the building to track down Michael Amador. After taking Amador into custody, they placed a tracking device on him and let him escape.

Kim tracked Amador's movement and lead Jack to him. Amador entered a car, but the car ended up self-destructing. Tony then learned that the people infected by the virus in the Chandler Plaza Hotel will most likely not survive. Among the people in the hotel were Michelle and Gael. After Tony realized he may never see his wife again, Kim attempted to comfort him. Kim later helped Kim decrypt the bank accounts of Stephen Saunders, so they could find his location. Chappelle transferred his workload to them, as he was executed by Jack, under the orders of President David Palmer.



When CTU learned that Saunders had a daughter named Jane, they decided to grab her and replace her with a agent, so Saunders' men don't notice any changes. When the closest match to Saunders was at CTU Seattle, Tony had to settle for Kim serving as the double. Kim accepted the mission, but Jack refused to allow her to be on the field. After talking to her and Tony, Jack reluctantly agreed to allow Kim to accept the mission.

Jack and Kim met with Rachel Forrester at the University of California, Santa Barbara. Jack instructed Kim that when it came to field operations, he was in charge and she most follow his orders. After Jane was grabbed out of the bathroom, Kim went in as her replacement. While trying to help a customer find a book, Kim was grabbed by a man and he took her out of the library.

After Kim realized her life was in danger, she grabbed her firearm and shot the hostile. Jack arrived on the scene and told her to move away. Kim was a bit shakened up, as she just killed a man. Jack asked her to transport Jane back to CTU, and Kim agreed. Jane is confused on why she is being brought to Los Angeles, as the alert level there is high. Kim assured Jane that they would be safe once they arrived at CTU.



Once Kim arrived at CTU, she spoke to Tony about the earlier incident and he told her Division would want to question her about the shooting. Kim also congratulated on Tony about Michelle not being infected by the virus. She then learned that Stephen Saunders managed to escape from CTU's permiter. When Jack told her their may be a mole inside CTU, he told her she is the only one he can trust. Kim later discovered that Chloe is inactive on her system, and Jack believed she was the mole. After getting into Tech 1, Jack learned that Tony locked Chloe in there. Jack was informed that Saunders was using Michelle as leverage to get his daughter back.

Kim later confonts Chase and she told him she could consider being a family with him and Angela if he transfered out of field operations. Chase told her he would think about it and Chloe chided Kim for thinking that Chase could change for her. When Theresa Ortega arrived at CTU, to gather Gael's belongings, Michelle asked for Kim to watch Theresa.



When Chloe needed help in the field operations office, Kim was reassignd and Theresa found a gun. When Theresa learned that Saunders was responsible for releasing the virus in the Chandler Plaza Hotel, she blamed him for her husband's death. As she was being escorted out of the building, Theresa drew her weapon and shot and killed Saunders. Due to Saunders death, CTU wasn't able to identify the courier at the subway.

When Chase's hand was cut off, in order for the virus to be released in a contained area, Kim became worried. She reunited with her father at the hospital and is grateful that Chase will be all right and his hand will be reattached. When Kim told Jack about her and Chase moving away together and leaving CTU, she was worried he was disappointed. Instead, Jack was happy for his daughter and told her he was proud of her.

After Day 3


After the events of Day 3, Kim and Chase decided to leave CTU Los Angeles. They moved to Valencia and Kim helped raise Chase's daughter Angela. Chase didn't return to field work and got a job at a private security firm. During the events of Day 4, Jack mentioned Kim was living with Chase and Angela.

When Jack was killed by Dale Spalding, Kim was horrified over the fact that both of her parents were dead. Kim became very depressed and Chase had a hard time dealing with her sudden change in her attitude on life. Eventually, Chase took his daughter and dumped Kim. Kim was devastated over losing Chase and she never found out where he fled off to.

Kim soon became suicidal and she no longer wanted to live, as she didn't have anyone in her life. Kim started to see criminal psychologist Barry Landes and he helped her cope with her father's death. Eventually, Kim began to accept herself again and she had a new lease on life. If it wasn't for Barry, Kim would have likely committed suicide.



The doctor-patient relationship between Kim and Barry soon transformed into a romantic relationship, despite the fact Barry was old enough to be her father. The two eventually moved in together and by the time Day 5 started, they were planning on leaving town for a business trip/vacation.

Day 5
During the events of Day 5, Kim and Barry planned on leaving Los Angeles together, as Barry needed to go on a business trip. Before they left for the airport, Kim got a call from Audrey Raines, the lover of her father at the time of his death. Audrey asked if Kim could come to CTU Los Angeles and she reluctantly agreed. Initially Kim didn't want to go, as both her parents died there, but Barry convinced her to reconsider.



After they arrived at CTU, Kim and Barry were brought up to the field operations office. Barry helped Kim deal with being back at CTU, and Audrey came in. She asked if she could have a moment of privacy with Kim, but she insisted that Barry could stay. Audrey told Kim that she needed to tell her something about her father. Kim asked what this was about and Audrey revealed that her father was alive, and she just found out earlier in the morning.

Kim was shocked to know that her father was alive and even more so when she saw him in person. When Jack asked to speak to Kim alone, Barry refused to leave. After Kim convinced Barry it was all right, he left. Jack tried to explain to Kim that he didn't tell her he was alive in order to protect her, but Kim was furious with him. Kim told her father that she and Barry were leaving, but Jack was able to convince her to stay for a little longer.

While Kim waited to speak to her father again, CTU was put on lockdown and Bill Buchanan later called a Code 6, an evacuation procedure. While Audrey helped Kim and Barry out of CTU, they were stuck in the bullpen, as people began to die near the exits. Kim learned that Sentox nerve gas was released in the building. Luckily Kim and Barry were in one of the sealed rooms, the Situation Room. They were in the secure area with Jack, Audrey, Chloe O'Brian, and a few low level employees. Kim was horrified when she saw Edgar Stiles die, which caused Chloe to become emotional.



When Jack demanded for Chloe to go back to work, Barry decided to help Chloe deal with Edgar's death. When Jack accused Barry of taking advantage of his daughter, Kim stuck up for Barry and told Jack before she met him she no longer want to live. Chloe eventually went back to work and managed to get Jack to cool down. When she learned that the Sentox would eventually break through the seal, she told Jack they needed to access the air conditioning system, but couldn't because a program was interferring.

Jack decided to shut down the program by going through the walls and holding his breath. Kim became worried for her father and she confronted Chloe. When Chloe asked if Kim wanted her to find Chase, Kim told her no. When Jack wasn't able to access the program, he came back and had Chloe patch him through to Lynn McGill. Lynn agreed to shut down the program and he served as a sacrifice, along with Harry Swinton.

Once the Sentox was flourished out of the building, Kim decided to leave CTU with Barry. When Jack asked her to stay, Kim told him that she still loved him, but couldn't stand to be around him, saying that death and chaos followed him and those around him wherever he went. Realizing that he would have to let her go, at least for the time being, Jack gave his daughter a kiss and he told Barry to take her far away from Los Angeles.

Memorable quotes

 * Kim Bauer: So, is she still giving you the cold shoulder?
 * Jack Bauer: If by "she" you're referring to your mother, I'd appreciate if you called her by her name. Mom. And no, she's just busy.
 * Kim Bauer: She's busy a lot.


 * Kim Bauer: I'm happy that you're alive, I am. But I can't give you what you want right now.


 * Melanie: You're daddy's little girl. You get everything handed to you.
 * Kim Bauer: Shut up. I have been listening to this crap all day, about how I get everything I want, how my life is so great, and everybody else's life sucks.  Well you wanna know something?  You don't know anything about me!  Last night, I was kidnapped, tied up in the back of a trunk, and then I got to see your friend Dan get shot in the head.  You take all the bad luck you've had in your entire life.  It wouldn't fit into half of what's happened to me in the past 24 hours.  So messing me up may not be as easy as you think.  But if you wanna try, bring it on.  Here, outside, anyplace you like.

Background information and notes

 * On the August 18th, 2006 airing of Jimmy Kimmel Live, actress Elisha Cuthbert revealed that Kim was originally supposed to shoot and kill Nina Myers during Day 3 2:00am-3:00am. Kiefer Sutherland later decided to have Jack be the one to kill Nina.

After Day 1

 * The House Special Subcommittee's Findings at CTU

After Day 2

 * The Game