Michelle Dessler

Michelle Dessler was a federal agent working for CTU. She was married to, and divorced, Tony Almeida however they got back together during Day 4, when they both decided to move away from the CTU life. Michelle was killed during the first hour of Day 5, when a bomb went off in her car outside her home; planted by people working for Christopher Henderson.

Personal

 * Husband: Tony Almeida (divorced, then remarried) (deceased)
 * Brother: Danny Dessler

Education

 * Bachelor of Science, Computer Science - University of California, Davis

Experience

 * CTU – Acting Special Agent in Charge, Los Angeles Domestic Unit
 * CTU - Associate Special Agent in Charge, Division
 * CTU - Intelligence Agent, Los Angeles Domestic Unit
 * CTU - Internet Protocol Manager, Los Angeles Domestic Unit
 * DARPA - High Confidence Systems Working Group
 * National Institute of Standards & Technology – Computer Security Division

Expertise

 * Built IPSec architecture
 * Attacks scripts, computer vulnerabilities, intrusion detection, penetration testing, operational security, viruses
 * Proficiency in Cerberus and PlutoPlus

Day 2


Before the events of Day 2, Michelle began to work as a intelligence agent at CTU Los Angeles. She was the third highest-ranking agent at CTU, below George Mason and Tony Almeida. During the first hour of Day 2, the US government learned that a nuclear bomb would detonate somewhere in Los Angeles. CTU LA was put in charge of the investigation.

CTU discovered that Joseph Wald was connected to the terrorist attack. Both men knew Jack Bauer, the former Special Agent in Charge of CTU, who left when Nina Myers killed his wife. Tony called Jack in an attempt to get him to come to CTU, but Jack didn't pick up the calls. After he spoke with President David Palmer, he agreed to go to CTU to be debriefed on the crisis.

Once Jack arrived, he was introduced to Michelle and Paula Schaeffer. After Jack learned about the nuke, he left CTU in rage in an attempt to get his daughter out of town. He later returned to CTU and he told Mason and Tony that he would provisionally come back to CTU if his daughter was taken out of the city. Mason agreed to Jack's terms and Michelle set up Jack's undercover identity in his records.

In order to go undercover with Wald, Jack was forced to kill witness Marshall Goren and cut off his head, in order to show his loyalty. Michelle traveled with Jack on a CTU helicopter and she told him about Wald's current associates and gang. After Jack goes undercover, he recognized one of Wald's men. He knew Eddie Grant from a previous undercover affair. After Jack is set up, Michelle returns to CTU.

Shortly after 10am, CTU gets an order from NSA, who is working with the president's administration on the nuclear crisis. They asked CTU to transfer their database to NSA servers, and Michelle questions this order, as no other agencies were given it. Michelle then discovers Paula in the bathroom, who was emotional. Paula confides in Michelle that she doesn't think she can live up the expectations of her job, and she fears the nuclear bomb won't be located and will detonate.



Shortly before 11am, CTU learns that Eddie Grant's team planted a bomb inside the building, and Michelle and Tony began evacuation. When Tony realized Paula was still in Mason's office working on the decryption of files, he ran in after her and Michelle worried for his safety. Michelle was relieved that Tony survived the blast, but Paula was in critical condition. Paula was being prepared to be brought to the hospital, but Mason returned to CTU and wanted her to stay, so she could decrypt the files.

Michelle tells Jack about the bombing and he is furious about it. He contacted Lynne Kresge a half an hour before the explosion and told her about the bombing. Michelle also told Jack that she wasn't able to locate Kim, as Kim left for the hospital when Megan Matheson suffered a head injury outside of CTU. When Tony began to worry that it will be his fault if Paula dies, as he was the one who recruited her to CTU, Michelle comforted him and told him it wasn't his fault.

With help from Paula, Michelle was able to find the key to decrypt the files CTU transfered to NSA. Mason orders for the paramedics to bring Paula to the hospital, but she died shortly after she helped Michelle decrypt the files. Tony felt guilty over her death and Mason asked Michelle to escort Jack out of CTU. Jack refused to leave CTU and he asked Michelle to ask Mason where he has been for the past few hours. When Jack learned that Mason was exposed to radiation poison, he used this to blackmail him into allowing him to interrogate Nina Myers, who gave Wald the schematics of CTU.



Nina was one of Jack's closest allies and former lover, as well as the former girlfriend of Tony. She was arrested for treason and for the murder of Jack's wife. Mason didn't want Jack to be alone with her, so he and Michelle watched Jack's interrogation of her through a video monitor. Nina agreed to help find the nuclear bomb if she was granted a full presidential pardon. President Palmer and Jack were forced to comply to these demands. Michelle was ordered to assemble a team together, as Jack needed to transport Nina to Visalia in order to get information on the nuke.

During the plane ride to Visalia, Jack drugged Ed Miller so he wouldn't be kept under watch when he was with Nina. Michelle learned about this and told Mason about it. Michelle was able to keep in contact with Jack through the wires on Nina, and she kept him informed on the situation. When Nina met with Mamud Rasheed Faheen, the two of them spoke in Arabic to each other. Michelle used an interpreter in order to translate the conversation to Jack. Michelle wasn't able to confirm the man that Nina spoke to was Faheen, so Jack held off the raid on the building. After the transmission goes out, Jack ordered SWAT into the building.

While Michelle translated all of the conversations between Nina and Faheen, she received a call from Kim Bauer. Kim told her that she was placed under arrest, as she and her boyfriend were accused of Carla Matheson's murder. Michelle patched Kim over to Jack's cell phone, but during the call, Nina and Faheen began to speak in hushed tones. Michelle didn't understand what they discussed and Nina killed Faheen. Michelle looked at the transcripts and learned the name Marko Khatami was mentioned. She did a background check on Khatami and learned he was connected to Syed Ali, the leader of the terrorist group Second Wave.



When Michelle became weary from the stressfulness of the day, Tony comforted her. Michelle then found proof that the plane Jack and Nina were on was shot down, and she presented it to Mason. While Michelle was with Mason, his nose began to bleed. She confronted Tony and told him that she knew about Mason's radiation poisoning, as she also knew about a HAZMAT team being present at Panorama City. Tony confirmed that Mason had radiation poison and would most likely be dead by the end of the day. When Michelle began to question Mason's leadership skills, Tony defended him and insisted George could lead them through the time of crisis.

Mason confided in Michelle that he always wanted to be a teacher and only took a government job because the Department of Defense offered him more money. George told Michelle that she should choose a profession that made her happy and live her life. After the discussion, Michelle confronted Tony and admitted she had feelings for him, and wanted to start a romantic relationship. Tony admitted to Michelle that he also had feelings for her, but became cautious after his relationship with Nina. The two of them agree to go out on a date if they survive the nuclear crisis. Tony later confronted Michelle and told her he was eager to start over with her.

Michelle had an imaging expert brought into CTU and she has him analyze a charred paper found in Syed Ali's clothes. The expert is able to identify that the phrase NS4 is on the paper, and Michelle crosschecks it. When Ali claimed the nuclear bomb was at the Norton Airfield, Michelle was able to assume that NS4 was the location of the bomb. Tony then asked for Michelle to send a team to pick up Ali, but Mason ordered all field agents to go to the airfield. Michelle then began to worry that Division would oversee the investigation, and Tony felt that the only move Division would make is replace Mason.

Brad Hammond arrived at CTU to investigate it's condition, and Mason suggested he was in fine health and CTU was operational. The imaging technician, Randy Murdoch, is able to narrow down the information on the charred paper, and Michelle confirms that one of the phrases is a location at Norton Airfield. When Jack discovered that the bomb at Norton Airfield was a decoy, Michelle passed the Intel over to Tony and Mason, who were visibly upset.



Carrie Turner arrived at CTU as a replacement for Carrie, and she had tension with Michelle. Carrie was previously Michelle's boss at Division, and now Michelle out-ranked her. When Mason decided to step down from CTU, he gave his access codes to Tony, who was promoted to the director of CTU. Tony gave a speech to the CTU staff about Mason's departure, and Michelle commended him for it. Michelle then watched over Yusuf Auda, a Middle Eastern liaison that was brought into CTU.

Michelle discovered an audio recording encrypted on Syed Ali's hard drive. It served as evidence that proved Ali's terrorist actions were funded by three Middle Eastern countries. Michelle ordered a voice point authentication, to prove that the recording was reliable evidence. Tony then informed her that Jack parachuted out of the plane that carried the nuclear bomb, and Mason flew it into the Mojave Desert. Michelle sent a helicopter to pick up Jack and bring him back to CTU.

Michelle interrogated Syed Ali and played the recording for him. Ali claimed that the conversation never happened and the Cyprus recording had to be fabricated. Michelle submitted this evidence to Tony, but he was convinced that the recording was valid. Tony agreed to share both parts of the story to the Cabinet, and Michelle felt the US would enter war. She confronted Jack and told him about Ali's statement and the recording. Jack agreed to help prove the Cyprus was fabricated if Kim was found. After Ali was murdered by Jonathan Wallace, Michelle told Jack about Yusuf. Jack told Michelle to trust Yusuf and he escaped from CTU with Kate Warner, which caused him to break Tony's ankle.



Tony confronted Michelle and asked her if she was involved with the escape of Jack and Kate. Michelle denied being involved and told Tony that Carrie wanted to move forward with her career. When an error signal popped up on Michelle's system, she went away from her station to fix the problem. While she was away, Carrie manipulated her outside links so her communications would be able to be tracked. While at her station, Michelle received a call from her brother Danny. Danny began to ask about the nuclear explosion in the Mojave Desert, and Michelle told him she couldn't enclose any information to him. Danny threatened to call Carrie for the information and after the call, Michelle erased it from her call log.

Michelle was then contacted by Jack, who needed satellite feed. He, Kate, and Wallace were ambushed by assailants, and Jack needed satellite feed of the warehouse. Michelle knew that Carrie had her under watch, so she pulled up several different satellite images. Carrie confronted Michelle about what she was doing, and Michelle dismissed her and went into the restroom in order to place a call to Jack. She sends the satellite feed to Jack's PDA and after she left the restroom, Tony confronted her on if she aided Jack. Michelle told Tony she didn't help Jack, but told him to warn President Palmer to stop any retaliation until Jack found the evidence.

When Tony learned that a gunfight ensued in Studio City, he assumed it involved Jack and he confronted Michelle about it. She dialed Jack's number and handed the phone over to Tony. She apologized for her deception and expected to get fired, but Tony told her to get back to work. Tony then warned President Palmer about a the Cyprus recording possibly being falsified. Tony then witnessed an argument between Carrie and Michelle, and Michelle caused Carrie of sabotage.



Tony confronted Michelle about her dispute with Carrie. Michelle confessed that her brother left his wife for Carrie, and Carrie stopped talking to him. Michelle promised to not let the problem interfere with her work, but Danny arrived at CTU. Michelle attempted to get him to leave, but he saw Carrie and confronted her. Danny physically attacked Carrie, and security guards placed him into custody. Michelle was horrified and Tony comforted her, which caused them to pull into a passionate kiss. Carrie witnessed the action and Michelle is convinced she will use the information against Tony.

Michelle then received a call from Jack and she told Tony about it. The service was cut off and Michelle tried to locate him. Eventually she and Jack got back into contact and he gained possession of the chip that proved the Cyprus was fabricated, but it was damaged by white supremacists. Michelle attempted to access the chips contents and the audio files weren't retrievable. Michelle was able to find the chip's programmer through the sequence of the junk code. She traced the sequence to a man named Alex Hewitt, a hacker who worked for the State Department and was fired after manipulation of files.



When Ryan Chappelle arrived at CTU and took command of it, he ordered for Michelle and Tony to not work on the Cyprus recording. He was convinced that retaliation against the Middle Eastern countries would take place, as the 25th Amendment was being activated. Carrie confronted Michelle on what she worked on, and Michelle lied to her in order to brush her off. Carrie reported to Chappelle and Tony about Michelle's secret operations.

When Tony was reassigned, Michelle asked him to help her assist Jack. Michelle brought Chappelle to a holding cell and Tony drugged him. Michelle then ordered for a helicopter to pick-up Jack, Hewitt, and Sherry Palmer, but it was too late as Hewitt was killed. When Michelle began to leave CTU, Carrie stopped her and asked her where she was going to. Carrie is distrustful of Michelle's explanation, as Michelle goes into a CTU van in order to connect to Hewitt's computer.

Jack explains to Michelle about Hewitt's program and she found thousands of voice samples. Michelle walked Jack through the process, but Division agents surrounded the van and placed her under arrest. Brad Hammond had arrived at CTU and took control of it, as he wasn't able to get in touch with Chappelle and Carrie requested for him to come. Michelle sat in a holding cell with Tony and she told him she wouldn't allow him to take the blame for what happened to Chappelle.



Michelle and Tony waited in their holding cell for their punishment, when Chappelle arrived in the room. Chappelle asked Tony and Michelle to get him in touch with Jack, and he wouldn't pursue any charges if they helped him. Chappelle was convinced that Jack was right and with help from Tony and Michelle, he was able to place a wire on Sherry Palmer.

Sherry met with Peter Kingsley and her conversation with him proved that the audio recording was fabricated. After Kingsley realized Sherry played him, he ordered his men to kill her. However, Jack was able to kill all of the hostiles and Sherry ran off. Jack ended up in a fight with one of the hostiles, which exhausted him. After he lost all of his energy, Kingsley approached him and Jack ran out of ammunition. Kingsley prepared to kill Jack, but Agent Tom Baker and field agents arrived, and they killed Kingsley.



President Palmer regained his presidency from Vice President Jim Prescott and Michelle told Tony she was going to go home. Tony thanked Michelle for sticking with her gut feeling, even if it meant acting against him, and he told her that he would like to go out with her sometime.

24: The Game
During 24: The Game, Michelle worked at CTU Los Angeles as CTU Chief of Staff where she assisted Jack Bauer.

When CTU was attacked by Peter Madsen and his men, Dessler and Kim Bauer were in Tech 1. They were two of a few CTU Agents not captured or killed during the attacks. Michelle helped get Kim to the safe room M3 although she herself was captured. Sean Walker was killed during the attack, an agent Michelle had trained with herself and worked with closely.

Throughout the day, Michelle helped give logistical information to field agents as well as help to re-boot the CTU computer after the attack.

Day 3


Michelle served as the Chief of Staff at CTU during the events of Day 3. Her husband Tony Almeida was the Special Agent in Charge and he was offered a position at Langley, the Virginia headquarters of the CIA. Michelle wanted her husband to accept the position, but he refused to transfer there without her. Michelle encouraged him to accept it, as she would go with him, regardless if she worked at Langley.

CTU was then informed that a corpse was dropped at the NHS. Sunny Macer identified that the body was infected with the Cordilla virus and Michelle helped identify the body. She also oversaw the research of intelligence agents Kim Bauer and Adam Kaufman. CTU received a call from an assailant, who threatened to release the virus if Ramon Salazar wasn't released from prison. CTU assumed the assailant was Ramon's brother Hector and President Palmer refused to negotiate, as Ramon had terrorist cell connections around the world.

Sunny informed Michelle that the virus was deliver through a powdered substance, that resembled heroin or cocaine. When the corpse was identified as David Goss, Michelle gave his last known address to Jack Bauer, the Director of Field Operations. Tony then told Michelle to inform Jack and Chase Edmunds to be wired for transmitters when they arrive at the home, so CTU can identify the connection between Goss and the Salazars. Shortly after, Michelle was confronted by Kim, who was in a committed relationship with Chase. Kim asked how Michelle was able to deal with her work and marriage life with Tony, and Michelle told her to keep her relationship with Chase between them.

When Michelle discovered that the call that demanded for Salazars release came from somewhere in the US, she had Gael Ortega narrow down the search. It is learned that Kyle Singer was hired to make a delivery and CTU assumed that the cocaine Kyle had was the Cordilla virus. When they had Kyle's father place a call to him, CTU was able to track Kyle to a mall. Jack and Tony arrived to bring him in, but a hostile shot Tony in the neck and Kyle escaped. Jack stayed with Tony and waited for paramedics to arrive.



Tony was rushed to the hospital and Michelle took command of CTU. Gael encouraged Michelle to step down and go to the hospital, so he would be the ranking agent. Michelle felt CTU couldn't afford losing both her and Tony. CTU also became aware that Jack started a prison riot, in order to break Ramon out and deliver him to Hector. Kim became emotional over her fathers actions, as he used her to get Intel. Michelle asked Adam to confront Kim and ease her feelings. She then asked Chloe O'Brian to search through Jack's office, and she discovered heroin paraphernalia in the wastebasket.

Michelle managed to get feed of Tony's surgery and she was shakened up when she witnessed it. When the truck that carried Kyle Singer is discovered at an industrial complex, Michelle ordered for a TAC team to raid it. The hostiles were killed and Kyle and his girlfriend Linda were rescued. Michelle informed Chase about the new information and he attempted to stop Jack from bringing Salazar to Hector. However, Jack couldn't hear what Chase said over the noise from the helicopter, and he flew off with Salazar.

Ryan Chappelle arrived from Division and took over command of CTU. With Kyle in custody, he ordered for Jack and Salazar to be shut down, as they had Singer in custody. President Palmer gave his consent, but the military would have to shoot the helicopter down before it was in civilian area. The military was unsuccessful, as Jack managed to land the helicopter in the middle of downtown Los Angeles. Michelle confronted Kim and told her that they could apprehend Salazar without Jack getting harmed, as they were now on the ground. Michelle is then informed Tony is out of surgery and is expected to make a full recovery from his gun shot wound.



After Jack and Salazar managed to escape without being detected, Chappelle ordered for Chase to come back to CTU, but he revealed to Kim that he planned on going after Jack. Michelle wanted to leave for the hospital and she assigned Kim to Tech 1, the room where Gael worked at throughout the day. She assigned Gael to a new task, but he eventually went back to the tech room. Michelle planned on going to the hospital, but she was held back in a briefing.

After Adam discovered Kim tied up in Tech 1, Michelle realized that Gael was a mole and she ordered a lockdown. Gael was near the exit, but he was cornered. Michelle ordered for Gael to stand down and he was placed into custody. Gael is taken to a holding cell and Chappelle decided to handle his interrogation. Michelle checked out of the building and went to the hospital. Tony insisted he had enough strength to go back to work, but Michelle advised against it.

When Tony learned that Gael was arrested, he demanded for Michelle to sign him out of the hospital. With a medical floor at CTU, Tony argued that he would have medical attention if anything went wrong. Michelle signed his release form and the two of them returned to CTU. Tony interrupted the interrogation of Gael and demanded for Chappelle to stop the interrogation. Tony revealed that he, Gael, and Jack entered a sting operation, that required Gael and Jack to work with the Salazars, in order to contain the Cordilla virus. After Palmer learned about the operation, he gave Tony and Jack authorization to continue it. However, Chappelle was furious for being kept out of the loop, and Michelle felt that she was kept in the dark.



When Michelle noticed Tony was weak, she encouraged him to check himself back into the hospital. Tony advised against it, as he was the only one who could run the Salazar operation. Tony then apologized to Michelle for not telling her about the mission. Michelle was upset because she didn't notice that Tony kept a secret from her for over a month.

Shortly after 9pm, Michelle is confronted by Kim. Kim noted that Tony made a few noticeable mistakes. Michelle began to question her husband's leadership skills and state of mind. She went to Chappelle with these issues, and he called Tony into one of the conference rooms. When Tony proved that he didn't make any mistakes and Kim didn't following procedures, he went back to work and Michelle felt ashamed for doubting her husband's abilities. Chappelle expressed anger towards Michelle, as he felt she wasted his time.

Michelle went to Tony and apologized for not trusting his abilities. Tony felt she only filled her resolve to CTU, and he went back to work before Michelle could explain herself. Michelle then received a call from Jack and she handed the phone to Tony. Jack discussed the location of the virus transactions with the Salazars. Chappelle then suspended Chloe for bringing a baby into the building, without the parentage being known. Michelle advised Chappelle that she needed an analyst to take care of the digitally enhanced surveillance in Mexico, and Chloe was the best person for the job.



Tension still existed between Tony and Michelle, as Tony still felt betrayed over Michelle doubting his ability as the leader of CTU. After Michael Amador sold the virus to Ramon and Nina Myers, Amador left and Salazar escaped with the virus. When Salazar attempted to release the vial, he was killed when the virus exploded. Amador was still in possession of the virus and he was stopped by a Delta Force team, but the team was ambushed and Amador escaped.

After Nina caused a worm to feed into CTU's computers, Chappelle is forced to reinstate Chloe, as she was the only one who could stop cells around the world from accessing CTU's server. When it was learned that Amador met with a man named Marcus Alvers in Los Angeles, Michelle worked on distinguishing Alvers' location. She made it possible for Division to assist in the search for Alvers and Amador.

When a lapse in research is discovered, Tony placed Michelle as the scapegoat, due to the fact it happened during the time she was the interim director of CTU. Michelle had a valid for excuse for the mistake her office made during Tony's surgery, but she was disappointed in her husband for the humiliation he presented to her. When Tony started to feel that their marriage suffered from their dispute, Michelle advised them that the two of them are fine.

When Nina arrived at CTU with Jack and Chase, Michelle prepared for the interrogation. Tony planned on leading the interrogation and Michelle had mixed feelings, as Tony slept with Nina before she was revealed to be a mole and murderer during the end of Day 1. When Nina commented on Tony's wedding ring, Michelle began to worry that Nina would try to manipulate him. When Tony wasn't able to get anywhere, he had Agent Eric Richards administrate a pharmaceutical interrogation on Nina. During the interrogation, Nina faked suicide and managed to escape. She killed several guards, but was ultimately stopped by Kim, and killed by Jack.



When it was learned that Alvers may release a vial of the virus in the Chandler Plaza Hotel, Chappelle assigned Michelle to the operation, as he had experience in the field. Tony and Michelle still had some tension and friction in their relationship, and Gael felt it was because Tony felt guilty for his deception of Michelle for the past month. Tony was against Michelle going into the field, but she felt she was the best agent for the operation. She and Gael left for the Chandler Plaza Hotel, and informed Head of Security Craig Phillips about the situation.

Michelle waited outside of the hotel room with Gael, Ed Miller, and the TAC team, as they needed HAZMAT biohazard suits in order to be protected against the virus. When Michelle felt the chemical response team wouldn't arrive in time, she went into the hotel herself and told any agents who wanted to help could go in with her. Tony ordered for Michelle to stand down and wait for her biohazard suit, but she told him it was too late and she was already infected with the virus if it was released. Michelle and Gael searched the building for Alvers and the vial.

Michelle discovered Alvers and he attempted to escape. She shot him and chained him to a gas pipe. Michelle told Alvers that he would die if the vial was released, so he agreed to give up the location. He told Michelle that the Cordilla virus was in the ventilation duck. Michelle radioed the information to Gael, who discovered it. Gael prepared to take the vial and unarm it, but he hesitated due to the speed of the fan being too fast. Gael wasn't able to unarm the vial and he was exposed to it.



When Gael started to show symptoms, Alvers revealed that he added a component to the virus that caused the signs and symptoms to start earlier than they should. Michelle barricaded Gael in the basement and he suggested for her to not visit him, but Michelle insisted that she had already been infected. After Michelle jammed up the cell phone signals in the hotel and secured the exits, Bruce Margolis overheard her and Phillips. Bruce felt he needed to get out of the hotel and he set off the fire alarm. Michelle confronted him and managed to get him to put down his weapon. Michelle then told him he would danger others if he left the hotel, and he stayed.

Hotel guests gathered around the lobby and Michelle lied to them, and said that a biological substance was released around the hotel, and they needed to stay inside the hotel. When people began to suffer from nose bleeds and other symptoms of the virus, a civilian named Danny was convinced the substance was inside the hotel. He grabbed a chair and crashed the hotel window, as he prepared to leave. Michelle drew her weapon and shot him twice in the back. She warned the hotel guests that they needed to stay in the hotel.

Alvers revealed that there were 11 more vials of the virus and he wasn't in possession of them. Michelle then used Alvers to identify the man who was in control of the vials. When Alvers didn't recognize any of the photos sent to him, Jack suggested to narrow the search to presumed dead. Alvers recognized one of the photos and he identified the man was Stephen Saunders, who worked on Operation Nightfall with Jack years ago.



Michelle went to see Gael in isolation and she offered him a gun, so he could end his misery. Gael turned down her offer and he asked her to tell his family that he didn't die in pain. Michelle agreed to deliver the message and she then called Tony. She asked him to send suicide capsules to the hotel, so elderly people and anybody who suffered, could end their life without the misery. Tony told her it would take some time to get the capsules and he promised to get it to the hotel.

Nicole Duncan, Sunny, and a team from NHS began to test to see who was infected by the virus. Michelle was first and Phillips confronted Michelle after he was tested. He told her he cooperated with CTU and wanted to make a phone call to his wife, so he could say good-bye. Michelle told him that his request wouldn't be granted and she apologized for the inconvenience. Michelle then offered the suicide capsules to any guests who wanted them, and an elderly couple took them right away. After the senior citizens took it, more of the guests began to take it, though the majority of the guests died the natural way.

A woman named Kathy McCartney approached Michelle and told her that she had a one-night stand with a married man at the hotel. The man was gone before the fire alarm went off and Michelle passed the information over to CTU. Michelle had a forensics team go through Kathy's hotel room and the man is identified as William Cole. CTU has all hospitals contacted in case Cole checked himself into one when the symptoms start to take an effect.

Michelle broke down on the phone with Tony, and became emotional over the fact that she may never see him again. Tony told her he didn't want to talk about it until it was proven that she had contracted the virus. Michelle asked Tony to give her a workload, as she didn't want to worry while she waited for the test results. When Michelle learned that she was immune to the virus, she called Tony and the two of them expressed their love for each other. Michelle told Tony that she was going to NHS, as they wanted to keep her under watch as a precaution.



When Michelle was loaded into the NHS van, she was taken hostage by men that worked for Stephen Saunders. Saunders planned to use her as leverage against Tony, in case he needed it. When Jack was able to find Saunders' location through his daughter, CTU and LAPD surrounded the building Saunders was in. After Saunders killed his associate Osterlind, he called Tony and asked for him to clear a path. When Saunders provided evidence that he had Michelle with his men, Tony managed to get Tom Baker to move all of his men to the front. Jack realized Saunders would escape, but Saunders was gone by the time Baker's team got back.

Michelle was tied up and locked in a dark room. Saunders wanted to know how CTU would be able to trace his call, but Michelle refused to answer. Michelle briefly spoke with Tony and she told him not to give into Saunders' demands, but Tony had no other choice. When Jack noticed Tony made mistakes, he forced him out of his position as Special Agent in Charge. After Tony locked Chloe in a tech room, he signed Jane Saunders out of CTU and escaped with her.

While Michelle was being guarded, she tried to convince her guard to let her go. She managed to make it look like she had the Cordilla virus and the guard became frantic. Michelle knocked him out unconscious with a rock, and gained possession of his firearm and cellular phone. Michelle ran down a corridor and made a call to CTU, but the signal was bad. Michelle eventually got in touch with them, and she was patched over to Jack and Tony. Jack asked Michelle to surrender to Saunders, as the only way to capture him was to go forward with the exchange. Michelle agreed and tossed away her gun and phone.



Michelle was brought to the exchange site and she was released to Tony. Jane began to walk towards Saunders' men, but she became frightened and she ran over to Tony. Saunders exposed himself and Jack called for all agents to make their move. The hostiles began to fire, and Tony had Michelle cover behind him. Tony took out a few of the hostiles, while Jack went after Saunders. A helicopter arrived and pinned down Jack, but Chase called in air support. Military aircrafts took out the helicopter and Saunders was placed into custody.

Though Michelle is shakened up over being kidnapped, she decided to return to work. Brad Hammond arrived at CTU and took command of it and Michelle was furious that she wasn't permitted to visit her husband. Hammond informed Michelle that Tony committed treason in order to save her life, and he could face the death penalty, with a 20 year sentence also being apparent. Despite Jack's argument that Tony didn't endanger the operation, Hammond expressed his feeling that Saunders would of been in custody earlier if it wasn't for Tony. Hammond told Jack that he could testify at Tony's hearing, but at the time he would have to hand him over to Division.

Nearly all 11 vials were secured by CTU domestic units across the country, but the last vial was in the possession of courier named Arthur Rabens. Rabens was in Los Angeles and Saunders believed that it was an alias. Michelle had Chloe set up photos, so Saunders could identify Rabens. Jack and Chase managed to lock down a subway, but the courier might of been able to escape from CTU's perimeter.



Shortly after 12pm, Gael's wife Theresa arrived to gather her husband's belongings. Michelle didn't want Theresa to be alone and she comforted her for a few moments. Michelle then assigned Kim to keep an eye on Theresa. While Theresa was going through her husband's desk, she discovered a small handgun. While Theresa was being accompanied out of CTU, she took the gun and killed Saunders. CTU wasn't able to identify the courier and Theresa was taken into custody.

Michelle confronted Hammond and she suggested that Tony needed to be reinstated on a provisional basis, as they needed him to run tactical. Hammond agreed to reinstate Tony, but only until the vial was secured. Jack and Chase were lead to a middle school and Chase got into a brawl with Rabens. He was forced to cuff the vial to his hand, as Rabens planned to escape in a helicopter and produce more vials of the virus. Jack was forced to cut off Chase's hand and he had the virus released in a contained area. Chase was rushed to the hospital and his arm was reattached.



After the crisis was over, Hammond had Tony placed back into custody. He prepared to have Tony handed over to Division and Michelle became emotional, as her husband would face prison time or death. The two of them said their good-byes and Tony was escorted out of the building by guards.

After Day 3
Both President Palmer and Jack Bauer vouched for Tony during his trial, but he was still sentenced to a maximum security prison. After Tony served seventh months, he was released when he was granted a Presidential pardon. It was one of the last duties Palmer had during his presidency, and it was under the request of Jack. Tony didn't retain his position at CTU and he remained unemployed. Due to the stressfulness he suffered while in prison and his unemployment situation, Tony turned to alcohol and this ultimately caused him to push Michelle away. Michelle filed divorce and Tony began to live with a female bartender, Jen Slater.

Michelle was temporarily posted at the Seattle branch of the Counter Terrorist Unit. There she met Bill Buchanan and they became close allies. Both of them shared feelings for each other and attempted to start a relationship. However, Bill realized that Michelle was still in love with Tony and they decided to end it before it got too serious. Michelle then earned a position as the Associate Special Agent in Charge of Division in Los Angeles. Bill was also transfered there, as the Regional Director, the former position of the deceased Ryan Chappelle.

Day 4


After Maya Driscoll committed suicide at CTU Los Angeles, Erin Driscoll wasn't able to focus on her work and Secretary of Defense James Heller advised her to step down. Tony Almeida, who was reinstated several hours earlier, held the position of Special Agent in Charge until the replacement from Division arrived. Tony was shocked when he learned that Michelle was the replacement.

Secretary Heller greeted Michelle and asked Tony to keep everybody up to date about the situation at McLennan-Forster. Tony revealed that Jack Bauer and Paul Raines went to the defense contractor to obtain any evidence that would lead them to Habib Marwan, the man behind the terrorist attacks of the day. An Electromagnetic pulse bomb was set off, which destroyed any electric device within a 20 block radius. Michelle told the CTU staff that their objective was to retrieve any evidence found at McLennan-Forster, with the secondary objective being the rescue of Jack and Paul.

Michelle confronted Tony and asked for the access codes to CTU. After Michelle received the codes, she handed Tony a level 2 access code. Tony disagreed with this decision, as he had a level 6 when he worked at CTU in the past. Michelle felt Tony wouldn't be able to handle a job of that criteria, as he wasn't able to stay sober enough to hold a job six months ago. Audrey Raines then confronted Michelle and told her to listen to Tony's opinions and input. Audrey revealed that she and Jack would of been killed if Tony didn't save their lives earlier in the day.



Sarah Gavin confronted Michelle and told her about how she was earlier arrested for treason and was later cleared. Sarah told Michelle that Driscoll promised her a two-level pay grade promotion and an expunge of her arrest. Michelle fired Sarah and told her that CTU couldn't afford her attitude. Without no replacement for Sarah, Michelle confronted Tony and she asked him about Chloe O'Brian. Tony told her that Driscoll forced Chloe to be relieved of her duties for insubordination. Chloe had sided with Jack over Driscoll earlier in the day, and it turned out Jack was right.

Michelle called Chloe and asked for her to come back to CTU. At first, Chloe was hesitant and didn't want to be reinstated. She told Michelle that she would only work at CTU for the remainder of the crisis. After Chloe arrived at CTU, she was able to help Edgar Stiles with his workload. CTU was able to perform more sufficiently with Chloe back on board. CTU was also able to locate Jack when he created a fire fight with mercenaries, that wire sent by Dave Conlon. Jack handed over the evidence he found to Agent Lee Castle, but Paul was shot when Conlon tried to shoot Jack.

When Jack returned to CTU, he suggested that the only way to get to Marwan was by using Dina Araz. Michelle didn't agree with this decision, as Dina's son was already granted immunity. Jack felt if they offered Dina immunity as well and enrolled her in the Witness Protection Program with Behrooz, she would cooperate. Dina agreed to the operation and she brought Jack to Joseph Fayed, and claimed he was her hostage. However, Marwan saw through Dina and he killed her. Marwan was able to switch vehicles while under a tunnel and successfully kidnapped Jack.



Marwan called Michelle and he offered her Jack Bauer. He told her he would exchange Marwan for Behrooz Araz. CTU didn't know the value that Behrooz had to Marwan, and Michelle felt he may be more valuable than Jack was. She had Curtis Manning interrogate Marwan and she got nothing. Bill Buchanan, the Regional Director, arrived at CTU and took command of the operation. When Behrooz didn't have any useful information, Buchanan decided to go forward with the trade.

Decoy trackers were placed on Behrooz, and an isotope tracker was placed in the back of his neck. Behrooz was handed over, but Marwan's began to fire at Jack and Curtis. CTU was able to kill the hostiles and the trackers were also disarmed. Buchanan was furious and he felt that they wouldn't be able to find Marwan. He expressed angered towards Michelle and placed the blame on her.

Tony noticed the tension between Michelle and Bill, and he discovered that they worked at CTU Seattle together. Tony confronted Michelle and asked her if she slept with Buchanan. Michelle brushed him off and refused to answer the question. Tony then confronted Buchanan on the matter. He revealed to Tony that they began to date, but they decided to end their relationship on friendly terms. Buchanan told Tony that he decided to end it because Michelle was still in love with him. Tony was shocked and he himself, was still in love with Michelle.



Jack then contacted CTU and told him that he found Intel on the hard drive he found at Mitch Anderson's house. Jack revealed that schematics of a Stealth bomber were on the aircraft. Michelle and CTU tried to narrow down what Anderson's target would be. Jack suggested it was Air Force One, as President John Keeler planned to land in Los Angeles. Jack attempted to talk Anderson out of going through with the attack, but he shot down Air Force One. The president's son was killed in the crash and the president was incapacitated.

Finding Marwan became the top priority of CTU. However, due to his commitment to Secretary Heller and the Department of Defense, Jack was forced to go to the crash site and recover the Nuclear football. When a civilian contacted Jack and told him he had the football, Jack also learned that Marwan was at the site to get the football. Though Jack recovered the football, Marwan managed to escape with the red section, which had all of the locations of the US's nuclear warhead arsenal.

Tony confronted Michelle and he apologized for his reaction to his discovery about her past relationship with Buchanan. Buchanan than felt that the dynamics between Tony and Michelle would cause their work to suffer. Michelle assured Buchanan that the friction between her and Tony wouldn't cause problems. Curtis then brought in Joe Prado, who was CTU's only lead to Marwan. Michelle ordered for Curtis to interrogate Prado and Jack wanted to run the interrogation as well.

A lawyer named David Weiss arrived and stopped the interrogation of Prado. He had a signed court order that prevented CTU from any interrogation or torture of Prado. Michelle and Buchanan were forced to stop Jack and Curtis from the interrogation. Buchanan attempted to contact the Justice Department in order to have the order withdrawn. Without any other leads to Marwan, Buchanan and Jack covertly worked on the interrogation of Prado. Buchanan had Prado released and Jack knocked out the federal marshal that guarded him in the parking lot. Jack interrogated Prado by force, against the orders of newly appointed President Charles Logan, and managed to get a location on Marwan.



Jack, Curtis, and a TAC team arrived at Marwan's location. Michelle ran tactical and despite Buchanan's efforts to have Logan sign off on the interrogation and cheat the time situation, Logan discovered that Bauer went against his orders. The president sent Secret Service agents to Jack's location and this jeopardized the operation. Marwan managed to escape and Logan then had Jack released, as he realized he was wrong. At the hideout, a tape of Marwan is discovered and Michelle has it brought back for proper analysis.

In the video tape, Marwan announced that America would wake up to a new world. She and Buchanan assumed that Marwan would launch an attack by sunrise, which would happen in the next three hours if it was Eastern Standard Time. This information is sent over to the White House, where Former President David Palmer has taken control of the situation. Palmer and Mike Novick, an advisor to Logan, advise CTU to find Marwan before dawn.

When Tony's phone rang, Michelle picked up and spoke to a woman named Jen Slater. Michelle is shocked to learn that Jen is the woman living with Tony. Tony took the phone from Michelle and argued with Jen. Tony's girlfriend was upset that he didn't tell her he worked with his ex-wife. Tony was about to provide an explanation to her, but Michelle insisted that it wasn't her concern.

Unbeknownst to Buchanan and Michelle, President Palmer authorized a covert operation that required Jack to raid the Chinese consulate. Jack worked with Tony, Curtis, Howard Bern, and a few field agents in the operation. During the apprehension of Lee Jong, Consul Koo Yin was shot in friendly fire. Cheng Zhi, the head of security at the consulate, contacted Michelle and demanded to be granted access to CTU for further investigation. When President Logan signed off on it, Michelle was forced to give Cheng access.



Cheng arrived at CTU and Michelle had Buchanan speak with with him. Cheng suggested that Jack was at the consulate during the raid, but Audrey confirmed that she worked with Jack during the time. Cheng began to leave CTU, but he began to question Edgar, who wasn't entailed much details about the covert operation. Chloe managed to get Edgar out from Cheng, who began to believe CTU was involved with the raid.

Tony told Michelle that he wanted to be with her and in order to do that, they both had to leave their CTU lives in the past. Michelle was objective at first, but she agreed to Tony's terms. After Richard Heller was brought in, he gave CTU a new lead. Jack requested to have Agent Castle and Curtis for the operation. Michelle and Bill needed Curtis at CTU and Tony took Curtis' position in the field.

When Jack and Castle went off com, Michelle began to worry that something happened. Jack discovered that Castle was down and Tony was MIA. Michelle began to panic that something has happened and Jack suggested that the female hostile had possibly taken Tony as a hostage in order to escape. Buchanan was able to calm Michelle down and she took back control of the situation. Michelle then received a call from the hostile, that e-mailed Michelle proof that she had Tony. The hostile learned that Tony committed treason in the past in order to save her, and Mandy asked for Michelle to do the same for Tony.

Michelle was going to go forward with the hostile's demands, but she broke down to Buchanan and told him about the situation. Jack told Michelle that she had to convince the hostile that she was still going to cooperate with her. Michelle cleared a path for the hostile and she walked to a car with Tony. When CTU field agents began to approach the car, the hostile realized that Michelle had double-crossed her. She detonated the bomb and Michelle was devastated, as Tony was ultimately killed. Michelle could no longer focus on her work and Buchanan sent her home.



Jack began to watch the video footage of the explosion repeatedly, and Curtis encouraged him that he couldn't do anything. Jack discovered that Tony was still alive and he was lead to the parking garage. With help from Curtis and Tony, Jack was able to apprehend the hostile, who was responsible for the assassination attempt made on Palmer at the end of Day 2. Tony wanted to speak with Michelle and Buchanan called her cell phone. Michelle was in her car, outside of CTU, and she was thrilled to hear Tony's voice. He told her that he loved her and was going to be at CTU in a few minutes.

After Tony arrived at CTU, Michelle confronted him and pulled him into a passionate kiss. Michelle felt guilty because she didn't put Tony's life in front of her own, and he told her she did the right thing. Jack and Curtis are also able to capture Marwan, who ultimately committed suicide after he had a nuclear missile launched. The target was Los Angeles, but the missile was able to be shot down by the military.



When Howard Bern confessed to Cheng Zhi that Jack lead the covert operation that lead to Consul Yin's death, the US government is forced to hand Jack over to the Chinese. Jack learned from President Palmer that Dale Spalding, the Secret Service agent sent to detain Bauer by Walt Cummings, had orders to kill him. Jack managed to escape, but he was ultimately shot by Spalding. Tony had Spalding taken out of the room by Buchanan and he injected a drug into Jack. Jack was revived and Tony, Michelle, and Chloe managed to stage his death. Tony and Michelle dropped Jack off and gave him a new identity, as well as a cell phone with a scrambler on it; Jack walked off into the sunset.

After Day 4
After helping President David Palmer, Chloe O'Brian, and Tony Almeida fake the death of Jack Bauer, Tony and Michelle left CTU Los Angeles and started a life together. They fell back in love with each other and eventually remarried. They also started their own private security technology company.

Day 5
Michelle and her husband Tony were getting ready for a meeting, when they heard about President David Palmer being assassinated in Los Angeles. Wanting to help the investigation, Michelle wanted to go back to CTU Los Angeles on a provisional basis. Tony objected to this idea, as he felt CTU had agents capable of handling the case, while Michelle was convinced those agents didn't have their experience, especially concerning Palmer.

Michelle left her house, while Tony called the office to tell Michelle wouldn't be able to make the meeting. Tony had second thoughts, and decided to go to CTU as well, when an explosion occured. Michelle's car was bombed and Tony ran to her, holding her in his arms. A second bomb went off, and Tony was transported to CTU medical, while Michelle died.

Hours later, Tony woke up and Bill Buchanan told him Michelle survived, but eventually Tony figured out his wife was deceased. When he learned Christopher Henderson ordered the hits on them, he attempted to kill him by giving him an overdose of Hyoscine-pentothal, but he had second thoughts. Just then, Henderson woke up and stabbed Tony with the syringe, ultimately killing him.

Memorable Quotes

 * Michelle Dessler: (to Tony and her last line) You can handle the meeting on your own.


 * Michelle Dessler: (to Tony) They don’t have our experience. I never once regretted our decision to leave CTU, but I don’t want to look back on today and realize I could have helped.


 * Jack Bauer: OK. Did you get me a clean phone?
 * Michelle Dessler: Yeah. Here’s a scramble filter. You can talk up to one minute undetected.


 * Michelle Dessler: When they told me you were dead…
 * Tony Almeida: I know. It’s all right.
 * Michelle Dessler: Oh, I love you. I didn’t realize how much until I thought I lost you.


 * Michelle Dessler: I can't...I can't spend another day without you. I'm ready to leave here, I'm ready to go with you.


 * Michelle Dessler: I'm his wife. He did what he did to save my life!
 * Brad Hammond: I'm aware of that. And because of that he's being charged with treason.
 * Michelle: Treason? Brad, look, I know that he broke protocol by taking Jane Saunders out of CTU but he would never have given her out…
 * Brad Hammond: Michelle!
 * Michelle Dessler: And because of him we were able to catch Saunders!


 * Dalton Furrelle: (referring to Nina Myers) Her pulse is spiking. Someone hasn't been using protection with Marcus Alvers.
 * Michelle Dessler: (to Tony) She's probably had sex with him.


 * Michelle Dessler: I'll go anywhere with you...as long as I don't have to cook.
 * Tony Almeida: Sweetheart, if you promise not to cook, I will take you with me anywhere.


 * Michelle Dessler: I'm gonna deal with this Mr. Auda myself. If you need any help, call Jacobs. He’ll give you a hand.
 * Carrie Turner: Tony told you to assign someone to Auda.
 * Michelle Dessler: Well, I'm assigning myself.
 * Carrie Turner: You're still not comfortable working with me, are you?
 * Michelle Dessler: Just do your job, Carrie.

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