
Nikos tells Kate that because of how Annie felt about her, Kate was Niko's family and promises to help her get through this. Little Nikos visits her and tells her Annie was killed and Kate breaks down crying. Kate wakes up in the hospital three weeks later after having a steel plate implanted. Kate struggles to get Annie outside before they both pass out. Kaplan”, the ex-con shoots Annie in the chest and Kate in the head. The ex-con says he wants revenge for Nikos sending Mato after him, who broke his brother's jaw looking for him. One day while having a romantic dinner with Annie, an ex-con barges into the office and holds them at gunpoint. Annie and Kate eventually start dating and she convinces Kate to leave that job to become a nanny again. Annie tells Kate she is heading to Amarillo, Texas to learn about being a bailbondsman from her Uncle Little Nikos and Kate follows her, becoming a mortician. Kate looks for a job at a local bar and learns that Katarina died and is comforted by Annie Kaplan, and tells her Katarina was her best friend. Katarina then tells Kate she loves her before hanging up. Katarina calls again to tell Kate she is leaving, and Kate promises Katarina she will walk away. Despite some reluctance, Sam agrees to look after her until her mother comes back and Kate heads back to the motel room.

Kate suggests going to her sister in Chicago but Katarina says not to since she is the documented family nanny and instructs Kate to leave Masha with Sam Scott. Intelligence uncovered her affair with Reddington and are hunting her. Kate eventually tells Masha she loves her, right before Katarina eventually calls and tells her both the KGB and U.S. Katarina tells Kate to stay with Masha in the room and not to leave until she hears from her.

Katarina suddenly walks in with Masha and explains they fought and started a fire where Masha apparently shot the man. Kate is seen in a motel room watching a news report about a fire. Kate accompanies Katarina to America to get Masha back. Katarina tries to end things with the American, Raymond Reddington, but he doesn't take it well and kidnaps Masha and brings her back to America.

When asked, Kate explains the way she disposed the body and Katarina is so impressed that she charges Kate with similar situations should they arise.Īround 1990, Kate catches Katarina sleeping with a married American man (as per her assignment) and she advises her to end things for Masha's sake. Kate reveals she knows about Katarina being Soviet Intelligence based on documents she found on the man. The next morning, Kate and Katarina talk about the man she killed. Katarina says Alexander can't know and Kate advises her to go upstairs and clean herself while Kate cleans up the kitchen. During the struggle, Kate slides a knife to Katarina, and she slits the man's throat. Three months after she is hired, she witnesses Katarina and an unknown man struggle to kill each other in the kitchen. Katarina makes one final condition afterwards: Kate cannot love Masha. Katarina makes it clear that she will care for her only when Katarina is not around and will only discreetly observe them when she is around, taking care to note what Katarina does, so she can do it in her absence. Kate eventually got a job as a nanny for Katarina Rostova to look after her daughter, Masha. She attended NorthWestern Medical School but dropped out to pursue a Master's in Child Development and helped raise 7 different children, some siblings. Kate went on to further her education by learning French, Italian, Russian, and German for her diplomatic jobs. Kate's mother died in 1962 and she attended the funeral with her father, where they said goodbye and had a conversation about death. In “ Requiem” more is revealed about Kate's history.

Kate is very proficient with firearms and seen carrying a Smith and Wesson 686 Plus. She is often seen helping Red dispose of bodies and clean up crime scenes. Kaplan”, her first name was revealed to be Kate in “ Monarch Douglas Bank”. Kathryn Nemec had worked for Raymond Reddington for over 20 years, having officially been missing as of 1991.
