Kate's subsequent encounters with Angel lead her to trust him as a helpful stranger, and she in turn, assists him, using her position on the police force to provide him with information.

Kate was raised by her widowed father, Trevor, who is also a police officer and taught her to put her emotions aside and to take care of herself at all costs.

When a resurrected Darla frames Angel for murder and goes on a killing spree with Drusilla, Kate shows up as his arresting officer and lets him go as she believes he is the only one who can stop them.

Kate calls Angel and blames him for ruining her life, then attempts suicide by taking prescription pills with hard liquor.

When she does not respond to his energetic knocks, he breaks down her door, finds her lifeless body on the floor, picks her up and holds her under a cold shower to resuscitate her.

That evening, Kate and Angel talk and she forgives him, believing there is a higher power at work and they are not alone in the never-ending battle against the forces of darkness.

However, there are several difficulties due to Angel's new fame status (since many clients are actually fans and admirers rather than people who need help), plus an upheaval in demonic activity.

In the Angel & Faith series, it is briefly mentioned by Gunn that Kate is back with the LAPD leading their new supernatural investigations unit, as the existence of the mystical world has since become public knowledge following the events of "Chosen" and "Not Fade Away".