Kathleen "Cupid" Nolan is Tex Nolan's daughter. In "A More Perfect Union", Tex departs the ship to search for his wife and daughter. He locates the place they were staying and finds out that his wife was killed by looters but his daughter survived. Tex reunites with his daughter and teams up with a team from the Nathan James in Memphis to stop the Immunes. He succeeds and in St. Louis introduces Doctor Scott to his daughter Kathleen while helping pass around the cure.
After her father's death at the end of Season 3, she joins the crew of the Nathan James and becomes the gunner and search-and-rescue operator for the helicopter crew.
Events of The Last Ship[]
Season 2[]
Tex searches for Claire and Kat in one of the land search parties. He finds where they had been staying until the broadcast of the contagious cure. Claire and Kat decide to go, but before they can make it to the rendezvous point Claire is killed in a home invasion. Tex finds her grave and continues on to find Kat.
Arriving at the rendezvous point for cure, Tex calls out for Kathleen Nolan. He borrows a megaphone and finally Kat and Tex are reunited.
Season 3[]
(“Legacy”)
From the interrogation of Tex by Regional Leader Price, it is revealed that Kat evaded Price's men. Meanwhile, Tex is being held by Price. Price reveals that Kara called and needs his help in a voicemail recording. The location and time of the meet up are also revealed.
Tex escapes, meets Kara, and everyone regroups. Kat is seen talking to others and has her hat borrowed from Tex.
(“Resistance”)
(“Don't Look Back”)
Tex dies after fatal gunshot wounds during the shootout on the plane. Kat is said to have cried all night by Sasha Cooper as she attempts to keep Chandlar from leaving the ship.
Season 4[]
Kathleen, having enlisted in the Navy, now serves as a helo gunner on the USS Nathan James. During Omar Bin Dalik's attack on Rota Naval Base, Kathleen mans the ship's .240, gunning down several of the attacking terrorists. (“In Medias Res”)
After the Nathan James is disabled by an IED off the Pillars of Hercules, Kathleen joins the successful effort by a number of the crew to jumpstart the ship using the helo's engine, although she expresses her doubts about the plan. (“The Pillars of Hercules”)
(“Nostos”)
(“Allegiance”)
(“Tempest”)
(“Feast”)
As the Nathan James prepares to fight the Greek Navy, Kathleen flirts with Ray Diaz, causing Carlton Burk to suggest Cupid as a callsign for her. From Sunshine's helicopter, Kathleen helps keep an eye on the Greek fleet and is the one to spot Paul Vellek's ship. However, the ship fires on the helicopter, leaving only Kathleen unharmed. Mortally wounded, Sunshine orders Kathleen to jump over her protests and officially gives her the callsign of Cupid. Kathleen reluctantly follows Sunshine's instructions and abandons the helicopter before it crashes into the ocean. She is subsequently rescued from the ocean after the battle by the returning Vulture Team. (“Detect, Deceive, Destroy”)
Kathleen is sitting alone when the call comes for volunteers for a boarding party for the HS Triton. Kathleen joins the team, working with Carl Nishioka as they clear the ship, and is with Mike Slattery and Joseph Meylan when they witness Paul Vellek's suicide. (“Endgame”)