Teri Bauer
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Teri Bauer is a fictional character
played by Leslie Hope
on the first season of the television series 24
.
and the mother of Kim Bauer
. She has a Master of Fine Arts
and Art Practice at the University of California
, and worked as a freelance interior designer.
Teri and Alan York go to the hospital where they discover that Janet is the one that was run over. Teri is later re-united with Jack at the hospital, where it is revealed that Kim's disappearance may have been connected with terrorists. After Gaines contacts Jack and forces him to leave the hospital without telling Teri anything, Teri once again leaves with Alan York, who (unknown to Teri) has since killed Janet, to find Kim.
Teri eventually discovers that the man claiming to be Alan York is an impostor when Nina Myers
phones her to tell her that a body Jack found is the real Alan York. The man posing as him is actually Kevin Carroll. She fakes being carsick to get him to pull the car over and uses that opportunity to escape. However, Kevin listens to a voicemail left by Gaines telling him that Teri has just learned that he is not Alan York. He goes to find her, but is knocked out by Teri with a rock. She ties him to a tree with cables and calls CTU for help. Agents come to pick her up, but they are in fact Gaines's men and instead take her to the compound where Kim is. Both collaborate to escape with Rick's help. One of Gaines's men, Eli attempts to rape Kim, but Teri offers herself instead, saying she won't fight him off. Eli accepts and takes Teri into another room. When they come back, Teri reveals that she was able to steal Eli's cell phone and uses to call Jack, but he is unable to find them when the battery dies while running a trace on the phone. When Gaines orders Eli to kill her and Kim, Teri shoots him with a gun that was given to them by Rick, killing him. They hide his body and they are soon rescued after Jack has Kevin bring him to the compound. Rick steals one of the vans from Gaines and they all try to escape, but the van is shot out of commission. During the shootout, Jack orders Teri and Kim to take his GPS and run to where the CTU chopper will be arriving. The chopper soon arrives and they are flown to safety.
Teri and Kim are examined at a hospital and the Dr. Rose Kent suspects Teri's abdominal pain she started having is related to an ovarian cyst rupture. As the doctor begins explaining that an enlarged uterus can be the cause, Nina interrupts and says they must go to the safe house immediately. Dr. Kent gives Teri a pregnancy test to test herself later. The two are then taken to a safe-house where Teri takes the pregnancy test and it turns out that she is pregnant. The safe house is later attacked by minions of the Drazens, and they had to escape by car. The car rolls down a hill with Kim inside and explodes, leading Teri to believe Kim had been killed and causing her to suffer amnesia. Teri is helped by the man she had been seeing while separated from Jack, and eventually is returned to CTU by Tony Almeida
where she would be "safe" and he tells her that Kim had escaped from the car before it exploded and that she is alive. She later learns from Nina that Kim had been kidnapped again by Drazen's men while heading to CTU from the police station and that Jack is working on saving her. When Jack speaks to her on the phone, Teri tells him that she is pregnant. Jack starts crying and tells her that he's happy about it and that he loves her. When Jack and Kim are both safe and on their way back to CTU, Teri goes to speak with Nina and accidentally discovers that she is the mole for the Drazens. She attempts to leave, but Nina stops her at gunpoint.
Nina ties Teri to a chair and finishes up wiping all evidence of her being the mole. While on the phone with her employer, Nina is ordered to make sure nothing can connect her to Germany, which is where she will be fleeing to. Nina then tells Teri that she's leaving and someone will find her soon and picks up her gun. When Jack comes looking for Teri, he finds her slumped in the chair, bleeding from a gunshot to the stomach. Jack takes Teri out of the chair and holds her in his arms as he realizes that she is dead and repeatedly tells her that he's sorry. Teri is then given the first silent clock as the season ends.
Teri's death affects Jack so much that he quits CTU (returning at the request of President David Palmer during Day 2) and was estranged from Kim for eighteen months as she blamed him for Teri's death. It's also hinted that one of the reasons Jack was addicted to heroin during Day 3 was to cope with Teri's death and later on in the season when Michelle is kidnapped, Tony tells him that he won't sacrifice his wife for his job like Jack which angers Jack and he pushes him, telling him to shut up. In Day 4, she is brought up by Audrey, during the course of their relationship and as it progressed. In Day 5, she is mentioned when Jack tells Kim how sorry he is for abandoning her, saying it was worse than losing her mother and when Jack calms Tony down before he kills Christopher Henderson, the man who killed Michelle, by saying he knows what he's going through. In Day 6, she is mentioned by Jack's brother Graem, since the last time they saw each other or spoke was at her funeral. She is later brought up when Jack goes to get Audrey from Heller, when Heller says he won't let Audrey pay the same price his wife did. The most recent instances are when Jack was interrogating Tony in Season 7, when he said that the government killed Teri just like they killed Michelle and every second he helps them he is spitting on her grave which enrages Jack to the point where he almost kills Tony. Renee also asked him if he felt Teri's death or just thought it was necessary, too. Larry also says he will not let Renee end up like Bauer or the people he cares about and also when he tells Chloe that he was surprised she survived so long, being Jack's friend, because Teri, Jack's wife, did not. It is also revealed in Season 7 that Kim Bauer has a baby daughter whom she named Teri, after her mother.
Fictional character
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played by Leslie Hope
Leslie Hope
Leslie Ann Hope is a Canadian actress, best known for her role as Teri Bauer in the Fox show 24 where she played the wife of the main character Jack Bauer.-Life and career:...
on the first season of the television series 24
24 (TV series)
24 is an American television series produced for the Fox Network and syndicated worldwide, starring Kiefer Sutherland as Counter Terrorist Unit agent Jack Bauer. Each 24-episode season covers 24 hours in the life of Bauer, using the real time method of narration...
.
Characterization
Teri Bauer was born in 1969. She is the wife of Jack BauerJack Bauer
Jack Bauer is the main protagonist of the American television series 24. His character has worked in various capacities on the show, often as a member of the fictional Counter Terrorist Unit based in Los Angeles, and working with the FBI in Washington, D.C...
and the mother of Kim Bauer
Kim Bauer
Kim Bauer is a fictional character played by Elisha Cuthbert on the television series 24. She is portrayed as the only daughter of the show's main character, Jack Bauer...
. She has a Master of Fine Arts
Master of Fine Arts
A Master of Fine Arts is a graduate degree typically requiring 2–3 years of postgraduate study beyond the bachelor's degree , although the term of study will vary by country or by university. The MFA is usually awarded in visual arts, creative writing, filmmaking, dance, or theatre/performing arts...
and Art Practice at the University of California
University of California
The University of California is a public university system in the U.S. state of California. Under the California Master Plan for Higher Education, the University of California is a part of the state's three-tier public higher education system, which also includes the California State University...
, and worked as a freelance interior designer.
24: Season 1
At the beginning of Day 1, Jack has just moved back into his house with his wife and daughter, at Teri's request - though Kim is still treating her mother with a lack of respect as she takes Jack's side in the separation. This shows Kim's unappreciation for her parents. When it becomes apparent that Kim has left the house, Teri goes to look for her, along with a man claiming to be Alan York, the father of the girl Kim is with. When Kim realizes that she is not in control of the situation, she calls Teri to say, against her will, that everything is alright. Teri begins to suspect that something is up when Kim tells her that she loves her, something that she never says. Teri stays with the man claiming to be Alan York and eventually they find out that one of the girls had been taken to the hospital after being run over.Teri and Alan York go to the hospital where they discover that Janet is the one that was run over. Teri is later re-united with Jack at the hospital, where it is revealed that Kim's disappearance may have been connected with terrorists. After Gaines contacts Jack and forces him to leave the hospital without telling Teri anything, Teri once again leaves with Alan York, who (unknown to Teri) has since killed Janet, to find Kim.
Teri eventually discovers that the man claiming to be Alan York is an impostor when Nina Myers
Nina Myers
Nina Myers is a fictional character on the television series, 24, played by Sarah Clarke. Nina was second-in-command of the Los Angeles Counter Terrorist Unit during the first season of the show.-Characterization:...
phones her to tell her that a body Jack found is the real Alan York. The man posing as him is actually Kevin Carroll. She fakes being carsick to get him to pull the car over and uses that opportunity to escape. However, Kevin listens to a voicemail left by Gaines telling him that Teri has just learned that he is not Alan York. He goes to find her, but is knocked out by Teri with a rock. She ties him to a tree with cables and calls CTU for help. Agents come to pick her up, but they are in fact Gaines's men and instead take her to the compound where Kim is. Both collaborate to escape with Rick's help. One of Gaines's men, Eli attempts to rape Kim, but Teri offers herself instead, saying she won't fight him off. Eli accepts and takes Teri into another room. When they come back, Teri reveals that she was able to steal Eli's cell phone and uses to call Jack, but he is unable to find them when the battery dies while running a trace on the phone. When Gaines orders Eli to kill her and Kim, Teri shoots him with a gun that was given to them by Rick, killing him. They hide his body and they are soon rescued after Jack has Kevin bring him to the compound. Rick steals one of the vans from Gaines and they all try to escape, but the van is shot out of commission. During the shootout, Jack orders Teri and Kim to take his GPS and run to where the CTU chopper will be arriving. The chopper soon arrives and they are flown to safety.
Teri and Kim are examined at a hospital and the Dr. Rose Kent suspects Teri's abdominal pain she started having is related to an ovarian cyst rupture. As the doctor begins explaining that an enlarged uterus can be the cause, Nina interrupts and says they must go to the safe house immediately. Dr. Kent gives Teri a pregnancy test to test herself later. The two are then taken to a safe-house where Teri takes the pregnancy test and it turns out that she is pregnant. The safe house is later attacked by minions of the Drazens, and they had to escape by car. The car rolls down a hill with Kim inside and explodes, leading Teri to believe Kim had been killed and causing her to suffer amnesia. Teri is helped by the man she had been seeing while separated from Jack, and eventually is returned to CTU by Tony Almeida
Tony Almeida
Anthony "Tony" Almeida is a fictional character played by Carlos Bernard on the television series 24. Almeida appeared in a total of 115 episodes, the third highest number of episodes of any character in the series behind Chloe O'Brian and main character Jack Bauer , portrayed by Mary Lynn Rajskub...
where she would be "safe" and he tells her that Kim had escaped from the car before it exploded and that she is alive. She later learns from Nina that Kim had been kidnapped again by Drazen's men while heading to CTU from the police station and that Jack is working on saving her. When Jack speaks to her on the phone, Teri tells him that she is pregnant. Jack starts crying and tells her that he's happy about it and that he loves her. When Jack and Kim are both safe and on their way back to CTU, Teri goes to speak with Nina and accidentally discovers that she is the mole for the Drazens. She attempts to leave, but Nina stops her at gunpoint.
Nina ties Teri to a chair and finishes up wiping all evidence of her being the mole. While on the phone with her employer, Nina is ordered to make sure nothing can connect her to Germany, which is where she will be fleeing to. Nina then tells Teri that she's leaving and someone will find her soon and picks up her gun. When Jack comes looking for Teri, he finds her slumped in the chair, bleeding from a gunshot to the stomach. Jack takes Teri out of the chair and holds her in his arms as he realizes that she is dead and repeatedly tells her that he's sorry. Teri is then given the first silent clock as the season ends.
Teri's death affects Jack so much that he quits CTU (returning at the request of President David Palmer during Day 2) and was estranged from Kim for eighteen months as she blamed him for Teri's death. It's also hinted that one of the reasons Jack was addicted to heroin during Day 3 was to cope with Teri's death and later on in the season when Michelle is kidnapped, Tony tells him that he won't sacrifice his wife for his job like Jack which angers Jack and he pushes him, telling him to shut up. In Day 4, she is brought up by Audrey, during the course of their relationship and as it progressed. In Day 5, she is mentioned when Jack tells Kim how sorry he is for abandoning her, saying it was worse than losing her mother and when Jack calms Tony down before he kills Christopher Henderson, the man who killed Michelle, by saying he knows what he's going through. In Day 6, she is mentioned by Jack's brother Graem, since the last time they saw each other or spoke was at her funeral. She is later brought up when Jack goes to get Audrey from Heller, when Heller says he won't let Audrey pay the same price his wife did. The most recent instances are when Jack was interrogating Tony in Season 7, when he said that the government killed Teri just like they killed Michelle and every second he helps them he is spitting on her grave which enrages Jack to the point where he almost kills Tony. Renee also asked him if he felt Teri's death or just thought it was necessary, too. Larry also says he will not let Renee end up like Bauer or the people he cares about and also when he tells Chloe that he was surprised she survived so long, being Jack's friend, because Teri, Jack's wife, did not. It is also revealed in Season 7 that Kim Bauer has a baby daughter whom she named Teri, after her mother.
Alternative endings
Three different endings were shot for the final episode of the first season:- One ending is the one used on the show: Nina shoots and kills Teri (actual ending, canonCanon (fiction)In the context of a work of fiction, the term canon denotes the material accepted as "official" in a fictional universe's fan base. It is often contrasted with, or used as the basis for, works of fan fiction, which are not considered canonical...
). - In another, Nina shoots Teri but only wounds her, and Teri survives (never broadcast).
- In the third, Nina does not shoot Teri, instead knocking her unconscious with her pistol. This ending was included as a deleted scene on the first season DVD.