Charlie Bass

**Charlie Bass** was a U.S. Marshal who helped Jane Queller's transition into the witness protection program. He also took special care of Andrea Oliver, being the second person to have ever held her and helping paint her room as well.

## History

### Welcoming Laura to witness protection

In the past, Jane is taken to a cell, where she sees drawings on the wall. Charlie tells her that 4 years is a long time. He tells her that Laura Randall does not even have a ticket and offers to talk her through their deal. He tells her the details behind her new identity and she sees that both her and Andy's birthdays were changed. She is told that she would go to Belle Isle in Georgia so she would not have enough trouble. Laura asks about Nick and Charlie says that they would get him, but he only wants her to focus on being Laura.

At one of Andy's birthday parties, Gordon and Laura celebrate that she has friends, so they say that they made it out alive. Charlie makes it to the party and wants to talk to Laura. He tells her that Clara was killed, but she says that he would get away like he always does. Charlie adds that Clara's wallet was also stolen, which meant Nick could also have her home address, so they needed to move her. Laura looks at Andy, but nods understandingly. She asks if Gordon needed to leave his firm, but Charlie assures her that they would find work for him outside of law practice. Laura says that she cannot mess with their lives.

### Present

Laura reaches house as a news reporter asks her questions. Charlie tells them all to back off as they sit on her porch. He wonders if she and Gordon were back together, but she tells him that they are not, so he mentions that he was in The Keys, but came back when he saw the news. She tells him that she never expected what happened to become so widely known, but is still there. Charlie asks where her daughter is because she should not be alone. He says they could try to get away from all that is happening, but she says she is okay.

Later, Andy reaches Charlie's house, where she is invited inside.

Andy tells Charlie about a man that had broken into their house, but she does not know who he was. She also mentions that another man at a bar had been following her, She also hands him a photo of her mother with a big cut on her back, and Andy says that her mother never talks about Jerry, which might mean that he had done that to her. Charlie tells her that her mother was devastated when Jerry died, so Andy wonders if he knows who Paula Koontz is, but he says he does not know. Charlie says that Carrollton was a long way from there, which makes her wonder if she had told him where she had come from. He brushes it off, saying that she had told him and had even mentioned she was going to Maine. He tells her to get some sleep and says he would get her something to eat. She asks him how he had met her mother, and he says that he had helped her with the loan on their house and had even painted her room with that awful color she wanted. She starts looking through his drawers and finds a picture of him with his family. She asks why he had never married, to which he simply responds that he believed he never found the right person, which makes Andy cry and she storms out of the house. Charlie notices this and asks where she was going, but she leaves.

Laura is approached by Charlie, who calls her Jane and tells her he knows that she has been busy. Laura wakes up and is greeted by Charlie, who tells her to go upstairs when she is ready.

Charlie tells Laura that Andy had visited him, saying that her whole world is turned upside down and had told him about Laura's suitcase full of money and the man that had broken into their house. He asks if the man had not been Nick Harp and introduces Felix, who tells her that they would be relocated immediately since it was too big a risk to stay in Belle Isle. She says that she would not start over again since they only wanted her protected so that she could be the star witness at Nick's hearing, which would not be possible since he is dead. Charlie says that she does not know that and admits nobody had seen him since Clara was killed. He shows her pictures of a dead woman and tells her that Nick's DNA had been found at the scene of the crime. Felix tells her that her whole life had been payed by the government, but she tells him that she had given up everything and blames Charlie for not having been able to catch Nick, which she suggests is the reason behind his heart attack. Charlie tells her that they have new information and would think about letting her see it.

Felix and Charlie show Laura pictures and ask if anybody looks familiar to her. She tells them that she could not recognize anybody apologizing. Laura tells Charlie she wants to leave the program, which he refuses, since she would also be putting Andy's life at risk. Laura tells him Nick is dead and wants the papers immediately.

Charlie greets Laura and joins her for a smoke, asking her when she stopped trusting him. She says that has nothing to do with it, but he asks her not to lie since there was no better time for him to help her. He offers to move her to Paris or Vienna, saying she is very stubborn. He tells her that he has spent more time with her than with his own family, but she says that nothing worked for her. She asks him to let her go, so he tells her that the paperwork would be there in a while and to talk to Felix if she needs anything. Laura signs Jane Queller and does not listen when Charlie tells her not to. After that, Charlie hands her her original identification.

Charlie is called by Jane; he picks up and is told that she needs help. She tells him that Andy is missing, so he tells her to call the FBI, since that was what they did. Jane asks if the Marshal assigned to her daughter could still be in contact with her, but he says he does not know and says that they are done since it is not a good time. However, Jane begs him to help her out.

Jane gets a text from Charlie telling her where Michael was staying. She walks into his hotel room and finds a note written down. She calls Charlie, telling him that he was right. He tells her that Michael was supposed to be on a flight to Atlanta, but never showed up and did not log in some evidence after having read her WITSEC report, which he was not authorized to do. After her call, Jane looks up Eli Wexler's address.

Jane leaves his house and gets a call from Charlie, who says he is headed to the airport because Michael was in critical condition at San Francisco general and a woman matching Andy's description was there when paramedics showed up. Jane thanks him and gets in her car.

Andy sits in front of the diner where her mom left her and is approached by Charlie, who asks where her mother is. Andy tells him the details of the car she was in, but Jane had already switched the plates.

Charlie tells Andy that they checked the location she had given them, but found nothing. She tells him that she saw two people get shot and she still thinks it is her uncle. Charlie says that Michael had been moved to a secure location and was stable. As for her mother, there had been no luck tracking her phone. He tells her that Nick is around there somewhere, which is why she had left. Andy thanks Charlie for everything he had done, so he mentions that he was with her mother in the delivery room and was the second person to have held her. He says that perhaps her mother had gone up North.

Andy asks Charlie how Nick had not been caught the first time and Charlie says that he got close, but he had managed to slip away, so he believed that he had help. Andy wonders if Nick really hates her mother and Charlie says that Nick had a lot of time to think about what had happened. All of a sudden, Andy sees a car headed straight for them, which crashes right into them at a very high speed, killing Charlie instantly.