 In episode sixteen 'In Too Deep', Kate comes to believe that Mike doesn't think she is CO Material when she sees her name on a list of potential Hammersley COs, and remembers Mike mentioned earlier that the people on the list didn't rank well in his books, so she decides to transfer off the ship.Kate is again placed in command of Hammersley after Mike is assumed dead, and whilst talking with Maxine White learns that Mike, after rejecting her recommended list, added Kates name to the top indicating his absolute faith in her.She struggles with grief but conceals it in an attempt to be the rock for the crew.