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Home and Away brings back another character for Dean Thompson storyline
Karen shares a heartwarming moment with her grandson.
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Home and Away spoilers follow from Tuesday's episode in Australia (February 22), which some UK readers may prefer to avoid.
Home and Away has brought back Dean Thompson's son Jai Simmons for another guest appearance.
River Jarvis reprised his role as Jai in Tuesday's episode on Channel 7 in Australia, which featured moving scenes for the youngster's grandmother Karen (Georgia Adamson).
Recent episodes in Australia have seen Karen return to Summer Bay to reassure Dean (Patrick O'Connor) that she's fine after she caused concern by briefly going missing.
The reappearance of Karen initially left Dean nervous, as he still hadn't told her about Jai's existence. His hand was ultimately forced when Karen found a photograph of Jai that he'd tried to hide.
In Home and Away's latest episode, Karen struggled following Dean's confession over why he didn't tell her about his son.
Jai's mum Amber has always made it clear that she doesn't want Karen to have anything to do with the child. This was a strict condition that Amber put in place several months ago, as she doesn't trust Karen after her troubled past.
As Dean felt sorry for Karen and felt she deserved a chance, he took matters back into his own hands by arranging for Jai to pay a visit to the Bay.
Dean played with Jai on the beach and let Karen watch from afar ? the first time that she'd seen her grandson in person.
He soon went a step further by letting Karen join in. She introduced herself as John Palmer's (Shane Withington) girlfriend, rather than giving away her true identity.
Later, Dean pointed out to Karen that his life is going well and it's time to start sorting hers out instead.
Top of Dean's list was finding out why Karen is so uncomfortable with the idea that her new boyfriend Brett has proposed to her.
Dean demanded: "What's going on with him? He's obviously got it bad for you and I can tell that he's really got under your skin.
"If this guy makes you so happy, what are you running from?"
Home and Away fans in the UK will see these scenes on Channel 5 in March.
Home and Away airs weekdays at 1.15pm on Channel 5 and 6pm on 5STAR (UK) and Mondays to Thursdays at 7pm on Channel 7 (Australia). Selected classic episodes are available via Amazon Prime Video in the UK.