{"id":24669,"date":"2026-02-24T12:06:27","date_gmt":"2026-02-24T12:06:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/emmerdale-insider.com\/?p=24669"},"modified":"2026-02-24T13:39:00","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T13:39:00","slug":"emmerdale-what-happened-dawn-son-tj-now-perfect-time-return","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tvguide.co.uk\/emmerdale-insider\/classic-emmerdale\/emmerdale-what-happened-dawn-son-tj-now-perfect-time-return\/","title":{"rendered":" What happened to TJ in Emmerdale and why now is the right time to bring him back"},"content":{"rendered":"

In Classic Emmerdale scenes currently airing on ITV3, TJ Woods has been rushed to hospital with E-coli. As he fights for his life, viewers will be relieved to know he does pull through.<\/p>

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But since his big health scare, what else has happened to TJ? Where is he now? And could he ever come back to Emmerdale?<\/p>\n

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TJ lost both his parents (ITV\/Shutterstock)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

TJ\u2019s birth in Emmerdale<\/h2>\n

Terry Junior is the son of Dawn and Terry Woods. He was born in October 2003. Dawn had contracted German measles while pregnant, so there was concern that TJ could be deaf, but they soon received news that this wasn\u2019t the case.<\/p>\n

While wetting TJ\u2019s head, Terry suffered a stroke and collapsed. Once he was allowed home from hospital, Dawn struggled to look after both him and the baby.<\/p>\n

Dawn soon began an affair with her stepbrother Scott Windsor,<\/a> but once Terry discovered this he chucked Dawn out. A nasty custody battle over TJ then ensued.<\/p>

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