Emmerdale spoilers! Can Jai bond with his estranged young son?

Jai tries to connect with his son in Emmerdale
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The businessman needs to make room in his life for estranged son Archie - but can Jai reach him?

Testing times for Jai Sharma (Chris Bisson) who must roll out his best parenting techniques with young son Archie.

With little lad suddenly in his life again following his mum Rachel's death, Jai needs to step up. But Archie has totally closed down and doesn't know how to behave around his long-lost dad let alone deal with his mum's death.

As Laurel (Charlotte Bellamy) urges Jai to go to Rachel's funeral, Jai has to dig deep as there's an ocean of bad blood between he and Archie's late mum. Will Jai do the right thing?

Sarah Waterfall
Soaps Editor at What's On TV

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