<sod>'''JJ Johnson''', played by Zayden Kareem,<ref name="11feb16">{{Cite episode |title= Episode dated 11/02/2016 |url= http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b070k56g |series= EastEnders |serieslink=EastEnders |credits= Executive Producer: [[Dominic Treadwell-Collins]]; Director: Mickey Jones; Writer: Cat Jones |network=[[BBC]] |station=[[BBC One]] |airdate= 11 February 2016}}</ref><ref name="15feb16"/><ref name="23feb16"/> makes his first appearance on 11 February 2016. He is the son of [[Jordan Johnson (EastEnders)|Jordan Johnson]] ([[Joivan Wade]]) and [[#Amelle Ellington|Amelle Ellington]] (Sophia Brown), who had died of a drug overdose. Jordan's stepmother, [[Denise Fox]] ([[Diane Parish]]), tracks Jordan down at the squat he is living in following a visit from the police. Denise brings Jordan and JJ to [[Albert Square]].<ref name="11feb16"/> Denise's surrogate father [[Patrick Trueman]] ([[Rudolph Walker]]) struggles to bond with JJ, and [[Claudette Hubbard]] ([[Ellen Thomas (actress)|Ellen Thomas]]) realises that Patrick is deliberately distancing himself from JJ because Patrick dislikes Jordan. Claudette convinces Patrick that JJ and Jordan are his family, so Patrick enjoys his time with JJ, and eventually, they are able to stay.<ref name="12feb16"/> When Jordan is arrested by the police over [[Lucas Johnson]]'s ([[Don Gilet]]) plan to escape from prison, Patrick questions JJ's future and Denise insists she will take care of him. Denise is horrified with and against Patrick's suggestion of giving JJ up to social services, but Patrick calls them without Denise's knowledge.<ref name="10mar16b"/> Denise is told by social worker [[List of EastEnders characters (2015)#Hilary Taylor|Hilary Taylor]] (Sadie Shimmin) that JJ's mother is alive.<eod>
<sod>'''JJ Johnson''', played by Zayden Kareem,<ref name="11feb16">{{Cite episode |title= Episode dated 11/02/2016 |url= http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b070k56g |series= EastEnders |serieslink=EastEnders |credits= Executive Producer: [[Dominic Treadwell-Collins]]; Director: Mickey Jones; Writer: Cat Jones |network=[[BBC]] |station=[[BBC One]] |airdate= 11 February 2016}}</ref><ref name="15feb16"/><ref name="23feb16"/> makes his first appearance on 11 February 2016. He is the son of [[Jordan Johnson (EastEnders)|Jordan Johnson]] ([[Joivan Wade]]) and [[#Amelle Ellington|Amelle Ellington]] (Sophia Brown), who had died of a drug overdose. Jordan's stepmother, [[Denise Fox]] ([[Diane Parish]]), tracks Jordan down at the squat he is living in following a visit from the police. Denise brings Jordan and JJ to [[Albert Square]].<ref name="11feb16"/> Denise's surrogate father [[Patrick Trueman]] ([[Rudolph Walker]]) struggles to bond with JJ, and [[Claudette Hubbard]] ([[Ellen Thomas (actress)|Ellen Thomas]]) realises that Patrick is deliberately distancing himself from JJ because Patrick dislikes Jordan. Claudette convinces Patrick that JJ and Jordan are his family, so Patrick enjoys his time with JJ, and eventually, they are able to stay.<ref name="12feb16"/> When Jordan is arrested by the police over [[Lucas Johnson]]'s ([[Don Gilet]]) plan to escape from prison, Patrick questions JJ's future and Denise insists she will take care of him. Denise is horrified with and against Patrick's suggestion of giving JJ up to social services, but Patrick calls them without Denise's knowledge.<ref name="10mar16b"/> Denise is told by social worker [[List of EastEnders characters (2015)#Hilary Taylor|Hilary Taylor]] (Sadie Shimmin) that JJ's mother is alive.<ref name="31mar16">{{Cite episode |title= Episode dated 31/03/2016 |url= http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b075vwvg |series= EastEnders |serieslink=EastEnders |credits= Executive Producer: [[Dominic Treadwell-Collins]]; Director: Michael Owen Morris; Writer: Carey Andrews |network=[[BBC]] |station=[[BBC One]] |airdate= 31 March 2016}}</ref><eod>