 Thomas (Matthew Atkinson) returns to Los Angeles with his son Douglas in 2019, following the sudden death of Caroline.He sets his sights on Hope as a potential replacement mother for Douglas, noting the rapport they share with each other.He eventually finds out that Hope's daughter, Beth, is still alive and threatens everyone with knowledge of this to secrecy to prevent her from going back to Liam, resulting in him killing Emma Barber (Nia Sioux) by running her off the road when she flees to confess the truth to Hope.