ray is first mentioned in the episode broadcast on 9 january 2012, when morgan asks about his father and bianca says it is barack obama. bianca's adopted daughter, whitney dean (shona mcgarty), knowing the truth, attempts to contact ray. whitney takes morgan to meet ray the next day, and he soon comes to walford to see morgan. he saves kim fox (tameka empson) from a falling ladder, and she is attracted to him. bianca soon realises that whitney has taken morgan to meet ray, but does not want them to see each other, and kim is disappointed to learn that ray has a son. whitney soon convinces bianca to let morgan see ray again. ray returns shortly after, wanting to spend more time with his son and offering to cook a meal for bianca's family, although when ray reveals he has a daughter, sasha dixon (rebecca sanneh), bianca throws him out. he successfully gets a job as a barman and chef at the queen victoria public house. on his first day, sasha arrives meets morgan and kim. ray asks kim out on a date, but bianca is angry so takes morgan out, and kim tells ray she has had enough of men with "baggage". ray continues to pursue kim but she insists she is busy. ray tells bianca he wishes he could have been there for morgan and how he changed his priorities for sasha. bianca misreads his kindness and goes to kiss him, but he turns away. when ray discovers that bianca is struggling with money, he gives her £300, saying it is for back-payments for morgan. he starts to get somewhere with kim but she suddenly leaves. he later hears from kim's sister denise fox (diane parish) that kim has caught head lice, so he gives kim a hat to wear and they finally kiss. kim becomes jealous when ray playfights with roxy mitchell (rita simons) and later when he flirts with bianca. as a result, she accidentally slices off the top of ray's finger when he tries to help her fillet some fish. she accompanies him to the hospital where they open up to one another and decide to start a relationship.