Terry "TJ" Spraggan Jr is the son of Terry and Nikki Spraggan, the older brother of Rosie and father of Beth Williams. He made his first appearance on 7 November 2013, and his last appearance on 19 January 2018. He is portrayed by George Sargeant.
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TJ first appears with his sister, Rosie Spraggan, arriving together when their father Terry Spraggan moves to Albert Square with to be with his new girlfriend Bianca Butcher. TJ asks questions about a crime scene at the house next door, scaring Rosie when he tells her it was a murder. The two clash with Bianca's children Whitney, Liam, Tiffany and Morgan. TJ clashes especially with Liam and the pair do not get on. When TJ finds out that Liam was once in a gang, Whitney was sexually exploited and Bianca was imprisoned for assault, he is not happy about living with them, so calls his mother, Nikki Spraggan. She arrives but TJ changes his mind about wanting to go. Eventually, Bianca and Terry agree that Nikki should have Christmas dinner at theirs, because it is what TJ and Rosie want.
In 2013, TJ looses his virginity to Cindy Williams, even though she is the girl Liam likes. When Cindy tells TJ that she is pregnant with his child, he panics about what they should do. Cindy initially decides to have a termination. Even though TJ doesn’t want her to have one, he goes to the abortion clinic with her but after the pair have a disagreement, TJ leaves Cindy on her own at the clinic. Cindy later informs that TJ that she did not go through with the abortion and is keeping the baby. TJ then tells Cindy that he is committed to raising their baby together.
Cindy’s guardian Ian Beale wants Cindy to emigrate to Portugal with her grandmother Bev Williams but Cindy doesn’t want to and the next day she skips school with Liam and gets drunk, however it is unknown to Liam that Cindy is pregnant. Later, Liam is about to leave just as Cindy collapses on the kitchen floor and is soon taken to hospital. It is revealed that Cindy is pregnant and Ian storms over to Liam's home as he thinks Liam is the father. Everyone argues and Ian screams that he will make Liam tell Cindy to get an abortion. TJ overhears and shouts at Ian, telling him that it ain't his baby and it ain't got nothing to do with him. Ian then shouts back at TJ, saying that he is Cindy's guardian and that TJ has nothing to do with it. TJ then stands up and says it has everything to do with him because that baby is his.
In August 2014, Cindy gives birth to a baby girl named Beth. Liam regularly goes to visit Cindy and the baby but TJ struggles with the prospect of being a father so young, despite his dad’s determination for him to face up to his responsibilities. TJ reveals to Bianca that Terry is planning to move to Milton Keynes and that is part of his reasoning for not wanting to get close to his daughter as he will only have to leave her once they move. Bianca is initially furious, but later agrees to move there with them after reuniting with Terry, however Liam is furious when he hears TJ saying that he wants nothing to do with his own daughter. After Bianca can clearly see that Liam is in love with Cindy, she unpacks his things from the moving van so he can stay in Walford to be with her. TJ soon leaves with his dad, Bianca, Tiffany, Morgan and Rosie but Whitney and Liam stay. Nine months later, Cindy takes Beth to live with TJ after she struggles to look after her and moves to Germany with Liam so they can be with Liam’s dad, Ricky.
Over three years after leaving in 2018, Tiffany returns to Walford, telling Whitney that Bianca attempted suicide. When Whitney can’t get in contact with Bianca or Terry she calls TJ who tells Whitney that Bianca is on a cruise with Terry and the kids. TJ and Whitney arrange to meet but TJ fails to provide any answers for Tiffany's out of control behaviour. When Tiffany realises that TJ is in Walford, she disappears but TJ just acts casual about her disappearance. Whitney, Tiffany’s cousin Bex Fowler and Bex’s dad Martin Fowler go looking for Tiffany and when they return home with her, Tiffany reveals that Bianca and Terry left her in TJ's care while they went on the cruise because she refused to go with them but TJ has just been having sex with random girls in the house and threatened Tiffany so that she would not tell anyone. Whitney then orders TJ to leave and keeps Tiffany in her care.