Ken arrives in Summer Bay after spotting his estranged daughter Hayley's (Bec Cartwright) entry in art competition along with her photo and decides to get in contact with his children again. Hayley is pleased to see him again but his son Will (Zac Drayson) is not as Ken is an alcoholic who mistreated him in the past during his fragile marriage to Will's mentally unstable mother, Eve (Robyn Gibbes).
Ken's arrival in Summer Bay coincides with a desire to re-establish contact with his children, Hayley and Will. However, their relationship is complicated by Ken's past actions towards Will's mother, which has left him estranged from both of them.