Jack Sugden is supposedly John's father and his mother was a woman we'd never heard of before.
A bit like Nate appearing and being Cain's son to a barmaid who was never mentioned, let alone made an appearance.
Just how stupid is Victoria? She didn't even give Robert a chance to explain what had happened when he was obviously suffering some sort of flashback episode to his time in prison.
Fed up with the Bear story already. It's nice to see him get a bit of screen time but unfortunately that means more of boring Paddy.