What happens to Jackson and his cancer scare in Sex Education season 4?

Sex Education is back with its fourth and final installment, and one character who has an interesting storyline this season would have to be former head boy and swimming champion Jackson Marchetti.

At the end of the third season, Jackson’s heart is broken by Cal after they tell him that they should remain friends instead of taking things further in their relationship. Although Jackson initially seems to be okay with just being friends, that quickly changes in Sex Education season 4.

Spoilers from Sex Education season 4 ahead!

Throughout the first half of Sex Education season 4, Jackson ignores Cal because he’s not over them. This hurts Cal, but they eventually move on with an art student at Cavendish College. Meanwhile, Jackson spends time having casual hookups with a girl to distract himself from his feelings. But he becomes alarmed when said girl discovers a lump on his private part during sexual intercourse.

He goes to get the lump checked out by the doctor, and while waiting for the test results, he decides that he wants to learn more about his background and his biological father. But what ends up being the medical diagnosis? Does Jackson have cancer? Find out below.

What happens to Jackson and his cancer scare in Sex Education season 4?

After attending Maeve’s mom’s funeral service, Jackson is finally contacted by the doctor about his test results. He goes to the doctor’s office along with his two moms. After about a minute’s wait, the doctor finally reveals to Jackson that his test results came back clean and that the lump on his private part is noncancerous. This means Jackson does not have cancer. However, he’s still determined to learn about his biological father regardless of how his moms feel.

Who is Jackson’s biological father in Sex Education season 4?

While snooping through one of his mom’s things (Roz), Jackson finds a handwritten note that his mom wrote to a person named Jerome. He visits Jerome to ask him if he’s his father, but Jerome slams the door in his face. Then, Jackson confronts his moms about what he found out.

Roz explains to Jackson that Jerome is his biological father, but that he doesn’t want anything to do with him. She explains to Jackson that she had an affair with Jerome that ended with her falling pregnant, but Jerome didn’t want anything to do with her because he had a family already. Then, she met Sofia, and they decided to raise Jackson together as a family. Although Jackson is hurt that his father didn’t want to be in his life, he realizes his moms are all the family he needs.

Sex Education season 4 is streaming on Netflix.