was "the boy-next-door who had a stormy relationship with Ruth, turned into a gambling, wife-beating monster and ultimately topped himself". Exit On his character's decision to commit suicide Ben Hull said "Lewis's greatest fear was that one day he would become like his father, alcoholic and abusive - and he has". Hull said that Lewis does not "doesn't romanticise it in any way" when committing suicide. For the scenes Hull had to be "severely jaundiced and wear yellow contact lenses". Hull described Lewis's final scenes as "awful" and "really traumatic". Hull felt that he "couldn't have asked for a better send-off". On his exit Hull said: "When the producer outlined the story of Lewis's self-destruction, my reaction was, 'Brilliant!' Lewis was a good bloke for most of the time, but he's always been involved in something a little bit dodgy. Where can he go from here except to reform and mend his ways? I think we've all seen that before, so for me it was better to do something totally unexpected and challenging, rather than just fade away". Hull added that the scenes were a "nightmare" to film especially the character's final scene which was "really tough". Hull felt that the storyline was done responsibly as it "shows the reality of suicide and there are helpline numbers at the end of the programme. If it can help one person then what we've attempted to do will succeed". Hull felt a responsibility to make his scenes as realistic as possible. To do this Hull said he "read a lot and talked to a medical advisor about what state Lewis would be in and what actually happens; the agony you go through. I came to the conclusion that too much wasn't enough. It's so awful, it's impossible to overplay it". On Lewis's state of mind Hull said that "Lewis thinks he's got no alternative to suicide, but that's not the case. What we're trying to promote is that people need to talk". Hull felt the character's death was "good" as it provided closure for Lewis for fans. He felt that despite Lewis's actions fans remained sympathetic towards him. Series producer Jo Hallows was responsible for Lewis's exit and decided to kill him off. Hallows decided to highlight the unglamorous side and "the full horror" of suicide, she felt satisfied that the storyline had achieved this. Describing the emotional impact the storyline had