 O'Donnell felt fortunate to work on the storyline.Centrepoint's head of public affairs Paul Noblet said that the homelessness storyline reflects the reality of homelessness for many young people.Kilkelly's colleague, Sophie Dainty, was positive about the storyline and the special episode, commenting, "the storyline [...] sensitively explored the shocking, harrowing and brutally harsh realities of sleeping rough."