 Dent had previously named Steph singing the Sugababes' "About You Now" at Max's funeral one of her four favourite soap moments of 2008.Roz Laws of the "Sunday Mercury" felt there was "plenty of chemistry" between Steph and Gilly.Reviewing the Steph-centric spin-off "In Too Deep" for "The Times", Tim Teeman commented that while late-night "Hollyoaks" episodes had previously been amusing, "sexed-up" versions of the main show, with "In Too Deep" it became "less shagathon, more "What Lies Beneath"".