 Lewis has been described as a "nice guy", a "lovable rogue", "hapless", a "wheeler-dealer", "troubled", a "self-destructive soul", "messed- up", a "violent thug" and a bad boy.Lewis has also been branded a "heartthrob" and "hunky", while his duration on the serial has been described saying he was "the boy-next-door who had a stormy relationship with Ruth, turned into a gambling, wife-beating monster and ultimately topped himself".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".