 After listing his many storylines, Paul Kalina of "The Age" asked whether there were any plot devices left for the writers to give Harold.He went on to say that Harold's 2008 exit was "a criminally low-key send-off for "Neighbours"' most colourful and longest-standing cast member.For the best part of two decades, Harold was the moral compass of Ramsay Street, a paragon of the decent-in-a-sliced-white-bread-kind-of-way and nostalgic ideals that distinguishes the squeaky clean "Neighbours" from a legion of more temperate television soaps."