"Hollyoaks" video clip: Kieron's final farewell

Well, I wasn't expecting this. After a few clips that have been, frankly, underwhelming, I wasn't prepared to be gutpunched.

The first of today's two Hollyoaks clips starts with John Paul receiving a message from Craig reminding him that they're supposed to meet for drinks. Back at McQueen manor, Myra tells Michaela that she promised J.P. they would all do something to pay tribute to Kieron. When Myra mentions something about holding their own service, her daughter's eyes widen, and she goes Full Michaela™.

As expected, their idea of a service is, let's just say..inevitable. J.P. is upset by the tackiness, and reminds them that it's the same service they gave for Bobby...who was the family dog.

Jacqui offers to take J.P. to the cemetery to pay his respects the proper way (I guess she's trying to make up for the slap heard round the blogosphere), while Myra and Michaela manage to be quite affecting in saying their own goodbyes.

What happens at the cemetery is a testament to the stellar acting of James Sutton, who turns what could have been a maudlin moment into an emotional knock-out. And I never thought the pushing of a "delete" button could pack such a whallop.

In the second clip, it's all J.P. and Craig, but the talk is all about Kieron. J.P. tells Craig that things have changed since Kieron died, and there's no way they can be together now. Craig tries to convince J.P. that he's ready to be with him now, but J.P. tells him to "find your own Kieron". They hug and say goodbye, but there's a surprise in store for J.P. at the very end of the clip.

It's going to be very interesting to see how TPTB make the "sunset ending" happen. Right now, J.P. and Craig seem as far away from that as can be, so it's gonna take a lot of heavy lifting from the actors and writers to get some people to buy it.

You can see the second clip after the break, and what did you think of Kieron's final farewell, and how they're setting up the SE? Let us know in the comments!