Now that the truth of the relationship of John Paul and Kieron has been revealed, things are settling down in Hollyoaks, and drama makes room for the wedding reception of Steph and Max.

It's a lovely reception, marred only slightly by Max dying a horrible, bone-crushing death at the hands of Niall!

In this clip, it's shortly after Max has been taken away (in an ambulance with sirens blaring, which seems like overkill considering ... he's dead), and Steph and Sam arrive at the hospital, where Sam fondles the watch that Max gave him for being best man. (I have to believe that Sam is feeling guilty for responding to Max's final words "I love you, mate" with "don't be gay".) Niall rushes in, and Steph makes it clear that she blames him for her husband's death (I think the statement "you killed my husband" says it all).

Niall arrives back at his flat, where J.P. and Kieron try to comfort him, and explain that if it was his fault, he'd still be at the police station (I guess they don't have "vehicular manslaughter" in England, or even "reckless driving", considering he was peeling out of there at about 100 m.p.h. when he hit Max).

After Myra shows up at the reception and learns the truth, J.P. pays her a visit to try and patch things up. What happens next I'll leave to you to discover, but here are some highlights:

Myra making me laugh out loud be insinuating that J.P. is "selfish".

J.P. arriving at Kieron's flat still wearing that striped shirt with the hood on, looking like a cross between Waldo and the Unabomber.

J.P. getting a glass of water in the dark, and turning around to be startled by Niall, like he's a cat in a horror movie.

You can see the clip after the break, and check back for more J.P./Kieron fallout. I'm loving this stuff! (Except for the sad news that James Sutton will be leaving the show in a few months, of course.)