BBC Doctors - Bye Bye Kevin

I feel like characters exits from soaps are fairly cliche these days, they are either killed off or they head off somewhere for a 'fresh start' or to 'find themselves', so I like it when occasionally a characters departure is a little more complex and leaves me thinking, analysing and asking questions for days. I was sad to see Kevin leave The Mill last week and kept hoping for days leading up to it that there would be a turn of events and he would end up staying. I always associate Kevin with my first getting into BBC doctors two years ago,I had moved back in with my Dad following a bad break up, I didn't like the area we lived in so I never wanted to go out much so I turned to TV for entertainment. I wanted shows that I could watch every day and going through BBC player doctors kind of jumped out at me, the first episode I ever watched was where Kevin had discovered he had a sister from his Asian fathers new family and he was quizzing his mum about her relationship with his family, from that day onwards I have been gripped on the story lines and never miss an episode. I think what has got me with Kevin's exit was that it kind of feels so miserable and unnecessary, but it also tells a really good story of how pride comes before a fall, Kevin effectively became a victim of his own ego, and that ego pretty much defined his character in the show. What has happened to him with Poppy has brought his character full circle, and the intention is that he will go on to be a better person because of it, but a part of me still thinks why couldn't Zara have just kept the secret for him? So he could have had a happier ending somehow. Well done to the writer of that storyline and Kevin's exit, it still has me deep in thought and intrigue!