laura morgan of "all about soap" felt that doctor browning is "dodgy" and that he is a "fairly obvious suspect" in the investigation for lynsey's murder. she added that doctor browning "might not be a murderer, but you can't deny there's something not right about the preying practitioner". morgan explained that doctor browning has a hold over mercedes due to him having proof that mercedes was in the village when lynsey was killed although she thought that doctor browning "could he be trying to cover his own tracks by shifting the blame onto someone else". morgan went on to say that after doctor browning sees through mercedes scheme to solve the problem, "the devilish doc advised mercedes she was better to keep him on side [...] we’re going to see a lot more of dr browning in the next few weeks. there’s going to be some interesting clues about his past, but will any of these lead us to be convinced he’s a cold-blooded killer?" morgan's "all about soap" colleague carena crowford felt that was "something suspect" about doctor browning. she said silas was left alone with "the dodgy doc, and the next thing they knew the old man had knocked browning out, stolen his shoes and run away. come on, are we really expected to believe silas could take out young, strong dr b alone? or is this evidence they’re working together...?" after it was revealed doctor browning killed lynsey, morgan said she "had the dastardly doc's card marked from day one, but have to admit that tonight's big reveal has left us a bit cold". she said that the murder was "a crime of passion, but there’s no way mercy is worth killing for. [...] disappointingly, it also transpired that dr browning has zilch to do with silas's epic return. it was a mere coincidence that the medical man was caught up in the serial killer’s escape from hospital. we think it could have made a brilliant twist if silas had been schooling dr b, and getting him to carry on his work while he was behind bars".