Man of the moment, Tom Vaughan-Lawlor, has opened up about his time on Love/Hate revealing that he will take "wonderful" and "unforgettable" memories from the show into his future work.

In a statement, Tom Vaughan-Lawlor said: "The last five years working on Love/Hate have been an incredible and unforgettable journey for me. I've had the privilege of working with a brilliant cast who I've learnt a huge amount from, a tireless and talented crew, a visionary director, an amazing group of producers from Octagon and RTÉ, and in Stuart Carolan a world class writer."

He added: "I'm hugely grateful to the show and to its fans and I am equally looking forward to the new challenges ahead for me both on screen and stage. As I perform this week in Dublin in Howie the Rookie prior to touring it to London and New York I will take wonderful memories of Love/Hate with me together with all the things I've learnt on the show into my future work."

Over one million viewers tuned in to find out what was going to happen to King Nidge and the gang in last night's shocking season finale of Love/Hate.

According to the RTÉ Press Twitter account the last episode of the series pulled in some impressive viewing figures.

A tweet from @RTEPress reads, "The finale of @LOVEHATETVDRAMA on @RTEOne last night had a Live + VOSDAL average of 1,005,400 viewers with a 56% share."

Check out some of the best tweets that sum up how we're all feeling below. Spoiler alert!

Let us know what you thought by tweeting @RTE_TEN.

Tommy will be extremely confused whenever he wakes up #LoveHate — Sam Ó Nialláin (@Sam_Nealon_) November 10, 2014

Me nerves. That was amazing. Weirdly poignant at the end. I'm emotional now not going to lie. #lovehate — Lauren Ronan (@laurenronan) November 10, 2014

So who's left to take over? Fran? Terence? Ado? Trish? Elmo? Patrick? Will the RA be back? Didn't expect all that! #LoveHate #Nidge #Fran — Steve Wall (@stevethewall) November 10, 2014

Surely Trish held onto the receipt off the runners? #kingnidge #lovehate — Alan Tormey (@altormey84) November 10, 2014

Had to watch #lovehate to avoid spoilers, even tho I'm up for work in 3 hrs ...excellent show! Worth the sleep deprivation that follows! — Tony McGregor (@TONYJMcGREGOR) November 10, 2014

At least Aido will get a new spin off show entitled 'How clean is your flat?' #lovehate — Fionnaigh O'Connor (@doradaisy) November 10, 2014

Cannot believe the number of twitter jokes about fran in #lovehate Violence was absolutely sickening in tonight's episode — Lucie (@luciecorcoran) November 10, 2014

jaysus.... I'm officially a teenage girl now, I just can't even #lovehate — Tadhger the Creator (@t_tadhgf) November 10, 2014

As Nidge requested in series 2... https://t.co/NAZKpnHgiJ #lovehate — Do I Know You? (@BadCathal) November 10, 2014

The fear of waking up and having to plan on going to Nidges, Siobhans & Franos funerals. #lovehate — Ger Alley (@GerAlley) November 10, 2014

What an ending to the season finale #lovehate — anita hegarty (@Anita_H_) November 10, 2014

Serious episode of #lovehate but that whole shower thing was disturbing to say the least — Stephen Padden (@S_padden) November 10, 2014

While Tommy was sleeping. Siobhan had an affair & killed Paulie. Siobhan snitched on Nidge & got killed. Tommy was still sleepin'. #lovehate — Pharoah Asterix (@Yiggy_Yess) November 10, 2014

Still reeling after #LoveHate tonight. So proud of an Irish drama doing so well. Much props to the producers, writers and actors🍀 — Ciara Mooney (@_CiaraTweets) November 10, 2014

Even with the spoiler I've NEVER seen an hour of TV like that in my life #lovehate #rtelovehate — Tony Kelly (@tonykellycomedy) November 10, 2014

warren has more than nits to worry about now. #lovehate — Caitríona O'Malley (@thisisalow) November 10, 2014

Possibly the most epic ending of a season I've ever seen 😮 🎥 #kingnidge #lovehate — Emma Andrews (@__EJAx) November 10, 2014