There were predictions of a bear-pit atmosphere: seven party leaders fighting for air-time. But Thursday night's Leaders' Debate on ITV ended up being a far tamer affair.
There was the odd bit of liveliness, but in general, no one threw or took any sucker punches and no political camp with be dealing with a PR disaster tonight.
This level-pegged result was reflected in the mish-mash of opinion polls released shortly after, all showing a different 'winner':
YouGov: Nicola Sturgeon
ComRes: Cameron-Miliband-Farage tieICM: Ed Miliband
The four questions asked by audience members were on the NHS, immigration, the deficit and a rather too broad: issues for younger generations.
Despite this being the only debate involving both PM David Cameron and Labour leader Ed Miliband, two further 'events' on TV will take place later this month.
The leaders of Labour, UKIP, the SNP, the Greens and Plaid Cymru will debate on the BBC on April 16th. On April 30th, David Cameron, Nick Clegg and Ed Miliband will appear - separately - on a special edition of BBC Question Time.
For now, it's back on the campaign road, with five weeks left before polling day - a lifetime in politics.
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