sentences:  In a review of the entire fifth season, Michael Sauter of "Entertainment Weekly" said that "The Post-Modern Prometheus" was the "most striking" of the season's stand-alone episodes.Emily VanDerWerff awarded the episode with an "A" grade, and, despite noting the silliness of the story and the fact that most of the characters function as stereotypes, wrote that "'Prometheus' just works".In a 2000 review of season five for the "New Straits Times", Francis Dass called "The Post-Modern Prometheus" a "fun episode".