 "Soap Opera Weekly" considered their Valentine's Day surprise in 2008 "a hit".Michael Fairman of "On-Air On-Soaps" called Cane and Lily "one of daytime's most popular couples", and their story with Billy and Chloe "one of soaps all-time best quadrangle story arcs".Mallory Harlen of "Soap Opera Digest" praised the quadrangle for adding another layer to Lily