Emily VanDerWerff of the Los Angeles Times rated the episode 58th of all Lost episodes (apart from the series finale) and commented positively on the "nicely spooky flashback to the psychic who was way too into getting her on that plane to L.A."[3] Rewatching the episode in 2014, Myles McNutt stated that "Solitary" and "Raised by Another" felt like "the first that go all-in on Lost as a serialized mystery," in part as Claire's story is the first to reveal a character's destined voyage to the island in the form of flashbacks.[17] In 2014, MTV columnist Josh Wigler ranked it as the 76th-best Lost episode, stating that "Ethan Rom’s episode-closing reveal is one of the chilliest moments of early Lost."[18]