Myles McNutt of The A.V. Club gave the episode a C+. He explained, "It’s the first time the show has used the flashback structure to actively troll the audience, and it brings the season’s worst episode thus far by nature of the fact that the rest of the episode is almost exclusively focused around the mysteries introduced in the flashback." He summarizes his thoughts on the episode by writing, "It’s not a terrible episode of television, but it fails to strike the balance necessary to make its flashbacks alleviate—rather than exaggerate—the challenge of slowing down the narrative to help stretch each season out into 22 or more episodes."[7] Chris Carabott of IGN gave the episode a 7.2/10, writing that he was troubled that the episode "takes a step back after the conclusion of the last episode", adding that, "It's disappointing to see the lack of momentum carried over."