Bubbleblabber called the episode "very funny and very indicative of popular episodes of show’s past," also praising Summer's storyline and her character growth in the episode. The review also said that the plot was "really fleshing out [the] divorce bit and trying something new that could take the franchise to that next Emmy level of story-telling."[14] Den of Geek criticized the wait between seasons, saying of "Rickmancing the Stone" that it "wasn’t quite the tour de force that the premiere was, but this was still a very well-plotted, pretty funny episode."