Jesse Schedeen of IGN awarded the episode with a 9 star rating out of 10 saying that the episode "is a demented romp that showcases Rick Sanchez at his darkest and most hilarious."[4] Steve Greene of IndieWire gave it an "B+" rating, who felt that "even as it's stuck between an unexpected event episode and a decent spite-driven adventure, there are still enough existential ideas here to chew on."[5] Tom Reimann of Collider gave it a "B" rating, who felt that "series co-creator Dan Harmon has run into some controversy on social media, and this ending, coupled with Rick's scorched-earth, take-no-responsibility response to Morty's criticism, casts the episode in a particularly cynical light that makes it difficult to fully enjoy. We're three episodes in to "The Other Five", and so far each one has been (at least in part) a rant about how hard it is to write Rick and Morty. I hope the next two episodes manage to fully embrace the smart sci-fi deconstruction that made the show so unique in the first place."[6] The episode won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Animated Program, the series second win after "Pickle Rick".[7][8]