the episode received a 2.9 rating and was watched by a total of 5.63 million people, this made it the most watched show on animation domination that night beating "the cleveland show", "bob's burgers", "american dad!" and "the simpsons". the episode was met with mixed reviews from critics. kevin mcfarland of "the a.v. club" gave the episode a c–, saying "it’s not necessary for "family guy" to have complete continuity, but when peter actually becoming gay for an episode and leaving his wife is less distressing to his family than this ending, something is out of balance. this is yet another episode show that handles boundary-pushing material with tired, derivative clichés instead of reaching for something original and funny." carter dotson of "tv fanatic" gave the episode two out of five stars, saying "the biggest laugh of the night came via a cutaway, where peter as a mexican soap opera star slapped three women and flew away in a giant sombrero. it made no sense and left me feeling terrible for myself that i laughed at it. but it was still better than most everything else tonight. oh, and there was the irony of the band chicago playing during a scene that took place in boston. hah. i don’t expect this show to be intelligent humor, but i do want to walk out of it without that kind of icky feeling that makes me regret having ever watched it in the first place."