 Ron Hogan of "Den of Geek" gave the episode a positive review, saying, "Ryan Murphy's shows tend to start out strong and then the cracks begin to show, but I think with the short season order (10 episodes) and the very strong premise, he'll continue his recent trend of stellar storytelling and not get too bogged down with aliens and assorted unrelated weirdness.Even if it goes off the rails, "Apocalypse" will go off the rails in entertaining Murphy fashion, with a brilliant cast to bring that inspired weirdness to life.The best is yet to come."