Teresa Lopez of TV Fanatic rated the episode 5 stars, commenting that ``it actually exceeded my expectations'' and called it ``quite the exciting hour of television.'' Nick Campbell of TV.com praised the writers of the episode for Ezra's storyline and for Hanna and Emily's dialogue, making comparisons to Rosencrantz and Guildenstern and Shaggy and Scooby-Doo. Jessica Goldstein of Vulture also highlighted Emily and Hanna's dialogue, writing that she ``gets all the best one-liners'' and praised Lesley Fera's character for showing good parenting when confronted with Spencer's addiction.
Teresa Lopez of TV Fanatic rated the episode 5 stars, commenting that ``it actually exceeded my expectations'' and called it ``quite the exciting hour of television.''
nsubj
Number=Sing
Teresa
Teresa
PROPN
NNP
flat
Number=Sing
Lopez
Lopez
PROPN
NNP
case
of
of
ADP
IN
compound
Number=Sing
TV
TV
PROPN
NNP
nmod
Number=Sing
Fanatic
Fanatic
PROPN
NNP
root
Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin
rate
rated
VERB
VBD
det
Definite=Def|PronType=Art
the
the
DET
DT
obj
Number=Sing
episode
episode
NOUN
NN
nummod
NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card
5
5
NUM
CD
appos
Number=Plur
star
stars
NOUN
NNS
punct
,
,
PUNCT
,
advcl
VerbForm=Ger
comment
commenting
VERB
VBG
mark
that
that
SCONJ
IN
punct
``
``
PUNCT
``
nsubj
Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs
it
it
PRON
PRP
advmod
actually
actually
ADV
RB
ccomp
Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin
exceed
exceeded
VERB
VBD
nmod:poss
Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs
my
my
PRON
PRP$
obj
Number=Plur
expectation
expectations
NOUN
NNS
punct
'
'
PUNCT
''
punct
'
'
PUNCT
''
cc
and
and
CCONJ
CC
conj
Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin
call
called
VERB
VBD
obj
Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs
it
it
PRON
PRP
punct
``
``
PUNCT
``
det:predet
quite
quite
DET
PDT
det
Definite=Def|PronType=Art
the
the
DET
DT
amod
Degree=Pos
exciting
exciting
ADJ
JJ
xcomp
Number=Sing
hour
hour
NOUN
NN
case
of
of
ADP
IN
nmod
Number=Sing
television
television
NOUN
NN
punct
.
.
PUNCT
.
punct
''
''
PUNCT
''
Nick Campbell of TV.com praised the writers of the episode for Ezra's storyline and for Hanna and Emily's dialogue, making comparisons to Rosencrantz and Guildenstern and Shaggy and Scooby-Doo.
nsubj
Number=Sing
Nick
Nick
PROPN
NNP
flat
Number=Sing
Campbell
Campbell
PROPN
NNP
case
of
of
ADP
IN
nmod
Number=Sing
TV.com
TV.com
PROPN
NNP
root
Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin
praise
praised
VERB
VBD
det
Definite=Def|PronType=Art
the
the
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DT
obj
Number=Plur
writer
writers
NOUN
NNS
case
of
of
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IN
det
Definite=Def|PronType=Art
the
the
DET
DT
nmod
Number=Sing
episode
episode
NOUN
NN
case
for
for
ADP
IN
nmod:poss
Number=Sing
Ezra
Ezra
PROPN
NNP
case
's
's
PART
POS
nmod
Number=Sing
storyline
storyline
NOUN
NN
cc
and
and
CCONJ
CC
case
for
for
ADP
IN
nmod:poss
Number=Sing
Hanna
Hanna
PROPN
NNP
cc
and
and
CCONJ
CC
conj
Number=Sing
Emily
Emily
PROPN
NNP
case
's
's
PART
POS
conj
Number=Sing
dialogue
dialogue
NOUN
NN
punct
,
,
PUNCT
,
advcl
VerbForm=Ger
make
making
VERB
VBG
obj
Number=Plur
comparison
comparisons
NOUN
NNS
case
to
to
ADP
IN
nmod
Number=Sing
Rosencrantz
Rosencrantz
PROPN
NNP
cc
and
and
CCONJ
CC
conj
Number=Sing
Guildenstern
Guildenstern
PROPN
NNP
cc
and
and
CCONJ
CC
conj
Number=Sing
Shaggy
Shaggy
PROPN
NNP
cc
and
and
CCONJ
CC
conj
Number=Sing
Scooby
Scooby
PROPN
NNP
punct
-
-
PUNCT
HYPH
flat
Number=Sing
Doo
Doo
PROPN
NNP
punct
.
.
PUNCT
.
Jessica Goldstein of Vulture also highlighted Emily and Hanna's dialogue, writing that she ``gets all the best one-liners'' and praised Lesley Fera's character for showing good parenting when confronted with Spencer's addiction.
nsubj
Number=Sing
Jessica
Jessica
PROPN
NNP
flat
Number=Sing
Goldstein
Goldstein
PROPN
NNP
case
of
of
ADP
IN
nmod
Number=Sing
Vulture
Vulture
PROPN
NNP
advmod
also
also
ADV
RB
root
Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin
highlight
highlighted
VERB
VBD
nmod:poss
Number=Sing
Emily
Emily
PROPN
NNP
cc
and
and
CCONJ
CC
conj
Number=Sing
Hanna
Hanna
PROPN
NNP
case
's
's
PART
POS
obj
Number=Sing
dialogue
dialogue
NOUN
NN
punct
,
,
PUNCT
,
advcl
VerbForm=Ger
write
writing
VERB
VBG
mark
that
that
SCONJ
IN
nsubj
Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs
she
she
PRON
PRP
ccomp
Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin
``get
``gets
VERB
VBZ
det:predet
all
all
DET
PDT
det
Definite=Def|PronType=Art
the
the
DET
DT
amod
Degree=Sup
good
best
ADJ
JJS
compound
Number=Sing
one
one
NOUN
NN
punct
-
-
PUNCT
HYPH
obj
Number=Plur
liner
liners
NOUN
NNS
punct
'
'
PUNCT
''
punct
'
'
PUNCT
''
cc
and
and
CCONJ
CC
conj
Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin
praise
praised
VERB
VBD
nmod:poss
Number=Sing
Lesley
Lesley
PROPN
NNP
flat
Number=Sing
Fera
Fera
PROPN
NNP
case
's
's
PART
POS
obj
Number=Sing
character
character
NOUN
NN
mark
for
for
SCONJ
IN
acl
VerbForm=Ger
show
showing
VERB
VBG
amod
Degree=Pos
good
good
ADJ
JJ
obj
Number=Sing
parenting
parenting
NOUN
NN
advmod
PronType=Int
when
when
ADV
WRB
advcl
Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part
confront
confronted
VERB
VBN
case
with
with
ADP
IN
nmod:poss
Number=Sing
Spencer
Spencer
PROPN
NNP
case
's
's
PART
POS
obl
Number=Sing
addiction
addiction
NOUN
NN
punct
.
.
PUNCT
.