He thought that the episode "The Cheever Letters" was stronger: "the whole thing feels more like your classic in-law dinner from Hell rather than the special kind of crazy we might come to expect. But 'The Rye' redeems itself somewhat with the much wackier sight of Jerry stealing a marble rye from an old lady and trying to toss it to George on a second-floor [sic; it was third-floor] window..."
He thought "The Cheever Letters" episode was stronger: "the entire thing feels more like a typical in-law dinner from Hell rather than the special kind of madness we might expect. However, 'The Rye' manages to redeem itself somewhat with Jerry's amusing act of stealing a marble rye from an elderly woman and attempting to toss it through a third-floor window..."