Abyssinia, Henry you". In the 1920s and 1930s Abyssinia was the name for the country now called Ethiopia.) It is mistakenly said that this slang was frequently used by the Henry Blake character throughout his years on the show. In fact, whenever Blake would bid farewell, it was usually by saying "goom-bye", though Blake did use this term at least once. The highly controversial ending to the episode, which has since been referenced and parodied many times, prompted more than 1,000 letters to series producers Gene Reynolds and Larry Gelbart, and drew fire from both CBS and 20th Century Fox. After the
What They Become hasn’t seen an episode so simultaneously satisfying to longtime comic-book fans and frustrating to its general audience as it does in "What They Become"", noting that the Daisy/Cal and Inhuman reveals would mean nothing to average viewers, as opposed to "Marvel maniacs" who "should be elated". McCabe did have praise for MacLachan's performance, calling his reunion with Skye "the most entertaining" scene of the season, and saying "He generates humor, rage, joy, spite, menace, sympathy, and insanity all in the span of a few minutes. ... watching him creepily stroke Skye’s hair as he hums “Daisy Bell” is absurdly entertaining."