The review by "Herc" for the website Ain't It Cool News, praised the story about how Porthos was named and the elements of sexual tension between Archer and T'Pol. However, he didn't think the "Odd Couple" type relationship between Archer and Phlox worked all the time with some misfires amongst the comedic elements. He gave the episode a rating of three out of five, describing it as "actually worth your valuable time". Michelle Erica Green watched the episode for TrekNation, saying that she enjoyed the episode on the whole and enjoyed the characterisation. However, she criticised the non-moving Beagle prop as it made her son think the dog was dead, which was then followed by "what looks like a drowned dog in formaldehyde". Jamahl Epsicokhan reviewed the episode for his website "Jammer's Reviews", giving it a score of one out of four. He called it "easily the dumbest concept for an episode of "Star Trek" since "Voyager" holodeck was hijacked by the residents of ". He felt that the episode made a mockery out of the characters and that some of the situations they were placed in were just ridiculous.