Rowan Kaiser of "The A.V. Club" praised the episode as the best of the season so far. He lauded the development of the romantic storylines of both Veronica and Mac, while stating that Veronica's was more realistic, describing the concert scene in which Veronica and Piz hold hands again was genuinely emotional. He also stated that Rudd "changes Fellows from a painful stereotype into a pantheon one-off character." The reviewer also opined that the episode's combination of Rudd and the subplot involving Logan and Mac created a very entertaining episode that was exemplary of how well the new story structure could work.