Several of Donna's pivotal episodes were selected as recommended viewing by critics. "Myself, Coming Back", the series ten episode in which she goes on a road-trip and discovers the existence of her niece, Mia, was named a televisual highlight by the "Daily Mirror", "Birmingham Post", and "Liverpool Daily Echo", with the latter publication deeming it "refreshingly different" following the "doom and gloom" of preceding episodes. Many regional newspapers named "Promises", in which she decides to adopt Mia, a "pick of the day", and Sarah Morgan of the "Daily Record" cited Jacobs' appearance as Donna in the premiere episode of "Casualty" twenty-fifth series as a positive example of the BBC "pull out all the stops to make sure the first edition in this latest run is something of a cracker." Ransom ("What's on TV") looked forward to Donna's return, commenting, "We can't wait to see her get stuck back in to all the action!"