Critics also praised Louis-Dreyfus' and Alexander's performances; "The Age" critic Kenneth Nguyen stated that they "characteristically, rock their line readings". Michael Flaherty and Mary Kaye Schilling of "Entertainment Weekly", who graded the episode with an A−, commented, "George is at his pressure-cooker best, but it's Elaine—famished and in high dudgeon—who is the centerpiece." David Sims of "The A.V. Club" gave the episode an A+, saying "it's a deftly-plotted, extremely funny example of the 'show about nothing' label that "Seinfeld" assigned itself".