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Ashan Haque from IGN said that the episode was "much more entertaining" than a regular episode of Family Guy. Robert Pierson from The TV Critic thought that the jokes in the episode were "pretty good". Pierson said that the writing of the stories was bad, but not annoying. Brad Trechak from TV Squad said that the episode had "really good ideas", but thought that the writing was not good. Trechak thought that the Writers Guild of America strike made the quality of the episode worse. Genevieve Koski from The A.V. Club thought that the episode did not have much organization, but said there were some good jokes. The Parents Television Council called it the "Worst TV Show of the Week" because of the story with Stewie and his teenager girlfriend. Tom Eames from Digital Spy thought the episode "made strokes funny" and said it was "A farce of an episode, but in a good way."