Emily VanDerWerff from "The A.V. Club" thought that the episode's story started well but then got further bad in the episode. She thought that a "South Park" episode with a similar story of Kenny McCormick being replaced was done better. However, she said she liked Quagmire's long rant. Ahsan Haque from IGN did not like how the episode was made. Haque thought that the episode's story sounded better as an idea. Ramsey Isler (another IGN reviewer) said that the episode was not funny and the writing was lazy and not original.