The A.V. Club critic Hayden Childs wrote that the "best thing about the 500th Simpsons episode is the opening couch montage, which hits the nostalgia bullseye almost perfectly."
The A.V. Club-Kritiker Hayden Childs schrieb, dass das „best thing about the 500th Simpsons episode is the opening couch montage, which hits the nostalgia bullseye almost perfectly.“ („Beste an der 500.