Caroline Framke of The A.V. Club gave the episode an A-, saying, "Housetrap” is a solid episode that manages to balance some more surreal material with grounded punchlines.
Caroline Framke vom A.V. Club bewertete die Folge mit „A−“ und schrieb: “'Housetrap' is a solid episode that manages to balance some more surreal material with grounded punchlines.