 Julian Spivey from Examiner.com included "Twilight" in his January 2012 compilation of the "10 greatest episodes of 'NCIS, saying,

Going into the season two finale of "NCIS" we all knew that one of the main cast members was going to be killed ... but we didn't know how and we didn't know who.This premise led to the most nerve-wracking and intense episode of television that I believe I've ever seen and certainly is one of the greatest TV episodes of all time.After about 58 and a half minutes into the episode, we still didn't know who would perish or how.