 "The Atlantic" Kevin Fallon criticized the episode's lack of subtlety, feeling that in its attempt to be controversial, "Glee" became a clichéd after school special.Fallon had been excited to see religion and homosexuality tackled on "Glee", but was disappointed that the end result was "completely devoid of humor", with dialogue "so stilted, wooden, and earnest that the treatment of the subject was largely ineffective and far too easy to make fun of.