 She thought that towards the end, it became a little "mumbo-jumbo-mystical" but that it was in "perfect keeping with the Klingons".However, she felt that the episode again relied on Jadzia's past as Curzon Dax and that the ending would have been better with Toral stealing the sword at the last minute so that it could be followed up with in a later episode.Jamahl Epsicokhan at his website Jammer's Reviews compared the episode to an Indiana Jones story and said that it was a "enjoyable fable for a simpler time".