 Club", Emily VanDerWerff rated the episode a B, describing it as "an episode about a man who finds himself trying to lose his faith but being unable to do so".VanDerWerff felt that the episode suffered from "the typical "Millennium" problems", including "an overreliance on trite philosophical dialogue"; however, she found that it contained "something pure and believable at its core that keeps the episode moving along nicely".The episode's thematic concern with the role of religion in society was noted as being "the tension "Millennium" would build its best episodes on".