 Upon its initial airing, the episode received 2.66 million viewers and mixed reviews from television critics; many considered this episode to be a solid conclusion to the story arc but one that was less exciting than previous mystery-ending episodes.Rowan Kaiser of "The A.V.Club" believed that the episode was intellectually satisfying, while Jon Lachonis of BuddyTV opined that the decision to make Tim the murderer was not appropriate.