 Martin Cater of Network Distributing calls the episode "decidedly downbeat" but describes the episodes re-visited in flashback as "arguably the three best examples from the series after the pilot".Chris Bentley notes that two guest puppets make more than one appearance in the episode.The puppet that plays Shroeder in the flashback to "Crater 101" and a puppet that plays one of the police officers in the flashback to "Big Ben Strikes Again" also have non-speaking roles in both the Markham Arms scene (as the pianist and a patron, respectively) and the extract from "The Trap" (as two of the conference delegates).