 Sean Gunn, who plays Kirk, rated this 6th on his list of 10 favourite "Gilmore Girls" episodes, due to "a film by kirk", which he states is one of the two episodes fans mention most when meeting him.An article in "Paste" says Kirk is the "surprising star" of the episode, describing "a film by kirk" as "a David Lynch-style masterpiece so so wonderfully strange that it counts among the series' finest moments".An article in "Bustle" describes the short film as "hilariously awesome" and the most "impactful" of Kirk's "prolific moments" across the series.