 The emotional death of Landry appealed to several reviewers, as did the resolution via Teal'c's heroic sacrifice.The "clever, ground-breaking", "fitting" and "hugely satisfying" episode reminded hdtvuk.tv's Ian Calcutt of ""'s finale "", while TV Squad's Richard Keller noted strong similarities to a two-part episode of "" named "Year of Hell".He was "extremely sad to see [the series] go", but could not overlook the mediocrity, predictability and lack of originality of the series finale.