 The episode won its time slot among young adult viewers during its showing in the November 1999 sweeps, even beating "Monday Night Football".Ling made the "damn hot kiss" even hotter because "she's the exotic, erotic experimenter of the group", according to Scott Seomin, media director at that time for the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation.Patton sees Woo's actions, attitudes, and portrayal of the evil manipulator make her into the alien of the law firm, and as such many of the lawyers in the firm did not want her hired.