too many misfires in the comedic elements, and the episode was repeating things that had already "Been seen done." Michelle Erica Green of TrekNation, said she enjoyed the episode on the whole and enjoyed the characterisation. She criticised the non-moving Beagle prop as it made her son think the dog was dead, which was then followed by "what looks like a drowned dog in formaldehyde". Jamahl Epsicokhan of "Jammer's Reviews" called it "easily the dumbest concept for an episode of Star Trek since Voyager holodeck was hijacked by the residents of Fair Haven", and gave it a score of 1 out of 4. He felt that the episode made a mockery out of the characters and that some of the situations they were placed in were just ridiculous. In his 2022 rewatch Keith DeCandido of Tor.com gave it 0 out of 10. IGN called it "The hands-down worst show of the season". TechRepublic included the episode on its list of the 5 worst episodes of Enterprise. "Star Trek The Complete Manual" published by SciFiNow magazine listed it as the third worst episode of the series. ScreenRant ranked "A Night in Sickbay" the 14th worst Star Trek episode highlighting what they felt were poor character development choices and a weak plot that revolved around a sick dog (Porthos) that peed on a tree. WhatCulture ranked this episode the 17th worst episode of Star Trek. The Digital Fix felt this was a "bad episode" but noted it for experimenting with format. Den of Geek defended the episode, saying it was flawed but nowhere near as bad as "Spock's Brain" or "Threshold". In 2016, SyFy included this episode in a group of Star Trek franchise episodes they felt were commonly disliked but "deserved a second chance". Awards The episode was nominated for the Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation (short form) at the 2003 awards alongside "Carbon Creek" and episodes of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel, and Firefly. The award went to the Buffy episode "Conversations with Dead People". Home media The first home media release of "A Night in Sickbay" was part of the season two DVD box set, released in the United States on August 7, 2005. The release featured deleted scenes from the episode as well as a special feature on the episode entitled "Inside A Night in Sickbay". A release on Blu-ray Disc for season two occurred on August