 Caldwell also praised Lynch's direction, finding that several of the episode's "nerve-wracking" scenes lasted just the right amount of time to be effective, and noting that "the line between confronting the abyss and exploiting it is one Lynch walks again and again".Writing for "The A.V.Club", Keith Phipps rated the episode an A, calling it "one of the most peculiar hours of television ever to air on a network".