 Mike Pearson of the "Rocky Mountain News" felt that "Journeyman" cannibalized past television shows "Early Edition" and "Quantum Leap".In his opinion, the second episode was more coherent than the first.Tony Whitt of IfMagazine.com gave "A Love of a Lifetime" an A−, and felt that one aspect of "Journeyman" that was better than "Quantum Leap" was its love story.