 In 2007, Simon Crerar of "The Times" listed Gere's performance as one of the thirty-three funniest cameos in the history of the show.Ron Martin of 411Mania, who consider episodes about Lisa to be "traditional channel changers", wrote that it "offers one of the worst ‘Lisa episodes’" of the series.Colin Jacobsson of DVD Movie Guide criticized the episode for being "little more than a retread" of earlier episodes of the series.