 Reviews of the episode were mostly mixed , calling it a " tragedy , " but " funnier than [ ... ] expected . " Todd VanDerWerff of The A.V. Club noted that there are " funny lines tucked around the edges of every episode [ ... ] but there 's nothing here that justifies the needlessly elaborate plots . " Jason Hughes of TV Squad gave the episode a more positive review , stating that Peter 's attempts to bond with his children " brought some of the most hilarious visuals . " Ramsey Isler of IGN gave the episode a much more negative review , noting that it did not " have many redeeming qualities , " and the jokes were " mediocre . " In a subsequent review of Family Guy 's eighth season , Isler listed " April in Quahog " as being " full of the lowest of the lowest @-@ common @-@ denominator ' jokes ' , with heavy reliance on toilet humor and the characteristic cutaway gags that have steadily gotten more random and less funny . " 
