 Reviews of the episode were mostly mixed , calling the storyline a " much less extreme reversal " of the season two episode " The Story on Page One " , in which Peter attempts to seduce actor Luke Perry . Kevin McFarland of The A.V. Club wrote of the episode , " It was disappointing to see Family Guy bury a guest star like Kaitlin Olson in the background for much of her episode as Quagmire 's sister last week , but it was even worse to see the show waste Ryan Reynolds . " He continued , " He may not fit an empirical definition of a movie star , but I think he ’ s worth more as a guest than a tired trope like playing himself as a sexual predator towards Peter . " McFarland also criticized the episode 's two storylines , noting , " Both plots paint themselves into a corner with no time to get out . In the third act , Stewie is trapped at Consuela 's house and Peter hadn 't succumbed to Reynolds ' repetitive and slowly escalating advances or done anything about them , so the show snaps its fingers and ends each one prematurely . " He graded the episode as a C- . In a much more positive review , Terron R. Moore of Ology criticized the episode for not featuring Griffin family siblings Chris and Meg , but praised the series for adopting a Stewie @-@ centric storyline . Moore noted of the storyline involving Reynolds , " All pretty funny stuff , but Ryan Reynolds ' entire guest slot is based on the fact that you like Ryan Reynolds and his occasionally homoerotic humor , which I can definitely appreciate . " He concluded his review by writing , " Not the best Family Guy , but a definite improvement on the week before , using some of the elements it knows best . " Andy Neuenschwander of Yidio also gave mixed reaction to the episode , writing , " Something happens whenever a celebrity shows up on " Family Guy " and plays themselves . I can 't quite put my finger on it , but everything just feels a bit off . This episode , which featured Ryan Reynolds as Ryan Reynolds , only confirmed that feeling . " He also compared it to The Simpsons , noting , " Maybe it 's the way the celebrity is treated as a character : in shows like The Simpsons , celebrities who play themselves appear as a relatively normal version of themselves [ ... ] But on Family Guy , celebrities tend to appear as some bizarro version of themselves . " 
