 The Puck sub @-@ plot received generally positive reviews . Poniewozik called it the " best and most authentic of the night " , with praise for Salling 's performance , and Canning felt that it served well as a comical break from the episode 's other storylines . Brett Berk of Vanity Fair enjoyed the additional depth given to Puck , and he , Stack and New York 's Rebecca Milzoff commented positively on Puck 's budding friendship with Artie . VanDerWerff deemed it the episode 's " least objectionable " storyline , though wrote that the awkward inclusion of their duet , the abruptness of Artie 's feelings for Brittany , and the " forced nature " of the scene in which Puck confesses that he does not want to return to juvenile detention all " conspired to keep the storyline from lifting off . " 
