 Jeff Labrecque of Entertainment Weekly wrote that " after three months of strike @-@ enforced exile , [ this episode of ] 30 Rock generated the expectations and excitement normally reserved for a season premiere , " also saying that " the show [ is ] in midseason form . " Matt Webb Mitovich of TV Guide said that he would " be lying if [ he ] said this was a super @-@ great episode . " Webb Mitovich went on to say that " [ He ] did like , though — and thought they should have done a lot more with — the " parallels " between the MILF events and the strategizing staff . " Bob Sassone of AOL 's TV Squad thought that " It 's almost as if this was the season opener " and that this episode was " ambitious . " Michael N of Television Without Pity awarded the episode a grade of B. Robert Canning of IGN said that " the overall story arc was less than what we had anticipated from this critical favorite making its post @-@ writers @-@ strike return , the episode was still pretty damn funny . " Canning also said that this was " an episode that was divided between a less @-@ than @-@ average story and many hilarious moments . " Canning criticized how " 30 Rock has never really given [ Pete Hornberger and Scott Adsit ] ( the character or the actor ) the showcase that he deserves . " 
