 The episode received generally positive reviews . Kevin McFarland of The A.V. Club gave the episode a B + and said that it " isn 't typically as heavy on the usual stock jokes that weigh the show down , and the adventures of Brian and Stewie drive more interest than most other characters . " Carter Dotson of TV Fanatic gave the episode a 4 @.@ 4 rating and called the episode and its sister episode , " No Country Club for Old Men " , " a perfect representation of the wild extremes of this season . " He added " it wasn 't the funniest episode , but the way the parallel stories worked and intertwined was at least extremely interesting , lacking much of the lazy humor that at times plagued this season . Mark Trammell of TV Equals said " All in all , an okay episode that benefited from the combination approach , but MacFarlane might want to retire both the time travel stuff and the " road picture " <unk> after this one , as the well is clearly running dry [ ... ] To tell the truth , I didn 't laugh as much as I wanted to " . 
