 Michelle Erica Green reviewed " Exile " for TrekNation , and found that it reminded her of the Voyager episode " Alter Ego " where a lonely alien contacts Tuvok whilst pretending to be a character on the holodeck . She also thought that Tarquin in particular was reminiscent of Flint from The Original Series episode " Requiem for Methuselah " due to the long life span of the character . She said that Tarquin 's castle reminded her of a Disney Castle while other elements such as his communications device , were similar to something out of The Lord of the Rings . Jamahl Epsicokhan at his website " Jammer 's Reviews " , said that " Exile " was a well rounded episode but thought that it did not " venture as far as it could 've and perhaps should 've " . He described the scene where Trip has problems with the shuttlecraft as a " irrelevant but nevertheless great scene that 's kind of brilliant in a Three Stooges kind of way " . He gave the episode a score of three out of four . 
