 Michael Tedder of New York felt that the main story was weak and that the " plot line might have made more sense last year , with Andy trying to take his mind off troubles with Erin or Robert California by trying to regress to his college days without it working , but these days Andy is the boss and has the girl . " He did , however , compliment the appearance of Colbert , writing that " it was still nice to see the two Daily Show alums sparring again . " He was also complimentary towards the " little tidbits " , such as Dwight 's subplot . Bonnie <unk> of Paste felt that the episode was too rushed and that the storylines did not have a chance to naturally play out . She wrote that , " Each thread provided some interesting character development or set up future storylines , but , crammed together in the same 21 minutes , they made for a slightly disjointed @-@ feeling episode . " WhatCulture ! reviewer Joseph Kratzer gave the episode two @-@ and @-@ a @-@ half stars out of five and called it the " first dud of the ninth season " . He criticized the story , saying that " the plot 's failure [ is due to the fact that ] the goal of the story was not met by the means the writers chose to employ ; there was no sense of grand scope or deep @-@ rooted history , just Andy being petty and refusing to let go of the past as he 's challenged by his old friend . " Kratzer called Dwight and Nellie 's subplot the " most successful story " in the episode . 
