 Michelle Erica Green at TrekNation described the episode as a " riveting hour of television " . She thought that the episode posed the same types of ideological questions that The Original Series did on occasion and caused her to look forward to the following episode . Jamahl Epsicokhan at his website " Jammer 's Reviews " gave the episode a score of three out of four , saying that it was a " pretty good story [ told ] in an exceptionally average way " . Jay Garmon , whilst compiling a list of the best episodes of Enterprise for TechRepublic , listed " Demons " and " Terra Prime " as the third best . He thought that Peter Weller " stole the show " , and that it created a " solid conclusion " to the show despite the following episode , " These Are the Voyages ... " 
