The episode was chosen as the first to be broadcast out of four possibilities, and placed first in the timeslot with a Nielsen rating of 25.2 percent for the first half-hour and 24.2 for the remainder.
The episode was chosen as the first to be broadcast out of four possibilities by the studio due to the horror-based plot. "The Man Trap" placed first in the timeslot with a Nielsen rating of 25.2 percent for the first half-hour and 24.2 for the remainder.