ating " ▁" f resh ▁spring ▁b ree ze ▁in ▁the ▁middle ▁of ▁summer " ▁by ▁The ▁Washington ▁Post s ▁Tom ▁Sh ales . ▁Vari et ys ▁Phil ▁Gal lo ▁pra ised ▁the ▁" b ree zy ▁g ait ▁of ▁the ▁story t elling , ▁the ▁nicely ▁explained ▁qu irks ▁of ▁a ▁brilliant ▁mind ▁and ▁Tony ▁Sh al hou b ' s ▁ster ling ▁character ization " ▁in ▁his ▁review . ▁Tom ▁Gli atto , ▁a ▁Pe op les ▁critic , ▁declared ▁" This ▁is ▁probably ▁not ▁a ▁clin ically ▁accurate ▁port ray al ▁of ▁an ▁O CD ▁suffer er , ▁but ▁Sh al hou b ' s ▁gentle ▁earnest ness ▁keeps ▁it ▁from ▁being ▁g imm icky ." ▁San ▁Francisco ▁Chron icles ▁Tim ▁Good man ▁pra ised ▁how ▁O CD ▁was ▁used ▁" cre atively ▁from ▁humor ▁to ▁sad ness ." ▁Chris ▁H icks ▁of ▁Des er et ▁News ▁declared , ▁" this ▁pilot ▁episode ▁is ▁good ▁enough ▁to ▁be ▁a ▁the atr ical ▁film ; ▁in ▁fact , ▁it ' s ▁better ▁than ▁most ▁features ▁— ▁fun ny , ▁warm , ▁character - dri ven ▁and ▁loaded ▁with ▁h il ari ous ▁v ign ettes ." ▁ ▁Eth an ▁Alter ▁of ▁Media ▁Life ▁stated ▁"[ t ] here ▁is ▁one ▁fun ny ▁scene ▁in ▁the ▁pilot ", ▁while ▁critic izing ▁the ▁writing ▁and ▁direction . ▁He ▁also ▁said ▁the ▁plot ▁is ▁un ve iled ▁in ▁a ▁" pl od ding , ▁vis ually ▁d ull " ▁way , ▁especially ▁when ▁Sh