' s ▁wall , ▁alarm ing ▁him . ▁ ▁Re ception ▁ ▁Crit ical ▁reception ▁" Time ▁for ▁After " ▁received ▁generally ▁positive ▁reviews ▁from ▁critics . ▁On ▁Rotten ▁Tomatoes , ▁it ▁holds ▁a ▁ 7 6 % ▁with ▁an ▁average ▁rating ▁of ▁ 6 . 2 5 ▁out ▁of ▁ 1 0 , ▁based ▁on ▁ 2 1 ▁reviews . ▁The ▁site ' s ▁cons ensus ▁reads : ▁" Time ▁for ▁After " ▁impro ves ▁on ▁T WD ' s ▁previous ▁episode ▁by ▁foc using ▁on ▁Eug ene ' s ▁emot ional ▁struggle . ▁Many ▁critics ▁noted ▁Josh ▁Mc D erm itt ' s ▁emot ional ▁performance , ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁the ▁change ▁of ▁pace ▁from ▁the ▁previous ▁episode , ▁as ▁the ▁episode ' s ▁highlight s . ▁ ▁Z ack ▁Hand len ▁of ▁The ▁A . V . ▁Club ▁grad ed ▁the ▁episode ▁a ▁B - ▁and ▁said : ▁" R ick ▁had ▁a ▁plan ; ▁that ▁plan ▁isn ' t ▁working . ▁We ▁get ▁to ▁see ▁things ▁start ▁to ▁shift ▁before ▁he ▁does , ▁and ▁the ▁final ▁shot ▁of ▁him ▁real izing ▁just ▁how ▁much ▁trouble ▁he ' s ▁in ▁works , ▁ending ▁the ▁hour ▁on ▁a ▁strong ▁note ." ▁ ▁Steve ▁Ford ▁of ▁TV ▁F an atic ▁gave ▁the ▁episode ▁a ▁ 4 ▁out ▁of ▁ 5 ▁stars , ▁saying ▁"" Time ▁for ▁After " ▁put ▁more ▁focus ▁toward ▁a ▁smaller ▁variety ▁of ▁characters . ▁It ▁allowed ▁more ▁time ▁for ▁their ▁stories ▁to ▁build ▁and ▁play ▁out ▁more ▁naturally