▁concepts ▁were ▁introduced ▁seems ▁ha ph az ard , ▁and ▁a ▁huge ▁gam ble ▁that ▁could ▁turn ▁off ▁all ▁but ▁the ▁most ▁hard core ▁view ers ." ▁ ▁Like ▁Is ler , ▁Entertainment ▁Week ly ▁column ist ▁Ken ▁T ucker ▁enjoyed ▁Walter ' s ▁transition ▁" from ▁happy , ▁b abb ling , ▁' I ▁love ▁L SD !' ▁lic or ice - lick ing ▁Walter ▁to ▁a ▁Walter ▁who ▁y elled ▁at ▁the ▁others ▁when ▁esc aping ", ▁calling ▁it ▁" one ▁of ▁the ▁night ' s ▁great ▁ple asures ." ▁T ucker ' s ▁Entertainment ▁Week ly ▁colle ague ▁Jeff ▁J ensen ▁commented ▁that ▁he ▁was ▁able ▁to ▁" roll " ▁with ▁some ▁of ▁the ▁less ▁pla us ible ▁plot ▁details ▁( such ▁as ▁a ▁still ▁existing ▁Mass ive ▁Dynamic ) ▁out ▁of ▁pra ise ▁for ▁guest ▁stars ▁C us ick ▁and ▁Ha ig , ▁bel ieving ▁they ▁" work ed ▁well ▁in ▁this ▁world ." ▁J ensen ▁also ▁reserved ▁attention ▁for ▁No ble ' s ▁scenes , ▁calling ▁them ▁various ly ▁" fr is ky ▁and ▁po ign ant ", ▁" h il ari ous ", ▁and ▁" touch ing ." ▁Last ly , ▁J ensen ▁was ▁happy ▁to ▁find ▁more ▁details ▁about ▁the ▁Ob ser vers , ▁but ▁wonder ed ▁at ▁the ▁lack ▁of ▁the ▁parallel ▁universe ' s ▁mention . ▁MTV ' s ▁Alex ▁Z al ben ▁was ▁more ▁critical . ▁He ▁wonder ed ▁how ▁the ▁episode ▁fit ▁into ▁the ▁rest ▁of ▁the ▁season , ▁and ▁wrote ▁"