' s ▁step father ▁story line , ▁and ▁believed ▁certain ▁lines ▁of ▁dialog ue ▁to ▁be ▁" d anger ously ▁close ▁to ▁self - par ody ." ▁Sarah ▁Ste g all ▁from ▁S FS cope ▁was ▁ske pt ical ▁of ▁the ▁episode ' s ▁science , ▁and ▁explained ▁" I ▁really ▁don ' t ▁want ▁any ▁more ▁of ▁this . ▁I ' m ▁tired ▁of ▁this ▁formula ic ▁series . ▁I ' m ▁tired ▁of ▁Anna ▁Tor v ' s ▁earnest , ▁sad ▁expressions — can ▁we ▁get ▁this ▁woman ▁to ▁laugh ▁once ▁or ▁twice ? ▁Josh ua ▁Jackson ▁and ▁Kirk ▁A ce ved o ▁are ▁good ▁supports ▁and ▁fo ils ▁for ▁Oliv ia , ▁but ▁there ' s ▁no ▁there ▁there ▁when ▁it ▁comes ▁to ▁Agent ▁Dun ham ." ▁Patrick ▁Kevin ▁Day ▁from ▁the ▁Los ▁Angeles ▁Times ▁liked ▁the ▁opening ▁sequence , ▁but ▁was ▁dist ract ed ▁from ▁fully ▁enjo ying ▁the ▁episode ▁because ▁he ▁thought ▁the ▁science ▁was ▁" won ky ." ▁The ▁A . V . ▁Club ▁column ist ▁No el ▁Murray ▁grad ed ▁the ▁episode ▁with ▁a ▁B , ▁explaining ▁he ▁liked ▁Chris ▁E ig eman ' s ▁presence ▁and ▁the ▁efforts ▁at ▁further ▁developing ▁the ▁characters , ▁but ▁question ed ▁the ▁Pattern ▁story line , ▁despite ▁adm itting ▁that ▁he ▁does ▁not ▁require ▁rational ▁scientific ▁explan ations ▁in ▁science ▁fiction . ▁Tim ▁G ri erson ▁of ▁New ▁York ▁Magazine ▁dis lik ed ▁the ▁focus ▁on ▁Oliv ia , ▁calling ▁it ▁" a ▁long ▁hour ▁of ▁television ." ▁Refer