Angered, he reveals that he knew Brian's work was inferior because it was easy for even Chris and Peter to follow the plot of A Passing Fancy.
At a party for playwrights, Brian tries to ingratiate himself with big-name writers, but they mention that they have seen his play and pronounce it the worst piece of writing they have ever seen.
Club gave the episode an A−, saying "This is Family Guy at its most self-aware—and more importantly, self aware in the right way, taking stock of its place in the world and remaining honest, something it hasn’t done in years.
Business-as-usual cutaways add a little bit here and there, but for the most part the standard building blocks of Family Guy humor gets in the way of the introspective main plot.
"[3] Carter Dotson of TV Fanatic gave the episode four out of five stars, saying "Yet I think because of the fact that the emotions were so complicated, that’s why it was hard to swallow.