[2][3] The set for Cosima's laboratory was built on a soundstage, but its design was partly based on the actual architecture of the building used to film exterior shots of the DYAD facilities.
[4] The episode's title is taken from a quote from Francis Bacon's philosophical work Novum Organum: "Only let the human race recover that right over nature which belongs to it by divine bequest; the exercise thereof will be governed by sound reason and true religion.
He praised Maslany and the series' writers for the dark humour of Alison's storyline and for "gleefully eschew[ing]" the conventions of traditional television.
[7] Entertainment Weekly's Darren Franich enjoyed the episode's exploration of the conflicting philosophies of the Dyad corporation and the Prolethean cult.
He thought that Helena's survival of a gunshot to the chest was an "extraordinarily unlikely event" but conceded that in science fiction "we oughtn't pick and choose which beliefs we're suspending".
[8] Slant Magazine's Matt Brennan opined that the episode "finds Orphan Black in peak form, dispensing with niceties in favor of taut, economical sequences that push the narrative forward along these lines."