According to Nielsen Media Research, the episode was seen by an estimated 2.53 million household viewers and gained a 1.5 ratings share among adults aged 18–49.
Shauna (Debi Mazar) takes Vince (Adrian Grenier) to an interview with Vanity Fair journalist Sophia Lear (Alice Eve), hoping to build a good image after Ertz's suicide.
Unsatisfied with the show's quality, Drama (Kevin Dillon) decides to meet with Andrew Dice Clay to solve the salary problem.
He offers to reduce his salary to increase his, but Clay declines as he feels the network must take care of it, also revealing that he needs money to pay his son's college tuition.
However, an emergency read derails the plans, and the situation worsens when Dana (Constance Zimmer) is humilliated when the kids say that Melissa dislikes her.
[2] This was a slight increase in viewership with the previous episode, which was watched by an estimated 2.46 million household viewers with a 1.4 in the 18–49 demographics.
So now that we're nearing the end of the show's run, there's a lot of pressure for Doug Ellin (and, to a lesser extent, Mark Wahlberg) to wrap everything up.
In keeping with this year's theme of exploring introspective, sometimes dark storylines, half of the cast opened up and exposed more of their vulnerability than usual.
"[7] Renata Sellitti of TV Fanatic gave the episode a 4 star rating out of 5 and wrote, "I'm curious to see what kind of story comes out of Vince's interview (or if she finally gives in to his advances), and I'm also waiting to see Turtle knock it out of the park with the Don Pepe's project.