 Several reviewers re-watched the episode following the end of the series. Cast member Wil Wheaton reviewed it in April 2008 for AOL TV. He couldn 't remember actually appearing in the episode, and it was the first time since it was originally broadcast that he had seen it. He said that it wasn't good, but that it was "not as overtly racist as I recalled. I mean, it's certainly not as racist as" Angel One "is sexist, and if the Ligonians hadn't been arbitrarily determined to be entirely African American, it wouldn 't have even been an issue." He said that the episode is an example of the type of episodes in the first season that would have resulted in the show being cancelled mid-season if it hadn't been so well supported by the fans and run directly into syndication. James Hunt, whilst writing for Den of Geek, differed from Wheaton's assessment and asserted that the episode was racist. He said that "this isn't just bad television, it's openly offensive, and it seems to do its best effort to undo some of the most important lessons the original series imparted some 25 years after we're supposed to have learned them." Overall, he said that this was "quite possibly the worst piece of Star Trek ever made".
