This episode was 51st in the charts with 8.4 million viewers.
Journalist Jo Bayne, one of the few defenders of the series, once more gave the show a generally positive review in Bristol's "Western Daily Press".
In an edition dated 2nd December 1987, Bayne praised aspects of the show, but also noted: "The major flaw in the series is that while the battles are fought with a certain amount of ingenuity, which is funny, the root causes of the fights scarcely justify the effort put into them.
It demands too great a leap of imagination within the scope of an episode to pile up the straws that make this one the straw to break the camel's back."
Julian Richards, writing in the Bristol Evening Post that same day, was more in line with the generally hostile reception the series received, stating: "It's stuffed with every sitcom stereotype and boasts the usual predictable wisecracks - this time delivered in broad, tonsil-swallowing Brum instead of the usual Scouse or Cockney."
In an edition dated 2nd December 1987, Bayne praised aspects of the show, but also noted: "The major flaw in the series is that while the battles are fought with a certain amount of ingenuity, which is funny, the root causes of the fights scarcely justify the effort put into them.
It demands too great a leap of imagination within the scope of an episode to pile up the straws that make this one the straw to break the camel's back."
Julian Richards, writing in the Bristol Evening Post that same day, was more in line with the generally hostile reception the series received, stating: "It's stuffed with every sitcom stereotype and boasts the usual predictable wisecracks - this time delivered in broad, tonsil-swallowing Brum instead of the usual Scouse or Cockney."