✒It was not the most satisfying episode of ITV News for its producer, ITN.
Admittedly there's nothing here to rival the visual style and narrative cohesion of David Slade's Eclipse, which remains the most satisfying episode of the saga.
While answers to all those questions are happily forthcoming, that doesn't mean Heaven Sent is a wholly satisfying episode - but it is one of the most uncompromising pieces of TV the show has ever done.
For a ninety-minute story that's noticeably low on action, it's impressive that 'Here's Not Here' proves to be a largely satisfying episode, held together by a number of sensitive performances.
But rather than try to hustle their way to a sixth season by ending on a shock-filled cliffhanger, the producers decided to bow out with an emotionally satisfying episode that harked back to the 2008 pilot and wrapped everything up with considerable care.
James Poniewozik of Time wrote that while the plot came "straight out of the Wacky Misunderstanding School of Sitcomedy" it was still a satisfying episode calling Phil and Claire's storyline "the most amusing storyline".
Kenneth Silber from Space.com was pleased with the episode, and wrote, "'Closure' is a satisfying episode, one that puts to bed the now-tiresome search for Mulder's sister Samantha".
Despite the struggles with the strike, co-executive producer/staff writer Adam Horowitz recounted this as "a satisfying episode to work on it was like we'd been waiting so long to tell the story of what happened with Michael".
Eric Goldman of IGN called "The Dark Defender" "a very satisfying episode of the show" and thought that "so far [the cast and crew are] doing a very good job" of replicating the tension seen in the first season.
Todd VanDerWerff of The A.V. Club gave "Road to the North Pole" a positive review, stating that it is "a satisfying episode of Family Guy all around, filled with funny gags and nice moments".
