Julia Ward of AOL's TV Squad thought that "this episode didn't reach the farcical highs of 'Black Tie'.

She lived in the director's apartment with Howe and his sister, Jeannette Howe, until Howe married Julia Ward in 1843.

An even more devastating loss occurred in May 1843 when Howe married Julia Ward, a woman 18 years his junior.

Howe, Julia Ward.

Julia Ward of AOL's TV Squad wrote that putting Alec Baldwin and Rip Torn together "was a genius move."

On 23 April 1843 he married Julia Ward, the daughter of wealthy New York banker Samuel Ward and Julia Rush Cutler.

Julia Ward from The Huffington Post considered that Sam and Diane's relationship was one of "inevitable, yet doomed romances."

Julia Ward of TV Squad exclaimed that the episode's three storylines were "all brilliant".

Howe was world famous even before he married Julia Ward of New York--heiress, poetess, free spirit--in 1843.

Julia Ward of AOL's TV Squad disagreed, however.