Reception
On the Fox network, the first airing of the episode received a 4.7/10 Nielsen rating/share. Ahsan Haque of IGN praised "Peter's Daughter", saying that it has "the perfect blend of comedy and story", and "thoroughly entertains from start to finish". He graded the episode 8.7 out of 10. Brad Trechak of TV Squad gave the episode a positive review, stating that he enjoyed it "much more than last week's". However, Genevieve Koski of The A. V. Club stated that the episode was "pretty bland", though it had "a handful of good laughs". She graded "Peter's Daughter" B-. Robert Pierson from the TV Critic also gave the episode a positive review praising the writers for telling a plausible and logical story although he did feel that the jokes were hit and miss, he ended his review by giving the episode a 60 out of 100.
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