Reception
In 2002, "She of Little Faith" was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Animated Program (For Programming less than One Hour), but it ultimately lost to the Futurama episode Roswell That Ends Well. Matt Groening, creator of both series', jokingly commented that the award "gave a chance to be bitter either way." On August 24, 2010, the episode was released as part of The Simpsons: The Complete Thirteenth Season DVD and Blu-ray set.
Following its home video release, "She of Little Faith" received mostly positive reviews from critics. Dominic von Reidermann of Suite101.com considered the episode to be a "comedy gem" and Casey Burchby of DVD Talk wrote that it "offers its fair share of laughs." Stuart O' Conner of Screen Jabber was also favorable, calling it a "first-rate" episode. Writing for Obsessed With Film, Adam Rayner derided Gere's performance as being "bland and dreary," however he went on to write that it couldn't ruin the episode, which he described as "great." He especially liked Flanders' line "My Satan sense is tingling." Jennifer Malkowski, who gave the episode a B-, wrote that the episode's "highlight" was a scene in which "Milhouse mourns his 'beautiful eyebrows'" that were burned off by Bart and Homer's model rocket. In 2007, Simon Crerar of The Times listed Gere's performance as one of the thirty-three funniest cameos in the history of the show.
On the other hand, giving the episode a negative review, Nate Boss of Project:Blu wrote that the episode is "Sometimes on point, sometimes dragging ass," and that it "has the right idea," but "just falls short." Ron Martin of 411Mania, who consider episodes about Lisa to be "traditional channel changers," wrote that it "offers one of the worst ‘Lisa episodes’" of the series. Colin Jacobsson of DVD Movie Guide criticized the episode for being "little more than a retread" of earlier episodes of the series. He argued that the episode borrows plot elements from both "Lisa the Vegetarian", "Lisa's Pony" and "Grift of the Magi", and went on to write that the episode is "a pretty unoriginal piece of work." He concluded his review by writing that the episode "fails to deliver more than a chuckle or two."
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