Alexander Zalben of Decider praised the episode and wrote: "After weeks of playing nice, proving that even in the zombie apocalypse there's no problem that can't be solved with a hug and a laugh, the show proved with this week's episode, "Leave What You Don't," that it's still the sibling to The Walking Dead." However, Erik Kain of Forbes was negative about the episode and wrote: "Even these more action-packed episodes, even ones with a big twist like this, somehow manage to remain boring."
