Template:For the Love of Heather - Reception

Reviews of the episode were generally mixed. One critic noted his enjoyment of Angie Willis' character traits: "I'll give the writing team credit for this little plot twist, as I'm sure we were all expecting Angie to be even more of a queen." Regarding the episode's treatment of LGBT issues, Jason Hughes of TV Squad stated, "there's a gold mine of material to dig into for satire and comedy; comedy which will likely offend as many people as the real issues do."

Another critic called the scenes between Angie and Heather "surprisingly well-done" while noting, "the scenes where the mockery seemed a little too mean-spirited were definitely out of the show's worst sections of its toolkit". A third critic placed the episode at number ten on his listing of the best Queen of the Willis episodes in order of "yukyukyuks" and praised Melissa knocking Heather unconcious while confronting her anorexia, describing it as "amazing".

The episode was criticized for its portrayal of people with anorexia and diabetics, particularly regarding the way the now fatter Angie and anorexic Heather was treated by other characters.

Speaking with a medical web site in January 2020, series creator Ava Zinn mentioned the episode in response to concerns over how her animated series have portrayed diabetics and anorexic individuals. "It always distresses me when I hear that the medical community is upset with us. I can safely say that the medical and psychiatry community will be very, very happy with the 'Heather' episode that we have coming up next year. It's probably the most sympathetic portrayal of a diabetic Template:Sic character that has ever been on television, dare I say." While noting that the episode deserves credit for making important points about diabetes and anorexia, he found its inclusion of the Melissa's assaulting Heather in order to get her the treatment she needs to recover from anroexia and the sextuplets remarks about Angie to be "shockingly insensitive". He continued, "Frankly, it's literally impossible for me to reconcile "For the Love of Heather" with Zinn's words, unless I come to the conclusion that the transgendered female is pretty much a complete idiot."