User blog comment:Darthbane2017/If the fandom believes that according to NSL that Lincoln's family does not love him.../@comment-32494427-20180224065945

I have an actual theory why people hated this episode...

Maybe some of the fans have had this happen to them. It's possible that this may have revived bad memories of a time when they had to endure the same stuff Lincoln did. That would explain why they took it personally.