 " Heart " received a wide range of opinion from reviewers , though the balance was clearly on the positive side . Erica Futterman of Rolling Stone , wrote that it was " thoroughly enjoyable from start to finish " , and HuffPost TV 's Crystal Bell called it " a standout episode of the season " . Bobby Hankinson of The Houston Chronicle characterized it as " sort of terrible " and " unfunny " , and IGN 's Robert Canning gave it an " okay " grade of 6 @.@ 5 out of 10 , but Canning also acclaimed " the introduction of Rachel 's two dads played by Jeff Goldblum and Broadway vet Brian Stokes Mitchell " ; he said they were " fantastic " and their schemes regarding the engagement " delightful " . Bell called theirs " the most surprising pleasant performances of the night " and added " I absolutely adored these two " . Raymund Flandez of The Wall Street Journal summed up their appearance as " annoyingly perfect " , and TV Guide 's Kate Stanhope devoted an entire article to the pair , wrote , " What 's not to like ? Seamless chemistry , witty back @-@ and @-@ forth " , and noted that their appearance filled out Rachel 's backstory . Todd VanDerWerff of The A.V. Club was another who pointed out that you could see , from their characterization , " how Rachel got to be the way she was " . Billboard 's Rae Votta approved of the episode as a whole and of the Berry parents : " For a pair that have been noticeably absent from the show for two and a half seasons , they cram a ton of character moments into a single scene " . VanDerWerff wrote that the scheme by the Berry fathers " to get the two to break off their marriage plans by talking earnestly about teenage lovemaking " was " very , very creepy and just a little unsound , but I sort of like that it suggests to me that , yeah , this is who these guys are . " He characterized Hiram and LeRoy as " goofy sitcom characters " , unlike Burt or Carole . 
