<P> Alan Sepinwall of The Star - Ledger found that the episode was an excellent showcase for both Katee Sackhoff and Grace Park , and praised director Michael Nankin who `` ( infused ) this episode with the qualities of a nightmare . '' Michael Saba of Paste Magazine called the episode an `` exercise in building tension through omission '' and felt the episode was `` excellent '' . IGN writer Eric Goldman praised the writers of the show for the plot turns in the episode , in particular the fact that Boomer 's returning to the fleet with Ellen Tigh was in fact just a ruse . Goldman felt the subplot involving Kara was `` a bit meandering '' but that Katee Sackhoff and Roark Critchlow gave strong performances . Cinema Blend felt the writers `` threw a neat little curveball '' with the Roark Critchlow piano playing character being Thrace 's father . Marc Bernardin of Entertainment Weekly felt the Boomer storyline was `` awesome '' but was less impressed by the storyline involving Thrace , feeling `` that it did n't tell us anything new '' and that the writers had written a very obvious ending to the subplot . </P>
<P> Alan Sepinwall of The Star - Ledger found that the episode was an excellent showcase for both Katee Sackhoff and Grace Park , and praised director Michael Nankin who `` ( infused ) this episode with the qualities of a nightmare . '' Michael Saba of Paste Magazine called the episode an `` exercise in building tension through omission '' and felt the episode was `` excellent '' . IGN writer Eric Goldman praised the writers of the show for the plot turns in the episode , in particular the fact that Boomer 's returning to the fleet with Ellen Tigh was in fact just a ruse . Goldman felt the subplot involving Kara was `` a bit meandering '' but that Katee Sackhoff and Roark Critchlow gave strong performances . Cinema Blend felt the writers `` threw a neat little curveball '' with the Roark Critchlow piano playing character being Thrace 's father . Marc Bernardin of Entertainment Weekly felt the Boomer storyline was `` awesome '' but was less impressed by the storyline involving Thrace , feeling `` that it did n't tell us anything new '' and that the writers had written a very obvious ending to the subplot . </P>
who was the piano player in battlestar galactica
who was the piano player in battlestar galactica
Roark Critchlow
Roark Critchlow