It was Meet the Parents week on "The Bachelor" which is always good for a laugh. Or a cringe. And Brad's visit to Walnut Creek to meet Sheena's parents was mainly in the cringe-worthy department. The day started with Sheena's parents dragging her and her bachelor behind their boat in an inner tub. Which, you know, fine. Some people like that kind of thing. But then Sheena's mother started talking about astrology and the stars and how Brad and her husband are the same sign and the big dipper can be seen from their jacuzzi and she knows Sheena is the one and she couldn't take her eyes off of Brad's eyes and both his eyes and Sheena's eyes together are "Wow!" and she and her daughter are totally ready to commit to marriage.

Well. You can probably guess how it turned out for Sheena. To wit:

On "The Next Iron Chef" the remaining chefs flew to Paris and were given their challenge: "Lead and Inspire." They each had 2,000 Euro and would each need to create a three course definitive American meal for 20 people. Chris Cosentino admitted he hadn't cooked American food in quite a while and started talking about Philly cheesesteaks, lobster, and melons.

In the kitchen they were paired with sous chefs they had never worked with before and given three hours to cook. Chris was his usual frenetic self in the kitchen. Man, this is not the show to watch when you're hungry and there's nothing in the fridge.

Chris's first course was a lobster roll with butter lettuce, chervil and caviar. His second course was a "Philly cheesesteak" in the sense that it was meat, cheese, and sauteed onions on a plate. The sauce was made with pureed mozzarella and he threw a few croutons around to sub for bread. His final course was "melons and moonshine," his version of a watermelon filled with vodka, which consisted of four kinds of melon macerated with grappa and honey.

Judges criticism: His lobster roll was too heavy with the mayo; the caviar added nothing. The cheesesteak wasn't cheesy enough but the flavor of the meat was good. The melons and moonshine was delicious but it wasn't Iron Chef material; it was way too simple. In the end they decided his food just wasn't "inspirational enough" and he was eliminated.

Which leaves us with no reality TV locals until the premiere of "Project Runway" on the 14th. But we'll talk more about that later...