We're in Houston, which is AshLee's hometown. She feels like her "journey" with Sean has changed her life "drastically," and I'm not sure "drastically" is usually considered a good thing. She tells us that she didn't know what "real, true love" was until she met Sean, a man who is currently down to just four girlfriends. So it really doesn't take very long this episode before every single thing a contestant says makes us feel sorry for her.

Sean shows up for their date, and we're all supposed to be impressed because AshLee has been "a front-runner from the beginning." He says he wants AshLee's parents to get a good sense of who he is, although I'm not sure that's really a good idea. They have a picnic in a meadow and reminisce about the time that AshLee was terrified of telling Sean that she had been married before.

And it turns out AshLee's parents are both pastors, and Sean's dad is a reverend too, and AshLee had no idea, because that's how well they know each other. And now AshLee is praising Sean for not condemning her for getting married before she even met him. Sean is basically like, "You are right to worship me, because I did the right thing."

After I finish throwing up for five hours, AshLee says "stepped out of my comfort zone" and -- whoops, there goes the tortellini. I think I'm all done now, which is good, because they're now making out, and then AshLee is talking about how crazy this is, and I agree, but in the bad sense, which is different from how she means it. "I don't want something so perfect to be spoiled," she says.

As Sean and his girlfriend-of-the-moment pull up in her parents' driveway, she says her parents' approval is extremely important to her. They are greeted warmly by her family, and her dad could easily have played the wisecracking lieutenant on an '80s cop show. "You're out of line, Lowe!"

They have a picnic with AshLee's dad wanting to know everything she's been up to. It sounds like normal fatherly interest to me, but Sean seems to think its evidence of her father's protectiveness, and his creepy paternalism continues to shine through here. AshLee gives them the rundown, including the polar bear plunge, and she makes it sounds like she had sex with Sean in St. Croix, which is uncomfortable for everyone.

Her mother, Deborah, wants the best for her daughter, but instead of showing Sean the door she sits down to chat with him and ask him tough questions like, "Are you going to break her heart?" And Sean pops a protection boner again.

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