In The Biggest Loser Episode 7, the teams were broken up into smaller teams of three. Everybody but Amy stayed with their original trainers. Then after that, we were in for what was as shocking as advertised: Neil gained 17 pounds. Absolutely ridiculous. But in the end, neither wanting to send a message to Neil nor wanting to realize that in this episode Neil’s a huge threat due to his prior weight gain, the teams sent Jez home.
Neil says he’s not a bad guy but that this is a game, and if someone doesn’t see this as a game, they’re naive, which is how they end up going home. Isabeau’s apparently believing that he was just trying to send someone else home, which is kind of a duh thing, but ultimately someone else going home means he doesn’t. She doesn’t trust him any more, which is particularly bad since they’re partners.
Kae, who’s consistently been the strongest one, says things have changed, and she’s sick of playing the game. She packs her bags but decides not to leave.
Kim’s happy because her team’s just training and not getting involved in the drama.
Amy makes a confession to Jillian that she didn’t lose any weight due to pressure from Neil.
Hollie’s concerned she’ll go home because on the other three teams, there was one person who didn’t lose any weight.
The challenge is about endurance. Each team will get on seasaws suspended above the water. They will hold their teams’ weight up. When they let go of the rope, they fall in and lose. They’ll win a mystery box as a surprise. Neil and Isabeau are out first. Next out are David, Kae, and Hollie. Amy, Bill, and Julie are the last ones eliminated, so Bryan, Ryan, and Nicole win. The reward is that each person on the winning team gets a vote, as long as they don’t drop below the yellow line. With two of them being blue, this again doesn’t bode well for black team, although I don’t think any of them consider Hollie, the person most likely to be on the losing team, to be enough of a threat to waste a vote on her.
Bob talks to Kae and tells her to lighten up a bit. He knows she’s under pressure because of how well she’s been doing.
Neil: 339 pounds (-33)
Isabeau: 255 pounds (no change)
Total: -33 pounds (5.26%)
Isabeau acknowledges she took advantage of the situation and justifies her lack of weight loss by saying “I don’t feel that that’s manipulation. I feel that that’s smart.” So let me get this straight. If Neil does this, he’s evil. If Isabeau does it, she’s smart. Thanks for the explanation. Hypocrite.
Nicole: 235 pounds (-9)
Bryan: 289 pounds (-8)
Ryan: 308 pounds (-13)
Total: -30 pounds (3.48%)
Amy: 254 pounds (-11)
Bill: 251 pounds (-10)
Julie: 186 pounds (-6)
Total: -27 pounds (3.76%)
Though both have previously lost similar amounts, based on their losses, it is quite possible both Amy and Ryan may have not lose weight on purpose last week.
Hollie: 218 pounds (-5)
Kae: 168 pounds (-6)
David: 312 pounds (-3)
Total: -14 pounds (1.97%)
Kae just keeps on going and is now over a total of 25%, but Hollie was right to worry about the way the weights stacked up last week. Not a bad weak for the team, but not enough to compete with the big numbers the others put up. Because they’re not below the yellow line, Bryan, Ryan, and Nicole will each receive a vote.
Neil, Isabeau: David
Bill, Julie, Amy: David
Bryan: Kae
Nicole: David
So much for the theory that the red and blue teams are trying to assassinate the black team. David returns home to his son’s first birthday party. Today he weighs 263 pounds, down 105 pounds from his starting weight of 368.
Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another recap of The Biggest Loser 4 episode 9, which airs in an expanded 2 hour edition Tuesday at 8/7c on NBC.