In between the political coverage and following a stupid bet by his team and much whining from Conda, Mike found himself on the losing end of the vote in The Biggest Loser Season 13 Episode 2.
They are greeted by the smell of Chinese food. There are 41,000 Chinese restaurants in the US, more than McDonald’s, Wendy’s, and Burger King combined.
This week, each member of the red team will face off against one member of the black team. In that face off, the winner earns a point for their team at the weigh in. The prize at temptation is a 2 pound advantage. If nobody eats or if they eat the same amount, they will automatically be matched up against their loved ones.
After the other team leaves the room, they are given 5 minutes to discuss and eat what they want. In spite of that warning, the red team refuses to eat anything, even a 30 calorie fortune cookie. Unlike the red team, in which only Roy supported the concept of eating something that could be burned off in a minute or two, most of the black team seems to support at least eating the lowest calorie food item. A debate ensues. Cassandra eats one, and she eats a whole other one as well, giving her control for just 60 calories. She can keep the two pounds for herself or split it amongst her team, and she will also choose the matches.
Roy (6.21% lost) vs. Emily (5.30% lost)
Jeremy (5.14% lost) vs. Lauren (5.28% lost)
Joe (6.44% lost) vs. Nancy (4.61% lost)
Chism (5.54% lost) vs. Kim (6.35% lost)
Mark (5.84% lost) vs. Chris (5.83% lost)
Megan (4.25% lost) vs. Buddy (7.69% lost)
Gail (4.35% lost) vs. Kimmy (5.94% lost)
Conda (5.44% lost) vs. Cassandra (7.95% lost)
Joe packs his bags and says he’s quitting. Two whole weeks is apparently enough for him. In the season that’s supposed to be about no excuses, missing your family seems like one of the more convenient ones that could be used. At the end of the day, he should still benefit from his time on the ranch, but he obviously hasn’t learned what he went there to learn. For his team, this is the worst possible week in which he could leave, as they are depending on individual efforts now more than ever.
Gail continues to test Bob’s patience in the gym. Cassandra finds herself struggling as well, but she pushes through it and has a breakthrough.
The trainers pit the competing contestants against each other in various exercises. Emily beats Roy. Cassandra beats Conda, who has an excuse that it must be because Cassandra’s a cheater. Cassandra feels like kicking her ass. Who doesn’t?
The challenge is to get to the prize in the center of some ice, which they must melt with water they pump and then pass along the course by dumping it from each teammate’s bucket into the next. Nancy sits out for the red team. Megan says she lives on a farm doing chores like this. Apparently not. With her unable to get any water to the rest of the team, Bob swaps her out with Chris, and the water finally starts moving. On the other end of the course, Kimmy is afraid of heights, a ladder. Black team is closing the gap, but the red team retains their lead to win the challenge. The prize is a video chat with their families. Mark, Lauren, and Roy opt to give their prizes to their loved ones. Buddy gives his to Mark.
With two weeks down and two to go, Bob surprises the aqua team with a visit and a workout. Unlike Joe, they seem to really want to be on the ranch.
In order to get Conda to shut up, Dolvett arranged a rematch between her and Cassandra. She still isn’t shutting up, but hopefully she will (albeit ever so briefly) when she loses again.
Because Joe quit, his team forfeits his point, one of the ones they were originally most likely to win. Cassandra gives 1 pound to Megan and 1 pound to Gail, both of whom were pretty heavily outmatched based on the performances so far.
Nancy: 205 pounds (-2, 0.97%)
1-0 red team
Megan: 239 pounds (-8, -1, 3.63%)
Buddy: 363 pounds (-9, 2.42%)
1-1 tie
Gail: 302 pounds (-6, -1, 2.27%)
Kimmy: 203 pounds (-3, 1.46%)
2-1 black team
Jeremy: 358 pounds (-11, 2.98%)
Lauren: 230 pounds (-3, 1.29%)
3-1 black team
Emily: 244 pounds (-6, 2.40%)
Roy: 278 pounds (-9, 3.14%)
3-2 black team
Chris: 222 pounds (-4, 1.77%)
Mark: 266 pounds (-8, 2.92%)
3-3 tie
Chism: 332 pounds (-9, 2.64%)
Kim: 230 pounds (-6, 2.54%)
4-3 black team
Cassandra: 212 pounds (-8, 3.64%)
Conda: 275 pounds (-3, 1.08%)
5-3 black team
This puts Cassandra at the top of the leaderboard for the season thus far. Having won 5 out of 7 face offs, the black team wins the weigh in. Conda picks a fight with Dolvett because he doesn’t believe she’s doing her homework, and the scale suggests he’s right. Now she’s pissed off at him, too. Clearly somebody has an attitude problem if she’s going to keep getting into it with everybody. She’ll need to get over herself before she can improve herself. In the meantime, can she be sent home now? Please?
Votes
Nancy: Kim
Kim: Nancy
Lauren: Nancy
Conda: Lauren
Buddy: Lauren
Mark: Lauren
Roy: Nancy
Kimmy: Lauren
With 4 votes, Lauren is not The Biggest Loser. Since she came to the ranch, Lauren has lost 53 pounds, and she ran a half marathon in under 3 hours. Her goal is to his 130 pounds by the finale, which would give her a decent shot at the at home prize, and seems entirely achieveable.
Stay tuned to dinguRUE for another live recap of The Biggest Loser Season 13 Episode 4, which airs Tuesday at 8/7c on NBC.