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The Biggest Loser Families Episode 13

After she fell below the yellow line in The Biggest Loser Families Episode 12, Renee was eliminated. This leaves us with just one last hope.

Michelle gets a reality check. She’s now all alone in the house (for a whole week). Jillian tells her that she may be doing this on her own, but she’s not alone.

Bob discusses his team and how they loved to play the game this season. This brings him to a story about season 1 winner Ryan, who was a puppetmaster, but weighs as much as he used to weigh when he first walked into the house because he didn’t learn anything.

Vicky responds that she has learned about nutrition and fitness, but that she hasn’t learned anything more than that. She has failed to identify the reason why she got up to 246 pounds in the first place, and she doesn’t know what’s going to stop her from gaining all the weight back. Her goal is to do what she said she was going to do: be the next Biggest Loser. And that’s about it.

To make matters worse, she’s passed her bad habits on to the next generation, as her kids have learned that a normal eating routine includes eating at fast food restaurants most of the time. She’s not sure how she’ll get them to eat vegetables, since they never have before. At least her daughter likes to eat a yogurt (or six).

Alison calls in the contestants to give them a box marked special delivery, telling them they have to know where they’ve been to know where they’re going. Inside are the clothes they used to wear. Heba doesn’t want to ever see those clothes again, so they decide to burn them.

Alison’s waiting for them at a racetrack for the final challenge. She’s standing next to a car, but they won’t need that. They’ll put on 11 different body weights so that they start off with the same weight they were when they came to the ranch, and they will run around the track shedding that weight. At each pit stop, they will remove the corresponding body weight that they lost that week. The winner will receive The Biggest Loser meal plan for themselves and their family every day until the finale, as well as $10,000. Ed takes an immediate lead, followed by Michelle, then Heba, then a barely moving Vicky. Ed continues to lead and eventually laps Vicky at week 7. Michelle gives him a run for it, but she doesn’t manage to catch him, as Ed wins the challenge (hence, Heba wins, too). Heba’s not too far behind. Now it’s time to wait for Vicky to finish again.

After that, they watch videos of their journey. Michelle gets to go back through her accomplishments, as well as the times she threw herself a pity party. Vicky convinces Bob she does get it and will be okay.

Going into the weigh-in, everybody feels pretty confident blue team’s got the numbers to run the show.

Vicky: 170 pounds (-6, 3.41%)
Heba: 210 pounds (-7, 3.23%)
Ed: 252 pounds (+2, -.80%)
Michelle: 162 pounds (-9, 5.26%)

That puts Vicky and Michelle in the finale, with Ed and Heba below the yellow line together. Seeing as he only lost three pounds last week, it’s pretty obvious that Ed threw away this week so his wife would be in the finals, but it didn’t work. Alison’s got a twist, though. America will decide who is in the final three. Heba asks America to vote for Heba. Ed asks America to vote for Heba as well. Putz.

Michelle has so far taken the lead as the house’s biggest loser.

Michelle: -80 pounds (33.06%)
Vicky: -76 pounds (30.89%)
Heba: -84 pounds (28.57%)
Ed: -83 pounds (24.78%)

Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another recap of The Biggest Loser Families episode 14, where we will find out who the Biggest Loser Families winner is, which airs Tuesday at 8/7c on NBC.

Heroes Season 3 Episode 12

The conclusion of the eclipse showed most of the heroes just how week they are without their powers in Heroes Season 3 Episode 11, but now everything’s back to normal. With that said, Hiro’s traveled back in time with Claire to see her when she was first born.

Claire knows who Hiro is, but as she tries to find out more, she realizes a critical detail: he doesn’t understand a word she’s saying.

Hiro’s mom tells his father that she’s dying and they must make arrangements for the catalyst before it’s too late. She hopes to keep it in the family, but he suggests Claire, who has decided she must prevent them from injecting her.

Sylar’s decided he’s not helping Arthur any more, or anyone else for that matter. Before he looks for more people with abilities, though, he has to torch Elle’s body.

Angela warns Peter that Arthur will destroy him if he gets in the way.

Nathan returns to Pinehearst and tells his father he’s taking over. He finds out Tracy’s been working there, she claims on his behalf, and forming an army of potential heroes, literally.

Claire goes into her house and decides to change her own diaper. A little creepy. While there, she warns her mother to not let her out of her sight.

Sylar stops by to see his first new power holder, Sue Landers, a human lie detector.

The Marines think they’re going to get some sort of drug, supposedly safe. That’s a risk they’re willing to take if it will make them better, perhaps more than only human.

Parkman, Ando, and Daphne arrive to see about the messenger who got the sketches from Isaac Mendez. A little bit of mind reading and bribery later, they get the guy to say he’s cooperating. He takes off on his bike with the sketches when they’re not looking. Good thing there’s a speedster with them who can cause him to run into a car.

Hiro’s father believes that he is too irresponsible to handle being the catalyst.

Claire’s father comes home and wants to know who she is and what the hell she wants. When the company calls, she manages to convince him not to answer because they plan to take Claire back and do something to her.

Likewise, Hiro has a chat with his mom, and he tells her he’s from the future. She wants to know everything about his life, but he doesn’t remember. He asks her to heal him like she healed the dove before. With a kiss on the forehead, everything is back. He’s saved the world and hopes to save it again, asking her to give him the catalyst. With her last breaths, she does as he asks.

With the sketch book finally revealed, we see the cover saying that Hiro’s lost in time.

Hiro arrives to see Claire, and he’s speaking English now. Arthur appears and hears their discussion about how the catalyst is in Hiro. Arthur takes the catalyst and Hiro’s powers, then throws him off the roof. Then he tells Claire to tell Angela it’s over and he won. Hiro’s hanging on a light post waiting for somebody to rescue him.

Parkman thinks Arthur will create another time traveler now that he’s got the ability to give people powers, and this time traveler can go back in time and save Hiro. Either that or just get stuck there himself.

Now that he’s got the catalyst, Arthur’s ready to change the world. Nathan’s going to test out the Marine, while Arthur goes to deal with Peter, who arrives with a gun and is there to stop him. The Haitian makes sure Arthur’s not using his powers.

The Haitian tells Peter that he can’t hold on for much longer and that he needs to shoot. After some delay, he shoots, but the bullet is stopped by Sylar. He uses his new truth telling power to find out that Arthur’s not really his father. Peter may not be a killer, but Sylar is. He starts the bullet back up and hits Arthur in the head with it.

Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another live recap of Heroes Season 3 episode 13 Duality, which airs Monday at 9/8c on NBC.

Prison Break Season 4 Episode 14

Self got his hands on Scylla by tricking everybody, but in Prison Break Season 4 Episode 13, he found out that he was tricked, too, as he was unable to sell Scylla without the missing piece that Scofield’s got stashed away.

Michael’s still refusing to go to the hospital no matter how hard Sara tries to convince him.

Scofield calls Self, who promptly fires a smoke canister in through the window. They try to escape, but shots fire. Self says to come out with Scylla, or he’ll gas them out. Scofield’s not budging, so in come the 30 canisters Self warned him about. They’re wondering where Lincoln is. Probably right behind Self looking to punch someone.

Now that he’s got a gun to his head, the traitor has an offer. He’s got a buyer and is willing to split the money. He says the buyer is an ex-company guy with a bone to pick. Michael wants to meet, and he agrees to setup a meeting.

Mahone’s elsewhere, meeting with Agent Lang. He asks if she knows anyone in the Bureau who might be able to help.

Michael doesn’t want to sell Scylla because he fears that, if they do, the company will burn, but another company will just be built right on top of the old one.

Sucre has hitched a ride in the trunk with Self and Gretchen.

Michael tells Lincoln that, however this may play out, he has no regrets.

Gretchen and Self believe they’ve found where Scofield stashed the missing piece of Scylla. Gretchen talks to her daughter and tells her that the mean man will go away soon, but Self has other plans. He tells T-Bag to kill both of them if he doesn’t hear from him in two hours. After that, T-Bag gets a visit from a bible salesman, who he promptly hits and ties up.

Lang brings Mark, another agent, with her to meet with Mahone. They believe he’s got the Attorney General’s ear. Mark agrees to help, with the right proof.

Lisa comes to pay a visit to her father. She’s resigning because she knows who he really is now. That’s okay because he wanted a son anyway.

T-Bag continues to beat up the bible salesman. He insists they just blend in well.

Sucre and Sara go inside the hotel and get Gretchen’s room number with a little bribery. The bribery’s not enough to hold off the hotel guy from giving Self and Gretchen a heads up, though. Gretchen heads out to kick a bum in the stairwell, who happens to be Sucre covered up and waiting to get into a brawl. Then Scofield sends a smoke canister inside the room to smoke out Self. Gretchen wins the brawl with Sucre until Sara throws her down the stairs. Self’s outside now, and Michael manages to grab something from him. As he runs away from the enusing gun fight, Scofield’s nose begins bleeding profusely, and he collapses.

Self comes up to him and grabs his bag back. Gretchen stops by and picks him up. The guy shooting at her grabs Michael and puts him in the back of their van.

Thanks to his high tech surveillance equipment, Self was right about where the missing piece of Scylla is, and he goes to the warehouse to grab it.

When Michael wakes up, he’s tied down and listening to some medical talk.

Without Scylla, Mahone doesn’t think he can get anywhere.

Before long, Michael’s being operated on. A bunch of faces surround him, but we finally see a recognizeable one: the general.

Self calls T-Bag. He instructs him to kill the company operative. Or the bible salesman, who can easily get past St. Peter if he really is a bible salesman. With some convincing from Rita and some scripture from the bible salesman, T-Bag ignores this directive. He frees the guy and tells him to go be free. His compassion is his undoing, since once he’s untied, his captive turns the tables and knocks him out.

Burrows arrives and tells the general he wants to see his brother.

Gretchen and Self are meeting with the conduit again. This time Scylla is complete. With confirmation that the buyer’s on the way, Self shoots the conduit and the other guy there. He says he doesn’t want this guy to get a cut for just making introductions.

Lang tells Mahone that, even without Scylla, the Attorney General’s willing to hear him out, but he’s still not sure he can trust the guy she’s sending him to Washington with. Then Mahone realizes he’s been set up and there really is no meeting.

The general agrees to provide Michael’s operation at a cost: the safe return of Scylla.

Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another live recap of Prison Break season 4 episode 15 Going Under, which airs Monday at 9/8c on Fox.

The Amazing Race 13 Winner

The Amazing Race 10 winner
The Amazing Race 11 winner
The Amazing Race 12 winner
The Amazing Race 14 winner

After Dallas lost his bag with passports and money, Toni & Dallas, one of the stronger teams throughout the past few weeks, were eliminated in The Amazing Race 13 Episode 10. That leaves us with a final three competing to be The Amazing Race 13 winner: Nick & Starr Spangler, Ken & Tina Greene, and Andrew Lappitt & Dan Honig. The way things are going, I’d say this is Nick & Starr’s to lose, but as long as Andrew & Dan aren’t the winners, it should be a safe bet we’re not hearing the term jump the shark too frequently in the morning.

Tonight’s episode is actually starting (almost) on time.

Teams depart in the order in which they arrived.

First: Nick & Starr – 10:56PM
Second: Andrew & Dan – 2:28AM
Third: Ken & Tina – 3:30AM

Nick & Starr have somehow managed to gain a 3.5 hour lead over the second place team, while Ken & Tina somehow killed an additional hour last week, but the airport will probably equalize them.

The final destination city is Portland, Oregon, and they’re apparently flying straight there from Moscow. All three teams are on the same flight to Portland via Frankfurt, Germany.

Out of the airport, Nick & Starr are the first ones to get a cab. Andrew & Dan, meanwhile, are having flashbacks of the cab drivers who don’t understand them. They eventually grab the guy’s phone and get directions from the place they’re going.

The detour is a choice between high and dry or low and wet. In high and dry, teams must climb 30 feet up a tree, traverse a log, and jump for their next clue, which each team member must do to get both halves. In low and wet, teams must walk 850 feet across floating logs.

High and dry: Ken & Tina, Nick & Starr, Andrew & Dan

Ken & Tina arrive at the detour first, but her fear gets her behind and gets her into a bad mood (again). From there her fear of heights causes her to shake (they probably shouldn’t have chosen the high task), which will cost her even more time. Nick & Starr fly right through this task. Ultimately, Ken & Tina just lost their lead and not much more, as their taxi is now right behind Nick & Starr’s. Andrew & Dan don’t seem to have any trouble with this, but it still looks like they’re out of the race anyway.

From there, teams will go to the Bridge of the Gods, where they’ll take a zipline to the island below. On their way there, Nick & Starr’s cab driver goes the wrong way. Again. This gives Ken & Tina back their lead by a few minutes. When they get to the island, they must remember one thing (detour, road block, pit stop, or route info) from each of the last 10 legs based on the 150 pictures they’re given. Ken & Tina are closing in on leg two as Nick & Starr start. Ken & Tina take the lead 3-1. Then 5-3. Ken & Tina are nonetheless growing increasingly concerned with where their opponents are. They get really stuck, and she refuses to listen when he says it’s the hotel. Nick & Starr, however, know the hotel is correct, and they take the lead. The lead keeps swapping back and forth, and it’s anybody’s game. Nick & Starr edge out Ken & Tina by one clue. This task shows the contrast between the two teams well. Nick & Starr work together. Tina bickers with Ken.

The next stop is the Portland Building in downtown. The difference between the two teams is about two minutes. Close enough that it could come down to a cab ride. Both teams are struggling to get directions. In the race there which has the two teams neck and neck, both cab drivers opt for different routes. This time it helps Nick & Starr, and they are first to arrive at the green dinosaur. From there, they’ll go to Alder St. and find the Russian food cart.

Then they must figure out that their next destination is Voodoo Doughnut from a clue about the magic in the hole. Starr’s dragging by this point, but Nick is working with her and slowing down as needed. They retain their lead to the donut shop, where they’re told they need to head to the finish line. It’s time for one final cab race.

And The Amazing Race 13 winners are… Nick & Starr. A well deserved victory for a strong team. Ken & Tina come in second place. They probably weren’t the second best team and had their share of arguments and then some, but they had a good run. When they get to the finish line, Ken asks Tina to start their marriage over again and do it right this time. As for Andrew & Dan, they’ve miraculously worked their way into the finals, and they finish in third against, in their words, “two far superior teams.” That’s what I liked about them. At least they can admit they’re screw ups.

As previously confirmed, The Amazing Race will be back for another season, and The Amazing Race 14 starts Sunday February 15.

Survivor: Gabon Episode 12

Apparently not content with the 20 minute recap at the beginning of next week’s finale, they decided to run a recap episode last week as well. When we last left off in Survivor: Gabon Episode 10, Randy got voted out after playing Bob’s fake idol.

Bob’s pissed off because they thought the joke was funnier than it really was and kept laughing and laughing. He might want to consider not letting the majority know he’s this upset, though.

Corinne is having trouble being around people she doesn’t like. She says she’s a nice person to people she likes. And apparently a complete bitch to those she doesn’t like.

Ken says that Bob has no idea what’s going on in the game and is stupid. Seems to be working okay for him thus far.

In the reward challenge, they will divide into two teams of three to gather puzzle pieces, running across a muddy swamp tied together. The first team to solve this will go to the final round to solve a slide puzzle. Reward is video messages from home along with pizza, beer, and brownies. Because today is all about love, nobody is going to Exile. Aw. Isn’t that special? They draw rocks. Crystal and Susie are captains. Susie wins rock, paper, scissors and picks Matty. Crystal chooses Sugar (huh?). Matty picks Kenny. Sugar picks Bob. Corinne is not chosen. Fairly amusing outcome, and it’s not like she’d contribute to solving the puzzle anyway, even if she’s somewhat okay at the physical aspect. Crystal’s finally showing that she’s something of an athlete, dragging her first pick Sugar. Matty is stuck with Susie and Ken, both of whom are dragging initially. Crystal’s strong initial performance doesn’t last, though, and the other team passes them on the last half. This is where it becomes apparent she’s a 200-400 meter champion, not a distance runner. Matty’s team retains the lead on the second trip across. It’s still anybody’s game when we get to the puzzle, and Bob, Sugar, and Crystal pull ahead to win. The bad news for the other two is that they have to know they can’t beat Bob in part two, and he not suprisingly wins reward easily. This makes Ken want him gone.

Bob gets a surprise. His wife is there in person to meet him after he wins reward. She thinks he smells good. Now that’s love. He gets to take her back to camp to see the others. Behind them are the family members from the rest of the tribe. For some reason, they fell for Probst’s obvious lie about their family members not being there, which we’ve known is not true for like 8 years now.

Ken says that Crystal and Sugar trust him 100%, that he is fully responsible for personally taking out five people, and that everybody loves him and will vote for him in the end. Sugar spreads some of her dad’s ashes. An emotional Matty proposes to his girlfriend.

Corinne and Bob aren’t looking to get on the majority. Instead, their plan is to merely blindside Matty. The others plan to vote out Bob and then Corinne. As a second part of his plan, Bob’s going to make another fake idol, with a story that nobody checked the bottle that went into the ocean when they all got rid of the other idol.

Immunity is Q&A and ball tossing to hit a target. For each correct question, they get a ball.

Gorillas were first discovered in Gabon. True or false?
True. Corinne and Sugar are right.

A male elephant is called a bull. A female is called a mare, a doe, or a cow?
A cow. Sugar, Susie, Corinne, and Bob are correct.

The Gabonese viper is poisonous but is considered virtually harmless. True or false?
False. It is deadly. Sugar, Bob, Ken, Crystal, and Matty are right.

The elephant’s trunk has three purposes: nose, arm, and mouth. True or false?
False. It is the nose and arm but not the mouth. Ken, Matty, Sugar, Corinne, and Bob are right.

Ken’s first shot is 6 away from the center. Matty gets 4 away. Sugar is not close enough. Susie’s only chance is not enough, and she’s out. Corinne also misses Matty’s mark. Bob takes the lead. Crystal’s only shot is not enough, and she’s next out. Ken’s next shot is not close enough, and he’s eliminated. Matty’s eliminated. Sugar’s close but not close enough to Bob. Corinne misses her next shot. Bob improves, 1 away from dead center. Good luck beating that. Sugar misses. Corinne is out. Bob’s next toss is not any closer. Sugar’s not close enough on her final toss, and Bob wins immunity. So I guess the target now is Corinne, but Bob still hopes to blindside Matty.

Corinne needs to get one person alone to tell the fake idol story to. She picks Ken. He seems to buy the story without question and is thinking of taking out Matty. For some reason, Corinne then says maybe they should take out Crystal instead, but Ken comes back with just getting Crystal to join them as a fourth. When their talks are done, Bob gets busy making his second fake idol, which again is quite impressive. Then he shows it to Crystal, who is fooled by it.

Not so fast with the plan, though. Ken doesn’t want to play this smart. He wants to play it half way, also flushing out the idol. He tells Crystal that, regardless of what the plan is, she needs to vote for Corinne, who will be playing the idol (even though she’s got final four assurances from them). Crystal’s not 100% sure that the idol is actually real, considering we saw Bob’s handiwork last time, and she’s not so sure she wants to see Corinne go home over Matty.

Ultimately, this is win-win for Bob. If Matty goes home, they get rid of a physical threat, and he’s in the majority. If Corinne goes home, it will mean Ken was enough of a dumbass to vote against his group while intentionally ensuring he did not have the majority of the votes, thereby destroying that group and turning them against each other.

Corinne does not play her fake idol.

Votes
Matty
Corinne
Corinne
Corinne
Matty
Matty
Corinne

By a vote of 4-3, Corinne has been voted out. The fact he received 3 votes will not be lost on Matty. Ken made perhaps his first really stupid move so far, but Bob made quite the genius move that may well save him next time.

As for Corinne, she hopes everybody but Bob and Ken have miserable lives. Leaving on the same positive note she’s stayed on this whole season I see.

Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another recap of Survivor: Gabon episode 12 The Good Things in Life Aren’t Easy, which airs Thursday at 8/7c on CBS.

ABC Midseason Schedule

The Bachelor is back, Lost moves back to Wednesdays, Private Practice moves to after Grey’s, and Scrubs is now on ABC.

Monday January 5
8-10 The Bachelor
10-11 True Beauty

Mondays, as of January 12
8-9:30 The Bachelor
9:30-10 Samantha Who?
10-11 True Beauty

Tuesdays, as of January 6
8-8:30 According to Jim
8:30-9 According to Jim
9-9:30 Scrubs
9:30-10 Scrubs
10-11 Primetime: What Would You Do?

Wednesday January 14
8-11 Lost Season 4 Finale

Wednesday January 21
8-9 Lost Clips Show
9-11 Lost

Wednesdays, as of January 28
9-10 Lost
10-11 Life on Mars

Thursdays, as of January 8
8-9 Ugly Betty
9-10 Grey’s Anatomy
10-11 Private Practice