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This Week’s “The Biggest Loser”

Seems like the only blogging I’m doing these days is about other people’s weight loss. This week’s episode was shortened by an hour thanks to President Obama’s press conference. As an aside, I am very happy that we have a president who will take questions from the press in prime time. It’s a big change from the stage-managed presidency we endured for eight years. Politics not withstanding, this week’s Biggest Loser was pretty enjoyable.

The dominance of the Black team over the Blue finally came to an end, but not because the Blue team actually won a challenge – instead, the game went back to individuals, and each player had to decide who to train with for the rest of the competition. This provided plenty of psudeo-drama, as each player had to announce his or her choice in front of both trainers. However, there were no real surprises, except for Mike’s decision to choose his trainer with the flip of a coin, which caused his father Ron to opine, “My son is an idiot.” The immunity challenge had a NASCAR theme and despite being saddled with an extra 200+ pounds, Tara came through and won immunity, a special NASCAR trip, and what looked like an extraordinarily terrifying hot lap in a Corvette piloted by a NASCAR driver.

The big promo for this week was that two women had the chance to be the first woman in Biggest Loser history to break the 100 pounds lost mark “on the ranch”. With immunity secure, I was pretty sure Tara wasn’t going to be the one to do it, and I was right. Her stall continued, and she left the weigh-in having lost a total of 99 pounds. That left Kristin to make history and cross the 100-pound mark. Kristin is very concerned with serving as an inspiration to other heavy young women, and her continued success makes her feel good. The other big surprise from the weigh-in was Ron’s second week of double-digit weight loss. He is by far in the worst shape of the remaining contestants, but he keeps losing the weight needed to stay above the yellow line. Speaking of the yellow line, the two contestants up for elimination were Aubrey and Filipe. As usual, I won’t spoil the ending, but you can probably guess who went home. The follow-up video was particularly painful to watch, but to be honest, not completely unexpected.

The Week’s “The Biggest Loser”

So just when I think I’ve gotten Ron pegged as the mastermind of the Blue Team who schemes without actually pulling his own weight (pun intended), he shows up big and wins immunity at the weigh-in. The “pop challenge” this week was a half marathon for a $10,000 prize, with an interesting twist – contestants could eat cookies and penalize other contestants. Only one contestant chose to do so, with simultaneously baffling and hilarious results. The Blue Team is down to only three players, with no sign of things improving. I was wrong about Tara pulling a huge number this week, but I still think she is the favorite in this competition – they even got her to do the product pimp this week instead of Bob. Finally, the Jillian / Cousins spat is the biggest thing since Fiddy and Ja Rule had beef. All in all, I’m enjoying this season.

This Week’s “The Biggest Loser”

So, Ron continues to run the Blue Team, even though he is by far their weakest player. I think I’ve figured him out – his plan is to stay in the game as long as possible, ensuring that the Blue Team continues to lose challenges and that his son Mike stays safe on the Black Team. The Black Team tried their hardest to shoot themselves in the foot, but to be honest, I don’t see the Blue Team as it is currently configured winning any challenges, and I think the Black Team knows it. Could Laura and Tara have been any more blatant in throwing this week’s weigh-in? I wonder why they don’t show the film of them waterloading, because I know it’s happening. Tara is going to put up a huge number this week.

This Week’s “The Biggest Loser”

ARRRRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!

To be continued? You gotta be freaking kidding me…

Random Comic Book Sighting

Anyone else notice that Katie Zalia is reading a “Watchmen” comic book in today’s “Sluggy Freelance” comic?