This week on The Biggest Loser, Shay runs her mouth so much, you'd think she had something important to say! Sadly, you'd be incorrect.
We open to the Orange Team confronting the Purple Team, which involves Coach Mo sitting really awkwardly. He might wear a purple shirt, but let's be honest, he has shit-all to do with that team. Shay says Tracey talked about wanting her to stay, to which Tracey gleefully responds in the affirmative. Shay trusted Tracey, but when she was forced to weigh in for the team, that trust disappeared forever. Tracey channels Elisabeth Hasselbeck when she answers, all wacky and wide-eyed, shouting "I care!" over and over again. Shay says she's spent her life being hurt by people who are supposed to love her, and now Tracey's screwed her in that same manner. I'll agree Tracey is ridiculous, but for the love of God, at some point Shay needs to make her own damn happiness and stop being a martyr. We've only spent eight hours watching her and this mess is tiring; imagine hearing it for 31 years.
Coach Mo interjects that people asked Tracey for favors but didn't offer anything back. Methinks keeping his mouth shut would be his best course of action here, but alas. Shay says there was no favor involved; Tracey claimed she loved Shay, so she should've acted differently at the weigh-in. Shay cries tears of canola oil as she explains that Tracey needs to be honest. Tracey is honestly crazy, so...there's that.
The next day, the trainers meet the cast at the gym. Bob asks everyone to abandon their workout in favor of a chat, which is a really hard sell. Everyone's just distraught. Bob tells Rudy to start talking, so Rudy launches into a very prepared speech about last night's elimination. He says everyone pleaded their case but Antoine and Sean fell on the sword. Natch we know this isn't actually how it happened, but I'm guessing if they admitted the Red Team threw in the towel, Jillian would drive to their homes and stab them. It would take off a few pounds, sure, but you know they'd just gain it back!
Jillian says the cast members are here for themselves, so they need to stay out of other people's business. Bob agrees, saying everyone deserves to be here equally. It's not up to them to decide someone else's fate. That makes the whole voting ceremony pretty useless then, but whatevs! No one notices this flaw, probably because Bob moves on to harassing Tracey. He asks if she's cleared for training, and she says she'll have to check with Dr. Huizenga. She's pretty resistant about everything, like, "Yeah, maybe I'll be able to workout one day, probably not while I'm on this show...." Bob says she's only getting half of the Biggest Loser experience, but admittedly if she can lose so much weight without stepping into the gym, this bitch is a force to be reckoned with.
The rest of the cast begins a group workout with Bob, and unsurprisingly Amanda does poorly. Also doing poorly: Liz and her face full of makeup.
Really, when you're sweating buckets and your hair looks like that, is it necessary to bust out the makeup palette? Fortunately Shay has no such standards.
She talks about needing to prove herself this week, especially now that everyone chose to keep her. Logic says this should lead to a montage of her being useless, but instead we're treated to clips of Amanda being terrible, which comes as no great surprise. I think some of these segments may actually be from last week but it's really no issue -- she's ridiculous either way! Bob tries to encourage her by talking about how America chose her to be here. God, if America could go back and undo one collective decision, I feel like we'd nix her faster than Bush's presidency.
Jillian works with Julio, who's really lost his spot as Sadsack of the Bunch! Awesomely, part of his exercise routine involves Jillian shouting, "Ass down, pull!" It's awkward how good she is at channeling my sex life. She asks Julio how he got to be 407 pounds, and it's a completely rhetorical question, but he makes the mistake of answering honestly. He doesn't know but he's happy the way he is. That's probably not the case, otherwise he never would've auditioned for his present humiliation, but he swears on his life that he's happy. Jillian spits back, "Really? You look thrilled." Hee! He may not be, but I am.
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Comments (11)
Yes, officially over Shay. Whew, what a workout that'd be.
Yup, Tracey's on my LAST CHANCE nerve, but gotta give the girl props for dropping pounds every week. Seriously, she needs to write a diet book revealing her secrets of losing weight while napping. Sign me up!
Loving your recaps Bailey as much as I love brownies, cookies and beer.
shanti
1 of 11 | Posted by shantigal | Posted on October 12, 2009 9:10 AM
10 minutes into this show, and then every 10 minutes afterward, I was driving my daughter crazy complaining about how much Shay was getting on my nerves. No one is allowed to play the game because that would make her feel like she always has, and then how can she lose weight if everyone else doesn't change their ways. ARRGH, go away.
Also, any form of the word Palpitate = Tracey's favorite word!
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2 of 11 | Posted by qupert | Posted on October 12, 2009 1:16 PM
I attempted to say I hear this show, with a symbol for the heart, but apparently this form thought I was trying to write in code. har har
3 of 11 | Posted by qupert | Posted on October 12, 2009 1:17 PM
I can't imagine what it must have been like to have grown up the way Shay did, but she has to give up the helpless victim schtick if she wants to lose much weight. She needs to accept that only SHE is responsible for her weight, and she must own it and take action to change it.
Two people gave up being on the show because they cared about her! What more does she want?
I question the trainers attitude of "no pain no gain" and "feel the burn." Didn't that go out with Jane Fonda? All that attitude causes is injuries. And making someone exercise when they are dizzy? What if they have a stroke?
I think Julio is going to end up looking like Treat Williams.
On a related note, isn't Jillian an ugly bitch? Man, these screencaps of her are HIDEOUS.
4 of 11 | Posted by pixielated | Posted on October 12, 2009 1:34 PM
She looks like Ron Perlman's sister.
5 of 11 | Posted by itchy | Posted on October 13, 2009 4:45 AM
Tracey doesn't bother me so much. Her impulsiveness is the main reason she needs to be on the show -- I hope if she ever works out w/ Bob/Jillian, her arse is toast. I can't wait for next week b/c if anyone other than purple earns the right to pick trainers, you know some bitch is going to put her with Jilly. Her eyes are going to leap out of her head and tap dance across the floor (of course, she will lose massive amounts of weight with tap-dancing eyeballs and be able to stay in the game another week, much to Shay's dismay).
Poor Coach Mo; he got lumped with Tracey. He reminds me of my old basset hound, Woomsey Wuffle MacDuff; he truly has a hangdog look.
Amen, pixelated, re: Shay. I hate victim playing; I'm sorry her life sucked, but she has got to get over herself. If she continues to let how others play affect how she lives her life, she is always going to lose. And not weight.
I say this, calmly and hypocritically acknowledging that Shay's kvetching drove me to eat half of a GF carrot cake. Every time she opened her mouth, I stuffed food in my mouth to stop myself from spitting all over my TV screen with my anger. I can only imagine how Daniel manages to not eat something every time she whinges. Or strangle her. Or, preferably, eat something and then strangle her. Because I gained a couple of pounds that night watching her. (Tonight I have banana bread.)
6 of 11 | Posted by jennaboa | Posted on October 13, 2009 7:45 AM
Woomsey Wuffle MacDuff?
Someone slipped some weed into your carrot cake? ;-D
7 of 11 | Posted by itchy | Posted on October 13, 2009 12:52 PM
I was just reading the recap for "DietTribe" (funny, you should read it)--and they have a counselor on that show. It seems to me that some of these people need some serious therapy and that should be part of the package. After all, what they are trying to do is behavior modification, so some cognitive/behavioral therapy would fit right in. Shay and Tracey are definitely in need of it, and I wonder if they can succeed at weight loss (and life) if they don't get it.
It still scares the hell out of me that Tracey has children.
8 of 11 | Posted by pixielated | Posted on October 13, 2009 5:18 PM
Jillian looks much more EVIL than Ron, itchy.
9 of 11 | Posted by pixielated | Posted on October 13, 2009 5:21 PM
Where are the new recaps???
10 of 11 | Posted by Norwego | Posted on October 22, 2009 1:19 PM
Due to circumstances beyond her control, Bailey had to leave this season! BUT MandaMo will be returning to finish out Biggest Loser with a new recap of this coming week's episode so stay tuned! We'll miss you, Bailey!
11 of 11 | Posted by flipit | Posted on October 25, 2009 12:00 PM