Previously on The Biggest Loser, the big fat dyke got sent home!

Tonight, “the game takes a devilish turn.” Shots of delicious looking hot chips and burgers.
And The Commando returns. While in America the Black Team faces the ultimate disaster, as Steven looks like he might be giving up and coming on home!

Will he stay or will he go?

Blue’s hanging out and laughing in the lounge. Red walk in and Alison says they looked shattered.
Sean helpfully tells us that it was immediately obvious that Rachel was missing. Red say she took it in her stride, it was more that they didn’t want her to go.
John says in an aside that the biggest difference between the teams is that Blue is a lot more mature and of course a bit smarter.
John bluntly tells them that they’ve got to get their shit together, in those exact words.
Sam’s tidies it up in an aside saying he said they need to get their act together. He says he wouldn’t’ve said it that way, was a bit like kicking them while they’re down.

Sheridan says John is getting a bit cocky for her liking. John tells them they’ve got to dig deep and find out why. Sheridan jokingly says she’s considering assassination. John tells her to bring it!
Cosi says John fancies himself as the Alpha male of the group and starts lecturing them on getting their stuff together and Cosi’s all, “Fantastic, thanks for telling us!”

Shannan says coming to the White House, he was super nervous, because he hasn’t been there in days so he had no idea what had happened with them training themselves and their weigh in.
Alison says they decided to play a trick on Shannan and hide one of their team members, as previous teams have done. They hide Sam in a cupboard. And he fits and everything!
Shannan wanders in saying, “No, no, no, you lost?”
Then Sam comes up behind him and goes, “Oh, hi Shannan!” “Oh you guys are rotten! That’s not fair!”
Then they tell him they won the weigh in and he’s ecstatic about winning two in a row.
He’s really happy seeing them all still there, knowing that they’d done it by themselves. It means a lot to him because it means they can already do it by themselves and for the rest of their lives.

Blue tell Shannan they won by fifteen kilos. Shannan is a little upset, because he obviously realises that Red are in pretty dire straights.
They go around the group. Alison says she was a little disappointed but Shannan says not to worry about it because she did a great number in the first week and this is just the rebound.
Shannan says Michael’s 6.6kg is “massive” and thinks maybe he was the Biggest Loser? But no, Sam got that. Shannan is amazed and pleased.
Then John’s 6.5kg comes out, with his bad heart and low intensity exercise. Shannan’s thrilled.
Shannan is very proud of them all for working so hard while he was gone.

Michelle comes in to see Red, she notices Rachel missing. She feels really bad because she knew they’d done a lot that week.
“I’m really sorry, I’m really sorry for you guys.” “Cause you know how hard we worked!” “I do, I know exactly how hard you worked.”
Oh yeah, Michelle is just a horrible person. The forum jerks are totally right!
Michelle is just shocked at how much they got beaten by. She says in a side bit that her heart was torn.
Garry says he was a bit disappointed with his 5.6kg
Sheridan says she was disappointed but Michelle says that it’s a loss, so it’s good.
Michelle boggles at Nicole’s 0.9kg. Nicole says it’s the lowest percentage EVAR.
Michelle says Nicole’s result was heartwrenching. She was the biggest giver in training, so she really felt for her.

Michelle tells them they just have to move on, you get hills and troughs. They’re going to go back to basics. Back to the very first day, the first training session. Where they made a bunch of commitments to themselves, to her, to the people at home.
“We’re going to watch it?” Someone asks rather hopefully. But no, they’re going to relive it!

Red heads out to the lawn once more. Ground seems a little wet but nothing like the first day.
Michelle wants to remind them of the mud, the guts and the courage it took to get through that first training session. She wants to get back to that and the true reason they wanted to be there.
They’re doing situps in the mud with medicine balls.
Nicole says all she remembers of the first day was a lot of tears and a lot of pain. She has a lot more confidence and fitness now.
Sheridan says the person on that first day was frightened to try. She’s come a long way in a short period of time. She’s now refocused and wants to stay there even longer and get even better.
Michelle says that on Day One she didn’t get to train Garry, it was Shannan who worked out with him on the first day.

Garry wants to lose weight and get back to being the person he was ten years ago. He’s saddened he’s become the person he is now.
Garry says he wants to give his parents a grandchild. His Mum is sick and probably doesn’t have all that many years left. He doesn’t want his Mum to die and think she’s left a failure behind.
Michelle tells him he’s not a failure. “Man, that’s heavy, I’m sorry. You are not a failure!”
Garry says he needs to impress his Mum and his Dad and his little brother. Michelle says don’t let those things weigh so heavily on him. Those things will come as he goes along.
Garry wants to impress his Dad. He got to see his Dad for the first time in many years over in Portugal and the first thing his Dad said was that he’d put on a lot of weight.
He doesn’t know if his Dad has ever been proud of him, putting on the weight has just made it harder. Michelle asks him if he’s serious and he says yes, it means a lot to him but it doesn’t really matter much to his Dad. Michelle says she didn’t know that about him.

Michelle says that Garry wants to feel proud and that gives her more scope to work with and she’s now understanding a bit more about how he works.

Michelle thinks her team has had a rough couple weeks, but they’re coming together as a team now. She’s sick of losing to Blue and it’s time to get them out there and beat their butts!

So Michelle and the Reds wander into Blue’s gym and decide to call them out for a challenge. They’ve got a tug of war rope out the front. Shannan’s got a huge grin on his face. Alison’s says bring it on!
Shannan wants his team to make it a perfect week and win this too.
Garry says he didn’t want to lose, they’ve got to beat the Blue team at something and if it was to be at Tug of War then that’s it!

Nicole says it felt really good to be pulling the Blues along the grass, she doesn’t think they expected it. Garry says it felt fantastic to win!

Shannan says the Red Team were really strong and pulled Blue over quite quickly. So it was time to change the rules! Best two out of three!

Second verse, same as the first! Red win again!

“The Red’s finally won something! Other than an eating contest…” – Alison

Nicole reckons Blue were a bit sore loser-y.
Sam says they don’t have to win everytime. “Ooooh, I went there!”
Sheridan says it was awesome to win something, hopefully the first in a long line.
Sam thinks it would’ve been nice to beat Red so he wouldn’t have to hear Sheridan yakking on all night about how fantastic she is. “Oh, I went there as well!”

Michelle says it’s time for Red to show what they can really do!

Shannan takes John aside for a chat.
Shannan has great news. John can up his training!
While Shannan was away he’s been having a chat with the medicos for the show and they’ve approved an increase in his heart rate and the types of exercise he can do.
John says it’s great news, it’ll give him a lot of motivation.
Shannan says anyone who’s seen a mouse on one of those little wheels would have some idea of what John has been going through. Watching his team doing boxing, running, weights and the rest.

Shannan’s got permission to let John’s training heart rate increase to up to 110 beats per minute.
They’ve got a spiffy new heart rate monitor from Polar which has been set up to beep if he goes over 110bpm. Shannan reiterates that he can’t break the rules or he’ll still be kicked out. Shannan says in a side bit that John’s training conditions are under strict medical guidelines. If he breaks or pushes the limit of any of the conditions, he’ll be expelled.

John can now:
Walk and jog.
Spin cycle
Some boxing
Elastic band resistance training
Weights up to 5kg

John says he’s really happy, this is the best thing he’s done in his life.

Blue and Red’s fridges are chained shut and all the cupboards are completely empty.

Ahh, but there’s a letter to read! Sheridan thinks maybe it’s The Warehouse.

“So the fridge is empty and the cupboards are bare,
the menu will change so how will you fare?
There will be no trip to The Warehouse this week,
so walk out to the front for the answers you seek!”

They race out to the front to find… Ajay? They’re going to eat Ajay?
She’s wearing a lovely yellow top. Very nice.

She tells them no Warehouse this week. No more cabbages, no more canned food.
However, there’s still a major food decision to be made.
This evening they’re in for a treat. Dinner is about to be served!

Cosi thinks maybe a chef, or some waiters will be coming over?

Ajay says one team will be dining in and one team will be dining out. Two very different dining experiences. Each with their own price to pay!
Alison says that either way, it’ll be a great experience for them! Cosi is pretty sure they’ll end up being the ones to dine out.

Sam gets to decide who is dining in and dining out. He thinks that’s fantastic!
Cosi’s very worried. He thinks they’ll pick to go out and Red will have to stay in.

Blue decided to choose the dining out option, leaving dining in to Red.
Nicola’s getting a bit sick and tired of not having control of the game and it’s starting to get to her.

Red Team’s dining in option arrives as Ajay says dinner is server.
Up the driveway of the House comes, as Cosi describes it, a “crusty old takeaway van”. “A new low point for the Red Team!”
Garry the Grouch says Blue had a bit of a chuckle, which annoyed him, he thinks they should have shown a bit more respect. Considering it was a complete shot in the dark, you can’t blame them for being amused.
Unless you’re a grouch like Garry!

Nicole tells them they can stop laughing now. It’s not funny.
“It isss funny!” – Alison

Ajay tells Red there’s some good options, and some bad.
Blue is told to head upstairs and put on their evening wear. And pack an overnight bag, because this is an all night affair.
Seeing as how The Commando is in this episode, I think they’re going to be roughing it. Army rations? Maybe some damper and golden syrup? Yum!

Blue heads upstairs to find a bunch of swish outfits. Debbie says she’d usually be in trackies. May have been a better option than the horrid orange monstrosity she chose.
Kirsten has a much nicer green one. Michael says the pricetags were still on them. Quite pricey, they were!
Michael uses that bad old line about an angel being missing from heaven on Kirsten. Lamer!
John says taking nothing away from the Red Team there’s always got to be a winner and there’s always got to be a loser. And he starts dancing and chanting winner under his breath!

Garry talks them all through the different options. Burgers, meat in some, fish in others, steak sandwiches, hot chips. Plus some salads.
Cosi says they’ve learnt a lot about nutrition and stuff. But put a beautiful hamburger next to a salad. “Come on salad, evolve! You can’t even compete!”
Garry cajoles them all to choose the right choices.

As they’re picking and choosing, Blue come out all dolled up, looking like rockstars, Garry says.
Sheridan says she was envying them the most at that point. She’d’ve liked to get prettied up and go out somewhere.
Sean says it’s great because they’re going to get something nice happen, go to a fancy restaurant, stay in the city somewhere. They’re really excited!
Nicole wanted to go with them, forget about the gym for once. Have a nice night!

When they get into the car they have to put on blindfolds. Which gets them excited but also scared. Sam thinks that maybe it must be something really, really nice!
Michael is getting really suspicious. Why blindfold them? This can’t be good!

Red continues looking at the food. Steak sandwiches have salad on them. But they’re on white bread. One of the girls suggests throwing the bread away and Cosi is upset, it’s a beautiful steak sandwich!
Sheridan gives us a little lesson on white bread which… I don’t exactly buy. Anyway, she says that it’s really processed and so your body grabs it straight away because it doesn’t have to break it down, so it then turns it all to fat. Doesn’t ring true to me, but there you go.
Sheridan tells Cosi she’ll give him a five minute backrub if he doesn’t eat the bread. Cosi says in an aside that he’d rather drink turpentine and take a whizz on a fire than get a massage from Sheridan!
Eventually they all decide to have the same thing, a steak sandwich and a salad. Cosi asks the girls if they’d like an ice cream while they’re there!

Blue gets lead blindfold through the bush. They could tell they were in the bush with all the fresh air and bird sounds and so on. But they’re getting a little freaked out.
Then the blindfold comes off and they see a beautifully laid out table and they sit down and are enjoying it.
Sean says there’s something not right here! Someone tells him to stop being so negative!
Debbie says they should stop worrying, who cares. She’d rather be there than at home eating hot dogs! Mmmm, hot dogs!

Sean’s sitting taking in the atmosphere when he sees Alison’s face drop.
“Oh no way. Oh no way. Oh no!” – Alison
They all turn around. And there’s the Commando strutting up through the bush.
Sam says he saw last season and he knows the Commando and that he’s harsh and the previous contestants didn’t always get along with him.

“Before the main,” *rips off the tablecloth* “I’m having you for starters!” – Commando Steve
Sean wants his mummy! Complete with thumb sucking action!
Debbie says she went to a lot of trouble to look good and now Steve’s going to put them through the wringer!

And now the reason for buying their clothes becomes obvious. The Commando’s not letting them change first, it’s a run through the forest first!
Steve says his aim is to give Blue as hard a training session as he could. Military training is the most physically demanding training you can do. He wants to show them that when you’re physically stuffed, the mental side comes in. Dig deep, keep fighting.

The girls are scaling a log wall and Alison’s having trouble getting her leg over. Debbie’s afraid of heights, though she says not so much heights, the thought of falling.

Commando says one thing he won’t tolerate is people saying they can’t do this. It’s a load of crap!

Next bit is picking people up and pushing them through a tire. Debbie’s fat arse struggles to fit through, but she makes it!
John says Debbie is starting to struggle in general and the tears start coming out again, that might be her downfall one day.

Steve says the person who most disappointed him was Michael.
Michael asks why he yells, he just thinks it rattles people up and makes it tense.
Every time Michael tries to undo his tie or top button, Steve yells a new order at him so he has to move on.

Steve’s trying to get them to do lunges and Steve is unimpressed with their technique, wondering what they’ve been doing the whole time?
“Getting fat!” “Getting fat? Is that supposed to be a smart comment? Or what?” “No.” “No? Well, what’d you say it for?”
Steve says he doesn’t accept backchat and whinging and moaning and groaning. He expects them to do what he says, when he says it.
Steve says Michael can talk the tough talk but not walk the walk.
Michael’s backsliding, not looking forward to the journey anymore.

Sean says Commando Steve was relentless. The urgency in his voice was threatening? Something terrible will happen if they don’t do what he says, when he says it, and fast!

They’re having to count out their situps and pushups and they’re not doing it loud enough, so Steve yells at them that he can’t hear them!

Oh man. Now they have to go over a tightrope thing. Please nobody fall on it. Please nobody fall on it. Please nobody fall on it.
I’m going to assume nobody reading this has ever fallen on one of those tightrope wires strung tightly between trees, as this one is? Let me tell you, it hurts even more than you might imagine. Don’t ever fall over on one!
Sean’s really worried he’ll slip. John says he won’t drop him but he looks up and he’s a big lad!
He struggles across. Gets halfway across and he’s out of breath, hands shaking like leaves. “All the signals were wrong.” I think he called for the medic in there too, as the medic turns up a couple steps later.
Sean’s started to hyperventilate, Steve says.

Steve takes him aside, calms him down with the medic and gets him to concentrate on his breathing.
Alison says he was physically exhausted but mentally none of them had ever done this before, so it was so overwhelming.
The medic explains to him what’s going on with his breathing and he managed to get it under control.
Sean can only think that if he’s sitting there, he’s letting the team down because they’re struggling without his help. He couldn’t let them carry the burden on their own.
Commando Steve is impressed with Sean, because he’s a hard worker. Debbie says he didn’t give up, it would have been easy for him to sit out, but he got back into it.

Sean says that was the hardest training session they’ve done, without a doubt. But they take it on the chin, they stand united.

After being tortured by The Commando they get back to the dining area to have dinner. The tables are even prettier this time!
They have salads and so on to eat. “Tastes ordinary.” – Michael
Alison says she’s still on quite a high, but the mood at the other end of the table was a bit different.
Michael’s feeling disappointed and dejected. Got some steak to eat and five types of salad, stuff he wouldn’t even feed a rabbit if he had a rabbit.

Alison is trying to keep the tone upbeat, but Michael says something happened during his time with The Commando. He’s not happy, Alison says, though she doesn’t know what’s with him.
Alison says it was a shame because she was happy with what they’d accomplished!

Now we’re off in California. Week 3 for the Black Team, and time for another weigh in. Bryce has a girly hourglass figure, what the hell?

Michelle is up first.
Loss: 1.6kg

She’s not overly impressed, Carrianne is devastated for her.
Michelle says she felt like she was embarassing her friends and family but she thought some more and she wouldn’t’ve done it at home and 1.6kg is still a lot for a week.

Bryce is next.
Loss: 2.3kg

Bryce is very disappointed, after getting 2.8kg.
Bob asks him if it makes him want to quit and Bryce gives an emphatic no, it infuriates him. He stepped everything up from last week and he’s been kicked in the balls again!
Steven says in the real world, it’d be good. But with the environment they have set up, it really ought to be more.

Carrianne’s next.
Loss: 2.2kg

“You serious?!” She’s very happy. Much better than last week. Bob’s quite happy too. Steven’s happy because they finally get to clap and applaud and be happy!

Steven’s last again.
Loss: 0.5kg

Ow. Just… ow. Bob’s not saying much. Carrianne says it was probably the worst moment in the entire competition so far. She never wants to see someone that hurt again.
He’s really crushed. “Point five. That’s… not nice.”
Bob says he was so upset, wasn’t fired up or angry. It was just like he was beaten, the scale had beat him. Made Bob very sad.

Steven’s sitting down outside the ranch. Bob comes out for a chat.
Steven says he needs to be with his baby. She’s his fire and spark. This (the ranch) just isn’t for him.
Bob says Steven is a fragile human being, tender and sweet and homesick.
Steven’s in tears through most of this. “My baby’s my world.”

Bob takes Steven inside to talk to the other guys. He thinks they need to have a talk about what’s going on. Steven wants to quit. Bob wants him to be there because he thinks there’s something there, he can’t want it for him. He needs to make a decision.

“So, what’s it going to be, Steven?”

Tomorrow night in Temptation they play darts! Pop the right balloon and you’ll win immunity!
Heaps of people saying some folks were being stupid, what were they thinking, etc. “It was a really nice pie!” Says John!

“If you don’t want to be here then you must go home today!” – Bob to Steven. And there’s a shot of Steven dawdling out the door that may or may not be a deception!
I don’t think he’ll be going home just yet, or I hope not, anyway.
Find out tomorrow night. Maybe. Unless it gets drawn out another night!