Biggest Loser

A Monumental Occasion

Episode 8 - The contestants head to Washington D.C. where they scoop up pennies off of the Watergate Steps, talk to a couple of senators about obesity, and eat from the Obama's garden. And, finally, some long-awaited comeuppance is served piping hot to Tracey.

(Cry Your) Face Off

Episode 7 - The contestants face off in head-to-head weigh-ins, and the Black Team pleads no contest. Meanwhile, Rudy sets a new record for 100-pound weight loss, and the show sets a new record for bald-faced tragedy.

Home Is Where the Lard Is

Episode 6 - After losing a challenge, the Black Team members head to their homes for a week and struggle to keep up their routine and stay away from the giant burritos.

Something Wicked This Way Flubs

Episode 5 - Tracey gains control of the game by choosing who will be on the Blue and Black teams, pisses everyone off in the process, and still manages not to get eliminated. There's only one reasonable explanation: she's BFF's with the Prince of Darkness.

Me and Julio Down by the Fat Farm

Episode 4 - The contestants must eat take-out for a full week. Meanwhile, Crazy Tracey, despite not being able to do a minute of exercise, survives another week.

Decisions, Decisions

Episode 3 - Tracey engages in some early-rounds gameplay, and makes no friends doing so. And Jillian tells her that she's full of shit.

Week Two Blues

Episode 2 - The contestants enter the dreaded week two with a challenge to lose 150 pounds total and have everyone live to see another week. (Including Tracey, who is not actually dead!)

No Pain, No Loss

Season Premiere - It's the biggest and most tragedy-stricken Biggest Loser ever. And two folks are hospitalized within the first half-hour to prove it.

In With the Old

Finale - Jerry and Helen put all the youngsters to shame as they take the at-home and grand prizes, respectively. Also, two poor young women are humiliated on television all so we can have the pleasure of a third finale hour.

26.2 Miles to Go Before I Sleep

Past Season Winners Cheer On the Final Four as They Face Their Toughest Challenge Yet - Running a Full Marathon! - The contestants head home for 30 days and, in addition to the normal challenges that this entails, find themselves facing another, Loser-decreed challenge: running (or walking) a marathon! Everyone, including Ron, finishes. At the final weigh-in, Mike and Ron fall below the yellow line together, leaving America to decide their fates.

The Old Biggest Loser Thread

The Biggest Spoilers

Trainer Jillian Michaels: "Beatings, beatings, beatings ... and more beatings"

Trainer Bob Harper (sniffle)(sob)

Weight issues: We know a little something about them

'Biggest Losers': Where are they now?

7-19: 2009.05.12

7-16: 2009.04.21

6-13: 2008.12.16

Media: This Show is Very Big