I know when David said he didn't need to be on the ranch and he could do it on his own, I wanted to slap his ass....

I find Joelle puzzling. She seems to shut down completely when in stressful situations. Her face just goes blank and she doesn't respond. I wonder if she experienced a lot of verbal abuse as a child or something. (Something like that might explain seeking comfort in food as well, but I'm probably reaching.)

I agree about Joelle.

The pink team fell below the yellow line and Shannon was sent home tonight.

Amazingly kind people. Shannon wanted to go home, at least before she second-guessed herself, and they honored her wish. I think she'll do well at home. She did the last time.

Dane went home this week.

Inky, I think, at this point, they're all trying to get to the end and
possibly win it as individuals, even though they're on a team. Dane is
a big threat to the others because he drops big numbers every week and
he would be hard to beat in the end.
Ron is having some trouble dropping weight. He has bad knees and a bad shoulder and he can't work too hard in the gym. I think they decided to keep Ron instead of Dane because they feel they have a better chance of beating him.

New show tonight.

We will probably see the black team in the elimination room every week from here on out since they voted off Dane last week and kept Ron. I am tired of his "son" angle/story.

oops!!! I thought this thread was about Jason Mesnick.

Missed it. I usually flip channels during commercials but DH had his head in my lap, fast asleep and I couldn't reach the remote LOL

I just watched the show tonight. I am way behind on shows.

I think we have to wait, I recorded also and it cut off before that too.

The Weigh-in
But just wait! The frustration continues at the weigh-in, where Allison announces that if the total weight lost among all the players is more than 77 pounds -- a pound a day for each player -- then no one is going home. If they fall short of that 78-pound goal, one member of each team is going home. So they weigh in, and there's lots of cuts and reaction shots and other stupidity, and some people (Helen, Ron, Kathy, and, most shockingly, Sione) lose less than 7 pounds, one person (Laura) hits right at 7 pounds, and some people (Mandi, Aubrey, Tara, Kristin and Filipe) exceed seven pounds. So they get to Mike, the last to weigh in, and he needs to lose 10 pounds to save everyone. He gets on the scale, they do the damnable beeping montage, they cut to reaction shots... and then it cuts to black. "To Be Continued." Oh, you have GOT to be kidding me. All that filler bloating up the episode, and NOW you pull a "To Be Continued"? Grrr!

Highlights, thoughts and odds and ends

• Aubrey and Mandi know that they're the next Team Blue members on the chopping black. Mandi freaks out a bit in all the workouts -- "What if I work this hard and I still go home?" she asks. "What if you work this hard and you win the weigh in?" Bob responds. Riddle me THAT, Batman!
  
• At the weigh-in, I'm guessing Team Blue was seriously kicking themselves for eliminating Dane when they did. Dorks.
  
• Speaking of dorks… no mention of the Dane/marathon controversy.
  
• Ron has one of the most honest reactions I've seen to one of these food challenges. Hell, yeah, I ate pizza. "It tasted good so you ate it!"
  
• It's sad that Rocco feels he needs to emphasize that the food has to actually taste good, not just be good for you.
  
• Was there someone off-camera holding up a cue-card what said "world-class chef"? Rocco was described that way twice, as a "world-famous chef" once, and as "a chef, and good looking!" once. We get it -- we're supposed to love and respect Rocco.
  
• We learn that Aubrey was an amateur boxer, undefeated for three years. Wow -- they're really getting some bas-ass women on the show this year, aren't they?
  

http://blog.zap2it.com/ithappenedlastnight/2009/03/the-biggest-loser-couples-all-filler-no-killer.html

New show tonight.
The father (Ron) looks like he has health issues this week.