'The Biggest Loser' recap: No Shame In Your Game

It's too bad Carla couldn't hang on another week, because at the weigh-in, Alison informed everyone that only one team would land below the yellow line that week, and one person would be sent home. The teams posted some pretty cool weigh-in numbers — Shanon and Helen lost the same amount of weight for the second week in a row (nine pounds last week and five last night), Filipe and Blaine both crossed the 300 mark — and some pretty shocking ones — Kristin actually gained two pounds. Since Kristin had immunity, the black team's single-digit losses landed them on the wrong side of the line instead. Huh? A plot twist we didn't see in the previews for last week's show? Finally we see conflict that NBC hasn't promo'd to death!

Bob, sneaky thing that he is, offered a discreet message to his team as he hugged them post-weigh-in: vote off Dane. Sounds easy enough: do what the boss man tells you. But back in the house, Blaine, father of a three-week-old newborn, tearfully plead for a trip back home to see his new baby. Oof, hard to argue with that one. Just kidding, it's a reality show — you can argue about anything. Jillian's team wanted Bob's team to vote with their hearts instead of strategy, but Bob's team was quick to point out that Jillian's team voted off Damien instead of Joelle in week three. A heated argument ensued, but how can you rationally not let a man go home to spend time with his newborn son? Helen and Shanon voted for Dane to go home, but everyone else sided with reason and let the new papa return to his brood.

After teasing the brown team's fate so much in promos and focusing on other strong teams like purple and green possibly losing steam, Blaine's ouster seemed rather abrupt. The black team's consistently strong performance proved to be its downfall. Not to worry — this week's previews appear to be exactly the same as last week's, so it looks like the brown team will be sent packing soon.

This week's moments:

Biggest Losers: Filipe and Sione with 10 and 11 pounds respectively

''Awwwww'' of the week: When Mandi's kids tried on some boxing gloves and pummeled the punching bag

Cutest nickname: Bob calling Mike ''Mikey''

Number of times Bob said ''Mikey'' and I thought of Life cereal: Um, every time. I was hungry.

Weirdest-phrased Trainer's Tip: Starting a ''walking school bus''

How did you feel about this week's elimination? Were you happy the teams allowed Blaine to go home to his family? Did you, like me, think the episode was kind of a snooze-fest due to lack of actual conflict? Are you tired of NBC's obnoxiously dramatic promos? Who do you think will get booted off next? Get to postin', and don't forget to check out the bonus footage of Bob kicking some butt below.

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