SEASON 7 RECAP ARCHIVE

Episode 18: Back to Real Life  
After the last elimination, Alison told the final four contestants — Helen, Mike, Ron, and Tara — that they would be going home for 30 days. At the end of that period, they would come back to the Ranch for one final weigh-in before the finale. The contestants packed up and got ready to face one of their toughest tasks yet: bringing their new, healthy lifestyles to the place where all their problems began.
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Episode 17: Last Week on the Ranch  
After four months on the Ranch, it would soon be time for the contestants to say goodbye. At the end of Week 17, the final four would be determined, and they'd be sent home to lose weight on their own for 30 days. It was do-or-die for Filipe, Helen, Mike, Ron, and Tara — and Bob and I didn't let them forget it.
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Episode 16: Full of Emotions  
Things got emotional early on as we picked up from the previous week. Kristin was happy to still be on the Ranch, but Tara was upset that her teammate Laura had gone home. I needed to talk with Tara because she knew I told Mike to send Laura home (she needed to recover from the worst injury in Biggest Loser history!). I let Tara know it was time to focus on HER. The rest of the week played out just as emotionally.
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Episode 15: Makeover Time!  
This week held surprise after surprise as the contestants reached new heights, gained new looks, visited with old friends and family, discovered a dire injury, and carried out a record-breaking weigh-in.
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Episode 14: Who Can You Trust?  
In Week 14 on the Ranch, the players endured the biggest temptation ever...and LOTS of paranoia as everyone went into big-time game-play mode. Some players made enemies, others made alliances, and all of them had to watch their backs.
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Episode 13: Welcome Back?  
You never know what will happen from week to week at the Ranch — the game keeps the contestants on their toes and at no time do they have a chance to get comfortable. This week was full of surprises: A daughter was born, old friends returned, we had a medical emergency, and of course there was a shocking weigh-in.
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Episode 12: The Switch to Singles  
Blue and Black became a thing of the past this week, as the remaining players put their original team colors back on and it became every man for himself. Here's how it all went down.
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Episode 11: Home Again  
After Mandi's departure at the end of last week's show, Alison scared the teams a bit this week when she revealed that Mandi wouldn't be the only one going home. In fact, everyone was going home...for a week. Would the players make progress or would they get distracted? Here's what the real world had in store in for them.
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Episode 10: Facing Off  
Last week's episode ended in a cliffhanger: If the teams lost an average of 7 pounds per player, no one would go home, but if they lost less, two people would be on the chopping block. It was up to Mike to lose the 9 pounds needed to keep everyone afloat...and at the top of the show this week, he killed it, losing 11. So nobody went home at the end of Week 9...but with all the drama that ensued in Week 10, they might have wished they had.
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Episode 9: Giving It All  
Old team loyalties played against former Black Team member Dane last week, when former Blue Team members knocked him off. Moving on to this week, the 11 remaining contestants faced many more new experiences and shake-ups.
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Episode 8, Part 2: Black Versus Blue  
As Week 8 on the Ranch continued, we settled into our new teams and everyone began to focus on that all-important weigh-in. Here's how things wrapped up.
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Episode 8, Part 1: Shuffling Teams  
It was even higher drama than usual this week, as new teams were chosen and everything changed for the contestants — and for me and Bob. Some of us adjusted to the swap a little better than others...here's how it all went down.
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Episode 7: The Great Outdoors  
After Blaine went home last week, Dane was the first left at the Ranch without a partner, and it was time for him to fend for himself. The rest of the couples could rely on one another to get ahead in the game — but this week, Alison threw a curveball that forced most of them off their usual game. Here's what I mean.
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Episode 6: Maintaining Focus  
Week 6 on the Ranch was all about concentration. Through two challenges, a family visit, and a grueling week of workouts, the players had to keep their eyes on the prize — giving in to any distraction could make the difference between staying in the game and being sent home. Here's how it all played out.
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Episode 5: Couples Once Again  
Over the first five weeks of the competition, the Ranch contestants did their job keeping themselves in the game. Now, 30 days later, their six at-home counterparts were back. But were they ready to weigh in? It was time to see how much work they really had done. Here's the rundown.
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Episode 4: Bringing Them Back  
Tensions were high after the last elimination, when my team voted the bigger threat out of the game despite telling Bob's team they would do otherwise. But the players soon dropped the drama and focused on the task at hand: staying alive through this weigh-in to bring their partners back to the Ranch. Who came back and who went home?
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Episode 3: Trust Issues  
Heading into Week 3, the contestants at the Ranch were one step closer to bringing their teammates back. This week, we saw how much each player depended on his or her teammate. The pressure was on the players at the Ranch to pull their weight and keep their team in the game. Here's what went down.
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Episode 2: A Heart-Wrenching Week 2  
It was the dreaded Week 2 — the week when historically, the contestants' bodies have all rebounded from the big losses of Week 1 and we've seen dismal numbers on the scale. This time, some of the players were able to defy the curse...but others weren't so lucky. Here's how the week shaped up.
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Episode 1: Meet the New Teams!  
Last night the seventh season of The Biggest Loser started off with a bang. Eleven couples weighed in at a total of 3.5 tons — making this the heaviest season EVER. It was only the beginning, and I don't think these players quite knew what they were in for...here's what happened when the couples started the first week at the Ranch.
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