by David McAlpine

Last night on (the very short one-hour episode of!!) The Biggest Loser, the eternal viewers' question was answered: is military boot camp really worse than Bob and Jillian yelling at you in the weight room? No, not at all.

Each contestant had to put on the camouflage fatigues, then hike to their barracks. To the Marines, it's all about teamwork, which means the spotlights are on Anna and Elizabeth. Elizabeth passes out, can't breathe, etc. and everyone tries to help her, but it's almost as if she doesn't want to be help, because she's having such a miserable time.

While they're at Camp Pendleton, the contestants are getting very little sleep and eating lots of salty, preserved food. Even though the Marines are working their butt off, you can tell it's affecting a lot of them physically and emotionally.

The challenge this week was an obstacle course, including crawling under barbed wire, moving an injured soldier and, of all things, pushing a car. Elizabeth collapses during the challenge (granted, she got back up and finished), giving the Blue Team an even larger lead than they had at that point. The Blue Team wins calls from home, making Lisa and Aaron incredibly happy. The weigh-in, however, was not as happy. The results were:

Black Team:
Ada: -7 (-3.32%)
Patrick: -7 (-2.08%)
Brendan: -4 (-1.32%)
Anna: -2 (-0.71%)
Elizabeth: +1 (+0.47%)
Frado: +4 (+1.36%)

Total: -15 (-1.12%)

Blue Team:
Aaron: -14 (-3.52%)
Mark: -7 (-2.08%)
Jessica: -4 (-1.64%)
Lisa: -2 (-0.82%)
Jesse: +1 (+0.34%)

Total: -26 (-1.71%)

The biggest highlight of the night: the looks that Frado got when he gained four pounds. He swears it's not gameplay, I say something smells fishy with that situation.

Nonetheless, the ironclad block of Elizabeth, Frado and Brendan continues and, instead of getting rid of their clearly weakest player Elizabeth or the manipulative Frado, they boot Anna, the newcomer, sending her home much too early.

At home, Anna has dropped more than 50 pounds and plans to continue to keep losing before the finale.

The Biggest Loser airs Tuesdays at 8/7c on NBC.

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