A raucous crowd greets Allison live on stage to open tonight‘s season finale. Considering all the vitriol people have spewed about this season, I wonder where they ever were able to find this many people excited to see the contestants as they‘re introduced.

One might be tempted to look at this week‘s episode being sandwiched between last week‘s real-life drama and next week‘s finale, and think that it is destined to disappoint.

There‘s little point in denying that sticking with this season of The Biggest Loser has felt like more of an endurance test than a bright spot on your Tuesday nights.

When we last left our Losers, they had just caught their first glimpse of First Lady Michelle Obama in the White House.

Before I begin tonight‘s Biggest Loser recap, I want to take a moment and mention that I live in a suburb of Dallas; I was working in the heart of Arlington, Texas this afternoon; and I have family members who were teaching in Lancaster blocks away from where thousand-pound semi-trucks were tossed through the air.

This week‘s excuse is "exercise is boring." This is one I can definitely identify with, so it‘ll be interesting how they try to trick up everyone‘s workouts for the week.

The show wants us to believe that last week‘s conspiring to vote off Cassandra was the first real instance of the contestants playing the game, but we all know that the red team has long been populated by some of the most conniving people on television.

Tonight‘s episode of Biggest Loser picks up on the scene of a blubbering Mark still lamenting the departure of his son.