This week on The Biggest Loser the episode begins with the aftermath of Sione’s elimination. Filipe is visibly upset, and Kristin goes to comfort him where he reads her a letter that Sione left him. He vows to fight harder to honor Sione.

The next day, the contestants walk up to a canyon for their next challenge. Using nothing but cables and a zipline, they must traverse a more than 700 foot wide canyon that has a 110 foot drop. They are playing for a $25,000 kitchen makeover and restocking of their fridge. Filipe takes a big and early lead. Ron goes 40 feet and realizes that his knee can’t take it and the risk isn’t worth it. Mike is terrified because of a lifelong fear of heights, but he completes the challenge. Tara loses her footing and spends more than a minute trying to get back on the line, but she picks up speed and takes the lead from Filipe with less than 100 feet left and wins. After the challenge, Alison tells them that it it is makeover week. They are all very excited.

The contestants go to Macy’s where they are greeted by Tim Gunn from Project Runway, and he helps them pick out all new outfits. Each person receives a $1,000 gift card to buy a new wardrobe from Macy’s. It is a very emotional experience for everyone. He informs them that they are preparing to go to a Hollywood movie premiere. Afterwards, everyone goes to Warren-Tricomi salon to get new hairstyles. At the premiere, each contestant has a surprise visitor waiting for them. Filipe’s wife, Helen’s husband, Kristin’s husband, Laura’s best friend, Mike’s brother/Ron’s son, Ron’s wife/Mike’s mom, and Tara’s mom have all come to surprise the contestants. The movie at the premiere turns out to be a movie about their journey on the show, bringing forth lots of emotions from both the contestants and their loved ones.

Because of the makeovers that week, everyone loses out on a lot of workout time. Bob and Jillian both plan to make the last-chance workouts incredibly brutal to make up for lost time. Laura has been experiencing severe and persistent pains in her hip, so Jillian takes her to see Dr. H. He informs them that Laura has a stress fracture in her hip and that it is the worst injury they’ve ever had on the show. Laura must be very careful and severely limit her activity because if she gets a full fracture and makes it worse, she will need surgery.

At the weigh-in, Mike knows that he is just 5 pounds away from breaking the record for most weight lost on the ranch, so he is very nervous. He loses exactly five pounds, and thus sets a new record. Ron is ecstatic when he loses 6 pounds despite not working out as much, and Helen is shocked to lose a whopping 7 pounds. Kristin loses only 2 pounds. Laura is the last to weigh in and is very nervous because she knows that her injury has kept her from doing anything that week, and she ends up gaining 3 pounds. Jillian is devastated for her because she was finally starting to realize her strength and come into her own. Kristin and Laura are below the yellow line.

Tara fights for Laura to stay, but Ron argues that if Laura stays on the ranch, she is not going to get the help she needs to take care of her hip. He knows what it’s like because of his previous hip problems. Filipe poses the question that what if they eliminated Kristin because she’s the bigger threat and then something worse happened to Laura’s hip. They all know that if she stays, Laura will not take the precautions necessary to protect herself. Helen and Tara vote to eliminate Kristin, and Mike, Ron, and Filipe vote to eliminate Laura, so Laura is eliminated from the ranch.

At home, Dr. H goes with Laura to visit her doctor, and she is told that everything is going well. She is going to physical therapy to rehabilitate her legs. She has maintained her weight at 208 pounds, and hopes to lose 23 pounds by the finale.

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