Following the elimination of Laura the previous week, Tara is grieving over the loss of her partner, and she blames Jillian for telling Mike to vote Laura home. Jillian confronts her, claiming that Laura needed to go home to recover from her injury and tells Tara to stop being selfish. Meanwhile, Bob talks with Kristin, trying to reassure her after the close vote. Kristin comes to the realization that she deserves to win, and she claims that she was afraid to express this for fear of getting the dream pulled away from her. The contestants are called to a challenge where they answer questions provided by Good Housekeeping. The prize is a paid trip to New York City.

The competition comes down to Kristin and Mike with a tiebreaker based on who can guess the number of calories in a fried fish sandwich without going over. Mike wins the tiebreak by guessing within 5 calories of the correct number of 640. In the second challenge, the contestants are suspended from platforms 45 feet above the air. Each player is given a rope which is attached to a pulley holding their platform in the air. If the contestant lets go, their platform falls and they are out. Mike drops out first due to his fear of heights. Filipe tries to break the concentration of the others by talking smack and shaking the rig that is supporting them, but karma gets him in the end and he drops out. The competition comes down to Helen and Tara, and despite Helen trying to bribe Tara, Tara wins her third straight challenge. The prize is either a one pound advantage at the weigh-in or a $10,000 cash prize. Allison tells Tara she has until the weigh-in to decide.

During the last chance workout, both Bob and Jillian work their players to exhaustion, hoping to get them into the final five. During Jillian’s workout, she causes Mike to become frustrated, and he punches the treadmill. Jillian claims that Mike’s anger stems from his anger at always being the fat kid and that he has some issues to work out. Jillian tries to get Mike to admit that he is mad at his father for leading him and his brother down an unhealthy path. Mike claims that it was his fault for making the unhealthy decisions, but he agrees to talk to his father about the issue. During the confrontation, Ron admits that he played a role in Mike and his brother’s weight problems, and that Mike has every right to be angry at him. Both father and son state that they will stay committed to losing weight and becoming healthy.

At the weigh in, Allison asks Tara whether she will take the one pound advantage or the $10,000 dollars. Tara elects to take the money, saying that she is confident in the work she has done this week. Her hard work pays off, and she loses 5 pounds. Ron weighs in next, hoping to finally get under 300 pounds, a weight he has not been at since he was a young teenager. Ron loses four pounds and reaches his goal, reaching 298 pounds. Mike weighs in and loses a respectable 8 pounds. Helen only loses one pound and is distraught as she worked so hard this week. Filipe weighs in and has to lose more than three pounds to be safe. Filipe narrowly misses the mark, only losing three pounds. Kristin is the last to weigh in, and Allison tells her she only has to lose three pounds to be safe. However, she surprisingly gains one pound, and she and Helen fall below the yellow line.

After both Kristin and Helen plead their cases, Kristin asks to speak privately with Ron to make sure that he will keep his promise of never putting her name down at an elimination. Ron tells her he will hold to the promise he made to her and her mom and help her make it to the end. Kristin asks Ron to speak to Mike for her, since she needs three votes to be able to stay, since she has the least amount of weight loss. Ron says he will do so but claims that he might not be able to sway him. However, during his talk with Mike, Ron actually tells Mike to vote for Kristin so that she will go home since she is the biggest threat. He tells Mike to make sure that Tara is on the same page as him. Mike finishes the conversation by asking whether Ron would be OK with Mike voting for Kristin. Ron replies “yeah”. Ron keeps his ‘promise’ to Kristin and votes for Helen. With 2 votes for Helen and one for Kristin, it came down to Mike who honestly said he was at the ranch, for himself. He votes for Kristin, making it a tie and sending Kristin home. Kristin is suspicious of the way the vote turned out, and she claims that there are no coincidences at the house. She tells Mike he ‘took the easy way out’. Allison asks Ron whether he knew how Mike would vote, and Ron claims that he had no prior knowledge. Before Kristin leaves, Allison asks Mike if he thinks he can win the competition now. Both Mike and Ron state that Mike will win The Biggest Loser. Shots of Filipe and Tara show that they are not impressed by Mike’s overconfidence.

Twenty-four hours later, Kristin is shown driving back to her hometown Greenville, Wisconsin. As she arrives back home, she is greeted by her mother and her husband who both tell her how great she looks. Her family toasts her, telling her how much she has inspired the family to all live more healthier lifestyles. Two months later, Kristin is shown giving a motivational speech to help spread her message that began at the ranch—”Change is possible!” Several audience members communicate that they were inspired by Kristin to lose weight and make a change for the better. Kristin has lost a total of 132 pounds, and she hopes to weigh less than 200 pounds by the finale.

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