It's not as if The Biggest Loser is usually an emotionally aloof kind of show. People are struggling to change their lives and working hard under a lot of pressure. But last night's episode took it to a whole new level.

Trainer Bob Harper -- nice, calm, zen Bob -- totally lost it on Joelle because he felt she wasn't working hard enough, and instead of working, she kept talking. (See for yourself in the clip above.) On the one hand, I understand where he was coming from. Every time he would push her to do something, she would go on and on: "I am focused; I will do it; I am determined; I will do this for you," or whatever else. In the meantime, she would continue to not work out. Bob finally couldn't take it anymore during the last-chance workout when he was having his team run 30-second sprints on the treadmill, and she kept stopping or leaning after 20 seconds. But he really handled it poorly. Not in terms of making the whole team redo the sprint -- that's a classic motivational maneuver. But the stream of f-bombs began to feel really uncomfortable after a while, and I really felt like this was not an approach that would work for Joelle. She seemed like she would be more likely to shut down in the face of such behavior. But still, stop talking and get back up on the step!

Things got emotional in a different way after the weigh-in. For some people, the week two curse struck again, and their losses were minimal. Dan lost the initial challenge and was given a one-pound penalty, and at the weigh-in, this was enough to put him in the bottom two and keep Joelle out. Dan and Jerry ended up below the yellow line -- DUN DUN DUN -- and the remaining contestants were torn up trying to decide who should go home. Dan is a teenager and the largest person to ever be on the show, and Jerry is the oldest and seemed the most in need of medical attention. (He fainted frighteningly during the premiere last week.)

In the end, it seemed to come down to the idea that Dan has his whole life in front of him and needs to change his mindset now, as well as the fact that he has been heavy forever, while Jerry was once thin. So Jerry was sent home to his wife, Estella, and thankfully, in the catching-up footage at the end of the episode, he looked great, having lost more than 80 pounds.

I don't think Joelle is long for the ranch. Her teammates seem frustrated with her efforts, and of course, same thing with Bob.

What did you think about the show?