So here we are in our final hour of this Jersey Shore nonsense. I hope I can get all the way through it, cause I’m telling you guys… this season has draaaaaaaaaaagggged. I miss the episodes where I was cracking up over two thirds of the scenes and one-liners and things happened I could get behind. The last few episodes have pretty much been incoherent torture.
Exhibit A
Mid-action: Ronnie hears from Arvin on the phone that he and Sammi have made out in the past, so Ronnie shoves the phone back to Mike and plows through the kitchen out onto the patio muttering “biggest liar I ever met in my life!” Sammi’s on the patio and Ronnie demands to know how many times she made out with Arvin. Sammi storms to the phone and asks Arvin why he’s causing trouble for her because it was never “like that” between them. Arvin’s on the other end going, “Sammi, you know we’ve made out.” And Sammi keeps insisting they haven’t.
“That was just for pretend, Arvin! Pretend!”
It’s pretty clear that Sammi made out with Arvin at some point, so she’s really just making a bigger and bigger ass of herself by denying it instead of just stating the obvious: that it doesn’t effing mattter. Of course through all of this, Mike is pacing all around the living room with his loud obnoxious (and irrelevant) commentary. Ronnie again retreats like a wounded bear. Poor, poor Ronnie… Negative.
“If I kick her teeth out now there will be witnesses…”
Meanwhile it’s time for the final roommies Sunday dinner and they discuss a barbecue that Danny is throwing for them tomorrow to which they all get to bring a couple of guests. After dinner Ronnie goes back to the patio to pout and Sammi comes out to test the waters. Ronnie asks her to tell him the truth about Arvin, so she finally admits that they made out a few years ago. Oh and she’s sorry she lied about it. What is the matter with her? I’m throwing my hands up as I type. I can’t honestly believe we’re spending more time on this. But Ronnie tells her now she’s really messed up, so she can either fix it or walk away. Ronnie tells us Sammi has a lot to prove to him. Can’t wait.
“If I drink your blood will you believe that I love you?”
The next day Ronnie, Vinny and Snooki have their final shift at the t-shirt store. Ronnie wears a shirt that says “Rush” on it, which is a competing t-shirt store down the boardwalk. Wow, Ronnie’s clever subversiveness is extremely impressive. Danny literally tears the shirt off of Ronnie’s body and makes him put on the correct shirt.
“Let’s take a look at those glistening abs.”
Then Ronnie defiantly lies on the counter and takes a nap through the entire shift. He says he’s not going to work on his last day, but I can’t imagine this is different than any other day.
Later everyone’s getting ready for the barbecue and when they get there we get to meet some friends from home. Pauly D has a couple of DJ friends come, Vinny has Uncle Nino, Jwoww has Roger and her dad, Snooki has some girl named Danielle, and Deena has a girl named Lisa. Pauly D DJs and Ronnie does his seizure-dance. Deena grinds up against Uncle Nino and there is even a pinata.

Just pretend it’s Tom’s head.
Then the drama begins. Vinny has set his sights on Deena’s friend Lisa because he’s gotten it into his head that he’s much more desirable than he actually will ever be. Luckily for him, Lisa seems like a very stupid girl and is beyond flattered that Vinny wants to bang her. Deena tries to tell her friend that Snooki likes Vinny so to back off. When Lisa goes to Snooki, Snooki’s like, “whatever.” It’s just another night and she’s very used to Vinny’s amorous adventures. Deena still isn’t having it, which makes Vinny and Lisa more determined than ever to get together. Vinny is furious and calls Deena a cockblock and makes a huge scene about it all over the party. Deena’s like, “Please just don’t bang my best friend!” And Vinny is like, “You suck and you’re a cockblock.” This is so stupid. Can’t Vinny keep it in his pants for one night when his roommate is asking him to? On the other hand, if Deena’s friend is that anxious to get herself used, I’d say go ahead and enjoy your herpes.
“Please, Deena! Please let your friend give me a disease!”
Elsewhere, Sammi wants to know if Ronnie and Mike are friends because she hates Mike. When Ronnie says yes, he’s friends with Mike, Sammi says she can’t be okay with Ronnie then. Ronnie’s like fine, whatever. I love how when Ronnie is shredding Sammi’s clothes he wants everyone to butt out and mind their own business, but when Mike is calling Sammi out on something, Ronnie wants him as involved as possible.
Back at home Vinny is having a pity party and giving Deena the cold shoulder. When Deena wants to know why, Vinny says that he thought Deena wasn’t Angelina. Ooooh, them’s fightin’ words. Angelina WAS a huge cockblock, but this is slightly different. It IS Deena’s good friend in question. Pauly D suggests that Deena and Vinny duke it out and he’ll go cuddle with Lisa. At this, Lisa looks like she’s just been crowned Miss America. Congrats, honey, the two least selective man-whores on the planet propositioned you. You must be so proud. Deena takes Lisa into her bedroom to go to sleep and Lisa sits her down to explain why she’s being called Angelina. Geez, if it’s this important to Lisa to catch an STD, why stand in her way? Pauly D concludes that Deena is jealous. Of course, there’s no other possible explanation.
The next morning Mike apologizes to Sammi for butting in to her business. Where did THAT come from? Sammi apologizes back but tells us she still doesn’t trust him.
“Sorry you’re a huge douchebag, Mike.”
Meanwhile Vinny is giving Deena the silent treatment. I’m sure all this acting like a 6-year-old is making him all the more attractive to Lisa. Actually it probably is because she just keeps taking it as a huge compliment to herself. Finally Lisa leaves, so maybe we can have some peace.
“Hopefully when he gets out of timeout he’ll remember I’m a walking holiday.”
The roommies all head to Rivoli’s for a huge dinner and there’s still a lot of tension in the air because Vinny is still pouting and Deena feels bad. Then Deena decides to give a toast and thank everyone for welcoming her into the group and having a great summer. Everyone clinks glasses. Vinny sulks.
“I wanted to show that girl my new earrings.”
Back at home everyone transitions into club gear. Snooki is in a skirt that barely covers her crotch and she starts doing cartwheels. When Pauly D tells her her kooka is in plain view she goes to the mirror, turns around, bends over and shakes her butt. Sure enough, you can see her crotch. She shrugs and walks away. It’s their last night at Karma so she might as well let it all hang out. This, ladies and gentlemen, is America’s celebrity du jour. And at Karma, Roger has come to celebrate Jwoww’s last night in Seaside and he wants to know what’s going to happen now that Jwoww is headed back to Long Island. He tells her he would like to keep seeing her and even go steady. Jwoww is all aflutter and accepts his offer. Awwww. So still no single Jwoww.
“Are you going to ask me to Prom too?”
What she does is to go and tell Snooki that Roger just asked her to be his girlfriend. Snooki and Deena act like Jwoww just got engaged. The scream and jump around and hug her. That’s sweet, but it’s so hilariously high school.
Elsewhere at Karma Deena spots a guy friend of hers named Chris and when she goes to dance with him she falls flat on her butt. Have another one, Deena! You’re a blast in a glass! Snooki finds Not-Pauly D, the guy who she boinked for putting a bandaid on her knee and she grabs him and takes him back to the house immediately. He sits on the couch while Snooki makes him a grilled cheese sandwich and guess what he’s wearing. A t-shirt from Rush! Take that, Danny!
Please no one rip this one off his body.
He yells orders to Snooki about his grilled cheese and she finally says, “Relax, Princess Diana!” Ha ha ha. To the smoosh room! Snooki is thrilled that Not-PaulyD is wasted because it means he’ll last longer. That is so romantic.
Back at Karma some guys Sammi knows are there and say hi to her, so Ronnie is having a bad night and tells her to take off when she tries to talk to him. Everyone rounds up someone easy to take home – except for Ronnie and Sammi who drunkenly argue all the way home. Ronnie finally walks away and leaves Sammi to walk the rest of the way home alone. She must be traumatized! Once they get home Jwoww tries to help Roger call out of work the next day and she ends up yelling drunkenly into the duck phone at Roger’s boss’s voicemail. Thanks, Jwoww! Sammi is insulted when Ronnie doesn’t want to sleep with her, so they have a screaming match in the upstairs bathroom. It’s been done to death. Sammi sobs, Ronnie cries like a little bitch. It’s nothing new. Everyone is beyond wasted, but Deena tries to make amends with Vinny by making him a grilled cheese sandwich, which he accepts. Feel the love at the Shore House!
The next morning Roger is off to see if he can salvage his employment and Jwoww is thrilled to wake up officially committed to Roger. Meanwhile her poof dog is taking a gigantic crap on the floor. Danny’s going to have to burn this place down and start over if he ever wants to rent it out again. Upstairs Ronnie is busy telling Sammi how much he’s had to put up with during this stay at the Jersey Shore. Sheesh, I mean, does Sammi think it was easy to pick up her entire bed and shove it out onto the balcony? Ronnie’s been through so much! Sammi apologizes and says he’s her best friend. Yeah, my best friend routinely demolishes my belongings too. Ronnie wants to know why Sammi doesn’t show him that she loves him. He’s a very wounded soul, you know. He tells Sammi his heart is broken. Sammi kind of shrugs that she’s not very affectionate, but she wants to know if they’re together or single. Ronnie says he needs his space. Sammi goes, “So single?” Ronnie gets up to walk away and Sammi goes, “So this is over?” This is always what she does. Gives him 500 chances to not break up with her and he does every time anyway. For five minutes at least.
“Really right now? We’re single? That’s it? You’re walking away? You’re done?”
Mike makes breakfast while Jwoww’s other dog craps on the floor, then everyone packs up and gets ready to leave.
“Another summa, another disease, another wrecked house…”
I’d be sad, except I’m so not. Sammi is first out the door, followed by Ronnie. It’s interesting that they’re all getting into BMW’s this time when they drive away. Sammi says she’s alone and it’s not a good feeling. Don’t worry, Sam. You’ll be back in your abusive relationship before sundown. Vinny leaves next and he’s actually nice to Deena. He tells us once again that he and Snooki are cuddle buddies and it might get serious one day. Yawn. Mike is up to leave and no one cares. Jwoww talks about leaving her awful boyfriend and finding a new one, and how the shore house is her home. She and Snooki embrace and cry. Pauly D goes and is actually nice to Deena and Snooki when he leaves. Then Snooki and Deena toss their luggage down the stairs before piling it into Snooki’s car. Snooki tells us that she’s going to be the President and Deena’s going to be the Vice President. This will mean that “the economy would rise, everyone would be tan, and all the radios will play house music.” Lofty aspirations there, Snooks. Now get outta here!
And that’s it! Rumor has it that this same gang will be back for Season 4 in freaking Italy. Great, that will make America proud… as if this show hasn’t done enough for our national pride as it is. I don’t know how interested I am in yet another season of these idiots’ antics. I’m not sure a change of scenery is enough of a change to hold anyone’s interest. But this show keeps getting huge ratings, so what do I know? What say y’all?
Thanks for hanging out with me for another season, guys! The best part about doing these recaps is reading what you have to say about the whole mess. It keeps me entertained for days! So don’t be afraid to HOLLA!
Thanks for reading!
-Honey Gangsta
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Honey G. I will miss your JS recaps!! I will not miss this show. I agree it needs a complete cast overhaul… or maybe just hauled over. Mike is a snake, Vinny is just gross and I like Deena but why was she on at all? But I can not go through one more Rammi episode, I just cant, Thank God this show and all its double standards, is ova!
Of course Vinny forgave Deena. She acted like his mother by making him food, cutting it up and bringing it to him. She confirmed his rightful place in the world as the world’s biggest mama’s boy who still can’t feed himself.
What a catch, that one.
What’s is up with Mr. Woww? He is the most un-guido like person to ever appear on the show. Did he arrive in a time machine? As he clearly belongs in a late 1960′s British invasion band. Love Jenni & Roger together!
Mike is such an asshat! How many times this season does he completely stir up shit and then a few hours later come give this “sincere” sorrowful apology for his actions. They accept it and move on so he can do it again.
From Dork to Douche in 4.8 seconds describes Vinny. Never a fan but much preferred the Dork version. The sex addict, rude, selfish Vinnie needs slapped.
Rammi what is there left to say except this couple is like a slinkie to me. Not really good for anything but they bring a smile to your face when pushed down the stairs.
Considering that Jenni’s last name is Farley, it’s pretty safe to say that her father isn’t a guido. But he did look like a hippy which really surprised me. I thought she was really cute at how excited she was to see him, though.
Heh, for a moment there I thought by “Mr. Woww” you meant Roger. Which is clearly what he’s going to be. As she put it, she’ll be his sugar mama…
I had to watch this show in two sittings since it’s so goddamn awful. And I enjoyed the first season. I only watched for the recaps, HG.
FWIW: the less he cleans the house, the more rent he’ll be able to charge. A couple piles of dog poo, a pair of Snookie’s filthy panties, and he can probably double the rent.
I used to love this show but I couldn’t be happier to see it end. I don’t think I could stomach another Rammi fight – these two are perfect for one another but there is nothing entertaining about watching the same bullshit week after week.
Thanks for enduring HG!
I think Ron put Mike up to apologizing or he did it for Ron. I just remember after he did it, Ron said thanks Mike..and when Deena made the sandwiches for Vinny, he kind of aknowledged the fact that he was a dick. Pauly D at Rivolis was my high point of this ep.
Good riddance to this awful show. Every episode was more despicable than the last. Honestly MTVshould have run a PSA for domestic violence before every episode. Thank you for your wonderful recaps and hilarious screen caps! I’ll preserve my brain cells and rely on your recaps for Italia. Thanks for taking one for the team!!
Rosalind…I too was going to say that I’m pretty sure Vinny was drunkenly slurring, “I’m an asshole”. Also, what was the difference between Deena’s friend and the girls they kicked out last week? I DO NOT GET THESE BOYS.
I’m kind of thinking Single Jwoww does not exist. I think the “after I have sex with a guy, I will rip their heads off” is a front to cover up the fact that she’s Boyfriend Girl. Because most Boyfriend Girls don’t like admitting it……………………………………………………….except Sammi.
OMG this season totally sucked! I think it was the worst yet. So glad to see it end…! I definitely won’t be watching the next season!
Also, did anyone notice how the hot tub barely made an appearance this season? I think it was the first episode and that’s it, right?
I actually said the same thing on Twitter, MTV should run and abusive relationship PSA for every episode. Ronni/Sam are just the WORSST. What I don’t get is.. I was young once too, I got drunk and made an ass out of myself. But the next day, I was MORTIFIED with myself. Sammy has no regard for herself.
To be honest, I wish I had an editor when I was young because then I could see my piss poor behavior easier. These fights are obviously consistent with the ‘night’. If someone could say “here’s you and here’s what happened…here’s how it ended” I would feel even WORSE and want to be even further away. It would sometimes take me a few days to be like “wait a MINUTE!” I don’t feel the slightest bit for Sammy stumbling her way home…She was obviously doing it for attention and I hardly think she was alone. There are some photos on JWOWW’s website and its clear these people have a police escort pretty much all the time.
I think the show has nothing left. As I said before, their fame has ruined it. Coming off the Hills, MTV finally had an unscripted show that didn’t seem forced, the people got along enough that it didn’t have to have a Real World vibe to it (just fighting all the time). But now that people love them so much, you’re not going to get much s/l out of them when they’re not interacting with the gen. pop. They’re too popular for me to believe any of it. Unfortunately, Sammy and Ron were probably the only organic thing this season.
HG great recap as always, I can’t watch show anymore but love your recaps. Reading this what could have put on besides Ronroids and Samselfesteem fighting sounds like they did nothing there did not really work so they had to put them on.I for one am so happy Ron was able to break free of sam’s abuse he has been through so much, the abuse mind games poor guy.This show has lost it.Just vile people, they have lost it, used to be fun now just sad and kind of mean spirted. I hear Momma’s boy fancy pant’s V is a big star now what women could resist and didn’t he sleep with that one woman who left the show so had did she ever block him.You will be seeing the cast at the grand openings of Hooters in North Dakota in a year.It is over. MTV is always the last to know along with main street media
BTW, anyone hear how Sammi is starrting her own Jewlery line? Bad call, However, if she started a line of unbreakable eyewear she would prolly make a killing (at least at the shore) Oh and I tried some fake tan crap, that shit stinks worse then cow pung! All I could think as I washed my face forr the 50th time was “This must be the way Karma smells”
My favorite part of the episode, though the majority was painful, was watching the other couples while Rammi fought. You could hear them fighting throughout the house and it showed how it had stopped the other couples from smooshing. I couldn’t stop laughing as it cut from scenes of them screaming at each other to Snooki and her non-pauly d boy as they waited for them to stop yelling. They also showed Roger and Jwoww waiting out Rammi’s screaming!
The two main reasons that this show lost steam for me finally are 1)Mike has gotten more and more annoying, and no one will put him in his place, therefore he still thinks he’s funny, and the “star” of the house/show. And 2) I have been a huge Snooki fan since day 1 of episode1 of season 1, and I like Deena too, but halfway through the season, their antics just weren’t funny anymore. Although a sillyness and carefree entertainment value such as theirs makes me laugh my ass off, it’s finally gotten old to me. Pauly D was the highlight of the season. Rammi quit bothering me a long time ago, so I am still unphaised by them. What are these weirdos gonna do in Italy? I’m picturing a tour of sorts,, where the cast is exposed to people/places/traditions which are part of their culture, and them cracking stupid jokes, making a mockery of it all, inevitably disrespecting all those involved, including their families and ancestors. My vote is for a new cast in good ole Seaside.
So when Mike cockblocks it’s all fun and games but when Dina wants Vinny not to sleep with her good friend it’s criminal?
Vinny can leave the show and I could care less along with other who agree with me. He’s a little mammas’ boy and has corrupted Pauly… Vinny please leave for GOOOOD!