Quick Take: Jersey Shore, “Should We Just Break Up?”
“Once again, one step forward, two step backs.” – Ron
Review: Jersey Shore, “Should We Just Break Up?”
(S0219) The first thing I thought while watching the opening moments of this week’s Ron and Sammi’s Wacky Fun Time Dysfunctional Saga of Lamentation and Woe… oh, I mean Jersey Shore, sorry, is, “Can Ron and Sammi really be going at it again after the insane drama that went on last week piled on top of the cataclysmic drama that has gone on between these two during the thirty some-odd episodes that we’ve known them?”
Let me answer my own question, if I may. In short, that would be a big whopping stinking yes.
But first, we were forced to endure such antics as Ron bleeding… well, bleeding when he goes to the bathroom (a rather crass phrase comes to mind that I thought I would only associate with an old South Park soundtrack… it’s from the song “Horny Horny Horny” if anyone’s familiar) after yet another night of rageaholic drinking. Ron later explains that the doc said that his drinking is affecting his “asshole” and that he needs to “control his drinking.” We shall wait with bated breath to see what happens next on both of those relative fronts. Ironically, during another point in the episode in which Ronnie and Sam and are once again going at it, Ron complains, “What don’t I do for Sam beside wipe her ass for her and breathe for her?”
There are a number of other sub-plots during this week’s episode – Snooki hooks up with a seeming guido juicehead of her dreams only to dump him quickly when it turns out he once had the audacity to have a fiancée, Deena hooks up with a hometown friend of Ron’s and declares that, “It’s not Halloween. I’m not handing out this candy for free,” but then seemingly does relent to the guy’s trick or treat entreaties, the girls visit a sex store, general goofing around at Karma and the t-shirt shop – but really all else falls under the increasingly dark and twisted drama going on within the House of Ron/Sam.
Something that drives me batty in real life yet fascinates me is when people contradict themselves fully and totally yet seem to have no realization of this. Case in point: when Ron precipitates a new round of breaking up with Sammi – albeit the 50th or so – but then seemingly turns it around to believe that Sammi is breaking up with him. Let’s face it: there are dozens, nay, hundreds of reasons why either should break up with the other, but it’s sort of revealing about Ron and human nature perhaps that he seems genuinely surprised when Sam takes his blatherings about breaking up seriously. Or perhaps he’s just a guy that while having enormous muscles doesn’t have the self-confidence that his words are taken to heart. Or perhaps I’m reading into this aspect of Jersey Shore way too much.
In any event, the perfect moment to capture the mood of the episode comes when Sam and Ron are in the midst of fighting (like always) while the boys are downstairs waiting to head out. The squabbling is super audible downstairs with accusations and shouts of “you want to just break up?” and “you selfish bitch,” etc. Here’s what follows:
From a pacing and reality show editing standpoint, I’d think that the Jersey Shore production crew must be aware that the Sam/Ron drama can only go on so long and we’re starting to feel a little like Vinnie and Sitch. As previews have been teasing all season, I think we’re looking at a conclusion to this fairly soon, and a departure of a cast member from the show (which would be only the second, figuring Angelina’s multiple exits as the first).
More thoughts on this week’s installment of Jersey Shore:
Video: Jersey Shore, “Should We Just Break Up?”
Check out this deleted scene from the episode, from MTV:
