When MTV decided to give the world not one but two brand new episodes of "Jersey Shore" this week (one on Monday to celebrate the premiere of "Skins" and one at its normal time), it raised an age-old question: Is there such a concept as too much of a good thing? After watching Monday night's (January 17) fiasco involving Snooki losing the beach and getting arrested and Thursday night's (January 20) journey into the mind of Jenni "JWoww" Farley, the definitive answer is "Absolutely not."
Since the show began, JWoww's relationship with the mysterious Tom (who has made a few appearances but never really made an impression) has been one of the stories sitting on the fringes of the show's narrative (and somehow must have been even more boring than the Ronnie and Sammi's constant lying around). Considering the amount of partying (and potential infidelity) that goes on over the course of the show, you would think that JWoww's relationship with her left-behind boyfriend would have dissolved hundreds of times over by now (a classic reality show trope founded by "The Real World" some two decades ago). Apparently, she has been able to make it work for a while.
But it certainly came to a head last night. After she forgot their anniversary and spent some time in the smash room with her ex (where she claims that nothing happened), we witnessed what was probably the most dramatic moment in the show's history when Snooki accompanied JWoww back to her house to retrieve the dogs that Tom abandoned after the break-up only to find that he had absconded with her bed, her watch and her hard drive. Though it sometimes seems like the people on the show are little more than caricatures of actual people, JWoww's reaction was nakedly human, full of sadness, rage and regret.
There were other things happening in the house, like Deena's hookup with a Ronnie clone and Snooki's general state of malaise over her arrest (which even inspired the short-lived idea that she would give up drinking), but this episode was all about JWoww. She has rarely been given her own story line, but now that her personal life has fallen to pieces, perhaps she'll be entering phase two. There's no "By the Numbers" graphic this week (the drama was too intriguing, though the word "Roger" was probably uttered two dozen times thanks to the Situation's constant chorus of "Roger that!"), but certainly the quote of the episode belongs to Snooki (perhaps our greatest modern philosopher). After revealing last week that she has no problem pooping in a bush, she expounded upon her relationship with her own digestive system. "Every time I get really excited, like if we go to a club, I have to s--- my pants. If we go to a party, I have to s--- my pants. If I go on a date with a hot guy, I have to s--- my pants. Like, I get really excited." (Kudos to the editors, who then cut right to a scene of Snooki saying, "I just had a baby in the toilet.")
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