07x10 - Sam and Ron

[bunniefuu]

- ♪ MTV ♪

- Um, hello?

- Angelina's behavior over the past couple of months

has been worrisome.

- Yeah.

- I know Angelina does not like me.

- The beef between Angelina and Sammi is not done.

- Yo, it's a big day today, boys.

- Ron and Sam reunion day.

- We're about to pick up Ron.

- Lucky you.

This is totally uncomfortable.

Going on a vacation with your ex is not ideal.

- See ya, girls. - Bye.

- Have fun.

- Awkward! - Ay-yi-yi.

[upbeat music]

♪ ♪

- ♪ I wonder if you still remember me ♪

♪ So long ago, sometimes it feels like a dream ♪

[indistinct radio chatter]

[phone chimes]

- It feels good to be back.

You know where the thing is?

- All right, Ron.

Tell me how long you've waited for this.

- Wow, it's been like almost / years, probably.

All right, let's do this.

The last two years being away

was definitely a double-edged sword.

You know, I was able to focus on myself.

I'm doing therapy, parenting classes, AA meetings.

Honestly, just a lot of self-care.

But at the same time, it was hard

being away from my family.

So now I'm ready to show my roommates

that I am becoming a better person.

That's what I feel like this trip is, you know?

- [snickering] That's it.

I know that I'm gonna have to see Sam.

We haven't seen each other in seven years, you know?

- Let me show you how it's done.

- You're not like most girls that I meet.

I don't know what it is about you, but it just feels right.

Just like, it clicks. I'm madly in love with you.

There was no closure for us, so it's kind of weird.

I just don't want it to be awkward, honestly.

♪ ♪

- ♪ Meet me out back ♪

♪ Of this bar playing mine and yours roulette ♪

♪ But I got a lot that'll make you want a cigarette ♪

- [sighs]

- My head hurts.

- I'm f*cking dying.

- I'm not OK.

- Sam, are you good?

- I'm in a bad mood today.

- Oh, my God.

It's just stupid.

I'm just, like, a ball of emotions.

I'm not looking forward to spending time with this person

that hasn't been a part of my life for, like, ever now.

I just want to kind of figure it out

so everybody can have fun, coexist,

and get along together.

- Meatballs? - Hello?

- Let's go make a song. - Ugh, God.

Ron's coming today.

I definitely don't want to sit in the house

and, like, wait for him and then Sam, like,

has anxiety about it or whatever.

So I'm gonna bring the girls to this Nashville studio,

and we're gonna write a country song, mamas.

f*ck me.

- That's what you were saying on the mic last night.

- I know.

And plus the fact that I'm basically

an artist here in Nashville.

- And Deena is a great singer.

- Oh!

- [laughs]

- Let's go, h*s. - I'm not well.

This is a nice activity for us girls.

Come on, let's go.

Plus, Deena has to go home today.

So I just wanted to have, like, a nice girls' day.

- I'm in pain, like, legit pain.

- ♪ Pressed like I'm dressed for the tube ♪

♪ Mama, I done made it ♪

- Well, we are here.

You see him? - Oh, sure. He looks the same.

- Yo, I see him.

[horn honking]

- Look at those teeth.

- I seen them teeth from a mile away.

What's up, man? - What's up, my dude?

- Let's go!

- What's up, my guys? What's up, guys?

- What's up, man? - How are you?

- Yo, you ready? - Yeah.

- Let's go. - Are you sure you're ready?

- Let's do this, bro, yeah.

- RSVP in the building.

- Like he never left.

How's the little one?

I watch her sometimes on your story.

- She's getting so big.

[overlapping speech]

- How old is she?

- She's gonna be six in April. - Oh, my God.

- Oh, wow. - That happened so fast.

You know? - Yeah, basically, yeah.

She's got a cell phone, everything, right?

- Yeah, oh, yeah. - Yeah, of course, yeah.

- Oh, yeah, she FaceTimes me every five seconds.

- Today was the first day that Romeo, my son,

told me "I love you"

over FaceTime. - Yeah?

- I love you! - [gasps]

- How old is-- how old is the one--

- Oh, eight months.

- And now how many months

is Lauren now? - Four or five months.

- And when's the next one after that?

[laughter]

- Yo, we popping them out.

- I definitely missed Ron's laugh.

- [laughing]

- Sometimes the joke isn't even funny,

but him laughing is funny.

- I was thinking you got a new kid.

[laughs]

- [chortling]

[laughs]

Yeah, so all I know for the plan is,

the guys, we're doing a lunch,

and the girls are doing an activity.

- All I know is that Vinny just farted.

- I did not. - Did you?

- No. - Oh, damn.

[twangy music]

- Get ready to sing.

- I'm just giving everyone a heads-up,

I'm not singing, so...

- Ugh. - I'm not OK.

- Where are the Meatballs?

- Are they sleeping back there?

- Ay-yi.

- Are you OK?

- Just my body wasn't moving.

- Oh, God, I feel like an old lady.

- We have an appointment to make a song.

- Welcome to Nashvox.

I hear we're gonna write a song today.

- Yes. - I'm gonna introduce you guys

to some professional songwriters.

They work right here in Nashville.

- Hello. Welcome. - Hello.

- Hello, gentlemen. - Are you gonna serenade us?

- This is Justin Love and Frankie G.

- Oh. - Hello.

- How are y'all?

- Don't feel great today.

- Yeah, we're not well today.

- I heard y'all had quite a good time last night.

- They're very country.

They're very, like, ooh, boot-scootin', boogeying.

- You got a hard accent.

- Thank you. I say "dadgum" a lot.

- It's a very warm and welcoming experience.

But also, like, I'm still scared shitless to do this.

- I wish I wasn't so hungover for this.

[upbeat music]

- Yo, we about to eat, fellas.

- I'm starving. - Yeah.

- Oh, it's raining out here.

Good thing my hair is waterproof.

- All right, let's get it.

Let's see what we got here, boys.

They do say when you're in Nashville

to get the biscuits and gravy.

- There's a lot of biscuit places.

- I don't understand what that is.

What gravy do they put on-- - I don't know.

I don't know. I don't know.

Listen, apparently, there are

different types of gravies throughout the country.

What is the difference between your gravy

and the gravy that we would get out in Jersey?

- Well, what is your gravy based on?

- Sometimes in the East Coast,

they will say that gravy or sauce, OK?

There is the debate.

Is your gravy brown or your--

is the gravy red?

- His bootyhole is brown.

- Sauce--sauce is red.

Gravy is brown.

- Yes. - Well, our gravy is white.

- Oh, damn, the gravy is white. - Ah.

- But in the South, that gravy is white,

and it comes with biscuits.

I'm excited for that gravy, kid.

Now, listen, I just want to point out, that hair

is looking... - Yeah, looking crisp.

- Crispy, kid. - Oh, yeah.

- And we all know when that hair is looking crispy--

we all know life is good, kid.

- Yeah, your hair was like a mood ring.

- Yeah. - You all right?

- Mm-hmm.

- Nope. Look at his hair.

- You look depressed.

- You know what? I am.

- I remember in Miami, that hair was looking crazy.

You looked like a peacock in Miami.

[laughter]

- d*ck.

- Well, I don't know about you, but I'm excited, man.

- I'm excited, bro, I am. - I'm a fan.

I want to see what happens.

- You know, I want to continue to rebuild my relationship

with everybody and make more memories, that's it.

- Yeah, how you came into Orlando, man,

I got to give it to you, that was some manned up sh*t bro.

- Thank you, bro.

Yeah, no, I wanted to say my piece, you know?

Like, the last year, I lost a lot of what I loved.

I feel like I lost you guys.

I lost people that I love,

which just something that I really am sorry for.

- And then you kept your word. - Yeah.

- This man put the work in.

Yo, he been doing the right thing.

- I want to show my roommates that I walk the walk, you know,

and that I'm gonna follow through with--

you know, with a lot of what I said.

And if--you know, and I'm gonna continue to do that.

And it's not just a phase.

- I mean, you definitely missed a lot.

And guess who Sam's fighting with?

- Angelina.

- Yeah. - Yeah.

- So they had a big beef in Seaside, those two,

and I don't think they've squashed it yet.

- No. - No.

- So that sh*t could pop off at any moment.

- Yeah, things haven't changed at all.

Ange is still causing drama. - Yeah.

- We found her real father.

- I heard that, yeah. - And...

- Within a couple weeks-- - Within a couple weeks,

she was fighting with him.

- Going through all that, we were legit worried for her.

- She's-- - She's been through a lot.

- Yeah, yeah. I just feel like

she's going through so much,

she doesn't know what to deal with first.

- Yes.

- In my head, I'm just like, all right,

maybe I could possibly help Ange with this.

It's like, at home, it's crazy. - Yes.

- When you come here, it's crazy.

- Yes. - You know, I was the same way.

I literally see, she's going down

the same path of destruction that I went down, you know?

- I mean, you'll see where everything's coming from.

- That's when the chaos just gets so crazy that...

[snaps fingers] You know, within a second,

your whole life changes.

I don't want that for her.

- But she came down to Nashville,

and she's been on her best behavior.

- Well, it's day by day, so--

- Yes, that's exactly where we're at.

- OK, without further ado,

I guess we're gonna get right into songwriting

and jump right in. - Yeah.

- Holy sh*t. - So...

- We have to figure out what we're gonna write about, right?

- I love songs that tells, like, a story.

- How did y'all's night go last night?

- Oh, God.

Well, we definitely blacked out.

- We ended up at The Wild Beaver.

- Oh, that's a line in the song.

- We did karaoke. - We did karaoke.

- I rode a bull. - Karaoke and bulls.

- Yeah, bull riding. - I did three shots in a row

before I went on stage because I was nervous.

- I try to take in all the information

and then kind of curate what's going on.

- I love that.

- Like, include, like, Jersey vibes.

So it's like, the Snooki poof or like--

- GTL. Oh, maybe add some leopard.

- Yeah, leopard. - Because we wear leopard.

- Yeah, yeah.

- Can you add Meatballs into it as well?

- Oh, yeah. - These are our Meatballs.

- We're Meatballs. - We are very saucy.

- Oh, I love that.

♪ Out here getting saucy ♪

♪ Meatball kind of naughty ♪

- Ooh, I love that, yes. [laughter]

- Me likey.

- All right, that's gonna go there.

♪ Out here, girl, I'm trippin' ♪

♪ h*nky-tonk, tequila sippin' ♪

♪ Bull riding, nosediving into ♪

♪ Another karaoke all-night at an old saloon ♪

- Yeah, I like that.

Looking at all the girls, I feel like the plan

to distract Sam is working out.

- So cute. I love it.

- ♪ Yeah, turned into a hangxiety ♪

♪ All day long, Snooki ♪

[together] Ohh!

- Perfect. Perfect. - Oh, I love it.

- That was f*cking great. - Yeah, that was.

- Our song is actually coming together.

- [laughs]

- Yo, where my biscuits and white gravy at?

Bring out the white gravy.

- Biscuits and gravy.

- Yo, I'm excited for this white gravy, kid.

- That's what she said.

[laughter]

- Thanks, y'all. Enjoy.

- All right, here's the moment of truth, boys.

- Wow, it looks like oatmeal.

- Yep, this is how we do it.

All right, so bring Sam out.

- [laughs]

- So when's the official last time

you were in the same room as her?

- A long time ago.

, probably.

- So eight years.

- A long time.

- This is big.

- A little nervous, obviously, to see Sam.

We were together for a long time.

Such a long history.

I want more. Yeah, but I want more.

There's no other girls that compare to you.

Do you know that, like, I'm madly in love with you?

- You should come talk to me. - I'm good.

- This is the breaking point to our relationship.

I can't do this anymore.

I need to go home.

- The last time we talked, it was just kind of like,

we're done, and that was just it.

I think that we both have grown.

I know I've grown, and I've matured.

And, you know, I'm hoping me and Sam

could have a conversation.

But, you know, we'll see.

Bro, it's gonna be crazy.

- Yep.

- It's gonna be real crazy.

- Yeah.

- Ready to give it a try? - Unfortunately.

- ♪ Shore trippin' ♪ - I want to go home.

- I think I'm breaking out in hives.

Oh, boy, we're f*cked.

all: ♪ Forget about all our exes ♪

- Well.

- He's gonna walk up the stairs right...now.

- You talk a lot.

- Sam is being a full-out f*cking c**t.

- Yo, what up? We here.

[twangy music]

- Ronnie's here!

- I feel like no time has left with this guy.

- Oh, cute. - Thank you.

- I love tapas.

- Anyway, I'm gonna address the elephant in the room.

- Oh, God, here we go.

- Hey, Mike.

Just kidding.

[laughter]

- Why does he gotta besmirch your name like that?

- It's fine.

- So, yo, Ron, what's your state of mind

about seeing Sam?

- I don't know. I feel like

I'm more focused on seeing you guys.

- Yeah, so you're aiming more for the, obviously, coexist?

- Of course. Yeah, absolutely, yeah, yeah.

- And I coexist with girls I banged in this house, too.

- Right, we all did.

- Yeah, yeah. - We all have at this point.

- We all have. - Yeah, you all have.

So you guys should be giving me tips, actually.

[laughs]

- Yeah.

- This is great hangover food. - It is.

- I'm sure the boys are back already.

- They definitely got Ron by now.

- For sure.

- We're proud of you, Sam.

- I'm good.

It's just annoying.

- Of course. - Yeah.

- Being on vacation with your ex is not ideal.

We can coexist.

That's where it ends.

Sam and Ron is from the past.

- [sighs]

Let's turn the conversation.

- Um...

Would you let somebody piss on you in the shower

if you were broke? - Who?

- Damn. - Oh, my God.

- Listen, someone's got to ease the tension.

Guys are like, I'll pay you five grand

for your feet pictures. I'm like,

what the f*ck? - Oh, my--

- For a foot? - Five grand. I'm like--

- You would make so much money.

- Nicole, how much would you charge?

- I want to play a game. I want to play a game.

- For my foot?

- Remember, we used to play this

all the time when we were broke?

- Oh, yeah. - Name your price.

Back in the day, Nicole and I on the boardwalk

back in used to do "how much?"

All right, let's do back in the day.

- All right, go, go, go.

- Feet pic?

Long Island iced tea.

- Oh, yeah. - I'd want a hundred bucks.

- I'd do it for $.

- I'd do $.

Oh, back in the day, I would do a lot for a little.

So would everybody else.

- Now t*ts. - Broke us?

- For my t*ts?

- You're not married, no kids.

- They would have to pay my rent for that month.

- I say three grand. - For your t*ts?

- Yeah, that's a lot of money for somebody that...

- Yeah, we had no money back then.

- Doesn't have a job. - Yeah.

Oh, I would have done a lot of--

I did do a lot of things back in the day.

Like, let's be honest.

- Now, how about to f*ck?

- Oh, damn. - Oh, sh*t.

- It depends on what he looks like.

All right, who are we talking about?

- Donald Trump. - Oh...

- Oh, sick. - Oh...

- He's disgusting.

- Probably--probably free.

- Ew. - Free?

- I'd do it for free. - Ew.

What, bang him? - You'd do it for free?

- Yeah.

- Nope, just k*ll me.

Frickin' nasty.

- I'm picturing you doing that now.

- I know.

- Ew. - Ew.

- She's doing it for America, people.

- How do you guys feel?

- I feel like it's gonna be mad awkward.

That's what I feel. - As friends,

do you want our recommendation

for the moment when you see Sam?

- I feel like if you think about it before, it's awkward.

I don't really have a plan

going into the house for seeing Sam.

I feel like I'm just gonna be myself and let it be organic.

I could dap her up.

- Maybe--maybe-- - I could salute her.

- Maybe you do a handshake.

She does a dap.

And then you grab her fist.

- Nah, I'm good.

[laughter]

- I think we're gonna take y'all into the studio.

- And you are gonna sing.

- Yeah, she has to catch a flight.

- OK. - I can't do this.

No, I'm not ready to sing this song.

I hate singing. But honestly,

this is the best distraction that I can ever ask for.

- Can I have a quick mic check?

- Check mic, b*tch!

[laughter]

- OK, ready to give it a try?

- Yep. - Unfortunately.

- We'll sing it over here with you guys as well.

- OK. - We'll get it.

- Oh, God.

- ♪ [indistinct] Daisy Dukes ♪

♪ The high heels for some cowboy boots ♪

- Oh, boy, we're f*cked.

all: ♪ Forget about all our exes ♪

- Well. all: ♪ Shut the phone off ♪

♪ Leave a message ♪

- Why do I have an accent?

- We're country girls now.

- We sound f*cking awful.

- We'll try that one more time from the top.

- Oh, f*ck. - I think we got it.

- ♪ Ooh, ooh ♪

We're going on a tour after this thing.

- Whoo! - Thank you, Nashville.

- Thank you, Nashville!

[all cheering] We did it!

- We're done. - Yeah!

- Group hug! - Group hug!

- Good job, guys.

- We did it, Spice Girls.

- [squeals] - You just banged heads.

- That was a terrible hug.

- We did a good job, I think.

all: ♪ Jersey Shore trippin' ♪

♪ h*nky-tonk, tequila sippin' ♪

- Thank you.

It's all positive vibes.

Plus, I think it's keeping Sam's mind off Ron.

- ♪ Jersey Shore trippin' ♪

- It was a great day.

It sucks that it's all gonna go pfft real quick.

- I don't think there's any chilling out.

[upbeat music]

- All right, boys, we ready? - Ready.

- You good, fam? - Yeah.

- Let's go see Sam.

- $ for a flower. What's up, y'all?

- Oh, what up, man? What up, man?

- Oh, right here, right here.

We need that.

I got an idea.

- No, you're not.

- Let me get the red.

Here you go.

[laughter]

- Can you imagine?

- Oh, God, bro. - Oh, my God.

- ♪ Today is the day ♪

♪ I've been waiting for ♪

- We had so much fun performing a country song.

- All right, let's take it up.

- And they gave us a gold record.

- Frankie G. and I would like to present you

with a gold record of the song you wrote.

- That's amazing. - We're famous.

- I'm gonna get going.

I'd love to stay for the entire vacation...

Tell the boys I love them.

But CJ has a specialist doctor's appointment.

He's growing but not to where he should be.

And it's, like, better to catch it early.

What a fun to--

- What? - What a fun time.

- Are you OK?

- Yeah. - Good night, Deena.

- Bye, Nashville.

Love you. Have so much fun tonight.

Just like that, it's done.

- Do you guys want a charcuterie board?

- No, man, I'm, like, full.

- I'm full.

- I'm gonna make it anyway 'cause I'm nervous.

Ron's not here. The boys aren't here.

These are nice little boards.

They're gonna walk in any minute.

I just don't know, like, if there's gonna be tension,

or it's gonna be awkward, and I want Sam to feel OK.

Should I put a pizza in the oven?

So of course, I have to make a charcuterie board.

This looks like a p*nis.

- You're nervous cutting meats over there?

- This is what I do when I get upset.

- You really don't like me, I guess, like--

- No. - I'm so over this.

- You don't want to be my friend? Great.

You're, like, so dramatic where it goes to like--

- No, because my sorry's not f*cking good enough.

- Why can't I be f*cking real? Like--

- Because you're dragging me through it.

- Let me make some pizza.

It's too much today.

I'll put the pizza in the oven.

Well, it's not preheated yet, but f*ck it.

- Like, why are we making sh*t?

- I think--well, she just makes sh*t

when she gets nervous. - Oh.

- He's gonna walk up the stairs right...now.

- You talk a lot.

- I do talk a lot. I love it.

Listen, I understand Ron's coming, and it's hard for you,

but Sam is being a full-out f*cking c**t.

- Whew. - OK?

And I don't give a f*ck. Air it, because I don't care.

- Yeah, I'm just...blah.

Angelina needs to learn to keep some things to herself.

Obviously, this is a lot for me.

I honestly never thought I would be back,

yet alone be on vacation with my ex.

So of course I'm gonna be on edge.

- I can't imagine being you. I'm just gonna be honest.

- I can't believe I even agreed to do this.

Listen, it was hard for me to come back in the first place.

So I'm hoping they can see where I'm coming from.

I just don't feel like playing like we're all friends.

I don't want to be here kumbaya-ing.

- I know.

- ♪ Kumbaya, my Lord ♪

- Being back here again,

it's definitely harder than I thought.

I love the roommates, but it's a roller coaster.

And sometimes it does take its toll on me.

- Listen, you are way stronger of a person

than I ever could be.

- It is what it is.

I would like to just get seeing Ron over with already.

I'd rather move on from it and, like, just have fun.

I'm really good, though. [phone chimes]

Don't worry about me. - Pauly just said,

"We're on our way back from lunch."

Ugh,marone. - OK.

- Just breathe.

[tense music]

♪ ♪

- All right, boys, we're here.

- All right, let's make it awkward.

- All right, you guys are great for that.

- It's game time, boys.

Let's go.

[horn beeps] - [gasps]

- Oh, let's do this.

- The boy is here.

- Listen, I'm here to rebuild

my relationships with my roommates.

Me and Sam, we don't have to be friends.

But our history is so long,

there's gonna be that instant feeling of something,

whether it's bad or good. Like, I don't know.

I'm just gonna see what happens.

- But just remember how strong you are.

- I just don't want you to leave.

- All right, Ron, go in first.

- Hello?

- Yo, what up? We here.

♪ ♪

- I am honestly feeling nervous right now

because I feel like it's gonna be a weird moment.

So my nerves are going a little bit.

- Ronnie's here!

- I'm gonna get drunk.

- I mean, I don't know what's gonna happen.

- What's up? - Hey, Ron.

- Hi, Sam.

- ♪ I get it, I get it ♪

♪ It's my time, I shine, I'm winning ♪

- All right, boys, we're here.

- All right, let's make it awkward.

- Let's go.

- ♪ I be winning, I'm bringing that money back ♪

- Yo, what up? We here.

- Hey, guys.

- What up?

- Ronnie's here!

- Hi, guys. - What's up, guys?

- Ronnie's here!

- Nine years in the making.

- This is my friend, Ron.

- The moment is finally here.

- Hey, Ron.

- How are you?

- Good. How are you? - I love you.

- What's up? How are you?

- Oh, no.

I don't like awkward moments.

He should've did the group hello,

because now he made it awkward.

- Deena just had to leave.

- Hey, Jenni. How are you?

You doing good? - Good.

- Hey, how are you?

- Ron is literally hugging everybody,

and then he sees Sam.

- Hey, how are you?

Hey, how are you? Hey, how are you?

- Oh, my God. Like, I want to die.

It's so cringe. I'm so embarrassed.

- He came all the way

from Florida. - Thank you.

- Everybody's on edge. I can feel it.

I'm being quiet as hell.

Like, it's just-- I don't know where to look.

In my head, I'm just like, get me out of here.

- Ron's here.

- How are you guys?

- Good. - How are you?

- How was your night last night?

- Fun. - We went to The Wild Beaver.

- Ron's here.

Instead of "cabs are here," Ron's here.

- Didn't notice.

The room feels awkward as f*ck right now.

So awkward!

- Ronnie's here. Ronnie's here!

Ronnie's here!

- It's just so weird.

[gagging]

- Ron's here.

- How was your flight? Good?

- It was quick, yeah. It was good.

- Yeah, it was quick.

- This is, like, the most monumental awkward moment

of "Jersey Shore" history.

- Well, this is f*cking awkward.

- Awkward!

- I need to address the elephant in the room.

- What?

- What's up, Mike?

- f*ck' so corny.

So stupid.

So dumb.

- Vinny is living for the awkwardness right now.

- Read the room, dickhead.

- Speaking of dickhead, yo, Ron.

[laughter]

How does it feel to be back?

- Ron's here.

- I think Vinny joking about the awkwardness

definitely eases the tension.

Not seeing someone for a long time

and, you know, that instant, you know, reaction

is gonna be awkward, and I get it.

- [coughing] - He cracks himself--is he OK?

- Look at him. He's malfunctioning.

- Yo, yo. - Oh, sh*t.

- Get this-- - Are you OK?

- Holy sh*t. - Yo, get a water, man.

[laughter] Yo.

- Are you all right?

- I think the pizza's burning.

- Oh, sh*t!

The pizza!

Do we have mitts?

[both scream]

Oh, sh*t. m*therf*cker.

There's so much going on right now.

Oh, it's not terrible. - It's not that bad.

- Not bad, not bad.

I totally forgot about the f*cking pizza in the oven.

- [sighs] - Well, this has been fun.

I'll figure out a plan for all of us for dinner,

but everybody should go get ready now.

- All right, pineapple. - Let's go.

- This reminds me of, like, a bad divorced couple

that has to, like, spend, like, a holiday together for the kids

and they f*cking, like, hate each other.

- That worked out.

- [laughs]

- Did you feel like that went OK?

- Yeah. I wasn't expecting anything.

- Couldn't have went better.

[laughter]

- Yeah, I feel...nothing.

- Good. - Like...

Like, he doesn't affect-- it's not like, oh, my God.

- That's all we care about, is you're comfortable.

- Like, you guys are working on friendships.

Like, I have no need to work on a friendship.

- Understandable. - Yep.

I could tell she's stressing out about it a little bit.

So I just want Sam to know that I'm here for you.

Like, girl, we only have, like, one day left.

We need to make sure she has a good time.

Like, girl, let's have a drink.

All right, well, I think we should go and get ready.

- Yeah, they're getting ready. We should too.

- Let's go and get ready.

- It is very awkward in this room right now.

But I'm very happy Ron's here

despite all this awkward tension.

Sam telling me I talk too much

is not just gonna go out of my memory.

It just happened.

Like, what the f*ck was that?

Like, what? Get the f*ck out of here.

- You were ballsy, though, with the individual hugs.

I thought you were gonna do the group wave.

- Super ballsy.

- Yeah, we thought you were gonna do the safe route

and be like, what's up, guys?

- I'm Ronnie. - What's up?

- Then it was like,

"Oh, my God, it's so good to see you."

- I haven't seen you in so long.

- Oh, Nicole, yeah, Nicole, yeah.

- Oh, my God! It's so good to see you.

- [laughs]

- Whoo!

- Hey, how are you?

[laughter]

- I'll be honest with you. I saw Sam's face,

and she was like--

- Good. - Hey, how are you?

- I couldn't look. It was too painful.

- That was awkward.

- [laughs] - I thought it worked out well.

- It could've been worse. I mean, I don't know.

- It could've been worse. - It could've been really bad.

- At least that's over with now.

Doesn't it feel good, I guess?

- I could feel the awkwardness in the room.

- It could have been worse. - It could have been.

The night's still young.

[laughs] - Yeah, yeah, we got time.

We got time.

[upbeat rock music]

♪ ♪

- Oh, look at Ronnie. Look at Ronnie.

- Look at his little T. He looks so cute.

- On this episode of "Awkward Encounters"--

[laughter]

- Ma'am. - Ma'am.

Well, that was awkward.

- f*cking awkward.

- I'm kind of concerned. That energy.

- I know.

- She won't even look at him. - I know.

- Listen, I know that Sam

is saying she's completely over it, but I don't know.

She's not saying a word, no eye contact.

I don't know what to do.

You don't act like this unless you have feelings,

whether good, bad, or indifferent.

Tonight might be really awkward.

- All right, what am I gonna do here?

Oh, this could be cool.

The ideal scenario to make things not so awkward

at dinner tonight I think would be to have

a little bit of a distraction.

I think I may have just found an idea.

- And then Angelina. - She stirs.

- He's gonna walk up the stairs right...now.

- You talk a lot.

- I do talk a lot. I love it.

- She hates her. - Like, hates her.

- She hates her.

I feel like Sam is already on edge right now.

Like, Ron's here.

And now Angelina just trying to, like,

pile more sh*t onto Sam.

I mean, it's not great.

So I don't know how tonight's gonna go,

but I think it's gonna be awkward.

♪ ♪

- Ronnie's here. Ronnie's here! - Yo.

- You're on the wrong "get ready" couch.

- Did you think about-- I know you said

you were working on something for dinner.

- I got something good planned for everybody.

- Yeah? - Authentic "eye-talian"?

- Something better.

- Well, your guys' mood is fun.

- As opposed to?

- Our mood.

I can't look at you right now, Ron.

I really can't.

Your teeth are blinding.

- Are they still?

- They are still. [laughter]

- What did you think about Ronnie's entrance?

- Well, I was gonna ask, what did you think about it?

- I don't know.

I'm getting some feedback from the guys.

- Everybody got a hug but her,

so now all of a sudden, it's a thing.

- Everything is a thing now. - But did she want a hug? No.

Did he want to give her a hug? No.

- I feel like it's rude

to walk into a room and not say hi to somebody.

These are my sisters, so I hug them.

And then her, I just kind of did what came naturally.

Hey, how are you?

Hey, how are you? Hey, how are you?

Of course, I was, you know, a little nervous, obviously.

But I really do hope that, you know,

the more we see each other, it just gets easier and easier.

- I would have hugged everybody,

and then I'd be like, "Do I know you?"

- Oh, wow.

- "You look familiar," like as a joke.

- Oh, my God. - Oh, wow.

- Are you gonna have a drink tonight?

- I'll have one.

I feel like sh*t.

I don't feel good, but I will.

- Same.

I definitely feel bad for Sam.

Like, I can't imagine seeing my ex

and having to, like, go on vacations with him

and, like, hang out with him. Like, I would hate that.

- Yeah.

- Thank Christ.

- They were on the wrong "get ready" couch.

- We here. - Oh, sh*t.

So we were both waiting for each other.

- Yes.

What else? - Oh, my God.

- You look nice.

Hi, sir. - How are you?

- Are we ready? What are we waiting for?

- Where's Angeliners?

- Angelina, please.

- Come on, Ange!

- We're leaving!

- I can't take her bullshit.

- OK, I'm ready. Let's go.

- Nashville is supposed to be fun, ladies.

Fun times only.

[upbeat music]

♪ ♪

- ♪ I just want to know, who that? ♪

- Yo, she ain't concerned with you no more, fam.

- [laughs]

- She got Angelina to deal with right now.

I'm for real. I'm serious.

- ♪ Hey ♪

- [squawks]

- Where are we?

- Does that say chickens?

- Like real chickens?

- All right, let's get it.

- Oh, my God, they're beefing.

Thank you. - I'm gonna go out your way.

- OK. Why, you don't want to--

you don't want beef with the chickens?

Stop fighting. It's not worth it.

I don't know where the f*ck we are.

All I see is, like, two chickens fighting.

Is this foreshadowing?

Like, I have no idea what's happening.

- So we actually got a menu?

Can we, like, order?

- Yeah, I want, like, real food.

- Guys. [tapping glass]

I have something to say.

- Uh-oh. - sh*t.

- Probably for you.

- I'm getting a little emotional

seeing us all sitting here at this table right now.

And I just want to say, we didn't come this far

just to come this far,

and that I'd like to cheers to just moving forward.

-Salute.

-Salute. - Ronnie's here!

Ronnie's here! Ronnie's here!

- Come on, look at us. Look at us.

It's really good to see everyone all together again.

It really is.

You know, I really do love my roomies.

And we--we have such an amazing dynamic together.

Who would have thought?

- Not me. - Definitely not me either.

- Ronnie's here!

- Mike, this is, like, the original cast.

Like, the first-- from the first--

like, before Deena came.

- Oh, b*tch. Deena's not gonna be happy.

- Deena's gonna feel a type of way after this comment.

- Oh, hell, yeah.

Yo, Deena gonna dig in that a*s

when she sees this sh*t.

- You just triggered her, Ron.

- You got beef now, for real.

- Especially now. Let me tell her.

- [laughs] - I'm kidding.

- Oh, sh*t.

I'm like, ah--it's like,

I haven't even got to see Deena,

and I'm gonna run into Meana.

- Now you're fighting with Deena.

- Yeah, now you're officially back.

- Yep, yep. Yep. [laughter]

- It started off a little awkward and shaky at first,

but it seems like everyone's having a good time.

So I just want to keep them all distracted from the drama.

So I have an idea.

All right. - Oh, no.

- Who's ready for things to get hot?

- Oh, my God. - Sir.

- Oh--oh, hell, yeah.

- It's contest time.

- Oh, come on.

- It's about to see who can handle the heat.

[all groaning]

- Oh, sh*t.

- Oh, sh*t!

- Ooh, no, no, no. I'm not good at this.

- I'm gonna take this sh*t seriously, man.

- Oh, sh*t. - I'm nervous.

Oh, sh*t.

- [laughing]

Yo, I heard that besmudgery.

- Oh, my God.

- Yeah.

- You don't f*ck with Sam, man.

Sam will body you, son.

- ♪ Picture me rolling, picture me moving ♪

♪ Picture me on the grind ♪

- It's contest time.

It's about to see who can handle the heat.

So there's five levels of flavor, right?

The winner who can handle all the heat

gets this very own T-shirt.

- Ooh, me, me! - And a thousand bucks.

[overlapping chatter]

- A thousand dollars? - Take me to the ER.

- Who's bringing the heat?

So I'm having my roommates do this hot chicken challenge

to ease the tensions,

distract them from the drama.

- There really is a thousand bucks.

- And to prove we can all come together as a family

and just have a good time with everybody.

- Yeah, so I'm gonna sh*t fire.

- Not great. - It's gonna be like a dragon.

- I hope you brought your wipes.

- I'm gonna have dragon a*s. - Ew.

- I'm gonna probably go back to the house

and break that plumbing, too, on this house now.

- Oh, my God! - Oh, my God!

- Ron, what the f... comes out of you?

- [gags]

- Yep, right back at it.

- Oh, my God, here we are.

- All righty, y'all.

- All right.

- This right here is our Southern fried.

Essentially, it's just plain fried chicken.

- This is level one? - Yes, level one.

- Everybody take one.

- Oh, sh*t.

- The only way you can advance

is if you eat an entire tender of each heat level

that I'm going to bring out to you.

- An entire tender.

- We're scared.

- You should be, honestly. [laughs]

- Damn!

And she's an employee.

- She said this one's not spicy at all.

- It's not at all? - It's regular.

- Ooh. - That's actually good.

- I'll take the chicken tenders, please.

- Does everybody have a tender?

- Nashville is known as the land of hot chicken.

So BDS is in his element right now.

Chicken tendies?

- Ooh, mine has a curve to it.

- An eating competition?

In my head, I'm thinking to myself

how I'm going to spend my winnings.

This chicken tendie challenge is right in my wheelhouse, kid.

- Next. This is nothing.

- Yo, he didn't even eat it.

You got to eat the whole thing, man.

- I'm not eating pounds of fried chicken.

- No, yeah, he's out.

- Bro, it's not a f*cking eating challenge.

It's a f*cking hot challenge.

- Stop trying to change the rules.

- Vinny's definitely not even a part of this challenge.

The guy doesn't eat when he's supposed to,

when he's starving, let alone gonna force him to eat?

That's not gonna work.

- It makes no sense. I wouldn't even be able

to make it because I can't fit it inside of me.

- That's what she said. [laughter]

- Level one completed.

Thank you, sir. Can I have another?

- I bet the next one's about to kick us on our a*s.

- All righty, y'all, this is our next phase.

This is just gonna be buffalo.

So it's more of, like, a vinegar-based sauce.

- Round two!

- Ooh, I smell that. It's really spicy.

I'm not doing it. I'm good. I'm out.

- Come on, Nicole. - No.

Ron, I can't even do salsa.

No, I'm not eating it.

I'm not doing that to myself.

If it's a drinking competition, I definitely win.

I'm done. I'm good.

Like, I'm the champ.

Cheers. Oh.

- Round two. - It smells spicy.

No, b*tch. This is a spice contest.

I'm out.

- Fight!

- Ready?

- Is it hot? Look at Jenni go.

- Ooh, it's got a bite. It's got a bite.

- It's not, like, hot-hot-hot, right?

- I'm gonna be disqualified.

I'm full already.

I'm tapping out.

I love chicken fingers,

but I can't do it.

I don't want to get a bellyache here.

Like, I am good.

I already had the biggest challenge tonight.

Yeah, I can't.

- Mike, you might have competition.

- Me and Jenni are from the hood [indistinct].

- She's k*lling it. - Yo, I feel like

Mike and Jenni about to battle it out.

- Not bad at all.

I'm going all in.

Everyone's already bowing out.

Vinny's being a b*tch.

- [gags] - The girls?

No competition.

Ron and Pauly I am fearful of.

Ron's Puerto Rican.

Pauly's got a gallon of milk in front of him.

He's ready.

But, like, I'm more worried about Mike

because he loves his tendies.

- Yo, tendies is my specialty.

I can eat tendies.

- I can't let that m*therf*cker win.

No. I'm going all in.

I'm good. - I'm good. Let's go.

- Oh, damn. - Let's go.

- Wow.

- I think we got to FaceTime with Deena,

and we about to talk about how Ronnie brought up--

- Oh, sh*t. How this is the OG cast.

No, Ron, you're gonna have to have a sit-down with her.

- Be prepared. Sit-down after sit-down.

- I'm patting myself on the back right now

because I am genius.

My plan has worked. Dinner is a success.

- Listen, if you don't stir the pot,

the sauce is gonna burn, so...

- Where'd you hear that, in jail?

- Oh! - Oh!

- Oh, sh*t!

- Damn. - Ouch.

- I'm gonna sit over here.

I'm gonna sit right here. - Oh, my God.

[laughter]

- ♪ And I'm coming with the hellfire ♪

[rock music]

- Round three's coming.

- Oh, damn. - Round three!

- So this is gonna be the traditional

Nashville hot sauce.

We're gonna use a cayenne pepper

and then also dehydrated peppers

for all of these sauces.

- Damn, it's definitely level three.

- It usually hits you a little bit after.

- Oh, sh*t, that's hot. - Right.

- Yeah, it's got some spice to it.

- Yeah, that's hot. It hits you after.

- Ah, it just hit me. f*ck.

- Not bad at all. - I can't do this sh*t.

Like, I'll f*cking have diarrhea.

- Wow.

- I need a fan.

- Mike's turning red.

- Ooh!

- Mike wants that thousand dollars.

- Look at his, like--

- He's turning violet.

- I can't even taste flavor anymore.

All I can do is taste victory.

Yo, I'm in my element right now.

Chicken tendie challenge.

- I actually am enjoying myself.

This whole dinner and challenge is the best distraction.

I'm not worrying about anything or anyone.

I'm just having fun.

- ♪ You know I do what I want ♪

♪ I do it like this ♪

- Oh, my god, guys, wait. - Oh, sh*t.

- Yo, you can tell that's hot. - Yes!

Next level! Bring it on, baby!

- Mike definitely thinks he has this in the bag.

- May the best roomie win.

- But spice is different.

It might be someone totally unassuming.

Like, Pauly might win this challenge.

- If you can't smell it already,

this is cayenne pepper and habañero blend.

- Leveling up.

- Come on, Jenni.

I'm on team JWOWW.

Jenni is a fighter,

and she hates losing.

This b*tch better win.

- Next-level bite.

Wow. - It's hot?

- That's next-level. - Oh, sh*t.

- Is it hot? - Uh-huh.

Jenni, you good?

- Yeah, she's good. - Yeah, she's doing it.

- Oh, damn.

- It's down my throat, burning.

- Jenni, Jenni, Jenni.

- Level four is where it shifts, mm-hmm.

I am worried for level four,

but I will lose a tongue to f*cking say that I beat Mike.

- Yo, my gums are burning.

- Damn, Jenni did it.

- Oh, my God.

- Oh, sh*t.

- Damn, man.

- Bro, I don't know how you do that.

- Jenni's used to guzzling down c*ck.

- Dude. - You're suck a d*ck.

Vinny's like the little brother that says the things

that he's not supposed to say at the table.

- Where did that come from?

- Oh, my God.

- Yeah.

Oh, sh*t.

- [laughing]

- [pants]

- Yo, I heard that besmudgery.

- Oh, my God. Retreat, retreat, retreat.

- Vinny, it's not funny. - I almost--

- I don't think it's funny, so stop.

For me, it's not funny to crack jokes, Vinny.

- I won't. I won't. I won't.

Oh, my God.

- I'm serious, stop.

- You're not supposed to joke about the note

when Ron and Sam are present at the same table

for pretty much the first time.

- [chuckles] - It's not funny.

I mean, you know what?

This whole dinner has been

such a nice distraction to what's going on.

And now Vinny's really ruined it.

- I almost slipped.

- I'm serious too.

- I want my mom.

That's hot.

Oh, my God. What did he just say?

I feel like I'm starting to hallucinate right now.

That's gonna get him in trouble.

- I was making a joke about--

- You don't f*ck with Sam, man.

- He always says-- - Sam will body you, son.

- I mean, I have been cool, calm, and collected

about the whole Ron situation.

But this is something that I don't take lightly.

And now I feel like I'm gonna explode.

- He identifies as a chooch.

♪ ♪

- Who is ready for the final round?

- Yo, I got to get home. - Mike's going rogue!

- We got an emergency situation.

- I'm gonna sh*t my pants. [farts]

[all scream]

- Yeah. - Hi, guys.

- What, are you gonna talk more sh*t, Ange?

all: Oh!

- What?

Look at this. She's an as*h*le.

I don't have beef with Sam.

She's just trying to make a name for herself.

- Oh. - Oh.

- There's gonna be hell to pay. - I didn't hear that.