'Jersey Shore' recap: 'Like More Than A Friend'

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We pick up right where we left off last week with that awkward (and graphic) smooch between Pauly and Deena at the club witnessed by everybody. Deena's excited about the prospect of what could happen, such as possibly smushing with her housemate, although her thoughts on exactly where his "Italian sausage" could end up are (thankfully) beeped out.

Pauly, however, doesn't really seem to be on the same page. He's worried what will happen if he smushes with Deena and then brings other girls home later and she gets upset: "Never in my life have I met a girl who can hook up and have no feelings. They always end up having feelings somewhere."

As if on cue, it seems we're about to find out how strong Deena's feelings are when Pauly starts dancing with another girl. Deena tries to interrupt them but she's dragged away by JWoww, where she insists she isn't bothered by what she saw. In the taxi home Pauly tells Vinny he'd be grateful if he stepped in and hooked up with Deena that night. "You are a nice guy," replies Vinny. In the end, Pauly avoids smushing with Deena by going to bed and pretending to be asleep when she approaches him.

Snooki, meanwhile, is having problems with boyfriend Jionni, who is back in Jersey. He's annoyed she hasn't called him every single day. Mike, who is loitering nearby and overhears everything, decides to offer his relationship advice. Sitting next to Snooki with his hand caressing her knees, he tells her all that matters if she is happy. Privately he says that if Jionni cant make Snooki happy he's more than willing to step up to the plate.

While he's waiting, however, he finds himself a blonde companion during a night out at the club. Snooki isn't impressed by the girl's appearance and demands to know from Vinny who he would pick if she and the blonde were standing next to each other in a club. Of course he says Snooki, but she still can't understand why the boys go for "unattractive" women. His response? "It's just because we can't have you."

Snooki's objection doesn't stop Mike taking the girl to an outdoor cafe, where he tells her she is the "most awesome girl he's ever met" before treating her to a quick encounter in the Smush Room and a taxi ride home.

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On a side note, while this is happening, a drunk Deena is being walked home by Sammi. She wants to hook up with a random guy from the club and lurches towards someone who she thinks might be him on a nearby street. Unfortunately, it's actually a police officer. Sammi, however, averts disaster by muttering a warning of being done for "public intoxication" and steering Deena safely home (where she trips the minute she enters the house).

At the house, Snooki tells Mike that he can do better than the blonde girl. He agrees, which cues a conversation where Mike tells Snooki he likes her, she says they are friends, he thinks it's something more, she doesn't, he begs to differ...

Ronnie, meanwhile, has been busy making plans for his friend Hannah to visit Italy. She helped him through the break-up with Sammi and he misses her. He's also getting very drunk at the club, where he declares that he is the "pimp daddy mac of the whole place" before announcing to Vinny - and a nearby Sammi - that he smushed four girls in three days back in Jersey. Sammi is understandably pretty upset and makes a swift exit.

The next day, however, she seems to be adopting a new 'I don't care' attitude, even when Mike drops the news that Hannah is coming to visit. But, it doesn't last long...

The next night at the club she drunkenly tells Ronnie she wants to talk. He points out she only wants to talk when they're both drunk, never when they are sober, so he walks away.

The other guys, meanwhile, are discovering that some of the girls at Italian clubs are very young, prompting a series of quips about how young is too young? Examples include: if she has a basket on her bicycle, if she has parental controls on her TV, if she only owns Snow White on DVD, if she plays laser tag.

Back at the house, it's time for more Sammi/Ronnie drama. She tells us she still has feelings for him so why shouldn't she act on them? She approaches him while they are cooking and whispers that she misses him and wants to cuddle in bed with him. Ronnie "kind of has feelings for her too" but when he thinks back to Jersey he doesn't want to go there again, so they end up in bed alone.

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Other highlights...

• The return of the Sunday dinner! A trip to the grocery store for Sunday dinner essentials, which includes pineapple for Deena, is harder than it seems. "Everything is in another language!" laments Deena.
• Bye-bye T-shirt shop! This season will see the gang working at a pizzeria. A reluctant Snooki is called up as a volunteer, although she says: "I don't speak Italian so how am I supposed to know how to cook a pizza?" Her first effort is surprisingly good, prompting a relieved Ronnie to say: "If Snooki can do it, we can all do it!"
• The "Love-cuzzi" gets its first outing Ronnie joins Vinny in the jacuzzi - which has flashing coloured lights on its bottom! - but they soon discover it's more suitable for couples than male friends because of the romantic lighting, marble statues and gravitational pull of the water meaning they end up on top of each other.
• Pauly buys Deena a bracelet After Mike gets into bed with Deena, she tells Pauly (although nothing happened), but is then upset when he tells the whole group that Mike was trying to cuddle her. Mike denies it and informs Deena that no offence, but he wouldn't want to do that. In the end, Pauly buys Deena a bracelet to apologise.

Jersey Shore airs Mondays at 10pm on MTV

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