Mike 'The Situation' Sorrentino

On the current season of Jersey Shore (Jersey Shore Family Vacation Part 2: The Legend of Curly's Gold, or whatever they're calling it) Most of the drama has revolved around the ongoing conflict between Ronnie and his baby mama.

But there's another story that has just as much potential for tragedy that's being mostly glossed over, presumably because it's just too depressing for the reality sitcom vibe of Shore's second iteration.

So... how did Jersey Shore follow up THAT episode?

How did Jersey Shore match the intensity and drama of Jen Harley spitting on her baby daddy and having to be restrained by security a week ago?

If you're a fan of Jersey Shore, you had likely read all about it by this point.

But still.

For the cast members on Jersey Shore: Family Vacation, what happens in Vegas does not stay in Vegas.

It gets broadcast to millions of viewers each week!

Remember back in the old days of Jersey Shore, before any of the cast members had kids and they were just out there, living their messiest lives?

Those were wild times, right?

Well, he might be living up to his nickname more than ever these days, because Mike Sorrentino is stuck in a seriously complex situation.

If you watched Jersey Shore Family Vacation this season, you know that Mike proposed to Lauren Pesce, she said yes, and plans are already in place to populate the tri-state area with dozens of mini-Sitches.

On the season finale of Jersey Shore: Family Vacation, Mike told Ronnie that he thought his friend should go to rehab.

And Ronnie replied no, no, no.

The first season of Jersey Shore Family Vacation (or the seventh season of Jersey Shore, depending on your perspective) has excelled at taking a single event and stretching it out into an entire episode's worth of genuinely entertaining content.

While creative editing certainly plays a role, the cast deserves most of the credit for filling the downtime with lol-worthy capering and quotables.

The problem with reality television in the age of social media is that real-time spoilers are pretty much unavoidable.

For example, we've known for months that Mike "The Situation" Sorrentino is engaged to Lauren Pesce, so any suspense on last night's Jersey Shore Family Vacation regarding whether or not JWoww will ruin his proposal because Mike threatened to throw a pie in her face (?!?!?) didn't really have us chewing our cuticles with anticipation.

Angelina Pivarnick's brief stint on Jersey Shore Family Vacation was probably a ratings stunt coordinated by the show's producers, and not -- as it was framed -- a brainchild of prank war champion Pauly D.

The Rob Kardashian of Staten Island injected some much-needed drama into the proceedings, but last night, she was told to pack her garbage bags and head back north.