Mike 'The Situation' Sorrentino got ready to finally tie the knot with his Jersey Shore family by his side on Thursday's two-hour episode of Jersey Shore Family Vacation.
But the joyous occasion threatened to be derailed several times as Ronnie revealed that he was bringing his on and off girlfriend Jen Harley to the wedding with their kid.
This came just after Ronnie and Jen made headlines for their violent spats that left Ronnie without a few teeth.
Marriage: Mike 'The Situation' Sorrentino got ready to finally tie the knot with his Jersey Shore family by his side on Thursday's two-hour episode of Jersey Shore Family Vacation
Ronnie and daughter: But the joyous occasion threatened to be derailed several times as Ronnie revealed that he was bringing his on and off girlfriend Jen Harley to the wedding with their kid
24 hours till the wedding, Ronnie is hearing from Pauly about his caustic relationship with his girl.
Ronnie says, 'I need people on my side' in confession.
'I just feel I'm not connecting to you guys. Personally, I feel like I'm the butt of your jokes,' Ronnie tells Pauly and Vinny.
Ronnie: 24 hours till the wedding, Ronnie is hearing from Pauly about his caustic relationship with his girl
Not connecting: 'I just feel I'm not connecting to you guys. Personally, I feel like I'm the butt of your jokes,' Ronnie tells Pauly and Vinny
Vinny in confession said he would expect everyone to be talking about him.
Ronnie says to stop making jokes about it and Pauly says he doesn't know how to help and Ronnie says stop making jokes about it.
Ronnie says he isn't making the right decisions and he's posting on social media as a cry for help.
No jokes: Ronnie says to stop making jokes about it and Pauly says he doesn't know how to help and Ronnie says stop making jokes about it
Cry for help: Ronnie says he isn't making the right decisions and he's posting on social media as a cry for help
Pauly says in confession that social media is the last place he should go to for help.
Ronnie says he doesn't want 'something so small to pull us apart,' while Vinny says the best decision could be not to react to everything.
Pauly jokes, 'Have you ever thought of deleting Instagram?'
The boys: Ronnie says he doesn't want 'something so small to pull us apart,' while Vinny says the best decision could be not to react to everything
Vinny says he's happy they had the conversation with Ronnie and it's been an elephant in the room and now they can focus on Mike's wedding and not worry.
They're writing speeches and Vinny asks if it's too soon to make 'gel jokes.'
Nicole and Jenni takes Meilani and Giovanna to practice being flower girls.
Not worried: Vinny says he's happy they had the conversation with Ronnie and it's been an elephant in the room and now they can focus on Mike's wedding and not worry
Gel jokes: They're writing speeches and Vinny asks if it's too soon to make 'gel jokes'
Pracitice: Nicole and Jenni takes Meilani and Giovanna to practice being flower girls
Nicole says Mike is 'definitely lucky' her girls are flower girls, Nicole says that her and Jen make 'really hot kids.'
Nicole and Jen show them how to do it, very dramatic, Jen says it's all about them, their moment, one falls and they say it's like 'mommy after tequila.'
Mike shows his wife to be, Lauren Pesce, that he got the groomsmen a grenade whistle.
Hot kids: Nicole says Mike is 'definitely lucky' her girls are flower girls, Nicole says that her and Jen make 'really hot kids'
Mommies: Nicole and Jen show them how to do it, very dramatic, Jen says it's all about them, their moment, one falls and they say it's like 'mommy after tequila'
Ronnie, Vinny, Pauly are all best men, they said it has to be short cause they're all three of them. Pauly says they have to censor their jokes in front of family.
Vinny says it's hard to think of him as The Situation because he's come so far.
Ronnie gets his speech done first, practices it in front of the guys, Vinny tries a joke about screwing wedding cake.
Censor: Ronnie, Vinny, Pauly are all best men, they said it has to be short cause they're all three of them. Pauly says they have to censor their jokes in front of family
Situation: Vinny says it's hard to think of him as The Situation because he's come so far
Dance practice: They finish up with the speeches and go practice their dance for the reception, as Ronnie kinda clashes with Vinny about fucking up the dance
Pauly makes a joke about Vinny getting pink eye.
They finish up with the speeches and go practice their dance for the reception, as Ronnie kinda clashes with Vinny about fucking up the dance.
18 hours till the wedding, Mike compliments his wife to be on picking the great hotel.
Great hotel: 18 hours till the wedding, Mike compliments his wife to be on picking the great hotel
Best friends: 'We're best friends, we're soulmates, I can't wait to do this thing,' Mike says
'We're best friends, we're soulmates, I can't wait to do this thing,' Mike says.
Mike says he's getting a little nervous because Jen (who he calls Taters) is here with the baby and he isn't sure if Ronnie is gonna be with her.
Mike's wife to be says she's gonna shower and he asks to join her but she says he has to stay in his room.
No shower: Mike's wife to be says she's gonna shower and he asks to join her but she says he has to stay in his room
Getting in shape: Mike says he's been getting in shape for the wedding but it's the night before the wedding and he orders a ton of food
Mike says he's been getting in shape for the wedding but it's the night before the wedding and he orders a ton of food.
'I love my wife but I love me some room service.'
He goes sneaks down and speaks to Ronnie, says they used to hate each other but they have gotten closer over the past few years.
Mike and Ronnie: He goes sneaks down and speaks to Ronnie, says they used to hate each other but they have gotten closer over the past few years
Brothers: Mike says, 'if you weren't able to make it, it would've been like one of my brothers not making it'
Mike says, 'if you weren't able to make it, it would've been like one of my brothers not making it.'
'Ronnie is my best man today. Who would have thought that 10 years ago?' Mike says.
Ronnie thanks him for making him his best man, Mike says he heard Jen and the kid are upstairs, asks him if everything is cool.
Best man: 'Ronnie is my best man today. Who would have thought that 10 years ago?' Mike says
TMZ: Mike says he's never seen someone on TMZ more than him, notices his two teeth are missing… Mike asks if he made a decision to bring her to the wedding, but he isn't sure
Mike says he's never seen someone on TMZ more than him, notices his two teeth are missing… Mike asks if he made a decision to bring her to the wedding, but he isn't sure.
Ronnie says he wants Jen to be there but when she's around those guys it becomes a joke, Mike says in confession he can bring Jen if he wants, 'but please no drama.'
Mike says, 'when you're going through crisis mode, you've gotta think, what would Sitch do,' and Ronnie says, 'No, what Mike would do, not what Sitch would do…' as they laugh.
No drama: Ronnie says he wants Jen to be there but when she's around those guys it becomes a joke, Mike says in confession he can bring Jen if he wants, 'but please no drama'
On the day of the wedding, Lauren gets ready and Mike and Ronnie and Pauly take off to the wedding venue.
Mike says he usually keeps it together but Ronnie says he cried at the proposal and he'll cry today, they laugh.
Jenni gets his daughter ready to be a flower girl, says naps are important so she doesn't drop any f-bombs and other shady stuff.
En route: On the day of the wedding, Lauren gets ready and Mike and Ronnie and Pauly take off to the wedding venue
Already there: Vinny says he's already at the castle while the guys are still driving
Nicole says her daughter turns into Lucifer but once she sees Meilani they'll be good and she thinks they'll be good today.
Nicole makes fun of Jenni's red wig, says she's in the witness protection program.
Vinny says he's already at the castle while the guys are still driving.
Wedding venue: Get a look at the Legacy Castle, the guys say this place is 'dope' with 7 hours to the ceremony
Get a look at the Legacy Castle, the guys say this place is 'dope' with 7 hours to the ceremony.
'This is fairy tale s**t. I'm pulling up to a castle and I'm marrying my queen,' Mike says.
Vinny says it' the nicest place he's ever been to.'
Wedding bobbelheads: Mike gives the guy a box of gifts, including bobbleheads of of all the guys, but VInny says they're not accurate cause Ronnie has all his teeth
Mike gives the guy a box of gifts, including bobbleheads of of all the guys, but Vinny says they're not accurate cause Ronnie has all his teeth.
Mike says in confession he got them to imitate Ronnie, as the makeup artsits come in, Mike says they're 'besmudging' him with jokes.
Pauly asks Mike his beauty regimen, has three different masks each day, said he had a 'vampire facial' a few days ago.
Vampire facial: Pauly asks Mike his beauty regimen, has three different masks each day, said he had a 'vampire facial' a few days ago
Pauly said he was gonna do it but it'd screw up his tan.
Ronnie takes a piss and Mike talks to Vinny and Pauly about bringing Jen, Pauly says they were 'harder' on him than Mike was but they still don't have an answer.
Vinny says in confession that he should consider uninviting Jen to the wedding.
3 hours to ceremony and Nicole hates getting 'glammed up' but Joey is there to do it for her, says she's gonna need to bribe her daughters a lot to behave.
Mike: Mike says Ronnie cleans up nice, shows it says The Situation sewn into the zipper. Pauly says 'guidos in tuxedos doesn't really mix. We're all dressed up but we still look like chooches'
Robbie from suit shop, 't-shirt time' has turned into 'tuxedo time' cause they're 'grown.'
Mike says Ronnie cleans up nice, shows it says The Situation sewn into the zipper. Pauly says 'guidos in tuxedos doesn't really mix. We're all dressed up but we still look like chooches.'
None of them know how to tie a bowtie, with Vinny saying a bowtie isn't exactly in the 'guido wardrobe,' as they all try (poorly) to tie this bowtie.
Situation: Mike says Ronnie cleans up nice, shows it says The Situation sewn into the zipper. Pauly says 'guidos in tuxedos doesn't really mix
Bowtie: Little GTL signs are seen on the tables at the wedding venue, as Meena the wedding planner comes in and shows them how to tie a bowtie
Little GTL signs are seen on the tables at the wedding venue, as Meena the wedding planner comes in and shows them how to tie a bowtie.
Bride has champagne with family as Nicole and Jenni take pictures of their daughters in their flower girl dresses as they reminisce about their 10 year journey to this date.
Footage of Uncle Nino getting picked up and they have to go back to get his card, and Mike leaves to take pics as Pauly D drops a bombshell that he somehow got Rob Base to come to the wedding and perform It Takes Two.
Nino: Footage of Uncle Nino getting picked up and they have to go back to get his card, and Mike leaves to take pics as Pauly D drops a bombshell that he somehow got Rob Base to come to the wedding and perform It Takes Two
Gondola: Pauly and Ronnie and Vinny are in an Itanlian style gondola with italian flags and everything, Vinny says it's a destination wedding… in Jersey
While they wait Ronnie is buried in his phone and texting Jen, Pauly D wondering if Jen is gonna show up and 'ruin' Mike's wedding.
Ronnie goes to the bathroom and takes a call from Jen and she's not even sure if she's coming, with Vinny saying the thought of her coming is stressing her out.
Pauly and Ronnie and Vinny are in an Itanlian style gondola with Italian flags and everything, Vinny says it's a destination wedding… in Jersey.
Ronnie: While they wait Ronnie is buried in his phone and texting Jen, Pauly D wondering if Jen is gonna show up and 'ruin' Mike's wedding
Destination: Pauly and Ronnie and Vinny are in an Itanlian style gondola with Italian flags and everything, Vinny says it's a destination wedding… in Jersey
Vinny says 'Uncle Nino has arrived, so that is the cue to put the good China away,' he meets the wedding planner Meena, calls her Oriental and she says 'that's not a word anymore.
Vinny says that Uncle Nino 'strives' at weddings with open bar and Vinny says hopefully he keeps it together, but he's seen peeping inside the ladies' bathroom.
Deena is en route to the wedding, wondering if Jen is coming to the wedding, saying in confession she's 'praying to God' that Jen doesn't come.
Uncle Nino: Vinny says that Uncle Nino 'strives' at weddings with open bar and Vinny says hopefully he keeps it together, but he's seen peeping inside the ladies' bathroom
30 minutes to the wedding, Mike is saying he's trying not to break down, as Meena returns, asking Ronnie if his 'plus one is coming,' meaning Jen.
Ronnie says he thinks she's coming with your daughter, as the guys clearly aren't happy.
Vinny says if any drama happens, he doesn't know if he could forgive Ronnie, saying it would ruin all of their friendships.
Vinny says that not only are they on 'Ron spiral duty,' they're at Jen Watch.' Nicole sees on social media that Jen is getting ready with the baby.
No drama: Vinny says if any drama happens, he doesn't know if he could forgive Ronnie, saying it would ruin all of their friendships
Jenni says in confession, 'she's coming to the wedding… fan f***ing tastic.'
Jenni says Jen hitting Ronnie is the last straw for her.'
Deena arrives and says 'the place looks like a castle' and it is an actual castle, as Angelina says the place is 'immaculate' and 'ravishing.'
Last straw: Jenni says Jen hitting Ronnie is the last straw for her'
Angelina says she doesn't know if she'd want her wedding like this, seeing a girl pouring champagne while hanging upside down.
Angelina finds out Jen is coming, with Angelina saying she'd hide under a rock if that was her.
Pauly D says he accepts being on 'Ron's spiral watch' as part of his groomsmen duties but he's not on Jen watch.
Ron spiral: Pauly D says he accepts being on 'Ron's spiral watch' as part of his groomsmen duties but he's not on Jen watch
Pauly and Vinny go see Nicole and Jenni about Jen coming to the wedding, and Ronnie says Mike is glowing, saying it was his dream, to have these guys to be his best men.
Mike asks if he would picture this 10 years ago as Pauly and Vinny talk to Jenni and Nicole and the girls say they hope she's not at their table, Nicole says 'she doesn't need to be here.'
15 minutes until the ceremony, everyone showing up, Mike goes to see Jenni and Nicole, says he's excited and says the flower girls are adorable.
Nicole: 15 minutes until the ceremony, everyone showing up, Mike goes to see Jenni and Nicole, says he's excited and says the flower girls are adorable
Mike says he's doing all right and he doesn't want to 'break down early in the night, they ask how Mike feels about Jen coming.
'We just want him to be happy,' and they say 'is he happy?' He thinks so. Jenni and Nicole say they will handle it, Mike has bigger issues like going to jail in a few months.
Mike says she's gonna be sitting at the table and Jenni and Nicole don't like that, Nicole saying 'this is gonna be a f***ing nightmare.'
Bigger issues: 'We just want him to be happy,' and they say 'is he happy?' He thinks so. Jenni and Nicole say they will handle it, Mike has bigger issues like going to jail in a few months
Nicole says Mike always looks at the positive but she says Ronnie and Jen better not f**k up.'
Vinny re-creates The Godfather, guido style before Mike comes back.
Vinny says, 'Now that it's showtime everyone is excited,' while Pauly says there's a chance that the wedding could turn into a 'Ron and Jen event.'
Showtime: Vinny says, 'Now that it's showtime everyone is excited,' while Pauly says there's a chance that the wedding could turn into a 'Ron and Jen event'
Deena says she's 'so done' dealing with Jen's stuff
Mike walks down the aisle.
Mike says two weeks ago he was walking into a federal court in a 'really serious situation,' and now he's 'walking into a castle getting ready to marry my queen.'
Ready: Mike says two weeks ago he was walking into a federal court in a 'really serious situation,' and now he's 'walking into a castle getting ready to marry my queen'
Pauly D walks down the aisle, then Ronnie, who doesn't smile or wave at anyone, with Vinny walking, as Nicole says, 'like an actor' as they all laugh.
Now the flower girls are up as Nicole and Jenni freak, Nicole saying they're 'so cute i'm done.'
Deena says Giovanni and Meilani look 'so stinking cute' as everyone rises for the bride to walk down the aisle.
Mike says he wouldn't be the man he is today without Lauren, adding, 'it's the happiest day of my life.'
Fire: The girls cry as Mike walks Lauren up to the altar, Mike saying, 'You look fire,' as she says, 'You look fire' back
The girls cry as Mike walks Lauren up to the altar, Mike saying, 'You look fire,' as she says, 'You look fire' back.
Vinny says this wedding 'just feels right,' as they can't see him without her, and Nicole says they're a 'fairy tale love story.'
They exchange vows and Mike says in confession he's here because of his beautiful bride.
Kiss: Jenni says Mike and Lauren are beautiful and they're going to 'last forever,' as the guy pronounces them man and wife and they kiss
Jenni says Mike and Lauren are beautiful and they're going to 'last forever,' as the guy pronounces them man and wife and they kiss.
MIke says he feels like 'Rocky when he got to the top of the stairs,' as everyone cheers for the new couple.
Lauren says she can see his nostrils flare when she's about to tear up.
Nicole questions the inverted stripper champagne girls as Mike and Lauren take all the wedding pictures.
Wedding pictures: Nicole questions the inverted stripper champagne girls as Mike and Lauren take all the wedding pictures
Jenni asks if anyone saw Jen at the ceremony but no one did, and Jenni wonders why, while Nicole and her daughters watch an E! News interview on Joey's phone.
Time for the reception, which has a huge spread of food, Joey says it's a very impressive spread, with Mike saying this is a 'straight fairy tale.'
Pauly says it's the best wedding he's every been to in his life.
Ronnie goes to meet Jen and the baby as he kisses Jen outside.
'I want Jen to be at the wedding because I want her to be friends with everyone. Everyone at our table is a part of our life and I want her to be cool.'
Jen and baby: Ronnie goes to meet Jen and the baby as he kisses Jen outside
Jen and Ronnie: Jen says hi to everyone, Ronnie jokes that the baby will be roommates with Nicole and Jenni
Jen says hi to everyone, Ronnie jokes that the baby will be roommates with Nicole and Jenni.
Mike says he's been on a serious diet for the wedding but he's been gorging the past three days in flashbacks.
Uncle Nino complains about the steak as Jenni as Meilani calls him the 'crazy uncle' out loud.
Ronnie makes the rounds with Jen as Angelina mouths 'what the f**k' to the camera behind them.
No diet: Mike says he's been on a serious diet for the wedding but he's been gorging the past three days in flashbacks
Crazy uncle: Uncle Nino complains about the steak as Jenni as Meilani calls him the 'crazy uncle' out loud
Ronnie makes the rounds with Jen as Angelina mouths 'what the f**k' to the camera behind them
Ronnie gets more chairs for them to make it a six person table.
Mike gorges on food in private room while Jenni tells Meilani that one time she went potty behind a bar.
Pauly and Vinny talk about why Jen is even here, with Pauly saying if someone punches him in the face they can't come to his wedding.
Jen chat: Pauly and Vinny talk about why Jen is even here, with Pauly saying if someone punches him in the face they can't come to his wedding
More food: Mike gorges on food in private room while Jenni tells Meilani that one time she went potty behind a bar
Pauly says he doesn't want Ronnie to be hurt anymore, and Vinny says Ronnie is gonna alienate himself if he's still with Jen.
Nicole says its a very Italian wedding and very gaudy and she loves it.
Angelina says she can't believe Jen showed up to the wedding, saying she would get a knife and a shotgun and run her out of it.
Gaudy: Nicole says its a very Italian wedding and very gaudy and she loves it
Jen: Angelina says she can't believe Jen showed up to the wedding, saying she would get a knife and a shotgun and run her out of it
Nicole sits no the other side of the table 'in case sh*t goes down.'
Time for Pauly Ronnie and Vinny dancing as Mike and Lauren make their grand entrance as the episode ends.
In a preview for next week's episode, Rob Base arrives to sing It Takes Two, while Uncle Nino says something to Jen that upsets her.
Entrance: Time for Pauly Ronnie and Vinny dancing as Mike and Lauren make their grand entrance as the episode ends
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