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Character Countdown: Jersey Shore, Episode 8

Just when we think we've seen it all on Jersey Shore, those rascally kids go and throw us for a loop.

In a special Sunday night episode, Pauly D and Vinny actually met women that they didn't want to have sex with. The two met some ladies they felt were worthy of -- get this -- taking out into public and planned a double date. The duo went beyond their usual routine of Gym, Tanning and Laundry, expanding their preparations to include the purchase of button-down shirts and fresh flowers, and got haircuts. But, not all went according to plan when one of the smitten gents spend his date night all dressed up with nowhere to go.

In other events, Vinny's family paid the crew a visit and Angelina juggled boys like a pro... until Mike ruined it for her.

Here are the numbers!

-- Gets a visit from his mother and family (+3)

-- Mom literally brings a suitcase full of food, which includes his favorite cake. Moms are awesome (+2)

-- Mom makes a three course meal so huge that the roommates have to lay down and rest between courses. Um... can we get Vinny's mom's phone number? (+4)

-- Vinny's uncle calls Mike "The Sanitation" and Jenni, "J-Whoa!" (+3)

-- Meets a girl that he wants to get serious with. "She's the kind of girl you take on a date." (+2)

-- Has no idea how to ask a girl out. Stumbles around and then tells her he needs a sympathy date. Gee, could you make yourself seem any less desirable? (-4)

-- Break dances when she accepts (+2)

-- Goes out and gets a fresh haircut, buys a shirt with buttons and a bouquet of flowers (+5)

-- She calls back and cancels; he hangs up on her (-3)

-- He calls her again and begs for her to go. "Please, please, please, pretty please? Please?" Oh God, it's breaking our hearts (+2)

-- She reconsiders, and says she'll meet him. He jumps up and down like a small child (+2)

-- Woman stands him up and the show ends with him sitting on the couch, depressed, and a lone bouquet of flowers resting on the bed. Poor Vin-Vin (-5)

Net gain/loss: +13

Current total: 130

-- At work, he has a jar for phone numbers instead of a jar for tips (+2)

-- The girls he and Mike bring home from the bar leave because they have boyfriends (-3)

-- That's OK because he's got a pocket full of phone numbers (+1)

-- He actually gets someone to come over for a booty call at 6 a.m. While we're grossed out by a girl that gets out of bed to go mate with a random after the sun comes up, we are impressed that Pauly has that kind of pull (+2)

-- Later meets a girl "that you can take home to your mother." He takes her out on a date. Yes, you read that right (+4)

-- Gets a haircut, a new shirt and flowers for the woman. This is unheard of on this show (+6)

-- Is shown just after a shower with his hair wet and somewhat normal. Until now, it had been an object of wonder, sort of like Bret Michaels' "hair" (+3)

-- Has a romantic side and says this is the kind of girl who could make him settle down. Who knew? (+2)

Net gain/loss: +17

Current total: 121

-- Thinks Angelina should tell Jose that she had sex with Vinny, because he seems to think they're more serious than she does. We agree, but it's none of his business (-3)

-- "Steals" a girl from Vinny at the club, just to prove that he can. Isn't it enough that he's making $5 million this year? Now he has to show up his boys, too? (-2)

-- Karma strikes. The girl comes home with him, but then leaves because she has a boyfriend. HaHAAAA (-5)

-- Makes a bunch of booty calls at 6 a.m., but has no luck (-3)

-- Cooks an egg and ham sandwich for brekkie and watches Pauly D have sex from about 2 feet away. Does anyone else think that's abnormal? (-4)

-- Offers him a bite of the sandwich while he's getting down, which reminds us of the Seinfeld episode where George Costanza eats a hoagie in bed. And we laugh (+3)

-- Threatens to tell Angelina's dude that she's been playing musical beds. MYOB! (-2)

Net gain/loss: -11

Current total: 78

-- Rolls out of bed with Vinny and answers a phone call from his mother. It should be somewhat awkward, but since Vinny is only one of three current hook-ups for Angelina right now, it's really not (+2)

-- The day after she has sex with Vinny, brings her squeeze, Jose, over to the house for his birthday. As Mike said, "Happy birthday! I just screwed my roommate!" (-5)

-- The same night, brings home some other guy, Alex, from the bar. Yes, she's entitled to do whatever she wants, just like the guys. The difference is the guys aren't pretending to date someone while they're getting their rocks off. We like Jose (-3)

-- Mike also likes Jose, because he threatens to spill the beans about Vinny if Angelina doesn't tell him herself (-2)

-- She winds up telling him they "hooked up," but didn't specify whether it was just kissing, or the kind that involves the shedding of clothes and application of condoms. After all, another Fossil watch may be on the line (-1)

Net gain/loss: -9

Current total: 18

-- Is grossed out that Vinny had sex with her frenemy/roommate, Angelina, since she also recently had sex with him. Could this show get any more revolting? (-4)

Net gain/loss: -4

Current total: 70


-- Eagerly offered to help Vinny's mom with dinner (+3)

Net gain/loss: +3

Current total: -3


-- Laid low this week (+0)

Net gain/loss: +0

Current total: 78


-- Laid low this week (+0)

Net gain/loss:

Current total:


CURRENT TOTALS:

Vinny -- 130

Pauly D -- 121

J-Woww -- 78

The Situation -- 78

Snooki -- 70

Angelina -- 18

Sammi -- (-3)

Ronnie -- (-5)

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