Ron and Sam

A common scene for Ronnie and Sammi

Last week's episode of The Jersey Shore was disturbing, to say the least.

The notoriously on again, off again couple's relationship came to a head resulting in an outrageously inappropriate blow out fight.

The back story is that Ronnie and Sammi broke up after Season 1 of "The Jersey Shore." In fact, they broke up on live television at the reunion show after secret footage of Sammi confiding in the sleaziest of the roommates, The Situation. During Season 2 in Miami, Ronnie led Sammi to believe that they were back together, while going out and hooking up with anyone and everything behind her back.

Ronnie admitting his infidelities to another roommate.

When the truth came out, she condemned the other girls in the house for keeping the truth from her, and ultimately stayed with Ronnie despite her humiliation. Talk about misguided anger!

Well, here we are at Season 3. The cast is back at The Shore and Ronnie and Sammi immediately appear to make amends-- for the time being at least.

Sammi is an insecure, image obsessed girl who nags and picks on Ronnie, constantly accusing him of new crimes. While unfair and seemingly similar to what she did throughout "The Jersey Shore" experience, this time she had merit.

However, last week their arguments were taken to disturbing new heights. The couple decides to break up after Sammi resorts to punching Ronnie in the face for speaking to one of the other girls in the house. Actually, they make up after that but 24 hours presumably pass, and they are back together.

Now, I cannot recall what exactly sets off this epic battle but I feel that this has largely to do with the fact that what MTV decided to show was terrifying. The couple got into eachother's faces, Sammi was restrained by another roommate trying to claw at Ronnie while hurling insults and swears. Ronnie attempted to throw Sammi's belongings out of their shared room-- including her bed which she mounts as he violently tries to throw her and the bed out of the room.

The fight gets physical with Ronnie trying to remove Sammi's bed at all costs

Curtains are ripped, doors kicked from either side by both restrained parties. Finally the two are separated and Ronnie mutters to himself calling her a slut.

Vinny Restrains Sammy

To make matters more dramatic, both parties end up at the same club. And Sam is determined to "get him back" already. By making him jealous and dancing with "the hottest guy" there.

Ronnie runs home in a rage and not only removes her stuff from his room, throwing her mattress outside where she can "sleep like the dog she is," he smashed and shreds all of her belongings.

Now I understand being upset in the heat of the moment, saying things you can't take back, and that Sammi's logic using jealousy as a tool to get him back was flawed... but calling her a "dog" and a "slut?"

All of this started because Ronnie cheated on Sammi, and yet presumably thousands of dollars of her persona belongings are getting smashed to pieces?

The episode ends with Sammi wisely leaving the house. She and Ronnie agree that she can't heal there, that they need space and time apart. Ronnie is shocked and heartbroken at her decision to leave, he can't seem to fathom that she would ever leave him. And episode goes by and still, no Sammi - just segments of Ronnie isolating himself and crying, sending her roses, and more crying.

At this point, I almost started gaining a newfound respect for the girl. Giving up on a toxic and psychologically abusive (on both sides) relationship, and doing what's best for her and leaving to heal...

But before I can finally start to sympathize with her, the previews for this coming week show her stepping out of a cab and back into the madness.