'Jersey Shore' from Miami Beach premieres Thursday

The boys and girls of Jersey Shore arrive in Miami Beach Thursday with more baggage than a sold-out jumbo jet.

We're talking heavy emotional baggage here, folks, not just the suitcases and duffel bags that the young sophisticates used to lug their shorts and thongs down to Florida for their latest hot-tub hiatus.

We're talking about Sammi "Sweetheart" Giancola and her ex, muscle-bound Ronnie "Fist Pump Brah" Magro, both of them still raw from their breakup, becoming housemates again.

And we're talking about Angelina "Jolie" Pivarnick inflicting her unwelcome and admittedly witchy self on the sun-and-fun sojourn.

If you like watching other people party, it doesn't get any better than this.

Thursday night's Season 2 premiere of the hit reality show opens with thoughtful reflections from cast members on the Season 1 experience of sharing a summer house in Seaside Heights, N.J.

"Lots of drama," recalls Mike "The Situation" Sorrentino. "That's what happens down at the shore." Especially if you don't mind the 911 operators groaning whenever they hear your address.

"We pretty much became a family, and we loved one another," muses pneumatic Nicole "Snooki" Polizzi. What else was there to do but reunite? "So, we're going to Miami."

Yahooo!

But the world isn't quite as idyllic as Snooki, innocent child, sees it.

As the "family" gets set to gather under the palms, Sweetheart can't stop talking about how much she still cares for Ronnie. And Ronnie can't stop talking about how much he likes being single, sounding a lot like a man who's trying to convince himself.

All of which sets the stage for an early fight with Sweetheart and an orgiastic Ronnie romp, featuring extraordinary feats of dexterity, during the group's very first foray into Miami's nightlife.

Then there's Angelina, the self-styled Kim Kardashian of Staten Island, who was booted off the show by her housemates midway through Season 1. She reveals that she's been on the phone with The Situation and Paul "DJ Pauly D" DelVecchio and says they've as much as invited her to Miami.

"They don't know I'm coming. It's going to be a very big surprise."

Oh, yeah.

Angelina's all about redemption. Her redemption, anyway.

"I'm really happy I get a second shot, because I feel like in the world everybody deserves a second shot," she says. "Now, I get to show everybody the real Angelina."

Well, enough contrition. Know what's wrong with those other girls? They're jealous.

Take Angelina's surprise appearance, mix in a little lingering animosity, especially from Snooki and the intimidating Jenni "JWoww" Farley, and presto - catfight in a cab.

Did I mention that it doesn't get any better than this?