'Teen Mom 2' season premiere recap: Meet the Moms!

A new year, a new set of moms. This season, we get a more in-depth look at the lives of 16 and Pregnant alums Jenelle, Leah, Chelsea, and Kailyn. Having been totally wrapped up in the original Teen Mom -- Leah and Gary's bitter verbal and physical fights, Farrah's money troubles, and Maci's courageous mama-bear mentality -- I wondered if I could get sucked in the same way for round 2. Well, thanks to a fairly explosive first episode (see: Jenelle), mission accomplished.

Jenelle
Unsurprisingly, the North Carolina beach bum broke up with Andrew, her former beau and father of baby Jace. Surprisingly, Andrew is back to modeling -- in China apparently -- and, thankfully, paying child support. Otherwise, little else had changed in Jenelle's world. She was still making partying as much of a priority as parenting, and you better believe her mom, Barbara, had an opinion about that. Jenelle tried to prove (weakly) that she was a good mom, but nights out dancing (it was Saturday, duh!) weren't the best way to back that up.

The mother-daughter battle continued to percolate: Jenelle left the air conditioner on, Barbara picked out clothes for Jace much to Jenelle's dismay, and, as a precursor to the battle royale, Barbara took the Internet modem from a Web-happy Jenelle, who stole it back and shoved Barbara in the process. (Seriously, their back-and-forth fighting makes my head spin.) But all of that was nothing compared with the war that erupted at the end of the episode. Barbara served Janelle with custody papers, and the most apt way to describe Jenelle's response? "I'm gon' f---ing kill her," she said. The attack was filled with curse word after curse word followed by face-to-face screaming and slammed doors. Just watching was uncomfortable, disappointing, and altogether heartbreaking. Considering all of the drama, I had to step back and remind myself that this is only episode 1. Folks, rev your emotional threshold for more painful combat.

NEXT: Leah has relationship issues and Chelsea plays the dating game.

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