She leaves Fiona (Emmy Rossum) and the family to clean up more than just her splattered blood. Just when you thought she couldn’t corrupt her kids anymore, she tries to kill herself. Then, there’s the mess that is mother Monica Gallagher (Chloe Webb). Ultimately Sheila will have to decide: Karen or the baby? But, as always, the script is one step ahead and just as you find yourself laughing…shit gets real. “We could put it in the dryer,” says Sheila it’s the unabashed comedy that the show does so well. Meanwhile, Sheila (Joan Cusack) and Jody (Zach McGowan) decide what to do with their stolen baby. What now? Instead of fleeing in a rage, Lip returns to Karen’s side. The moment was both humorous and heart breaking. We left off beside Karen’s (Laura Slade Wiggins) hospital bed with the birth of not only a baby with Down Syndrome, but also an Asian baby. Lip (Jeremy Allen White) isn’t the father. Going into the last episode of the season, the Gallagher rollercoaster could fly off the tracks into any direction, and that’s the best place for a show to be: unpredictable.
There are loose ends to be tied and tragedies to confront. It delivers, and the season finale is no exception. It’s silly, smart, hilarious, and at moments incredibly and wonderfully poignant. Staying true to itself up until the very end and always in Gallagher fashion.Shameless is slowly becoming one of the best shows on TV.
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Frank offering “fatherly” advice to each one of his children as he heads toward the skies does a great job at shifting the focus on the series culmination toward a celebratory tone rather than one of uncertainty.Īll in all, the series finale of Shameless proved to be perfectly imperfect, much like the Gallagher family throughout the series. The juxtaposition of Frank looking back on the past while the remainder of the Gallagher plans are in the hustle and bustle of planning for an uncertain future among the usual frantic energy that embodies the Gallagher drama was almost poetic. While the finale stumbled its way through the death of Gallagher family patriarch, Frank, getting the opportunity to see him look back on his climb up to the great beyond while looking back at some of his family’s fondest memories throughout the series presented the perfect opportunity to capitalize on fans’ nostalgia. From Carl’s personal vendetta as a police officer facing uncertainty about his occupation in a world fearing cops, to Lip struggling to find work and support a family in an economy affected by Covid n-19, or Ian and Mickey setting off on their own only to experience the extent of Chicago’s gentrification, Shameless has always excelled at staying relevant and relatable to the times. In the Gallagher’s final run through the southside of Chicago, each member of the clan faced a “coming of age” dilemma that is sure to strike some familiarity in young Americans looking to navigate through life. The show made it crystal-clear what side of the fence it stood on regarding important topics such as gentrification, the Covid-19 pandemic, and race relations in America. Shameless’ final season remained bold in the midst of trying times and never aimed to shy away from politically centric jabs. It’s because of this that even through a flawed ending, the end of the road has been well-received among its loyal fanbase. While it can be argued that Shameless’ best years are well behind it and could have wrapped up the series upon Emmy Rossum’s heartbreaking exit from the show - the show never lost sight of what it was.
Fans around the world watched the Gallagher family grow up together and while the show initially set out to tell the story of the perfectly imperfect lives of a lower-class family living together on the south side of Chicago, what it transformed into was a relatable piece of media that never shied away from political statements or drawing a line in the sand.
I sure as hell did.” The series finale of Showtime’s “Shameless” highlighted the end of the road for the infamous Frank Gallagher and left us with the most “Frank-esque” quote to end it all on.Īfter over a decade-spanning 11 seasons, the infamous Gallagher family is finally calling it quits.
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