Shameless
The longer a popular video series remains on - air , the more likely it is for a continuity - shattering plotline by way of writers ' room oversight to come about . When it comes toShameless , Showtime ’s hit adjustment of the UK series of the same name is no exception .
With 10 seasons andan 11th and concluding one on the way , Shamelesswas take a hop to run into some character - defying or broader story - contradicting moment at some point . Allow the following 10 to serve as well-defined examples of when the show strayed a little too far from its previously established course of study .
Lip Bringing A Post-Overdose Liam To College Parties
The college - elderly Lip memorably ascended to temporary Gallagher paterfamilias after the usual brain - honcho , Fiona , fall down off the wagon in season 4 .
As Fiona face serious criminal charges forher role in three - year - old Liam ’s accidental cocain overdose , Lip took mission like no one else in the family could . After a brief hospital stint , Liam come up out unharmed - save for a few nightmare . gain Lip ’s decision to now whisk off him off to , and worry for him amid a chaotic college party environment all the more questionable - and certifiably off - brand , as well .
Faye Waiting 25 Years To Enact Revenge On Frank
Not long after her introduction in the show ’s latest season , the newcomer finally revealed her true motive : payback . Faye , the vengeance - seeking ex - girlfriend of a former star college jock unfairly incarcerated over a drug charge , had every right hand to direct her unique - and - unorthodox form of poetic jurist onto Frank - who was mistaken as the dealer in an on - campus transaction long ago .
However , one would not be condemned for wonder why it accept her two - and - a - half tenner to stick to through on her master plan .
Sheila Not Going With Karen And Jodi To The Faith Healing Farm
In theseason 3 finale , Lip ’s unstable on - again / off - again girlfriend , Karen Jackson , and her hubby , Jody , ventured out to a healing farm on explanation of the former ’s car fortuity - do psyche equipment casualty .
Fans rejoiced to know their favorite neighbourly agoraphobic -Karen ’s mother , Sheila- would be stick around . But the reasons she sighted for stay behind did not quite gel with her character ’s bow up to that full stop - she had already overcome her debilitating disorder - and had a much more proven romanticist compatibility with Jody than Karen ever did anyway .
Anti-AA Frank Saying He Had A Sponsor
In the very first moments of theseries premier , the Gallagher Family surrounded a public firepit with some of their fellow downtown Chicagoans , while Frank introduced each main character via voiceover .
chew over that his lonely African - American child resembled his last patron inspired many chuckles . But as the series carried on over the yr , the whimsy a political platform - hating Frank would have had a patron at any decimal point seemed rather unlikely - unless of path , a scheme for protection was demand .
Debbie Immediately Going Back To Work After Losing Her Toes
As the title of time of year 8 , sequence 11 " A Gallagher Pedicure " suggest , Debbie ’s welding accident was not without precedent . However , it seemed impractical that she would choose to consist to hospital careworkers about her wounds - clearly having already been ego - cauterize .
Recognizing her want of a steadfast line of work ruled her out of affordable medical care , Debbie amputated her toe in place of surgery . It stand up to ground that Debbie - who had fall a long way since her years as the militantly pro - disability stand-in Frank ’s protege season earlier - really want to keep her job , in hindsight . Nevertheless , the lack of an on - screen attempt made by a Gallagher to have aide of any kind still serve as a certified headscratcher .
Lip Letting Kev Stay In A Vacant College Dorm
Lip spend much of his college experience as a Resident Assistant jumping through hoops in lodge to keep his conditional learnedness intact , only to then risk it all by lending a vacant dorm to Gallagher family friend mainstay , Kev Ball , during his 60 minutes of need .
This season 5 arc provided many laughs that helped audience and the characters involved cope with Kev and Vee ’s ultimately successful trial run separation . However , Lip ’s big affectionateness very almost shore him in liberal hassle - and was also potentially telling of his unconscious longing for an exit strategy from university life sentence all along .
Frank Depicted As A College “Kid” In 1995
In Season 10 ’s " Debbie Might be a Prostitute " and " O Captain , My Captain , " looker were at long last exposed to Faye ’s angle - in the form of archive footage , and flashbacks .
Through a tape measure of a courtroom trial and the 1995 drug deal incident - in - question - Frank is referred to as a " College Kid " by a Judge . Though admittedly a 10th - year elder at the time , fundamental dates antecedently outlined within the world of the series held that Frank last advert college just before forgather Monica - and not in a year where their eldest , Fiona , would have turn seven .
Charlie Peters: Where Did He Go?
According toShameless Wiki , Peters was earlier to recur throughout the undermentioned season . Due toMorgan’sscheduling conflicts withTexas Rising , his fibre - never see or speak of again despite an intentionally well - crafted , dog shot innovation - was replaced by Sean Pierce ( Dermot Mulroney ) , and the diner was rename " Patsy ’s Pies . "
The Fate Of Kassidi Gallagher
Perhaps a younger and street - wise Carl would have allow the carrying into action of his obsessive girl - turned - legally - not - binding - wife , Kassidi .
However , by the time of year 9 premiere , the military school - attending Carl had turned a corner . Now morally charged with well - beyond his class , do - gooder value , his seemingly " sweep it off " mental attitude upon discovering one of his subordinate had ( potentially ) killed Kassidi arguably negates all the progress he ’s made . And that Kassidi ’s precise luck has remain unaddressed since is all the more troubling .
Mandy Never Being Held Accountable For Hitting Karen With Her Car
Similarly , for a family unit fill to the top of the deoxyephedrine with no filter , pro - confrontation " Southsiders " - they all share either compassion or control when it comes to not turning in hoi polloi they acknowledge who have committed serious offense .
Exhibit A : Lip earning a confession out of Mandy , whose covetous nature move her to force full - hurrying into Karen - leaving the latter with permanent brain damage . Lip did end up telling Mandy off , butperhaps not surprisingly , he felt split up off all ties with her was punishment enough .
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