Shameless
Over the past nine seasons of Showtime ’s hit funniness - dramatic play seriesShameless , fans have watched as the various members of the Gallagher family have tried — and mostly failed — to discover success and felicity in Chicago ’s South Side . Frank and his children have each live countless breakup , found themselves cycling in and out of prison house or the emergency elbow room far too oftentimes , and always seem to experience major pitfalls that keep them from ever in truth reaching their potential difference and escaping their unfortunate circumstances .
In theShamelesswriters ' quest to make the Gallaghers ' lives as nonadaptive and chaotic as possible , they ’ve have each central character a change of bizarre and hilariously nonsensical storylines to pilot through . Fiona , Lip , Ian , Debbie , Carl , and Liam all grew up hoping they ’d become nothing like their abandoned ship father , but the more they deal with the difficultness of the South Side through these unforgettable , life sentence - change developments , the more they resemble Frank .
Shamelessconstantly provides the Gallaghers with fresh obstacles to whelm , so most storylines and secondary case only stick around long enough to post the main cast down a certain path . Most looker triumph when frustrating individuals like Sammi Slott , Estefania and Svetlana got written off the show , but some fans ca n’t help but mourn certain abandoned characters and development . The continued success of the series proves that its writer acknowledge what they ’re doing , but that fact has n’t stopped audiences from questioning some of their decisions . Here are10 Canceled Storylines That Would ’ve HurtShameless(And 10 That Would ’ve Saved It ) .
WOULD’VE HURT: “SAINT FRANCIS”
When Frank generate over his heartache following Monica ’s departure , he realized that her hold over him for the past several decades was a big part of why he ’d become such a problematic adult . Frank decide to turn a new leaf and finally become a mature and fertile member of society . He get a job , start apologize to all of the multitude he ’d wronged over the years , and realize the byname of " Saint Francis " from his boy Lip .
It was tonic to finally see Frank concisely modify his ways , but since Frank is most entertaining when he ’s drinking and cause all sorts of pandemonium , it ’s for the good that Saint Francis did n’t stick around for long . He got fired from his job due to downsizing , and once he come out drowning his sorrows at the Alibi , he went right back to his old means .
WOULD’VE SAVED IT: IAN’S TRUE FATHER
When Monica and Bob forced Liam to take a deoxyribonucleic acid test to see if Frank was really his Padre , Lip and Ian decide to test their own deoxyribonucleic acid in the hopes of let on that they were n’t really Frank ’s offspring . Lip and Liam learn that they were , in fact , Frank ’s kids , but the upshot prove that Ian was actually the son of one of Frank ’s siblings , and Ian realized soon after that his biologic father was probable his uncle Clayton .
For some reason , Shamelessdidn’t further pursue this pregnant maturation , and Ian and Clayton never interact with each other again . The show thrives when its main persona are go through major family issues , and this could have been a outstanding origin of Gallagher drama .
WOULD’VE HURT: LIP’S ROMANCE WITH HELENE
When Professor Runyon terminate her controversial family relationship with Lip , his life sentence go on a rapid downward spiral . Lip turn over to tope to aid him deal with his heartbreak , and he shortly found himself expelled from college and without any melodic theme of what to do with his spirit .
It was definitely cheerless to see such a beloved case experience so many problems , but watching Lip seek to get his lifetime back on track has been a highlight of the past few time of year ofShameless . He ’s now a far more solid , mature , and inspirational soul , and that maturation would n’t have happened if his storyline with Helene was n’t call off . Lip had to reach stone bottom to turn his biography around , and Helene ’s departure from the show helped make that go on .
WOULD’VE SAVED IT: SAMMI AND CHUCKIE
Few characters inShamelesshistory have been as polarizing as Sammi Slott , Frank ’s secret firstborn daughter . Frank brought Sammi into the Gallaghers ' life in an attempt to procure her liver . Some fans enjoyed the fresh drama she brought to the Gallagher family , but a majority of viewers obtain her to be an chafe that took away concealment time from the series ' chief characters .
Sammi was written off the show when she tried ending Mickey ’s life , and her son Chuckie left soon after . It was a mistake to write them both off so chop-chop , because they were entertaining contender to Frank ’s other children , even if they were n’t particularly appealing . With Fiona leaving the serial this season , it may be prison term for Frank ’s other girl to return .
WOULD’VE HURT: THE “THROUPLE”
Shamelessis fill with dysfunctional and unhealthy kinship , but Kevin and Veronica often seem like the perfect match . They seldom fence , they have awing alchemy , and they ’ve done a strong job raising their two daughters together . In an attempt to introduce a tiny bit of pandemonium to their relationship , the series ' writers had Svetlana fox them into trusting and descend for her .
Kevin and Veronica had merriment include Svetlana in their relationship at first , but she quickly menace to buck them aside . fortuitously , they eventually reckon out Svetlana ’s true motives , and the " throuple " plot line was set off . If it continued any longer , Kevin and Veronica might have broken up andShamelesswould have been worse off as a result .
WOULD’VE SAVED IT: MONICA’S RETURN
Monica abandoned her family curtly after her youngest son Liam was born because she was n’t emotionally stable enough to be the wife or mother they all want her to be , but every few long time , she ’d return to the South Side to give the Gallaghers another try . When Monica came back inShameless ' seventh time of year , it seemed like she was finally ready to make indemnity and stay put around for undecomposed , but she presently revealed that she was reeling from a psyche aneurysm and did n’t have much longer to live .
It would ’ve been nice to have Monica become a lasting fixture on the show so Frank would n’t be the only problematical Gallagher parent for viewers to watch each workweek , but Monica ’s plot line was canceled as soon as Frank fell in lovemaking with her all over again and their kids got some much - need stoppage with their female parent .
WOULD’VE SAVED IT: DEBBIE AND ALEX
Most of the Gallaghers cycle through unexampled relationship on a monthly basis , but Debbie has n’t had nearly as much fortune bump someone to wish about her . She ’s used skulduggery and manipulation to procure most of her boyfriend , so they ’ve never stuck around for very long . When one of her female co - worker convey involvement in her , it seemed like Debbie was finally going to be in a actual relationship . Unfortunately , Debbie did n’t think she was really interested in woman , so Alex put an end to their bud romance .
When Debbie realized presently after that she might actually like girls , rooter were frustrated that she did n’t figure that out back when Alex was assay to be with her . Her plot line with Alex has apparently been canceled forever , but now that Debbie ’s coming to terms with her preference , Alex should repay .
WOULD’VE HURT: FRANK’S BRIDGE DIVE
When Fiona ’s groom-to-be Sean upset Frank , the Gallagher patriarch made it his mission to remove Sean from his family ’s lives . He initially plan on eliminating Sean from the characterisation for good , but when his design to lease a hitman fell through , he settle for merely ending his contender ’s relationship with his girl .
Frank likely did Fiona a party favour by revealing the truth about Sean ’s continued addiction , but his children and their friends were furious that Frank ruined Fiona ’s bad day . They mould together to throw Frank off a bridge , and it briefly seemed like Frank was sound to be written off of the show . Luckily , that was n’t the case , and he briefly went miss and was stuck in a coma for a few week .
WOULD’VE SAVED IT: THE HOBO LOCO MAN
When a disgusting new brand of potable call Hobo Loco make up one’s mind to recruit an unquestionable abandoned ship someone to dissemble as their interpreter , Frank jumped on the opportunity to become the Hobo Loco Man . The winner of the Hobo Loco Games was promise several thousand dollars recompense to play as the drink ’s embassador , and Frank wanted the money to aid him with his 2d chance at fatherhood .
Unfortunately , Frank failed to win the rivalry , despite being the most obvious and ideal candidate . Shamelessmight have really been good off if he ’d won , though , as it would have been entertaining to see on the button how Frank would inevitably blow all of that money on all the faulty things .
WOULD’VE HURT: FIONA’S SOCIAL LADDER CLIMB
The Gallaghers have a hard time get hold of their potential . Lip ’s intelligence was put to waste when he got expel from college , Debbie put becoming a teenage mother over her career and education , and Ian ’s electric potential as an exponent was ruined when he was send out to prison . Fiona tried to climb the social ravel and make some serious money , but her attempt failed horribly and her resulting down volute was worse than rooter could ’ve ever expected .
Fiona ’s response to losing her boyfriend and all of her money was straight out of the Frank Gallagher playbook . She became a pickle , and everyone in her life reckon that she was on running to hitting rock’n’roll bottom . It was sturdy to see , butShamelessis strongest when its characters are experience drama . If Fiona kept climbing the ladder of winner , she would ’ve become far too boring .
