Shameless
Content Warning : This clause contains mention of centre abuse , felo-de-se , rape , and sexual assault .
As the title suggests , the character ofShamelessare all unapologetically themselves , no matter how unsmooth around the edges they may be . Helmed by the forever inebriated Frank Gallagher , the characters all engage in their fair percentage of illegal activities , often with little wish for the consequences .
However , as the beloved mould of character grows older , they age and begin to rethink their life-style . Some of the young members would rather not repeat the mistake of their older sib or parents . Still , they have to make a aliveness , which often mean they have to hire in sketchy business enterprise enterprise .
Ian Gallagher
Ian does some fairly refutable things over the years , likestealing Lip ’s identityto enlist in the army , where he steals a whirlybird . He also terminate up in prison for blowing up a van .
However , he draws a line when it comes to things like killing someone or using weapons , which ca n’t be said of some of the other characters in the show . When it comes down to it , Ian would rather detain out of the calcium light and live a quiet living that does n’t cost anyone else their felicity .
Kevin & Veronica
Kevin and Veronica often collaborate in their commercial enterprise ventures and other life choices . Their most shameless moment is probably choosing to tincture Carol with their youngster . When Carol develop a short - lived crush on Kevin , he enjoys the coquettish attention . He and Veronica also do n’t have a trouble with scamming client at the Alibi , particularly the hipsters who move into town in the midway season . However , he sometimes offers discounts and drink on the firm when he ’s feeling well-disposed .
Kevin and Veronica have a few side hustlesthroughout the show , include an " ice - cream new wave " , where Kevin and Lip sell drug . later on , Kevin repaint the van to push his , Veronica ’s , and Svetlana ’s topless cleaning divine service . He parks the van in residential streets and excite money when masses require him to move it . However , he shows his softer side around his child , including Ethel and Santiago . He feels terrible about the struggles they ’ve faced and wants to improve their living .
Lip Gallagher
Like any otherShamelesscharacter , Lip has done some things that have landed him in a mickle of trouble . However , unlike others , he comes to regret his actions afterward - like his intimacy with his professor . It takes a few old age of maturation for him to realize that he was irresponsible and heedless in his youth .
Lip is ill-famed for ego - sabotage any luck he has to make a good life for himself , but he often hurts other masses in doing so . For good example , he does n’t manage how his legal action affect Mandy and Amanda , who patronage him in their own direction . In the earlier seasons , he wreak havoc in the Jackson family and delight it . Still , he ’s not the most shameless character reference of the series because he does change his ways , later on , get with his first real attempt to become sober .
Fiona Gallagher
Fiona often experience guilty when her immature sib have to get for Frank and Monica ’s miserable choices . However , sometimes it ’s Fiona who ’s creditworthy for hurting her siblings , like leaving cocain where Liam can get to it as a toddler . Fiona is often the one to host these infamous Gallagher parties , not worry about waking Kyd - or neighbors - in the middle of the night to blast euphony and get drunk .
Fiona is also middling unblushing when it come to her quixotic partners . When Steve allow , she ’s very quick to move on and forget all about him , even though she almost gave up her whole life in Chicago for him . She does the same with Gus , who treat her pretty well until he discovers she ’s with Sean . eventually , she jockey on Mike , who is probablyFiona ’s good amorous partnerin the show , with his sidekick - multiple clip .
Carl Gallagher
Carl grows a mickle throughout the serial , but in the former seasons , he ’s one of the most unblushing characters . He has a distressing obsession with violence , weapons , demise , and rarely ever shows any kind of affection - or shame .
His actions do Fiona increasing concern , specially when Frank congratulates him on bring together the " kinsperson business " . Though he gets away with selling piece at shoal , Carl ends up in pokey when the clueless Chuckie exposes his drug mob to the fuzz . course , Carl is proud and excited to go to prison and become " White Boy Carl " , achieving a whole new level of shamelessness .
Karen Jackson
It does n’t get much more shameless than Karen having sex with Frank - her young man ’s father andher mother ’s partner- filming it , and sharing the recording with her father . She does all of this intentionally , causing anguish to everyone who manage about her , including herself . Worse still is that this leads to her father ’s felo-de-se .
take over that Frank killed him , Karen thank him , then urinates on her Church Father ’s grave . She also takes responsibility for basically outrage Frank , after telling everyone the opposite word . afterward , Karen appears to show compunction for her treatment of Lip and her mom , but she always behave out of ego - interest .
Steve/Jimmy Lishman
Fiona may be quick to move on from Steve , but he is n’t too distressed about being unfaithful to her , either . He never apologise or even admit to Fiona about his honest human relationship with Estefania , which continues even while he and Fiona are together . Before he ’s conduct , however , Steve is relentless in his rise .
He inserts himself into the Gallagher family despite Fiona ’s fierce requests for him to leave her alone . There ’s also the matter of him lying to the family about his personal identity and his sketchy profession , but kidnapping Frank and smuggle him into Canada top it all . Steve does n’t show a splinter of pity , even when Fiona is hard put and the family searches for Frank all over Chicago .
Debbie Gallagher
While Steve at least feigns compunction to make headway back Fiona ’s graces , Debbie does nothing of the kind . As a immature girl , she ’s what Frank draw as an angel sent from heaven , but she changes to becomea very manipulative and unblushing role .
aside from assist her sib throw Frank off a bridge , Debbie bargain and re - deal expensive strollers from unsuspicious mothers , rape Matty , lies to Derek about using contraceptive method so she can get fraught , nearly drown a rowdy at the syndicate on purpose , tries to seduce a cancer patient role ’s husband ( then the affected role herself ) , takes vantage of Neil , and is in the main ungrateful for everything Fiona has done for her and the Gallaghers .
Mandy Milkovich
Debbie almost drowns a girl at the public pool , and some of the other reference assist to throw Frank into Lake Michigan , but Mandy does the one thing that no other main character in the show ever does : advisedly attempt murder .
Mandy is one of the fewpartners Lip haswho actually loves him , but her love often drives her to confutable action . When she sees that Lip still wish about Karen , she run over her with a gondola , very intentionally , at a high speed . Karen survives , but Mandy wishes she had n’t .
Frank Gallagher
Frank ’s kid are only as shameless as they are because they keep an eye on his lesson . In fact , he encourages it , like when he congratulate Carl on joining the " family business " . For Frank , brazenness is natural selection , but it ’s also a lifestyle he ’s majestic of .
Frank has sexuality with " Butterface " until she dies ; masturbates on Bianca ’s grave ; taste to sleep with his daughter Sammi so he can have her liver ( then drinks through the one he does get ) ; repeatedly take reward of Sheila ; pay a hitman to kill Sean then sabotages Fiona ’s marriage ceremony to him ; call for Aunt Ginger ’s social security check while she ’s buried in the yard ; becomes a " Cancer the Crab concierge " ; on the Q.T. inseminates Ingrid with Carl ’s sperm ; gives Hymie drug ; pretends Carl has Cancer the Crab ; calls Child Protective Services on his own crime syndicate ; smuggles drug from Mexico so he can get back into the U.S. … the list goes on .
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