Shameless
If there ’s one thing the Gallagher kinship group is eff for , it ’s their power to hustle . The mob at the center of Showtime’sShamelesshas spent the past decennary entertaining viewers with their over the top chicane . They ’ve never been well off , so they have to make the best of whatever opportunities come their room .
That has usually means steal , lie , and tricking the hoi polloi who cross their paths , even if they manage about them . Each phallus of the folk has demonstrate their skills in this orbit , as it ’s taught to them from a youthful old age . Of course , some are better at it than the other Gallaghers .
Franny
There was simply no way that Frances " Franny " Gallagher would n’t be at the bottom of the list . While the menage is taught how to resist for themselves at an early age , Franny is still too untested for that . At the ending of the previous time of year , she was only four years old .
Back in season one , Carl was told that it was time to originate pluck his weight and that ’s when he was ten or so years erstwhile . Franny also has n’t shown much voltage in this department . She could n’t even pull off being a " bad girl " for Peppa , causing Debbie to take a foster child instead .
Monica
Monica is the Gallagher that was seen the least throughout the serial . However , it ’s clear that she knew what she was doing as a hustler at least a little bit . Consider that after her passing , she left her children several pound of meth that she stole from an old beau as all the proof you need .
Although it ’s not witnessed on the show , there are many floor told about her gaga nights with Frank , where they ’d get into all kind of hijinx . She was hit or drop at other times , help Debbie get hands of Franny butfailing to take Liam when she showed up in season one .
Ian
It certainly feel like Ian has been through a ton on the serial . From formally coming out as gay to dealing with bipolar upset and everything in between . As the third erstwhile sibling , he was shown to be a big help with get money for the household in the early stagecoach of the show .
His time squat at an empty house while working at a bar showed his resiliency and ability to endure . He ’s also magnetic and can get people to conceive in him , as he did with the " Gay Jesus " storyline . Alas , Ian does n’t use his hustling ability as often as some of his brothers and sis .
Lip
It probably comes as a surprisal to see Lip listed so low , though that ’s more telling of the quality of his kinfolk ’s skill than a hurt on his . Lip was the one with all the potential who could make something of himselfbut alcohol addiction and bad decisions have in the way of that .
He ’s typically secondly - in - command behind Fiona and did a lot for the folk , like using his brains to private instructor and earn money that elbow room . While Lip have a go at it how to hustle , he ’s also his own majuscule enemy . He gets in his own way and ruin most of the things that he does with that confidence game .
Debbie
If hustle could just be free-base on ambition and idea , then Debbie would easily range near the top . Ever since she farm up and had a kid of her own , Debbie has been doing everything she can to make money . She ruled the house with the smoothing iron fist of the ultimate cheapskate just to salve a few buck . She even go as far as to wear a diaper at work so she could get the money she was owed without bathroom breaks .
There was also her relationship with her " loot mama " Claudia , returning clothes system she come up with , and prove to get demise benefits from Peppa . While they ’re all solid concepts , like Lip , Debbie get in her own way and deflower all of these situations .
Carl
Considering how the series has progressed , it ’s probably shocking to know that Carl is actually still alive . He was always a destructive child who was headed down a tough path . Carl was often a cat’s-paw for Frank ’s schemes , include one where he faked having cancer . Though it was Frank ’s mind , Carl had his own fun with it .
Carl also became a drug trader , got involved in work party culture , and utilized his cousin Chuckie for some of his shenanigans . lately , he has even pop scamming as he undertake to become a cop , while also trying to find oneself a cheap way to get into West Point .
Liam
As the youngest of the Gallagher child , Liam might seem like an odd pick to place so gamey . However , if you look at the show , he has been hustling for as long as he could take the air and speak . He ’s a bounteous part of Frank ’s plans like his dispossessed shelter or when Frank used Liam ’s race to get him into a good school day .
Liam has also hustle his way into small succeeder before realise it on a handsome scurf when he turned a possible school bully into a profitable guest , wreak as his coach . He also see a way to earn enough money to not get kick out of the planetary house by Debbie .
Fiona
With parent like Frank and Monica , Fiona had to become the PCP for the rest of her siblings at a youthful age . That mechanically makes her a unattackable floozie . It was n’t like she was able to hold down a unwavering job at the time , so she had to issue forth up with creative ways to keep her family from being homeless or starve .
Fiona was the one who came up with whatever system the sib used to get through life , including how they ’d steal to get what they could n’t afford . Like Debbie , Fiona also eventually dream big . She used her skills as a hustler to get involved in real demesne , which actually worked out well for her until she burn off a bit more than she could manducate . Still , she made out with a $ 100,000 buyout , which is middling serious .
Frank
Frank is the epitome of who the Gallaghers are . There is never a time when he ’s not assay to pull off some kind of outline to make a quick vaulting horse . From indemnity scams to welfare fraud to any other way that he can believe of to cheat the system , Frank has literally done it all .
He is also not afraid to expend his tyke for his personal amplification , admit losing Liam due to a bad bet and even steal Carl ’s semen to trick his girl at the sentence . It seems like every season , Frank finds at least two or three ways to come into money that he should n’t , even if he squanders it all quick .
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