Shameless
Nearly a year after the series finale , fans of the popular dark dramedyShamelessare still finding laughter , tears , and Wisdom of Solomon determine their favorite nonadaptive family . With ten years , eleven seasons , and a mini - serial , viewers have no famine of present moment to look back on that mark changes and growth in the characters .
juggle a orotund cast of complex fictitious character over a retentive period of time , it ’s no surprisal that each character had second that did n’t seem to fit their personality , although some of these moments were used to springboard a new arc of development .
Frank Gallagher
“He Didn’t Do The Heist. I Did… Okay, Here, Cuff Me Before I Get Disorderly. Be Brave, Son. Order Room Service.”
The Gallagher patriarch has made more than his fair share of empty promises , manipulative oral communication , and baseless claim of decency , all test thatFrank Gallagher was a ugly father , but when Carl is arrested for their father - Logos holdup of Carl ’s former foster parent , Frank steps up for his son ; he takes the fall and gets arrested .
Carl had let him catch some Z’s in the sept vanguard when he had nowhere else to go , so Frank obtain a chance for effective lodgment . Still , the moment between the two intelligibly shows a parental bond that Frank does n’t display often .
Fiona Gallagher
“I Always Fantasized About Having Enough Money To Stock Up On Toilet Paper."
Fiona , one of Shameless ' best characters , drop her whole life taking precaution of others , so on the surface , her desire to stock up on a simple-minded trade good seems in melody with her personality . However , her actions throughout the show do n’t inevitably digest her words .
Fiona has a track record of using any spare scrap of money - and occasionally money they ca n’t save - to endeavor to rise the run , often falling back into the family ’s embrace . A wish to buy in up on toilet paper , while something a caretaker might conceive about , does n’t fit Fiona ’s obstinate determination to get through higher .
Lip Gallagher
“I Just Need Someone To Say, ‘F*ck It. This Kid Deserves A Chance.'”
sassing is known for being smart and innovative ; when he does n’t have a programme , he ’s speedy on his feet . But when he leaves the South Side and goes to college he becomes a fish out of water .
His endurance instinct kicking in , and he bank on himself until he ca n’t extemporize any further . He open up to a professor , ask for a second chance . While the touching instant showcased a softer side to sass , it go against his personality as the ego - reliant know - it - all to admit so directly that he needs someone else .
Ian Gallagher
“No, Just Mentally Ill.”
Shameless ' Ian is a flawed character , and it took Ian a recollective time to come to term with his mental wellness issues . He finally memorize to unfold up , even cracking jokes about it , but early on in his diagnosis and treatment , he was adamant that he was not bipolar .
This offhand comment in response to being cry " hardcore " for his problems with the military was one of the first times he made lighting of his diagnosis . While he does eventually come up to terms with it and learn to make jokes , at the full stop that this remark was deliver , it was out of line of merchandise with his usual personality to be so flippant .
Debbie Gallagher
“If How We Turn Out Is All About How Our Mother Is, Then I’m Pretty Screwed. Right?”
For the first few season of the show , none of the Gallaghers were as forgiving of their parent as Debbie . She could often be seen taking care of a passed - out Frank or defend Monica even in her absence , but when she detect herself with an confused and dejected Sheila , she starts to exchange her tune .
This may not be the first instance of her acknowledge her parent ’s defect and impact , but it ’s well before she truly became the substantial , main woman of later season .
Carl Gallagher
“Yo White Girl, I Don’t Know You.”
With the exception of Frank and Monica , who are both low - keyShamelessvillains , Gallagher ’s are nothing if not truehearted . Throughout the series , Carl is one of the most loyal members of the family when it counts , but when Debbie draw near him for help convincing Fiona to keep her babe he act not to recognise her to seek to solicit Dominique .
Debbie and Carl are no stranger to sibling controversy , but for Carl to full - on deny Debbie ’s being is out of character . He commonly at least acknowledge his family ’s presence , even if he ’s just trying to get them to leave quick .
Liam Gallagher
“Where’s My Meth?”
Liam is clearly a smart kid . While he afterwards gets progressively savvy and uncoerced to go along with his kinsperson ’s mayhem , he is also show require about right and wrong , particularly when with Frank .
When he asks for his portion of Monica ’s meth , however , he does n’t question if it ’s right or amiss , prefer to listen to his brothers over Fiona . While not take heed to Fiona is n’t out of character , the attempt to follow everyone else ’s leash without questioning is a rare occasion for him .
Kevin Ball
“Okay, Hey. No Domestic Abuse. Take It Outside Like Everyone Else.”
Kevin has a reputation for suffer women , even if it does n’t always work as he mean . However , while casual conversations with the regular at the Alibi are a received part of his day , he behave that report to work when it counts , severalise off patrons for being creepy or leering .
When Mickey Milkovich threatens Svetlana at the bar , Kev offhandedly enjoin them to go outside . While he does n’t make a habit of directly stepping into other people ’s intimacy , it ’s foreign for him to not seek to calm Mickey down a fiddling bit , especially knowing the Milkovich reputation .
Veronica Fischer
“I Want Him To Fail. I Thought He’d Be Overehwlmed… Jackass Is A Better Mom Than Me.”
Veronica and Kevin are a devoted match from the start of the show , but when the two have children - more than they expected - it lay some air on their human relationship .
Throughout the rest of the show the couple is incredibly supportive of each other through just about everything , but that ’s not the shell when Veronica give away to Fiona that she wanted Kev to fail at being a parent . The two eventually pull through , but the whole legal separation was loath on both sides , as it went against the love they had .
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