Shameless
Content warning : This article discusses assault , heart and soul revilement , and alcohol addiction .
Of everyone onShameless , Lip Gallagher is one of the character reference who most subsist up to the show ’s name . Of naturally , give the claim , spectator can expect every character to make some questionable decisions . Each Gallagher must learn the tricks of the hustling swop for survive workaday life , and they learn from the master grifter - Frank .
Though it is n’t always obvious , in an odd means , Lip looks up to Frank . He admires the few occasion that Frank actually defend and protects his children , and he feel elated when Frank shows him any kind of approval or tenderness . These occasions may be rare , but Lip follow in Frank ’s footsteps for full or unfit - often worse .
Has An Affair With His Professor
Lip eventually come to regret hisaffair with Helene Runyon- profoundly . He meet her at college , where it ’s immediately clear that she ’s done this before with other pupil . Helene ’s husband seems to take the affair in stride , and Lip has no squeamishness about sleeping with a married charwoman while her hubby is home .
The affair finally ruin both of their lives , result in Lip ’s expulsion from college . He spirals and ferment to alcoholic beverage and other marrow for comfort , but this only hurts him and everyone around him . Thus , Lip never gets to quest after his aspiration or build a career .
Accepts Money To Illegally Take SATs
In time of year 1 , Karen helps Lip set up his most profitable business . An climb from tutoring , Lip accepts magnanimous sums of money to take other students ' SATs , which is both illegal and base .
Lip has absolutely no qualms about this , moral or otherwise , and is felicitous to accept the cash . He earns more from these psychometric test thanany of his other jobsat this point in the show . In fact , he boasts about how easy the tests are . For him , it ’s a challenge to see how quickly he can ace them , and how long it will be until he gets charm .
Helps Jimmy Steal Cars
Jimmy may claim to be better than Frank and the other Gallaghers , but his scheme are just as sketchy . Even worse , he lies about what he does so that he can maintain his lustrous repute for Fiona . He also lies about his identity , and whenever he needs to get back in her good thanksgiving , he uses her siblings , include Lip .
He offers Lip a status to work alongside him stealing cars . Of course , sassing accept , recognize it ’s wrong and unsafe . He thinks the whole thing is a sport , thrilling adventure and does n’t rue it , even when Fiona notice out and trounce him .
Uses Karen To Experiment On Ian
For much of the series , Lip does n’t know how totreat his lady friend . The relationships are often one - sided , either on their end or his . The same goes for his relationship with Karen , though their dynamic is always fluctuating .
In time of year 1 , neither of them is committed to the amatory scene of their relationship as much as they are to the friendship . Karen helps Lip make money , and it seems like she ’ll do anything for him , including experimenting on Ian to ascertain whether or not he ’s really gay . Karen does n’t object , but it ’s still a refutable thing to do , especially when Karen ’s parent are in the room .
Sleeps With Sorority House Residents
Lip often goes to utmost length when he ’s feel lonely . His days at the sorority house are insulate , but that ’s no alibi to break the strict rules and betray everyone ’s trustfulness .
Though everything Lip does is consensual , that does n’t make it good . In fact , because he ’s at such a low gunpoint , he does n’t even enjoy these encounter , but he does it anyway because it ’s all he sleep with . finally , he ’s break and punished , but he does n’t seem ashamed in the slightest .
Plants Drugs In Charlie’s Apartment
When Lip is with Sierra , she often tells him to stay out of her family ’s exit . This is a healthy mind-set on the waytheir relationship should work , but Lip ca n’t aid himself . He ’s convinced that Charlie is dragging Sierra down , so he decides to take matters into his own deal .
When Charlie is out , Lip plant drugs in his flat , remember he ’ll succumb . Charlie has been struggle to last out clean , and as someone who struggles with addiction , Lip should empathize with his battle . Instead , he tries to sabotage Charlie ’s progress . If his attack had been successful , this would have been prejudicial to Sierra and her nipper as well , but Lip is too selfish at this point to care .
Sleeps With A Child Molester
What ab initio starts out as an attempt to serve justice ends up with mouth sleeping with a convicted minor molester . Word gets out that a gender wrongdoer is survive peacefully in the vicinity , so Lip once again decides to handle matters himself .
He leads a mob to the accused ’s theatre , only to find that the sex wrongdoer is a untested , conventionally attractive woman . The mob disperses , confused and shamefaced , but Lip decides that her appearance should n’t apologise her actions . He devise a plan to catch her in the act , but instead of fooling her , he ends up savour the experience and eternal sleep with her .
Sells Drugs & Alcohol To Children
In the early season , Lip helps Kevin sell goods from an frosting emollient van . However , the actual money is made from the van ’s hole-and-corner side hustle . Kevin stations the van in parks and children ’s playgrounds , knowing that most of the customers are young .
The stage business targets children and teenager in the hopes that the customers will overlap both markets . Lip does n’t feel the least bit guilty selling addictive substances to underaged customer , even though he ’s seen the issue of overweening drugs and intoxicant at first hand . This is just one of many illegal odd job that Lip is happy to work .
Attempts Murder To Kidnap Xan
One of Lip’smost unblushing momentsis stealing Xan from a hospital . Since she has a broken weapon system and nobody to break up her up , Lip fears that Child Services will claim her . Xan ’s female parent is inattentive and unable to properly like for her , so as usual , Lip thinks it ’s his responsibleness to act without consulting anyone first .
When he endeavor to sign her out of the hospital , Lip is exclude because he ’s not a legal guardian . Thus , he turns to extreme methods . He lift into the hospital , cuts off an elderly patient ’s air supply as a diversion , and break Xan out of her cellblock . Not only are these actions illegal and irresponsible , but they ’re directly life - threatening . In the end , Lip is pretty pleased with himself .
Sabotages His Entire Life
Every fortune he getsat getting out of the South Side , Lip ego - sabotages . It ca-ca good sense for his character , considering where he comes from and everything he ’s been through , but it ’s endlessly frustrating for audiences , and for the characters who eff Lip . For starters , Fiona scarce make out to win over him to complete eminent school .
Mandy applies to college for him so that he can build a decent career , but he throws her efforts out the windowpane . Later , he blow his college education and succumbs to his addiction to alcohol and other substance . He spirals and does n’t finish up pursuing any of his passions . He ’s never grateful for the help he receive from Mandy , Fiona , Ian , or Youens , and alternatively , he resigns himself to the lifespan he thinks he ’s worthy of .
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