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Shameless Season 5 Episode 8 recap: “Uncle Carl”

After Sammi shoots Frank we see him really schmoozing up to her this week, but is it real? Here’s the Shameless Season 5 Episode 8 recap: “Uncle Carl.” Frank, Sammi, Carl and Chuckie: While caring for Frank – who in Sammi’s eyes is an untrained dog that needs to be trained, hence the reason for shooting him – sees that his arm is infected and that they will need to go get it checked out. Frank putting on a really good act to Sammi that he does really love her is scheming was to get back at her. Up comes the […]

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Shameless Recap, Season 5, Episode 7 “Tell me you f**king need me”

Last week we saw Ian get committed, Frank land himself in the hospital, Fiona still struggling with the Gus and Jimmy situation and lots of other craziness. Here’s what happened this week with a William H. Macy-directed episode of Shameless Recap, Season 5, Episode 7 “Tell me you f**king need me” Frank and Sammi: While Sammi is playing house and thinking she is in charge, Frank comes strolling in after getting sprung from the hospital. He promptly proclaims what an adult he is now and how he doesn’t need help from anyone. Sammi is upset after her attempts at getting him […]

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Shameless Season 5, Episode 6: “Crazy Love” recap

So last week was a little insane, heartbreaking and chaotic. Here’s what happens this week on Shameless Season 5, Episode 6: “Crazy Love” Frank and Sammi: Clearly in pain from abusing his new liver, Frank is hunting down his monthly check at the Gallagher house. Trying to get in, he comes across pitbull Sammi, who has taken upon herself to be in charge around the house now. She tells him it’s the gutter he crawled out of or the couch, also no money, no food. There is now a house curfew of doors being locked at 10pm, which promptly throws […]

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Shameless Season 5, Episode 5: “Rite of Passage” recap

Marriage, $121,000 benders, fight club, drug dealings, infidelity, parents approval and craziness all prevailed last week. Here’s what happened this week on Shameless Season 5, Episode 5: “Rite of Passage” Warning: get your hanky ready, there are some tearjerker moments this week. Well, at least for me. Frank: After last week’s expensive bender, Frank is trying to crash at the Gallagher house. Sammi moves her broken trailer on to the lot next door. Some strange man, who turns out to be a realtor, comes up while Sammi is trying to keep up with her now decrepit trailer and informs her […]

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Shameless Recap Season 5, Episode 4: “A Night to Remem- Wait, What?”

Last week on Shameless we saw Frank’s mouth and Shelia’s house exploding, ending with Shelia driving off in the RV? This week’s Shameless Season 5, Episode 4: “A Night to Remem- Wait, What?” is pretty heavy on Frank reverting back to his own ways. It starts at the end of a wild night out and the episode is pretty heavy on him trying to recall what all went down… Very The Hangoveresque episode Frank: The opening scene is him lying face down covered in pigeon excrement and a cop waking him up. Geez, what did you get into the night before […]

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Shameless Season 5, Episode 3: “The Two Lisas”

Oh, wow, things are certainly blowing in Gallagher land this week! Frank & Shelia: Frank decides to try and sell his beer and is on the search of finding buyers. With his first order in, he realizes his brewery is too slow and is trying to find ways to get it going faster. Trying steal some stuff from a scrap yard he is busted by the owner so he barters Sammi out as a trade since the only thing he needs is a woman for the night. Sammi, not knowing she is being pimped out, agrees to go out on a […]

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Shameless Season 5, Episode 2: “I’m the Liver” Recap

While the season opener was a little lackluster to what some fans were anticipating, I think it was just the start of a buildup of things to come. Now that we have seen Frank get all schnockered on his contribution to mankind,  “Milk of the Gods” beer, what can possibly happen next? Well, it’s Fathers Day, things can get nutty! Of course there is your usual Shelia moaning about Sammi, but other craziness endures… Frank & Shelia: The two lesbians canvassing the area are buying up houses and offer Shelia double her house’s value. Shelia is beyond ecstatic about the […]

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Shameless: Season 5, Episode 1 Recap

Before getting into the Shameless Season 5 Episode 1 Recap, “Milk of the Gods”, here’s a rundown of where we left off: Fiona, while on house arrest from the accidental drug overdose Liam had from her drugs, goes on a major bender, disappears and ends up stranded in the middle of nowhere, blows her probation and gets locked up in high-security prison. She luckily passes a drug test while in the big house and her PO gets her out and gets her a job working at a diner. Lip, struggling with college life and juggling family drama, finds a sugar mama […]

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William H. Macy on “Shameless” … and loving it

By Stacey Harrison William H. Macy doesn’t impress easily. Having been a professional actor for decades, with more than 100 film titles and countless stage productions to his credit, the dependable everyman has pretty much seen, laughed, cried, and got angry at it all. He knows what he likes, and what bores him to tears. All that experience has only deepened his appreciation for Shameless, his audacious new series that airs Sundays beginning Jan. 9 on Showtime. “It’s hard to make me laugh,” he says. “I generally find comedies work too hard for the laughs. This thing has consistently made […]