I’m the Liver

With episode 2, we spread our legs a bit. Fiona is now off of house arrest but is still on parole, so she’s gotta be careful. Frank and Sheila get invited to the parents of the kid that Frank got his liver from. Sammy buts in making things a mess which drives Sheila even farther to the deep end. There are developers looking to buy the neighborhood and Sheila is hot to dump the house she loves just to get away from Sammy. But Frank says no, claiming the fight against gentrification is way more important than Sheila’s selfish reasons.

Veronica and Kevin marriage becomes even more strained because of the helping hand Svetlana gives Kevin and Debbie. This has the side effect of Fiona pulling her head out of the clouds for the first time in months and pays her sister some much needed attention. Debbie is really a boat without a rudder and really needs some guidance. This was my favorite plot line as at the end, Fiona realizes that Debbie is on the cusp of making adult decisions that will shape her for the rest of her life. She’s not a child any more.

For the Gallagher boys, Lip gets a construction job that basically lays him out at the end of the day. Ian gets into a situation that sends him spiraling into bi-polar episode that could have destroyed him. Mickey and his sister Mandy figure out a Shameless plan to keep him safe.

A nice episode of growth, there’s a lot of great stuff going on for everyone.