A Night to Remem– Wait, What?

I have my first problem of the season with this episode. Last week, Frank blew up Sheila’s house with a man inside and Chuckie was presumably in the trailer right next to it. This week, that entire thing was completely ignored. A guy died in a destroyed house and Sheila pulled a grand theft RV and there is not a word about it. Sammi and Chuckie don’t appear and Sheila is presumably on the run, but never mentioned. Sheilas’s house is in that neighborhood, how does no one even mention it?

So instead of continuing a major plot point, A Night to Remem…opens with Frank waking up next to a park fountain covered in pigeon droppings. He’s really excited to go pick up his insurance settlement from breaking his leg last year. When he goes to collect, Lou tells him he already came by yesterday and had his money wired into a bank account set up for him. Frank can’t avoid being Frank when he comes into money. He went crazy that night when he got his hands on the $121,000 and spends the day retracing his footsteps to find out what he did (spoiler: a lot of really bad decisions).

Fiona and Gus are in loooooooooooooove! Their bliss turns into a shotgun wedding which seems like a poor idea. No one really knows yet, so we gotta see how things shake out when they do. Since getting married in less than a day was so easy hopefully a divorce will be as simple to do.

V and Kevin also got a bit of time, with V kinda, sorta cheating on Kevin. V is ruining their relationship with her nonsense, she could be doing irreparable damage now (and I don’t think anyone will side with her).

Carl spends some good time with Frank after dipping his toe into dealing drugs. Unfortunately, he’s an idiot and manages to screw it up on his first go. Turns out Frank is great with fractions, but it remains to be seen if Carl can get himself out of trouble…he should be able find a scam to cover the $100.

I was hoping for more out of Debbie’s sex scandal, but it makes sense when I think about it. Matty isn’t going to say anything to anyone. A man getting date raped is almost never reported so I don’t think anything is official is going to happen over it. But word did get out about from the kids at the party and when Debbie gets called out by her ex-friend, Debbie goes on the offensive and starts swinging in true Gallagher fashion. This leads her to her next crush, which leads to her picking up boxing. Not sure what’s going to happen to her, but this could lead to better choices. Come to think of it, Fiona is lucky Deb’s party didn’t get her sent back to jail for breaking parole.

Lip took off for Miami to visit his girlfriend (?) Amanda where their true wealth is shown off. A ridiculous house with a nanny for each of Amanda’s younger sisters. Considering her dad paid him $10k to take a hike, you’d think he’d be more angry with him there. In a surprising revelation, Amanda’s dad is an engineer and smokes pot, something Lip both admires. They hit it off, Lip genuinely excited to talk to a successful adult he can relate and look up to now. Amanda even seemed pretty stoked about it (for now anyway).

Finally, Ian has another manic mood swing. After a piece of lost luggage get’s delivered to Mickey’s, Ian gets the great idea to go back to the airport and claim more luggage. By night time, he’s taken and organized the contents of dozens of suit cases. The stuff is spilling out of the house. Mickey is genuinely shocked and without his sister for support, is starting to realize that Ian is really sick and that it’s beyond anything he can really help with.