You’ll Never Ever Get a Chicken in Your Whole Entire Life 

This is the first episode in awhile that had what would constitute a happy ending for most of the cast. Everyone had their Shameless drama but there is more hope to be found at the end than usual.

It’s all about the relationships:

Frank really had a turn around getting Liam (who has finally been given more than 2 speaking lines) into school. He took some rather Frank measures to do it, but it was a legitimate unselfish act that got him sincere love and thanks.

Deb was in rare form this week. She bossed everyone around due to her fear of Frannie being taken away so it’s understandable. She got some of the best lines in the fight with Fiona at the laundromat and spitting hot fire at the parent meeting (that poor social worker). The bathroom scene with her and Neil was touching.

Ian and Trevor hit a new milestone, that’s for sure. Their relationship is going in a positive direction for them both.

Lip and Sierra go through an ordeal together. On a date, she asks him about his drinking which he downplays as much as a recovering alcoholic could. He gets news from the good old professor that he appealed his expulsion from the school. Lip dismisses that one, but Sierra supports the move to at least get his record cleared. Open something up for his future at least. With their hookup reaching new terms, Lip gets a view at Sierra’s problems. Her ex is a complete deadbeat and when they have to go pick up her abandoned son, it’s Lip’s turn to offer her support.

Svet makes her husband disappear, bringing the ‘throuple’ back. That raises even more questions as Svet is super vague about what happened. Being covered in cuts and blood is one thing. Not knowing if there is a body somewhere is another. V gets over the lying and shadiness surprisingly fast but Kevin has a harder time dealing with what’s happened. All is not okay in the love triangle.

Fiona did not do her due diligence on the laundromat. She saw that Etta has been slipping on keeping things straight but didn’t account for what that means. Etta basically has no idea of what’s going on. She forgets everything and is basically floating through life until her cats eat her. The laundromat is a money pit. Most of the machines need to be replaced and a gas leak cripples the business. Fiona has to front $1700 to fix the gas right away and takes it from the diner. The up front costs to turn the laundromat around is going to kill her. Profit on that place is ages away and she’s got monthly loan payments to keep up with. Feeling the pressure she knows it’s a problem but she sacks up and moves forward like a good business woman. She’s convincingly upbeat at the bank when she deposits Etta’s money for her. The slide has started. This looks like it’s going to end in a disaster. Out of everyone on the show, Fiona is the only one who is going at it alone.