
It's also when the writers brought Jimmy Steve back just to prove he wasn't dead, but he's a sociopath liar that doesn't match with anything we knew of him before.

1, but then I remembered it was also the season where Fiona impulsively married a musician and abandoned her duties as legal guardian to her sibling. It was so compelling and beautifully done that I originally had this at No.

#SEASON 7 OF SHAMELESS ON HULU TV#
Judgement: The fact that Cameron Monaghan didn't get an Emmy or even a nomination for his performance in this season where Ian realizes he's bi-polar just like Monica will go down as one of the greatest TV crimes in history. The Season of Ian's Bi-Polar Disorder and Jimmy's Comeback It's a heartbreaking one, but it makes you love this ragtag group more than you knew you could. This season proved a lot about the Gallaghers' (and their significant others') ability to love, with Jimmy trying to become a good domestic partner for Fiona and Ian emotionally torturing himself watching Mickey ( Noel Fisher) be forced to marry a woman by his homophobic father. She was doing what was best for Lip! And she got him into college! Ugh, Season 3 makes me miss Mandy the most. Judgement: Listen, in hindsight Mandy ( Emma Greenwell) did the right thing by running Lip's ex-girlfriend Karen ( Laura Slade Wiggins) over with a car. The Season of Mandy and Lip and Jimmy's "Death" Season 2 also brought us Monica ( Chloe Webb), and her suicide attempt at the end of the arc showed that Shameless can easily be as blatantly dramatic as it is darkly funny. While it took no time for the sparks between Jimmy and Fiona to fan back into flames, Jimmy was still a two-timer prone to breaking Fiona's heart. Judgement: Guys, remember Jimmy Steve ( Justin Chatwin)? After fleeing from the cops at the end of Season 1 to Costa Rica, the love of Fiona's life returned with a green-card wife. Quick Summary: The Season of Jimmy's Wife and Monica's Return This is the Savior Lip that we can get behind.Įmmy Rossum, Shameless Cliff Lipson, Cliff Lipson/SHOWTIME Meanwhile, Lip realized he didn't want to waste his life at the bottom of a bottle like Frank and put serious effort into keeping himself clean and stopping the people around him from throwing their own lives away. Even though she and Ian ( Cameron Monaghan) spent most of Season 8 sparring over the rights to an abandoned church next to the building Fiona owns, they ended up being closer than they have in several seasons as Ian became the mythic figure to the local LGBTQ teens. Judgement: Fiona maintained her independence but learned to bring the kids back into the fold a bit more, and the show was better for it. Season 7 was great for the growth of the characters, but the lack of cohabitation between all of the siblings put it lower on the list. It didn't feel like the Gallaghers were a unit. Season 7 saw Fiona trying to reclaim her life after two bombed relationships, but in doing so she pushed the rest of the family away. Judgement: The thing that makes Shameless magic is when the family comes together to get out of scrapes, no matter how insane the means to do so are. There have been some dark seasons of Shameless, but this was just a downer all around. That relationship also ends in expected disaster, topped off with Lip ( Jeremy Allen White) drinking himself out of school and ending up in jail. Instead, she got very hot and heavy with her boss Sean (Dermot Mulroney), who put a ring on it literally the second Fiona broke up with Gus ( Steve Kazee). Judgement: After Fiona went through a disastrous marriage and divorce in Season 5, she really needed some alone time. The Season of Sean and Lip's Downward Spiral Shameless Can Survive Without Emmy Rossum, but Should It?

Which arc for the family showcased the best the show has to offer, though? Let's take a look at all eight seasons so far, ranked from worst to best. Even little Liam (Christian Isaiah) suffered an accidental cocaine overdose thanks to Fiona's neglect. The family has grown up over the course of nine seasons, and we've gone to hell and back with every single character.
