EPISODE
SEASON
Shameless - Season 1
The series depicts the dysfunctional family of Frank Gallagher, a single father of six children. Frank goes missing and turns up in Toronto, tries without success to embrace sobriety, and bends the law to protect his disability checks. Fiona has her purse snatched at a nightclub and Steve attempts to retrieve it from a mugger. Brothers Lip, Ian and Carl uses their intellect to break every rule in the book to survive, while Debbie would sooner steal her share. Toddler Liam, the youngest, is just happy to be along for the ride. The Gallaghers are irreverent, endearing, resilient... and they are absolutely, wildly and unapologetically Shameless.
22 March 1986, Elmhurst, Illinois, USA
17 August 1961, Brooklyn, New York, USA
21 September 1970, Columbia, Missouri, USA
29 March 1978, Great Neck, New York City, New York, USA
7 January 1977, Madison, Mississippi, USA
1968, Chicago, Illinois, USA
28 December 1959, Los Angeles, California, USA
20 October 1945, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
2 June 1999
1957, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
28 July 1975, St. Petersburg, Florida, USA
25 November 1947, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
January 09, 2011
There is a quality at the show's core that pulls you in and makes you care very much about this weird, tight-knit, problem-filled family just enough to see where they'll go next.
January 09, 2011
Although Shameless attempts to jam a lot into one hour, the show's tremendous cast, smart pacing and fresh storyline keep it engaging.
January 09, 2011
Despite all the booze, illegal activity, open sexuality, and adult narcissism, the kids are all right.
January 09, 2011
Macy seems to be having a ball, playing against type as a rough, bitter, angry guy who is completely disassociated from any sort of civilized conduct.
January 09, 2011
Shameless may be a near-miss to start but it features such a strong cast along with one of the best TV showrunners out there in Wells that it could rise to the ranks of the Showtime greats before the end of the season.
January 09, 2011
Shameless will sorely test any prospective viewers' compassion fatigue
January 09, 2011
If Shameless lives up to its pilot, it could fit nicely among cable's many have-it-both-ways dramas, the ones that wink at rock bottom while making you crave a drink.
January 09, 2011
Based on opening night, it looks like Shameless fun.
January 09, 2011
Once you get past the shock value of seeing an elementary-schooler swilling a beer in plain sight of his family, who only seem mildly annoyed that he's drinking it: You find yourself rooting for the Gallagher kids.
January 09, 2011
An inexplicable misfire.
