EPISODE
SEASON
Shameless - Season 4
Deathly ill Frank emerges trying to contrive an accident that will net him a big insurance payment, so he can afford a potential liver transplant.
31 March 1986, Palo Alto, California, USA
27 December 1961, Savannah, Georgia, USA
19 March 1979, Gloversville, New York, USA
21 May 1957, Chicago, Illinois, USA
14 April 1979, Sonoma, California, USA
8 September 1953, Chicago, Illinois, USA
27 August 1966, Spokane, Washington, USA
January 10, 2014
Even shrouded in darkness, they're still a joy to watch.
April 04, 2014
Shameless has many moments of triumph-and it also manages to find humor in what anyone else would see as horrible tragedy-but this fourth season, in which the characters begin to interact with the wider world, is its darkest yet.
January 10, 2014
Shameless's balance between humor and despicableness is a lesson in narrative wallowing that Girls ought to study.
January 13, 2014
Sometimes I forgot just how far out Shameless is and this week wasn't even that intense of an episode!
January 13, 2014
It's an excellent, appropriately effed-up beginning and suggests the creative team has found a way to evolve without having to radically change what the show is.
April 19, 2014
Yes, this season certainly had its fair share of heartbreak, but by pushing these much-loved characters to their very limits, we got some of the very best storytelling on television.
January 17, 2014
William H. Macy has often stolen the show as Frank while ranting nonsensically, but he got to show off his acting skills more here, as we see Frank like we've never seen him before.
