Storyline Edit. In the series premiere, drunken father Frank is no use to his dysfunctional family; Fiona meets a handsome stranger when her purse is stolen; Lip is shocked to discover his brother Ian is gay and tries to hook him up with a willing neighbor. Did you know Edit. Trivia Karen Laura Wiggins says her mom has melissophobia, referring to her fear of bringing dirt in the house, but melissophobia is actually the fear of bees.
Earlier in the episode, they said that Carl was almost 9, which would only make Fiona 18, Lip 15, Ian 14, Debbie 11, and Liam 4, but Liam appears to be a toddler much younger than 4.
Though her age is not stated, given the show's timeline, Fiona should actually be 20, meaning Liam should actually be 6, definitely not sleeping in a crib or wearing diapers. However, frank was drunk and high when he said this and barely knows anything about his kids anyway, so of course he would got it wrong.
Quotes Fiona Gallagher : [Fiona rings Steve, as she walks through the snow] Steve : [Steve is driving his car through a car wash] Hello? Steve : Huh? User reviews 5 Review. Top review. Series high point.. Unfortunately most of these other reviews are wildly over and under thought simultaneously. This is the best episode of the series. Has drama, comedy, highs, lows, action, thought, sex, love, hate. Beautifully sets up all the characters and the deterioration of all of them from this point forward is a huge disappointment.
Sure, the series as a whole is awesome, but this episode is as pure as it gets. I want what Fiona and Steve have. I want what Kev and V have. I want the brotherly comaraderie that Ian and lip have. I want the tight knit community banter kev has with all the bar patrons. We all want all of those things and they're all perfectly romanticized in this episode.
From here through the bitter end of the series it also deteriorates, and that's fine and natural for every series.. Character development masterpiece, fun and lighthearted, and lays the groundwork perfectly for what's to come.. Television brilliance in a single episode. Details Edit. Release date January 9, United States. United States. Technical specs Edit. As mentioned above, Debbie's daughter Franny is five years old, having been born on the Gallaghers' kitchen table in season 6.
Lip's son, Freddie, was born in the first episode of season 10 and therefore must be at least a year old by the series finale, since Ian and Mickey are celebrating the one-year anniversary of their wedding from the end of season Fred is probably about the same age in the finale as Liam was at the start of Shameless season 1.
That essentially brings the Gallagher household full circle with regards to their ages, as another generation is born. Moving next door, Kevin and Veronica's ages are never explicitly given at any point in the series, but they appear to be in their mid-to-late 20s in Shameless season 1. That puts them in their mid-to-late 30s by the time they pack up and get ready to move to Louisville in Shameless season Their twin daughters, Amy and Jemma, were born in the season 4 finale, and Franny was conceived just a few episodes later, which means that Kevin and Veronica's twins are about 6 years old by the end of the series.
Hannah has been with Screen Rant since , covering news, features, movie premieres, Comic-Con and more! Share Share Tweet Email 0. Fiona is a true South Side girl: she's scrappy, resourceful, and not afraid to get into a fight. As the sole provider for the Gallaghers, she takes on odd jobs and demeaning ones, like sexy waitressing gigs to provide for what her father's welfare checks won't cover.
When she isn't juggling the responsibilities of her siblings or dealing with Frank's shenanigans, she's out partying with Veronica and Veronica's husband, Kev. Other than Lip, Fiona is the most reliable of all the Gallaghers other than the latter half of Season 4. Fiona is almost always there for the people she cares about, and she's willing to do whatever it takes to keep her siblings out of foster care: in her mid-teens, she dropped out of high school to take care of them.
She once remarked that she's almost positive she doesn't want kids of her own since "her siblings are her kids. She leaves her family house but gives her family a large amount of money to support themselves. While Fiona doesn't get along with either of her parents because of their neglect, she has showed that she does love them.
She was pleased by Frank bonding with the family while he was getting sober, genuinely comforted Frank after he was insulted by his mother Peggy Gallagher and understood why he is the way he is. She later told an ailing Frank in season 3, that she does love him and was just tired of him not showing care for the family, as well as admitting her fear was that he didn't care for them.
She was also shocked to learn that he had a third daughter and never told her, as she believed she had him figured out. She tearfully confronted her mother on her frequent leaving the family and told her she just wanted to be loved.
She thanked her mother for giving Liam back. After her arrest in Season 4, she has learned that she couldn't blame them for her faults and must accept responsibility. Even though Frank ruined her wedding and she kicked him out, Fiona revealed to Veronica that she appreciated his acts since he saved her from a potential failed marriage and slowly forgave her father.
This was seen when she let him stay in the old apartment and tried to comfort Frank after Monica's death, after seeing him devastated. She also stated she took care of him after he neglected the family with Monica's first departure.
She can be surprised when he shows genuine love, as seen when Frank apologized to her for all he has done when changing in Season 8 and acted on his new ways by defending the family from a meth head and she thanked him for doing so.
Even after he fell back into his old ways, she shows him more patience and doesn't seem bothered by him anymore, like in the past. She also ran a business with him in her depression and they worked well together. Fiona also seemed to take her father's words about her excessive drinking into consideration.
She even stood by him when he injured himself at her old building and only left once his safety was guaranteed. When preparing to leave the house, she shared one final moment with him and took his gratitude for caring for the family in stride and smiled at her father after seeing he was holding back tears, causing her to know this was his way of wishing her well and they parted on good terms.
Fiona, like her siblings, struggles with unstable self-esteem. She's short-tempered due to stress, often so tired and overworked that she neglects to brush her hair or get adequate sleep.
She hides her more sensitive side underneath her tough, confident exterior; it's difficult for her to ask for help. Throughout the series, she has several emotional breakdowns in private. Once her siblings mature, Fiona finally begins thinking about her own future. A good example is when she started working hard to better her life in Season 7 and told her family they must fend for themselves.
Fiona's tumultuous childhood left her with self-esteem and abandonment issues, leading her to make impulsive choices and fall for men who are sometimes bad news. Fiona nearly marries a drug addicted Sean Pierce but her father ruins the wedding by telling her of his exploits. After the failed wedding, she tries out Tinder in Season 8, and she enjoys how easy meaningless sex is compared to her intense, short-lived relationships until she realizes she needs something real.
As of the Season 8, she is attracted to Ford , an Irish carpenter and part-time sperm donor. Ford is the most grounded, sensible partner Fiona has met. At first, he rebuffed her and they start slow with hanging out before they begin to date. It was Ford who helps her see that she won't always be able to her siblings and need to let them grow. Once she learned Ford was married and using her as an affair, she was devastated by this since she called him her boyfriend.
After her break-up with Ford, she fell into a drunk slump and constantly drank or lazed around the house. This led to concern from her siblings who took over for her in running the house as Fiona was no longer capable.
Fiona's mannerisms hit a major low, as she lost her job, nearly got kicked out by Lip for getting his sponsee Jason drunk, inadvertently causing him to have a drug relapse, and assaulted a woman for harassing Liam. After Frank told her to stop drinking because of her uncontrollable nature. At the end, she woke up passed out next to her father and realized she was nearly like him, which caused her to reevaluate her standing by attending AA meetings and getting a new job. Fiona hit a break when learning she earned a large sum of money from a previous investment.
She decided to make a start for herself elsewhere but not before leaving her family money. However Fiona unfortunately left Debbie in charge of the money, assuming her sister would be responsible enough with it due to her intelligence, but this unfortunately turned out to be misplaced faith as Debbie assumed she also got control of the house too and began making poor choices like buying designer clothes for herself and using their siblings actual social security numbers for credit cards when Frank had already used their names to get credit cards and put them in heavy debt.
Fiona clearly overestimated Debbie's competence and it's possible that Fiona still held a grudge against Lip, who would have been a much better choice in managing the family's money for trying to kick her out of the house even though he was completely justified showing that even after she left to go out on her own she was still a little petty and spiteful. Fiona also ignored the fact that she was still the legal guardian of both Liam and Carl at the time since he was still In the pilot , Fiona is the care taker of the Gallagher family, taking over for her absent mother, Monica Gallagher , and her narcissistic, alcoholic father, Frank.
Fiona ensures her siblings are fed, clothed, in school, and out of trouble. Their father is often passed out on the kitchen floor, too drunk to take care of them. She struggles to barely make ends meet by taking on odd jobs, and more than once we see her searching for spare change throughout the house. Fiona goes to a club in downtown Chicago with Veronica. Steve is admiring Fiona when he sees her purse get stolen; he pursues the thief and, although he doesn't catch the man, he earns her respect.
They go back to her house and have sex on the kitchen floor. Tony , a neighborhood cop who has known the Gallaghers for years, also has an eye on Fiona.
He asks out Fiona and they sleep together on the first date. Afterward, she decides that conscientious, conservative Tony isn't her type, so she decides to keep seeing Steve, who entices her with his double life as a car thief. She looks really hard to find her father when he's missing in Canada in episode 2, " Frank the Plank ". She is also angry to learn it was Steve who sent him away and scolds him for it.
After his return, she talked to him and warned him to never hit another of "her" kids before he moved out. In " Aunt Ginger ", she is surprised by a bureau inspector asking about her great aunt Ginger Gallagher and tells them she is at a retirement home.
Fiona finds her father and tells him about this. Frank later tells the family Ginger really died twelve years ago. Fiona and Frank borrowed a senile woman , from Veronica's nursing home and have her pose as Ginger. After everything is settled, Fiona tells Debbie who cared for the old woman that they can visit Ginger's grave. However, she is shocked to learn Frank buried her in the backyard. Following Ginger's return to the nursing home, Debbie steals little Casey Casden, a neighborhood boy.
Fiona is horrified by her sister's act and learns she took it after witnessing his father playing with him and his sister in their yard and got jealous. Fiona explains this to her brother and they work to return him to his home through a carefully devised plan to return him so nobody gets in trouble.
Fiona is pleased Debbie gained money from the incident after being held a hero and bought a function water heater. Next, in " It's Time to Kill the Turtle ", Fiona works odd jobs and is surprised her father and Debbie come home from a sugar rush after Frank decided to get sober. Fiona is confused by this but loves the new sober Frank, with whom she bonds with and has fun along with her family and friends.
She is surprised at this change, though Lip states he did this before and won't stop for money. Nevertheless, Fiona is very pleased when Frank plays the piano, does work around the house, cooks, and tells stories. However, Lip advised Fiona, Debbie, and Carl to "enjoy the moment while it lasts. Eventually, she questions her brother on his sour attitude to their father in this good time and he explains Frank once got sober and went to his little league game and expressed pride in him.
Lip ends it by stating that he didn't know it wouldn't last after Fiona inquired on it. When Frank's soberness gets too much, Debbie encourages Lip and Fiona to "kill the turtle" as she put it, a misunderstanding to the reference that Lip had made about Frank previously. She decides to end his attempt at staying sober after he plans to slam holes in the roof through the attic for skylights with Carl.
At the end, Steve comes over to find a drunk and bitter Frank with the children sitting around satisfied. In " Killer Carl ," Fiona scrambles to prove to Carl's school that he won't become a delinquent. Fiona is constantly trying to keep her siblings out of trouble, especially Carl. When Carl is almost taken away until Steve shows up and poses as Fiona's husband, ensuring the principal that Carl is in good hands. Although Steve constantly helps Fiona with the kids and her problems, she worries he's "distracting" her from her responsibilities; she can't stand it when he buys her expensive things or gives her money.
She is later relieved when Carl protects Lip from a bully by hitting him with a bat. We get the impression that Monica is bipolar and has abandoned the family countless times. Monica's overbearing partner, Roberta "Bob" , demands that they hand over Liam. Fiona, enraged and hurt, calls Monica out on her bullshit and criticizes her for trying to take away the son she wasn't there to raise. Monica refuses to compromise, so Fiona moves into the house next door with Steve, who bought the property.
Ultimately in Nana Gallagher Had an Affair , she protests to Veronica on the issue and starts making plans to take away her parents' rights to the kids. However, she is later intimidated to stop by Frank who wants his settlement and threatens Fiona to stay out of it. She later ends up moving back into the Gallagher home and starts to assert her place. She, Lip, and Debbie take Carl to the hospital to get his arm treated while also telling Frank that Liam is his son after all and orders him not to sign his rights of the children to Monica.
Fiona is present at the dinner, where she learns Ian is not Frank's son but she assures Debbie that they are still family. She is shocked to learn Ian is the child of one of Frank's brothers, making him both her brother and cousin. Fiona clarifies to her younger siblings, they have three uncles. She soon lashes out at Monica for trying to make a family with Bob after leaving her old one behind.
At the end of the season, Steve has to leave the country after he is threatened by Tony, who has figured out that Steve is a con man.
Steve begs Fiona to go with him. The end of Season 1 shows Fiona about to get on the subway to the airport, but turning back because her heart is with her family. She accepts a job offer she received from her reckless, sensual friend, Jasmine, who she met in " Daddyz Girl. Fiona runs a summer daycare in the Gallagher home to raise money for their "squirrel fund. Fiona continues to hang out with Jasmine at the club; Jasmine is married with children, but she parties with rich older men.
A banker from JPMorgan who, by no coincidence, looks somewhat like Steve pursues Fiona, but she doesn't feel a connection. A man sitting nearby warns her not to leave "her" purse unattended, which emboldens Fiona to steal the bag. She uses the money to buy groceries, but she feels guilty and decides to return the purse to its owner, Kim. Lip warns her not to give the purse back without getting a cash reward. Kim asks if Fiona wants a reward, but rescinds the offer when she realizes the purse is empty.
Fiona claims she found the purse that way, though she feels even worse when she realizes Kim also has a house full of kids.
When she goes back to return the money, Kim is hostile: she accuses Fiona of being a dirty thief, and Fiona calls her white trash.
Steve comes back in her life in " Father's Day ," but Fiona is more shocked than relieved. In Can I Have a Mother , Fiona is sleeping before she is told by Debbie of their grandmother Peggy Gallagher being released and making herself at home as the new head of the family.
She takes her new boyfriend and goes on a double date with Steve and his girlfriend. She also learns that he's in a staged marriage to a woman named Estefania, who only speaks Portuguese. She has a moment to herself but ends up making out with Steve though stops before it gets out of hand. However, her boyfriend figured out what happened and left.
At a party Sheila throws for Karen , she is awkward around Steve and tries to avoid. She is also worried when her grandma argues with Sheila and tries to have her father end it but he tells her to stay out of it.
Fiona is horrified when Peggy nearly shoots Sheila but Tony stops the police from arresting Peggy. After the party, Debbie tells Fiona that Steve's real name is Jimmy. She is surprised to learn this and leaves an angry voicemail while calling him by his name. She soon talks with her grandmother and gives her money to fix things up, while offering more time to learn more about each other since they missed out during her incarceration when Fiona was eleven.
Later on, Fiona overhears her father being dominated by his mother. She finds her father on the porch, where she empathizes with her father after realizing what he went through as a child and seeing he was no different from her and her siblings.
She comforts him and shares a beer with him as they bond over bad parents while he takes her words with a smile. Unlike Frank, she likes her grandmother being over in a A Bottle of Jean Nate and watches him take care of her. She attends a party thrown by Jasmine and find Jimmy is there and she is still self-conscious about her previous knowledge from Debbie.
Fiona is soon kissed by Jasmine who shows an interest beyond being friends, while Fiona leaves out of awkwardness but states she'll see her later. Very soon, she discovers Peggy's activities in the basement and is worried when Carl is nearly caught in a meth lab explosion.
Fiona realizes Frank was right and finds him at the Alibi where she starts to plot with him to kick Peggy out but discovers she is dying of cancer.
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