A decade of chaos on the South Side came to an end with the Season 11 finale of Shameless.
The Shameless season 11 finale says goodbye to Frank Gallagher and his many children and grandchildren. Created by John Wells, the Showtime series debuted in 2011 and over the years has shown the Gallagher children more or less growing up to become responsible adults with jobs, families and extensive criminal histories of their own.
The Shameless series finale avoids ending the fates of the Gallaghers (except Frank), instead offering hints at what might happen to them in the future: Lip might have a second child, Ian and Mickey might adopt a child, Debbie might move out of Chicago, and Carl can buy the Alibi Cafe from Kevin and Veronica.
The episode opens with the family finding Frank dying on the couch after attempting suicide with a heroin overdose, but other than Liam, no one really cares whether he lives or dies.
While many fans of the series were hoping that Fiona, who left the show at the end of Season 9, would return in the series finale, she only appears in a flashback when Frank looks back on his past life.
Despite her absence, the Shameless finale wraps up the series neatly by paying homage to the very first episode. Below, we'll look at how Shameless ends for each of the Gallaghers and what it might mean for their futures.
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Frank Gallagher dies of COVID-19
Of the many, many things Frank Gallagher could have died from (drugs, alcohol, and people's anger among them), few could have predicted at the start of the series that he would be a victim of a pandemic.
In season 11 of Shameless, Frank was diagnosed with alcoholic dementia and his mental abilities began to rapidly decline, leading to forgetfulness and inappropriate behavior.
Accepting his death and wanting to go out on his own terms, Frank injected himself with a massive dose of heroin in the show's penultimate episode, leaving a letter to his family that went unnoticed by everyone except Frannie, who scribbled on it with her pencils.
The Gallagher clan patriarch even went so far as to tattoo "DO NOT RESUSCITATE" in bold letters on his chest, leaving hospital staff confused about whether the instructions were legally sound.
Even though Frank survived his overdose, he was clearly living on borrowed time and his COVID-19 infection simply tipped the scales.
In some ways, becoming a victim of the coronavirus is fitting for a man who considered himself as much a part of Chicago as its streets and buildings. The pandemic will be remembered as a turning point in Chicago's history, and now Frank Gallagher is part of that story, albeit a grim one.
Before going to the hospital, Frank went to the church where he had once been an altar boy and looked at the statue of Jesus. The moment echoes a similar scene from the series' Season 6 premiere, in which Frank went to the same church to seek answers after the death of Monica, the mother of his children and the love of his life.
And although Fiona did not return for the finale, Frank's final trip to Chicago was a tribute to her. The first place Frank visited was Patsy's Pies, where Fiona used to work. Even though he had lost his memory, his first instinct was to find Fiona.
In his final hours, he believes the nurse at his bedside to be Fiona, and the last words he speaks before losing consciousness are to his eldest daughter: “You cried a lot as a child. You’re angry all the time... But it’s so beautiful.”
Who are these people
Undrying, irresponsible and despised by his children, Frank is played by William H. Macy in the American version. Frank's wife has run away, so taking care of the younger ones falls to the eldest daughter Fiona (Emmy Rossum), who cannot give up drugs and deal with her men. The eldest son, Lip, is the smartest in the family, but he also earns his living and studies mainly through criminal activities. Nephew Ian (son of Frank’s brother) who lives nearby wants to make it into the public eye by serving in the army, but this is hampered by his gradually realizing homosexuality and bipolar disorder.
William H. Macy and Emmy Rossum
Karl, a difficult child, sells drugs in a gang from an early age, but then graduates from the cadet corps. Father's favorite, Debbie, becomes a mother early and also goes wild. The calmest in the family is the youngest son Liam. He is black - this circumstance is not really explained, but it adds exoticism to the family. Having abandoned her children and husband, Monica appears on the horizon from time to time, only to finally die in the seventh season. The Gallaghers have many friends, partners, enemies and colleagues. For ten years they carry out adventures, serve sentences, give birth to children and start life anew.
The story of Lip, Tami and Freddie
Lip Gallagher's story is gripping, heartbreaking and completely disappointing. Frank talks about this in his last farewell speech: “Lip, you are smart as hell.
You just can't run away from yourself." From the very beginning of the show, Lip seemed like a Gallagher with a strong chance of escaping poverty and finding a better life. He was exceptionally intelligent, with a gift for mathematics, engineering and the sciences, and was accepted into the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and eventually attended the Chicago Polytechnic Institute on a full scholarship.
As the second-oldest Gallagher child, Lip was not as burdened with raising his siblings as Fiona was and had a better chance of achieving his own dreams.
However, Shameless was never intended to be a show about how to escape poverty. Showing Lip living the meritocratic American dream of leaving the South Side on the strength of his intelligence would be a betrayal of a show that is more about the struggle and struggle to survive the trap of poverty than escaping it. At the end of the series, Lip decided to sell the Gallagher house for only $75,000.
That's a far cry from the $250,000 the developer was offering him before he lost the deal by being too insistent on his terms. He is still below the poverty line, working in a food delivery business to support his girlfriend Tami and their son Freddie. Moreover, Tami reveals that she is pregnant again, and she and Lip discuss having an abortion since they can barely support the child they already have.
The ending to Lip's story in Shameless may seem like a failure, but his final conversation with Ian pushes aside a string of failures and bad decisions to highlight all the good Lip has done.
Unlike Frank, he was a devoted father to his son and worked hard to create a good life for Freddie. Ian also tells Lip that the other Gallaghers see him as the most important person after their father, and invites Lip to take his share of the sale of the house to start a new life with Tami. Lip may have lost his dream of wealth and job security, but he kept what matters most: his family.
House of Dionysus
The American adaptation of “Shameless” was compared not to social manifesto dramas, but to the conformist TV classic “Roseanne” or completely toothless sitcoms like “It Could Be Worse” or “My Name Is Earl.” In them, poor people, sometimes even criminals, were portrayed as funny and kind people. Simplicity can be worse than theft, but the good intentions of the heroes ultimately lead to family reunion, and at the same time to social success. The modesty of the characters' everyday life was not particularly emphasized. The sets of poor houses or trailers were clearly built on Californian soundstages.
The Gallagher house, which struck the imagination of early critics, is real - it is located in Chicago (only the interiors were filmed separately), and people actually live in it. The film crew of the series traveled from Hollywood to the other end of the country for location shots. Scenes, including those with transitions from location to location, were often filmed in one shot. A hand-held camera and poor natural lighting made the picture look like a home video or a reality show.
The naturalness of the form was complemented by the content, as if borrowed from a criminal report. The Merry Gallaghers sold drugs, forged documents, stole, cheated, and did nasty things to themselves and each other. And most importantly, they used drugs and alcohol uncontrollably. First of all, alcohol is the “drug of choice” of family patriarch Frank and eldest son Lip. The puritanism of American culture, which demonizes drunkards, was rejected according to the precepts of the English original.
The series, of course, demonstrates all the ugly sides of alcoholism. Let's say Frank almost dies from cirrhosis and is saved only by a liver transplant. His daughter Fiona, who despised her father, gets drunk and almost causes the death of her little brother. There are a lot of episodes like this in the show, but Shameless isn't shy about saying that despite all the costs, drinking is a lot of fun. Frank and company pawn differently than Serebryakov in Leviathan, with an expression of torment on their faces. They consume with pleasure, and this feeling of unbridled vicious fun is transmitted to the viewer.
The head of the Gallagher clan himself is the embodiment of Dionysus. “We know how to throw a party,” he says early in the series. And later: “Alcohol is a gift.”
Another obvious cultural allusion here is from the Old Testament: Frank's children resemble Ham, the son of Noah. When the righteous man slept drunk and naked, Ham looked at him without shame, for which he was punished. Shame, morality - what was supposed to keep the disenfranchised and doomed lower class in check. Having rejected them, the Gallaghers cling with claws and teeth to life and its pleasures. This was one of the reproaches to the series: the show supposedly conveys stereotypes about the unscrupulousness and meanness of the poor. But all their sins - from retail drug sales to health insurance fraud and child trafficking - in the universe of the series are predetermined by the social status of the heroes. Shameless dismantles the telemyth of success against odds. Just like the Hollywood idea of the moral transformation of the hero towards the end.
The story of Ian and Mickey
Ian and Mickey's difficult journey to married life on Shameless was marked by multiple felonies, lengthy prison sentences, an escape across the Mexican border, and countless life blows.
However, at the end of the series, Ian and Mickey seem to be the closest to a safe and stable life. In the show's 11th season, proud Southern "barbarian" Mickey faced the realities of married life when he and Ian moved into a luxury West Side apartment, started running their own legitimate security business (admittedly thanks to a stolen ambulance), and they even had the opportunity to have children.
In the Shameless series finale, Ian and Mickey go to Kev and V's apartment to pick out furniture for their apartment, and Ian suggests they get a crib, which leads to a conversation about the possibility of having children.
Mickey rejects the idea because he is afraid of becoming a bad father. His concerns are understandable, given what a horribly abusive father Terry Milkovich was - to the point where he interrupted Ian and Mickey's honeymoon with a drive-by shooting.
Terry's death at the start of the show's 11th season resulted in Mickey being freed from the worst of Milkovich's legacy. Even though Terry treated him much worse than Frank treated any of his children, Mickey tried his best to take care of his paralyzed father, and mourned him after he died.
In the penultimate episode of the series, Ian and Mickey come to a compromise as they try to improve their lives and stay true to their Southern heritage (Mickey is allowed to pee in the pool, but not allowed to steal from his neighbors).
However, the question of paternity is much more complex. Ian and Mickey had terrible fathers, and Mickey's last attempt at parenthood, when he lived with Svetlana and son Eugene, ended unsuccessfully. Mickey is still reluctant at the end of the series, but there is an opportunity to adopt one of Milkovich's many abandoned babies or Tami and Lip's second child.
Shameless season 11 episode 12 - ending, how the series ended (finale)
Showtime's Shameless has come to an end after 11 seasons, but the episode 12 finale left fans with questions and some clarification.
Shameless has been a welcome guest on our screens since it first appeared in January 2011. However, after 11 seasons, the much-loved series came to an end, with the final episode giving Frank Gallagher the final word.
Season 11 of Shameless was announced in January 2020 and began airing on Showtime on December 6 of that year. When Season 11 was announced, it was confirmed that it would be the final season of Shameless and that it would conclude the adventures of Frank Gallagher and his family. After 12 episodes, Shameless season 11 came to an emotional conclusion with the episode "Father Frank, Full of Grace .
Shameless season 11, how did episode 12 end?
Shameless Season 11 Episode 12, "Father Frank, Full of Grace," continues the story of Frank's overdose from the previous episode.
Due to this being a common occurrence, the rest of the Gallagher family decides to leave him passed out on the couch and go about their business.
Concern grows over The Alibi as Kev and V want to sell the much-loved bar, but none of the offers they have received so far have met their expectations, while Ian and Mickey, who are buying furniture for their new apartment and celebrating this event, tensions arise over their wedding anniversary.
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While all this is happening, Frank wakes up from an overdose and leaves the house without his family's knowledge. Stopping at Patsy's boarded-up pies, Frank ends up in a church and, once inside, puts on a priest's robes, only to be found by a priest who calls an ambulance for him.
Shameless Season 11 Ending Explained
Frank is admitted to hospital following the intervention of a priest, where it is revealed that he has contracted Covid-19 and is suffering from a severe fever. Frank begins to hallucinate and believes his nurse's name is Fiona, the same name as his eldest daughter who left Shameless at the end of Season 9, which triggers a series of flashbacks.
While the rest of the Gallagher family reunites at the Alibi Bar for one final party, Frank sees himself in the bar and begins to fly in a chair as he dies in the hospital.
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The series ends with a letter from Frank to his family offering some final emotional words of wisdom before his funeral, with the alcohol in his body causing an explosion during his cremation.
The latest episode of Shameless was a tribute to Frank, and it was always "his" show, even though he wasn't always the show's main focus. "Father Frank, Full of Grace" emphasizes this and bids Frank farewell. The opening minutes of Shameless begin with the voice of Frank Gallagher, the series finale ends in the same manner, and this time the Gallaghers even team up.
The main lesson Frank conveys in his parting words is to appreciate the time you have, even if it is stupid, and not to waste your life. The final season of Shameless didn't always make the most efficient use of its time, but it clearly had fun every step of the way.
The final season of Shameless is the finale to the poignant and complex family drama that emerged in the first season, but they have always valued their time and the stories they have had to tell. The show, like the Gallaghers themselves, was messy, but never lacked in love.
Why isn't Fiona in the latest episode of Shameless?
Ahead of the Shameless series finale, fans were hoping that a few familiar faces might return, most notably fan favorite Fiona Gallagher.
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However, despite fans wanting Emmy Rossum's character to appear again, Fiona did not appear in Season 11 Episode 12 except in flashbacks.
According to Shameless executive producer John Wells, who spoke to TV Line, ideas for Fiona's return were discussed, but she ultimately did not appear in the final episode:
“We talked about bringing Fiona back. She was going to go back and sort out Liam's custody and decide where Liam would be when they sold the house and there were going to be a few more moments with Fiona and the rest of the family.
“Because it was so difficult to develop, we never got around to writing a script.”
It's safe to say that fans were disappointed that Fiona wasn't able to return for the Shameless finale, and many took to social media to express their outrage.
Shameless ended after 11 seasons on April 11, 2021.
The story of Debbie and Franny?
At the beginning of the first season, Frank called Debbie a "God sent" and a "true angel." By the end of the show, his ratings had changed. “You remind me of your mother, but not in a good way,” he says angrily. Like Ian, Monica had bipolar depression.
Unlike Ian, she was unable to maintain a consistent medication schedule and so ended up being virtually absent from her children's lives, drifting from one misadventure to another. In Season 11, Debbie showed warning signs that she was just as bad a mother to Franny.
She left her alone, drank and took drugs. She then began a relationship with Heidi, a violent ex-con who pressured Debbie into cooperating by threatening to shoot her daughter.
Of all the Gallagher children, Debbie's future is the one most in danger of imminent disaster in the Shameless series finale. She drives around with Heidi to help her find a car to steal, and ends up having to run with Franny in the car from a man armed with a shotgun.
Heidi later announces that she is leaving to commit another crime in Texas and invites Debbie and Franny along. The show ends with Debbie having yet to make a firm decision, but with the sale of the Gallagher house and her track record of impulsive decisions, it's likely she'll continue to look for trouble. As Frank says to Debbie in his farewell letter: “Good luck in life. You'll need it."
Dirty kitchen drama
The American version turned out to be not only more famous in the world, but also became a hit in Britain. Although the interlinear review of the first season in the British The Guardian was called “Planet of the Apes”: the author found the attempts of the “Hollywood” Macy and the rest of the team of actors “with good teeth” to portray people from the bottom of society funny. At the same time, the initial episodes shown in the USA almost scandalized society. The media wrote seriously about the “smell of excrement and decomposition” emanating from the screen. On the screen, however, there was nothing like that - just a bunch of children in a cluttered but cozy house. Such a rather smooth portrayal of a large and drinking family could seem shameless only against the backdrop of American comedy television.
The English series drew on the rich national tradition of depicting poverty. The Gallaghers are a recognizable family of proles, chavs, and lower class people. Poverty, which is not a sin to both cry and laugh at, has long ago become an important theme in popular culture in England (see, for example, William Hogarth’s engraving “Gin Lane.” The most popular book series of the 19th century are precisely about the vicissitudes of life at the bottom: Dickens' stories of Oliver Twist and David Copperfield, Shaw's hit play from the end of the Victorian era, Pygmalion, whose main characters include a Cockney girl and her dishonest alcoholic father. Stories about the plight of the common man have become commonplace on British TV since 1960s: The most popular anthology series - Wednesday Plays and Daily Plays - often turned to the genre of kitchen drama, and these kitchens were dirty and poor.
But if in the homeland of “Shameless” not-so-honest poverty was a familiar, traditional background, in the USA they looked at it differently. The position and status of the characters turned out to be the main nerve of the series. Of course, American film and TV has a tradition of depicting “white trash,” trailer park America. But the extreme manifestations of such marginal life were left to “serious” cinema, trash television like TLC with its hellish reality shows (“My Teenage Daughter is Pregnant, and So Am I”) or horror films.
Carl's story
In the most surprising twist that occurred in the show's first season, Carl ended up becoming a police officer and working as a parking enforcement officer after being kicked out of several other departments. It's probably a good thing, if Carl Gallagher is going to have a gun, handing out parking tickets is probably the safest place for him to be. In season 11 of the show, Carl was repeatedly frustrated by his job as a police officer, which wasn't as meaningful as he expected.
At first he was paired with Officer Tipping, who refused to take any calls that seemed even remotely risky. Carl then partnered with Officer Jaynes, the strict mentor he sought until it became clear that she was using her power to engage in senseless cruelty.
Working with a pair of vice detectives also ended badly when Carl realized that they were corrupt to the core and were running a racket in which they covered up black market cannabis dealers.
Carl's storyline as a police officer was a complete disappointment for him. At first, he realized that in reality being a police officer is not nearly as cool as it is shown in TV series and films.
He then decided to use his position to help the poorest in his area and bring the rich to justice, but was quickly punished for trying to rock the boat.
Carl's story shows the difficulty of trying to be a "good cop" in a system that is broken from top to bottom. In his simple role of handing out parking tickets, he was able to voice a small protest against the gentrification of the Southside. He handed out parking tickets to the rich, but Officer Tipping warned him that that job would soon be taken away from him, too.
Of all the Gallagher siblings, Carl's story seems the most incomplete. This is largely due to a plot in which he was raped by a girl named Tish, who had sex with him without a condom, despite his protests.
Some time later, he met Tish again and discovered that she was pregnant, but the question of whether Carl was the father remained unanswered. Carl has actually already become a father several times thanks to artificial insemination, so there are now quite a few illegitimate children who could potentially appear again in his future.
Unenviable constancy
The characters in the show reject traditional morality, sobriety, and responsibility to society and the law. They don’t want to be like everyone else, they refuse to learn and admit their mistakes for the obligatory happy ending. The soap opera format with endless cliffhangers and repetition of stereotypical situations unexpectedly brings the story closer to the truth of life. Where in a two-hour film twists and turns are bound to lead to catharsis and leave hope for change, the never-ending series demonstrates an eternal return. If Frank put his children's health and lives at risk to go to a bar in Season 1, you can be sure he will continue to do so in the future.
Consistency is generally a key property of the American “Shameless”: the adaptation, unlike the original, is tightly tied to the main characters. Fiona's sudden departure from the family's life (as well as Emmy Rossum's departure from the show) and Ian's temporary prison absence are late exceptions. In the English show, only Frank remained a permanent character, and the children sooner or later left their depressive hometown.
The fate of the American Gallaghers depends on the reaction of the public, whose attention has been increasingly difficult to maintain in recent seasons - after all, fatigue from the same faces and limited space for script maneuvers with a constant pool of heroes are taking their toll. But the crazy series of events evoked the keenest sympathy from the viewer. For example, when an older sister urged her younger sister to have an abortion, the conservative part of the audience launched a whole hashtag war against her. And when Ian split from his partner Mickey, fans began to threaten the producers' lives. Mickey was eventually returned, and the lovers even got married.
But Shameless still ultimately tells us that people don't change. But the world around us is slowly changing. The only chance of these persecuted people, invisible by a prosperous society, for a different life lies in eliminating the stigma imposed on them. The external and internal changes in the series reflect this process of normalization of the marginalized.
The Gallaghers' indifference to issues of race and gender turned into tolerance in the later seasons. The cast of black and Latino actors grew, and the family home became a haven for all sorts of minorities. As we have already said, Frank’s most adequate son is a black guy (in one of the last seasons this is explained by the genes of some ancient ancestors suddenly appearing). Gallaghers can now demand justice from the modern world along with other outcasts. In this sense, their madness and drinking is a continuation of the ancient carnival, where social hierarchies are abolished and a slave - even for a day - can become the master of at least his own life.
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Liam's story
Liam Gallagher suffers greatly from his minority status, which is understandable considering he hasn't really had anyone like his parents since Fiona left.
When he heard about Lip's plans to sell the Gallagher house, Liam's first instinct was that he would become homeless and get no help from his siblings, so he began actively preparing for life on the streets.
While the episode was darkly comedic, it was also a sad sign that the youngest Gallagher was being left alone, albeit unintentionally, as the others focused on their own lives. When the social worker asked Liam who his legal parent or guardian was, Liam had no idea who to name.
Perhaps it was because of this vacuum that Liam grew closer to Frank in the show's final season. Frank (despite appearances) is Liam's biological father.
Of course, because Frank was Frank, what actually happened was that Liam was more of a parent figure in their relationship. After learning about Frank's dementia, Liam took him on a day trip to remind him of his good past. And when Frank wakes up from an overdose and leaves home, Liam is the only Gallagher who goes looking for him.
However, there is hope for Liam. When Lip learned that his little brother was afraid of being homeless, he assured Liam that he could come and live with him, Tami and Fred.
Of course, this proposal is somewhat complicated by the fact that Lip doesn't yet have a new place to move to by the end of the Shameless series finale, and he's worried that he can't afford to support another child on his and Tami's income.
But while Liam's situation is concerning, it is real. Family insecurity and instability are key issues for children living below the poverty line.
A 2014 report (Washington Post) found that 2.5 million children in the United States experience homelessness each year. There are many kids like Liam who have to juggle worrying about homework with worrying about where they'll live in a week.
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- For what, ***? - Because I fell in love with myself. Bitch! Tags: Shameless / Shameless (2011) // Lip Gallagher // Amanda // sad quotes //
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Holy crap. Congratulations, Ian. You are not Frank Gallagher's son. Tags: Shameless / Shameless (2011) // Lip Gallagher //
- No, honestly. Like that, to hell? Are you used to this? How can you get used to this?! After all, this is the meaning of the intestines - there is one-way traffic. This is how it should be. - [Laughter] - What? - It must be! It's as if we were given lungs just for smoking. Tags: Shameless / Shameless (2011) // Ian Gallagher // Lip Gallagher //
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— How do children get involved in university life? I can not understand. - Three words . Skills. Management. Time. Tags: Shameless / Shameless (2011) // Lip Gallagher // Cook // time // university //
You have to think about how to fuck the system, not how to play along with it. Tags: Shameless / Shameless (2011) // Lip Gallagher // motivational quotes // system //
The government of the rich, labored for the rich, for the benefit of the rich, fuck them down the throat. Tags: Shameless / Shameless (2011) // Lip Gallagher // Lip Gallagher //
I guess the answer to this, like so many other questions, is, “Fuck off.” Tags: Shameless / Shameless (2011) // Lip Gallagher // sarcastic quotes // answers //
- Why help those we hate? “I believe we are taking our cue from American foreign policy.” Tags: Shameless / Shameless (2011) // Karen Jackson // Lip Gallagher // ironic quotes // politics //
- He's a fool. - Is it true ? How do I know if I'm dating a fool? - You will understand this yourself. Or I'll beat the crap out of him for you. - OK. Cool. Tags: Shameless / Shameless (2011) // Lip Gallagher // Debbie Gallagher // ironic quotes //
- Take me. - What for? - They took my rifle, forced me to brush my teeth after lunch and constantly asked how I was doing. Tags: Shameless / Shameless (2011) // Carl Gallagher // Lip Gallagher // funny quotes //
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Have a pleasant life, full of interjections and stupid jokes. Tags: Shameless / Shameless (2011) // Lip Gallagher // ironic quotes //
- Yes, you're kidding me. “If I didn’t know him, I would think he’s a decent guy.” - Just like Ted Bundy. Tags: Shameless / Shameless (2011) // Lip Gallagher // Fiona Gallagher // sarcastic quotes //
- Do you want your ass to be shot in some kind of camp? - Will you? - Well, Pakistan, Afghanistan... Iraqstan! Tags: Shameless / Shameless (2011) // Lip Gallagher // Ian Gallagher // Afghanistan //
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- Maybe I should start homeschooling? - Don’t even think about it. — All celebrities were homeschooled. — Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, Lincoln, Bieber. — I haven’t seen you paint the Sistine Chapel, Bieber. Tags: Shameless / Shameless (2011) // Lip Gallagher // Liam Gallagher // funny quotes // teaching, studying //
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Kevin and Veronica's story
The characters on Shameless have been fighting a losing battle against South Side gentrification for years, but Kevin and Veronica last almost to the end. The coronavirus pandemic caused a year of uncertainty as The Alibi cafe faced closure several times until its owners lost count of their difficulties.
To compensate for the café's shaky business, Kevin and V started a cannabis supply business, which was enough to keep the beloved South Side bar afloat. Outside of work, Wie entered the world of politics with hopes of motivating black voters to fight gentrification and rising rents and learned that many of the area's black residents had already moved out.
When Veronica's mother, Carol, announced that she was going to join the family moving to Louisville, Kentucky, Vi initially vehemently opposed the plan.
But the trip to Louisville made it clear that a better life was possible there: a political landscape in which Veronica could actually make a difference; a job as a bartender, where Kev could make much more money than he made at Alibi; and a growing black community that includes Carol and many of the Fisher family's friends. Moreover, with Fiona gone and the rest of the Gallaghers planning to leave, the ties that once tied Kev and V to Southsite began to weaken.
In the Shameless series finale, Kevin and Veronica try to find a buyer for the Alibi Cafe. V is not at all worried about what will happen to the cafe, while Kev tries in vain to keep the cafe the same.
The proposal is that between the remaining mortgage and taxes they will be left with a modest amount of about $30,000. Veronica struggles with the decision of whether to take the deal or wait for a better offer that may never come.
Officer Tipping, attending Ian and Mickey's anniversary party, suggests that Carl pool his money, buy the Alibi and turn it into a police bar to save him from the fate of a yoga studio or tanning salon. The series ends with the hope that Alibi will survive this way, but there is no firm guarantee of this.
The meaning of the final scene and final song of Shameless
The final scene of Shameless brings the show to a close. In the very first scene of the pilot episode, the Gallaghers, Kev and V, and their Southside neighbors held an impromptu gathering around a burning car while Frank Gallagher introduced his family members off-screen.
As the final episode draws to a close, the Alibi Squad cheerleaders head outside to enjoy the sight of a burning Tesla to give one last cheeky middle finger to the gentrification of the area.
They end the celebration by singing Spoon's "The Way We Get By," which was played at the end of the pilot episode. The song talks about how getting high in the back seats of cars, committing petty crimes, partying, dancing and having sex is the way of survival for a generation devoid of hope and purpose.
Shameless post-credits scene
It wouldn't be the Shameless series finale without the traditional mid-credits scene. While Frank Gallagher imagines himself rising above Chicago saying goodbye to his family, his actions over the past 11 seasons don't bode well for his chances of getting to heaven.
Frank gets a fitting end when a couple of morgue workers push his body into the cremation chamber, complaining about the smell. Moments after they close the doors on Frank Gallagher, an explosion occurs and they look into the firebox to find it empty except for the fire.
The incinerator then spews out an urn with Frank's name, date of birth and death on it. This implies that he went straight to hell. The devil better hide the alcohol.
