Shameless 4x9 [top]

, has taken him on as a project. She puts him on a rigid schedule to ensure he doesn't flunk out, but it’s clear she’s mostly doing it to spite her parents by dating a "Gallagher from the South Side". When a fight breaks out on campus, Lip has to use his South Side instincts—and a quick lie about selling crack—to keep from getting expelled. The Chaos at Home Back at the house, the usual madness ensues: Debbie’s Revenge Shameless 4x9

Fiona’s Downward Spiral

Fresh off her arrest for violating probation (after Liam’s cocaine ingestion), Fiona hits rock bottom in this episode. She’s jobless, isolated from her family, and drowning in self-loathing. A misguided attempt to party with an old fling results in a brutal wake-up call when her purse is stolen and she’s left stranded. The scene where she shows up at the Gallagher house, desperate and unwashed, only to be coldly turned away by Lip, is one of the series’ most painful moments. It marks a turning point where Fiona must confront that her reckless behavior has real, irreversible consequences. The Legend of Bonnie and Carl: Shameless Season

: Frank is a walking ghost, refusing medical treatment even as his liver fails. Sammi, desperate for a father figure, screams at the paramedics to save him, oblivious to the fact that Frank is mostly just looking for his next drink. Mickey and Ian The Chaos at Home Back at the house,