Looking at Episodes 10 to 12 as a whole, they seemed like the series was wrapping up. Which would coincide with the ending of major cast contracts & negotiations for new contracts. Shameless is too valuable for Showtime & I understand increased viewers from season to season for Showtime to end it. Given all that…

I'm really gonna miss Gallavich. Congratulations to Cameron Monaghan & Noel Fisher and the writers for creating this relationship that I & a whole lot of fans became invested in. Gallavich always seemed more real than all the other relationships in Shameless and one of the iconic gay relationships. This episode…

What I read somewhere is that Mickey was, like the British original, only to be around for the first season so Noel Fisher was never signed to a contract. But Cameron Monaghan & Fisher popped so the writers decided to see where the actors would take their relationship. Since no one really knew if each season would…