I'll chime in to say (spoilers coming) that I really hated the false dichotomy the show set up in s3 between Rae going to school or staying with her friends and family, as if it was impossible that she could do both. It just never made any logical sense to me that she had to leave in order to attend school, and the…

Could not be further from the truth. This show has nothing in common with Girls, aside from a female protagonist with a body type you don't typically see on TV.

Just a point of clarification on the makeup of the fanbases: while the overall Shameless audience is definitely not primarily queer, the online Gallavich fanbase (on tumblr and twitter) is. The 100 is different in that their online fanbase is most of their audience (which is why their response to Lexa's death was so…

Crazy that Lip, who is apparently 22 now, managed to age two years faster than Ian!

There is no way to make the ages make sense. Ian was still 17 last season-he can't be more than 18 or maybe 19 at a stretch, which means Lip can't be more than 19 or 20. Fiona turned 23 in season 4, not 30, so she should be no more than 25. And how Ian was 17 while Debbie was 15 and Carl was 14, despite him starting…

I actually do think it's quite rude to accuse me of having flawed perception (putting characters on a pedestal, feeling I am owed things) just because I see things differently than you do. And if you don't feel offended by any of this, that's nice for you, but the article is about the fans who do.

Supposedly, they do intend to let her be single for at least part of next season-or at least, that's what an EP is claiming to press right now. I think they've finally realized the audience has lost its patience with the revolving door of boring love interests.

I believe once JDM dropped out, they reconfigured the story to be about Sean, but it's just semantics-Charlie and Sean had the same basic characteristics when introduced, and a romance with Fiona was always the long-term plan.

I almost got the feeling that some Ian/Caleb material had been left on the cutting room floor. All that build up with Ian being afraid to let Caleb meet his family, and then nothing happened. One of the writers confirmed on twitter that some of their story got cut from last week's episode, so I wouldn't be surprised…

Yes, I see it this way, which is why I said it. And regardless of your feelings about it, I'm describing a circumstance that many fans believe to be true, which contributed to the reactions this article is describing. There's really no need to be rude just because you disagree.

One aspect of shading this article is missing re: Shameless is the way the writers attacked Mickey's memory after he was gone. In the course of developing Ian's new romance, they found it necessary to tear down his previous one, having various characters toss in random insults and in a few cases attempting to outright…

Agree with every word of this review. Thanks a ton for your thoughtful commentary throughout the season, Myles. Hardly anyone is writing about this show anymore, and I appreciated being able to come here and see so many of my reactions to it reflected.

They explicitly told her they didn't want that ("wifely duties") from her. Although now that I'm thinking about it, I think that was in a deleted scene from season 5 and didn't air in the show proper. Regardless, I don't believe there was any indication that Vee was genuinely into Svetlana before this episode.

I realize that most people don't take Kev and Vee seriously, and that the show has pretty much banished them to comic relief corner this season, which makes it even harder to engage with their story on a character level. But I still remember when this show cared about them as characters and as a unit, so I pretty much…

Nope, there sure wasn't. As usual, they didn't bother laying the groundwork for this story or building to it across the season (which would've been pretty easy to do IMO), they just randomly decided Vee is into Svetlana now and we're supposed to accept it.

Nope. He mentioned in ep 2 that he still doesn't have it, and not another word about it since. It's especially odd to remind the audience that he has no GED, and then pretend that's not an issue with his new career.

IMO, Amanda was completely out of character at the end of season 5 and beyond (which is why I specifically said that I liked her character initially). Like most Gallagher love interests, she inexplicably became a crazy villain as soon as they were done with her.

Actually, Amanda did that for him. I really liked her in season 4; they really wasted the potential of that character and relationship when they decided to get rid of her in service of the hot for teacher plot.

I would argue that there was space in the story for that; they just chose to allocate it elsewhere. Imagine if Caleb wasn't such a huge factor in Ian's story this season. He could have still pursued a new career, and the show could've explored his attempts to find adequate treatment while keeping him more tied into…

It's not even just about whether he chooses to take his meds. Despite the show choosing to gloss over it completely this season, bipolar is a very difficult disorder to treat, and usually requires lots of meds trials and tweaking. And meds can quit working with no warning, resulting in an episode. It's extremely…