Carl Weathers spinoff!

I don't think the IOU came up again after Fiona left it. She did say that she was going to pay Etta back 5k for improvements on the laundromat. I think we are supposed to assume that no one found it and that Fiona replaced the cash, but no one explicitly said so on the show.

She did say something about the DEA in the previous episode, but she was willing to pull heists and rob buses with Frank to get money, so I don't know why she would have been scared of getting her things from storage just because of surveillance.

Slut is a specifically sexually charged insult that mocks promiscuity, usually female promiscuity. Of all the things Monica could be insulted for, her sexual behavior is last on the list. If they wanted to point out that she was a junkie or reckless or narcissistic, they could have chosen a more fitting word to…

He also attacked Ian over a beer in the second season. Frank may not regularly beat the kids, but he has laid hands on them more than once.

Stronger than the sixth. The increased interaction between the kids is really welcome. Sierra and Etta were good additions, Lip has had some strong episodes, and I want more of Ian on the job with his coworkers. But when I look over the season, there's a lot to cringe about, like the sudden reveals of Caleb and…

And now that I think about it, why was Monica worried about not having anything to leave the kids when she had the meth? If it belonged to the old boyfriend, what happened to him that he didn't claim it? How did an addict still have that supply? If they wanted one last thing of Monica's to cause dissension, they…

He headbutted Ian and gave him a bloody nose in the first season.

This is a useless complaint, but if last season ended with dropping Frank in the river in late winter and it's now December, and we are told in 7.1 that it was a month since the river incident, when did a minimum of eight more months pass exactly???

Shhh, you're supposed to forget obvious plot contrivances when they outlive their use, which is why I've never heard of Jasmine or underground fight clubs.

The meth was also odd because it didn't go anywhere other than Fiona ditching her share. Like, we had a caper setup and a family fight and then we don't see anyone actually sell it or get busted for it?

Maybe he just thought they had too much going on?

Anyone who followed Shameless's promotion would have known Mickey would appear this season, and I think just knowing that undermined the possibility of Trevor from the start. Even if the promos did ramp up ratings for the show, they may have done some damage to their ongoing storyline. At least all was not immediately…

Liked the family moments, and got teary at Fiona's quick speech about Monica not being someone you can count on but never having a bad word to say about anyone. I only wish she hadn't been wearing the top from a sexy pirate wench Halloween costume when she gave it.

I don't mean to support the concept of Ian corrupted by Mickey at all. Ian and Mickey had different attitudes about what they wanted for their futures all along. Ian was comfortable with crime but not really an instigator (helped Lip steal the laser, for example, but it's not something he would have done alone; set up…

I think they've struggled with the actors getting visibly older faster than they should be aging in the show's timeline. Cameron Monaghan looked younger than his real age at the start of the show and then had a major growth spurt, they've replaced Liam more than once, I think, and Carl and Debbie have both had a…

Mickey was more seriously shady; Ian was kind of along for the ride with his shadiness. The difference is that Ian had ambition for a non-criminal life, and I don't think legality mattered to Mickey as long as he was making money in some way. But Ian was primarily shady (willing to blackmail old guys and steal…

That's because I screwed up! I was thinking of Dominique for Danielle - don't know where I got that from.

Agreed! It seemed particularly callous to dismiss his family without even a mention that his son would be better off with Svetlana than with Mickey, whether he was in prison or in Mexico.

I think Bonnie just got to disappear back to her clearly horrible life, but otherwise,Gallagher love interests either get turned into unexpected jerks (to put it mildly) on the way out or suffer some serious wrongs at the hands of their respective Gallagher about which the Gallagher is oblivious. JimmySteve, Karen,…