I mean, in any time of stress, it's gong to trigger symptoms of bipolar. Obviously Mickey is causing the stress, but I think anyone would be stressed out in that situation if an ex you love told you to run away with them.

OK, so i totally agree with Shameless retconning mickey in prior episodes, but I think you're reading too much into the Fiona conversation in this one. They weren't saying he "reactivated" his bipolar or that he was the reason why Ian was f*cked up. All the puppeteers were saying is that Ian built a life WITHOUT the…

Wait…people still watch this show? I gave up once the zombies started swimming in water. That has to be quite a few episodes ago…

Second best episode of the show (the first being norman in the box, which is one of the best episodes of any tv show ever imo). had everything we love about bates motel. everything made sense, even the chick stuff (i hate his character, so its interesting to see the av club praising him all the time).