First, "crack babies" refers to prenatal ingestion through the umbilical chord, which is not what we're talking about here.

Of course I have unresolved personal issues. Who doesn't? And I realize that there aren't actually dragons flying around or US Marshals with higher body counts than serial killers.

Too much too much too much. Even for Shameless, where past moments of poor judgment often seemed to get something of a pass, this was too much. And there better be real consequences.