Violet wasn't a monster, she was just a teenager. I wasn't really a fan of them handwaving all the monstrous things Tate did though.

The moment is so overdramatic it’s hard to take seriously

The thing to remember is that Ben is pretty bad at parenting in general.

this so sad, world’s smallest Alexa play despacito.

The house was built by a Montgomery.  It was saved by a Montgomery.

Well it’s “Return to Murder House,” and many happy returns were to be found therein. It really feels like the series is being cancelled and the writers want to wrap up any loose ends and give every character a happy send off. The house is secured with the coven having taken it off the market. Now no one else will…

Giving Moira's story closure was nice. Giving Madison a bit of empathy was unexpected and nice. Nice to have Britton and Lange back. The overt Omen references were appreciated. Peters is a talented actor but he simply can't pass as an eternal teenager anymore (and the way they somewhat excused Tate's behavior is…

I loved the episode! Even though I can understand some of your issues with it, I felt this was a classic episode of Shameless, which we haven’t really gotten since they dug up Monica’s grave imo.

Unfortunately, the Shameless solution to old dogs is to let them die in a protracted and painful manner in a basement, with only Carl for company.

There’s a little bit of evidence - she didn’t include him in her ‘I’m leaving’ note or other ones about how much she loves her Shameless ‘family’ and he didn’t attend her wedding while the rest of the cast did. She also hasn’t said anything about his departure - but actually very few have. No word at all from John…

What I find most unsatisfactory about Ian’s exit is that ultimately, he doesn’t deserve what he got. Ian was never irredeemable but they took precisely zero steps to get him to a place where it is satisfying to see them back together. Until last week there was no evidence that Ian remembered who Mickey was at all,…

I don’t disagree with any points you made in your review, but somehow, the moment between Lip and Ian (“thanks for being my brother”) made me cry. Yes, the overall situation was contrived, but these dang characters still get to me.

As a Gallavich shipper, I want to thank you, Myles. It was always therapeutic to read your criticism and get validation because while I, too, have been frustrated with the writing and direction this show has taken in regards to the Mickey/Ian arc, I’m not going to spew vitriol at writers and producers for catharsis.…

I’m pretty sure Maggie isn’t going to die, but rather will go off and join the random lady who showed up last season with a cart and books on how to make tools. The randomly long conversation between Maggie and Jesus about how that lady keeps asking Maggie to come join her seemed to be setting the stage for that to…

I think everyone is aware of how entitled and nasty fans of any work can be, so I should feel some sympathy for Shameless (and Pimental is one of the writers I think got a lot of negative comments, which is always ugly to watch - seeing a writer or creator be piled on). Yet I can’t help being incredibly amused by the…

As a Gallavich shipper, I’m happy they brought Mickey back even if its effect is actually to avoid the anger from fans that would have arisen from a really weak exit for Ian, vs. inserting a remotely plausible plot point - I.e. Mickey cutting a deal in the couple of weeks’ time that he would’ve known about Ian going…

Making Enid Siddiq’s apprentice was a great move. Makes a well-established character more useful both to the confederation of communities and to the writers.

Last week I though Ian would run away to Mexico and be with Mickey.  Every since Ian’s arrest and media attention I’ve been hoping from at least a call from Mandy or Mickey to him.  I was hoping/thinking “oh he’ll see Mickey in the prison”.  With all the other times the writers have pissed me off with Ian and Mickey I…

I was torn. I’m sad to see Cameron leave but that has been my issues with his current storyline...it had no where to go but prison. Sadly the writers haven’t done a good job these past few seasons with many of the characters, especially Ian. It was like they had no clue what to do with him without Mickey. In my…

Even though I stopped watching the show this season, I still read these reviews because Myles seems to be as fed up with the show as many of the rest of us. After reading part of the review, I tuned in this week because it’s Ian’slast episode. For so much of the series Ian and Mickey were the main people I cared…