I'm thinking Amelia has been traumatized by her previous pregnancy as alluded to in her statement about not having to tell the father because he was dead. I'm hoping part of her character's journey will involve moving beyond this issue.

As with previous seasons Shameless starts slow, often with seemingly disparate storylines. Then with a thud it hits you over the head, pulling everything together with one simple, succinct scene that provides the viewer with a lens by which to view the remaining episodes.

I'm so over Frank and his insistent, obtuse behaviour regarding the family and their household. It's like he's trying to jam himself into their lives. It's season 7, writers of this show, and I've had enough.

I don't recall seeing anything too revealing in the "scenes for next week's episode" that appeared at the end of the episode. I wonder if it's going to be flashback?

I thought Ryan's statement, "We’ll expose our most tender selves only to be mocked and destroyed" was an apt prediction of the baiting/flaming behaviour that eventually became so prevalent on Usenet.

Had Liam ever said a word? I think he's old enough now to contribute to the dialogue that is exchanged in the household.

I think the purpose of Caleb’s interaction with that woman is to end his relationship with Ian, which will cause him to move back into the Gallagher household. It's just a plot device to get them all under the same roof again. Albeit a poorly conceived one.

"…boring, predictable and cliched".

I meant the chips.

Was that Doritos bag that Gordon was eating from accurate to the time period? If so, I don't want to know where the prop department got it from.

Maybe he was somehow covered up? A shower curtain or similar?

I'm beginning to think the eczema thing is just a product placement for Saran Wrap and Crisco.

Didn't anyone notice that the cop slipped Stone's business card to one of the guys who co-owns the cab with Naz's father? Is this just supposed to be an indication to the audience that he really is a sleazy lawyer or does it play a further role in the plot?

Raskolnikov was guilty as shit. We knew that as a reader right off the bat. The purpose of the book, "Crime and Punishment" was to watch Raskolnikov grapple with his guilt. The angst over what he did made him sick. I don't see any of this in the portrayal of Naz.

The overlapping dialogue in the police station where one cop is reading out loud the details regarding Andrea's crime scene while the other officer is asking Naz questions sets up a torturous tension that is just exquisite for the viewer as we know connection but the police do not. Abruptly this stops and we have the…

A variation of "Shag, Marry or Kill"? Or rather "Shag, Marry then Kill".

I think it's more likely (and fitting) that she kills the winner.

Helena can out Bear Grylls even Bear Grylls.

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A precious commodity. One that many LGBT youth perhaps living in fear that they're the only one that feels this way and may be looking to as some type of role model, some example of what they can identify with and providing some type of hope that they too can one day go to grad school and get a PhD or be in a…