Shameless: Season 3, Episode 6 “Cascading Failures” (A-)
This was a very emotional episode, laced with comedy but ultimately guided by a much more devastating realization about the reality of the Gallagher family situation. Hearing the kids describe how they’ve been through this before wasn’t anything close to adequate preparation for the different way this time played out, though at least no one was in for a truly horrible fate. Carl and Liam’s time spent with the rich gay couple was probably the least serious and most entertaining, particularly due to Carl’s recent fascination with the science of gay sex. Debs was well-suited for her role, and Lip managed to make the best of his group home experience by smuggling out Ian and trading him for Mandy. Unfortunately, Ian’s night spent with Mickey was horrifyingly disturbing thanks to the arrival of the senior Milkovich, whose psychological punishment was much more than the physical violence he inflicted on both Ian and his son. Fiona quitting her job was inevitable, and she sure rallies quick when it comes to protecting her family. That look of fury in her eyes after she hears Frank’s voice is a sign of the hurt she’s preparing to bring on him. He did do a respectable job trying to fake being a good parent, even drinking his own urine to ensure that he could pass a drug test. Sheila seemed to have fun playing Monica, though it’s clear she has deeper regrets about what happened with Karen. Veronica setting Kev up to have sex with her mom was all kinds of disturbing, and the visual of the mother and daughter sitting on opposite ends of poor Kev will be forever burned into my memory. Carol confusing Jennifer Love Hewitt shows had me chuckling quite a bit.
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