Before leaving, she leaves her family a check for $50,000 and leaves Chicago on an airplane. When Helene is summoned to the college board (with Lip remaining in attendance) she tells them that in addition to cutting off all ties with Lip, she will also be seeking a psychologist to help her with her sex addiction. Her request for adoption is denied. He is later placed in a foster home after Frank calls DCFS on the family, but returns once Fiona files for legal guardianship of her siblings. As a result, he becomes sober and starts going by Francis to disassociate from his past. It is also revealed that he had children with his wife Peppa. The film opened in 2017, to positive reviews. They later attempt to marry to do so but are turned down by Frank and Fiona. In season 2, she is sent home from prison on a medical furlough after lying about her health and moves in with Frank and his kids. Thanks to Fiona, Vee realizes that her attraction to Svetlana stems from a desire to be dominated, which allows her to break free from Svetlana's control. Season 10 revealed that Monica's grandfather was the one who had had an affair. Although initially believed to be Frank's son, a DNA test reveals that he is actually the son of one of Frank's brothers (presumably Clayton), making him the cousin as well as half-brother to the other Gallagher children. He begins a sexual relationship with his boss, Kash, although this is short-lived. Despite that, he refers to Ian as his son. He starts a relationship with a girl named Tami, who belittles his sexual prowess until he redeems himself. Tami Tamietti (Kate Miner) is the sister of Brad's wife Camile. When Fiona rejects Robbie, he leaves a bag of cocaine at Fiona's house that Liam ingests which leads to her arrest. Due to a misunderstanding with a promise ring, she believes Carl proposed to her and forbids him from leaving for military school unless he marries her. While away at camp, Kelly is sleeping with another boy and contracts an STD. He is divorced and has children. She then attempts to stay at the Gallaghers’, and leaves angrily after Fiona declines. Jasmine cheats on her husband and is kicked out by him. Fiona talks to Jimmy and he offers to whisk her away to Dubai, but she decides it is better to end their relationship as she is still unsure of his true identity. In season 7, Ian discovers that Caleb has been cheating on him with his female friend from high school and they break up. Fiona tells Frank that she loves him and wishes he would show his love to the family, as she fears Frank does not care about his children. However, Sammi comes back and tries to shoot Mickey. She hides the clothes in a secret storage locker, which is later discovered by Frank and Mikey. He begins selling firearms with his friend Nick. Despite some setbacks, Lip graduates from high school, which the family celebrates. After Fiona refuses to help him by donating her liver, he reveals the existence of his eldest daughter Sammi, much to Fiona's shock. During season 10, Ian continues his relationship with Mickey, but they have problems due to the stress of jail and Ian's impending parole hearing. Lip initially struggles to adapt to fatherhood but is supported and encouraged by his family. Ruby Wylder Rivera Modine (born July 31, 1990) is an American actress, singer, and dancer. He still played organ in 2002 (below). However, when the hardware store chain he is working at shuts down and he is unable to find new employment, Frank starts to fall back into his old ways.[3]. Debbie covers for others but is not brash or reckless like her older brothers. He is eventually thrown out a window when the homeless patrons find out he's been hoarding the money they've earned. At her funeral, Monica's father appears and punches Frank for "ruining his daughter". Her brother is physically disabled and is briefly engaged to Debbie. Lip has a strong bond with Ian and is the first one to discover that Ian is gay. Since Frank still had parental rights, he is needed to get Liam out of the hospital. Keen Morton Messenger Bag in Drizzle at Sierra. Clayton mentions having a fallout with his brother and wanting to make amends. Eventually, Fiona decides to follow in Margo's footsteps and buys Etta's deteriorating laundromat to start building wealth. He is a deadbeat alcoholic and drug addict who relies on his children to get by. Modine was born in Los Angeles, California, the daughter of Caridad Rivera, a makeup and wardrobe stylist, and actor Matthew Modine. He is Sierra's brother. When he catches Ian and Lip invading his home, Mandy reveals that Terry is the one who got her pregnant. Adam (James Wolk) is a banker who courts Fiona while she works at a bar. In episode 3, Mandy considers leaving for Indiana with Kenyatta to "clean port-a-potties". 1.1 Past. Shameless is set in Chicago's South Side[1] and tells the story of an alcoholic father, Frank Gallagher, and his six children who take care of each other and create better lives despite Frank's poor influence. Debbie gives birth to a baby girl named Frances Harriet Gallagher (named after Frank) on the Gallagher's kitchen table towards the end of season 6. Ruby Wylder Rivera Modine (born July 31, 1990) is an American actress, singer, and dancer. She threatens Ian when he returns because she fears he will distract Mickey from his duties as her child's father. Ian takes Lip outside and tells him that it does not matter to him who his biological father is—his real family is his siblings. Ginger Gallagher is Frank's deceased aunt who is mentioned in season 1. After testing Lip in private, Hearst discovers Lip is one of the statistically very rare students capable of achieving a perfect SAT score and offers him an internship at the robotics lab at the University of Chicago, which Lip turns down. Though often stressed and exhausted, she always carries out her responsibilities. She moves in with the Fisher/Balls and performs oral sex on them both as part of her "wifely" duties. After Peggy moves in to Frank's house, Frank's former trauma returns, such as his bedwetting and being his mother's personal servant. When his wife Linda learns of his sexuality, she allows it as long as he gives her another child. Youens tries to convince Lip to go back to college; Lip agrees to attend an appeals hearing, but is denied because of his previous actions. After the breakup, Liam ingests cocaine that Fiona got from Robbie at her birthday party and is hospitalized. Kash shoots Mickey in the leg. She is best known for playing Sierra Morton in Shameless, and co-starring in the 2017 slasher film Happy Death Day and its sequel as Lori Spengler. They get into a fight because Ian does not like Mickey nursing him and accuses him of going soft; they make up immediately as Ian says the fight is the first time he has felt something since his symptoms started. Mickey and Debbie take revenge by "roofie"-ing Sammi. Although she is initially not aware of their connection, Frank accidentally reveals the truth after he learns she is not a match for a liver transplant, which causes her to kick him out. One of his cadets "takes care" of Kassidi (though it is never truly confirmed) in an attempt to gain Carl's approval. Because of this, his son Liam is expelled from private school and forced to attend public school. In season 5, Veronica struggles to adjust to motherhood and is jealous that Kevin pays more attention to their daughters than her, resulting in the two becoming temporarily separated. Lip starts a new relationship with Mandy Milkovich. In Season 7, Dominique defends Carl from him. She is also a big wrestling fan and gets to meet her idol Queen Justice in which Franny repeatedly says her tag line "You've been served!" The couple who planned to adopt the baby back out due to his disability and Sheila insists on raising him and names him Hymie. He initially shares a room with Lip and Ian, who try to keep their more adult interests from him. When Ian and Mickey get engaged, Terry goes ballistic and attempts to prevent the wedding by burning down the venue. Debbie begins a relationship with Claudia, and later has sex with Claudia's underage daughter Julia. In their second year of college, she invites Lip to move in with her at an off-campus apartment. As Ian's Gay Jesus movement begins to build, Trevor disappears. Carl is traumatized by this and decides to give up his criminal ways. He is later shot in the leg by Kash after he catches him and Ian having sex and is sent to juvenile hall for the thefts. During season 8, he has a brief health scare, which leads to him getting genetic testing, which reveals the location of his biological family. In season 2, she meets her paternal grandmother and they bond when she gifts Debbie a laptop that she continues to own for most of the series. In the finale, Lip breaks up with her and tells her to give Charlie a chance. She makes a deal with her to reclaim part of the bar in exchange for getting out of jail. In Season 8, Neil starts to notice Debbie is taking advantage of him for her own gratification and tries many things to change that but nothing works. This causes Helene to get fired and her relationship with Lip to end. Ian promises to wait. Ian admits he likes Ned since he buys him things and is not afraid to kiss him, prompting Mickey to kiss Ian for the first time. She debuts in season 1 when she is visited by her grandsons Lip and Ian. She wants to adopt the children but is required to be married, so she marries Frank while he is unconscious in the hospital. However, he is pistol whipped and threatened by his superiors when he refuses to do a drug run. Mickey explains that in exchange for turning on the Mexican cartel he was working for, Mickey was allowed to choose which prison he would serve his time in. She uses this incident to threaten Frank into pretending to care for her. When Margo realizes that Fiona does not really want to sell, she gives her some advice to get rid of her tenants. After giving birth, Carol wishes to raise Dominic and Veronica allows her. He is shown to be the only Gallagher child who is still loyal to Frank after they turn against him. Tami becomes pregnant by Lip and decides to have the baby. He tells Jimmy that he can see Fiona as much as he wants but he wants Estefania to become a US citizen. Eddie calls Karen a whore in front of everyone else and she responds by dying her hair black, gets Whore tattooed on her arm, and eventually sexually assaults Frank when he is on pain medication which she displays via webcam to her father, leading to his eventual suicide. When Fiona attempts to apologize and remain friends by going to his gig, he sings a humiliating song about her. Carl threatens to hurt Chuckie in juvie, causing Sammi to beat him up. His motto is, "Prepare and prevent, not repair and repent.". In season 10, its revealed that Derek died having gotten "sideways drunk stole the tank, drove it into the Suez Canal" and had thought said tank was a submarine. In season 5, Ian cheats on Mickey twice out of his hypersexuality.