Shameless
Lip Gallagher was one of the most popular characters onShameless , but that popularity was probable because fan pick out to ignore some of the troubling and unlikeable aspects of the character . Shamelessintroduced American audiences to the problematic Gallagher family , a kindred stricken by impoverishment that live on together on Chicago ’s South Side . result by absentee alcoholic ( and peradventure sociopathic ) patriarch Frank , there are six Gallagher siblings live on together in one menage who are mainly cared for by their eldest sister Fiona . However , when Fiona leave alone in time of year 9 , Lip became the central character of the Gallagher child .
Out of all the Gallagher children , Lip was the crowing conundrum . make for byThe Bear ’s Jeremy Allen White , Lip was invariably shoot between his pedantic winner and his riotous fostering . While he stand out more than his peers and class in schooltime , Lip does n’t calibrate college and ends up making a fair few poor relationship choices along the room . WhileShamelesswas a show that hug the flaws of its characters , there were aspects of Lip ’s case throughout the serial that make him a much knockout character to like when seem back .
Shameless has many complex and layered character , but the depth and pragmatism of these fan ducky make them some of the best on the show .
Lip Kicked Fiona Out Of The House
Season 9, Episode 11, “The Hobo Games”
reckon that he has a history of knotty drinking and substance abuse , and generally has n’t always made the serious decisions in biography , Lip Gallagher is one of the last fictitious character inShamelesswith a moral gamey ground from which to judge others . This is why it was such an exasperating character moment in the season 9 episode " The Hobo Games " when Lip kicked Fiona out of the Gallagher home for drunkenness .
Instead of testify Fiona some compassion for her own problems with drinking and inwardness use of goods and services , Lip gives in to his anger and forces Fiona to pull up stakes the Gallagher habitation .
He Knowingly Interns At An Illegal Company
Season 7, Episode 4, “I Am A Storm”
Season 7 ofShamlessincluded a plot screw thread for several episodes where Lip started work at a tech company , a job that Professor Youens arranges for him . However , it quickly becomes apparent that the caller is involved in several fly-by-night dealings , and that their business organisation role model may not be entirely effectual . Rather than do the creditworthy thing and quit , Lip decides to keep working for the company and even apply their refutable method as inspiration to make himself some profit .
This is yet another mo of poor decision - making from Lip . decide to detain on at the company backlash too , as it ultimately costs him his spot at college . The biggest grievance manyShamelessfans have with Lip is that he blow many opportunities , not to mention his intellectual voltage , when he sees a probability to make a short - terminal figure amplification — and choosing to stay at an illegal company when he has so much on the line is a prime object lesson of this particular role flaw .
Lip Killed An Old Man
Season 9, Episode 3, “Weirdo Gallagher Vortex”
Lip has a complex human relationship with parenthood and charge , which has led to several low - points for him throughoutShameless . However , one that does n’t get direct anywhere near as often as it should came in the season 9 sequence " Weirdo Gallagher Vortex " . In this instalment , Xan is in infirmary after breaking her arm . Since he ’s not her effectual shielder , Lip find he ’s unable to have her released from the hospital with him . In typical Lip Gallagher fashion , he cooks up a plan to get what he want , and amazingly , this one does n’t seem to backlash .
fundamentally , Lip creates a distraction by pull the oxygen tank and life - supporting from another patient in the infirmary . This induce a medical emergency that requires all the doctors and nursemaid on the ward , and during the chaos Lip and Xan are able to pinch out . It ’s not known on the nose what hap to the elderly manful patient Lip choose , but there ’s every chance they could have died . Even if they survived , Lip had no way of knowing they were okay , meaning , from his perspective , he was completely uncoerced to murder a helpless patient in a infirmary just to assure Xan stayed in his guardianship .
He Ruined His Girlfriend’s Career
Season 6, Episode 6, “NSFW”
Almost all of Lip ’s quixotic relationships inShamelesshave been tough , but his fling with Helene determine Lip at perhaps his most irresponsible . In fact , this exclusive relationship contains several exemplar of the bad things Lip Gallagher did in the show , and not just because of the ramifications it had for his own life . It ’s safe to say that Lip ruined his girlfriend Helene ’s life , or at the very least her career .
During season 6 , Lip ’s other girl , Amanda , finds out about his family relationship with Helene , and in a burst of green-eyed monster leaks naked exposure of her challenger in Lip ’s dorm . Once these exposure get out , Helene ’s life history is all but over . She has to take care a earshot at the university , and is only able to keep her occupation by concord to cut back things off with Lip for good . However , even though she hedge being fired , her professional reputation is forever in tag end . The whole situation could have been avoided had Lip never taken the photos , and , of course , not been chicane on Helene with Amanda / Amanda with Helene .
Lip Tries To Make Charlie Relapse
Season 8, Episode 2, “Where’s My Meth?”
Lip has done some inexcusable things in the pursuance of romance , but few moments were as low as in season 8 when jealousy led him to try and make Charlie relapse . In time of year 8 ofShameless , Lip is desperately trying to persue a relationship with Sierra , who has been produce closely to Charlie . Rather than respecting Sierra ’s desire and choices , Lip instead decides that he ’ll make recovering addict Charlie go down off the beach wagon by give him a pizza transcend with Cocaine .
The bit is almost hard to watch , especially since Lip has had his own struggles with sobriety , and knows just how naughtily he ’ll terminate up put down Charlie ’s animation if he causes Charlie to relapse .
gratefully , Charlie does n’t feed the pizza pie and instead go forward on with his journey to sobriety . It ’s an implausibly spiteful moment from Lip , and is among the most inexcusable thing Lip ever did onShameless . The moment is almost hard to find out , especially since Lip has had his own struggles with sobriety , and knows just how ill he ’ll end up ruin Charlie ’s life if he causes Charlie to relapse .
Lip Didn’t Recognize Ian’s Sexuality
Season 1, Episode 1, “Pilot”
From the very first instalment ofShameless , it was made exonerated to viewers that Ian and Lip were far more like proficient friends than brothers . Despite their extremely secretive relationship , however , Lip go wrong to realize that Ian was solely attracted to men and that he was in a secret relationship with his matrimonial convenience store boss .
It did n’t take long for Lip to take on Ian after coming out , but it ’s still very surprising that Lip did n’t know orIan did n’t feel well-fixed disclosing the truthwith his closest confidante . It enjoin a deal about Lip ’s views on sexuality early on in the show , and while there are n’t any moments where Lip is straight-out homophobic , it may well be that some of the things he said to Ian in the past made Ian fearful to discover the truth to his older brother .
He Used Karen To “Test” His Brother
When Lip Gallagher recover out that Ian was pull to other men , he was n’t initially supportive and did n’t even fully believe his buddy . He punch Ian for messing around with his Bos out of fear that he was being take reward of and brought him to Karen ’s firm to " quiz " his preference . Lip expect Karen to perform oral sex on Ian , to see if he might just be confused and could perchance enjoy being with a woman .
This is offensive to both Karen — the miss Lip eventually fell for — andIan , whose predilection was n’t a choiceand was n’t something he should have been hale to prove .
Lip Didn’t Want To Live Up To His Potential
Season 2, Episode 8, “Parenthood”
Most of the Gallagher tiddler grew up thinking that they could n’t maybe amount to anything in aliveness . Fiona constantly struggled to balance her duty to her kinfolk and her own personal ambition , Ian ’s difficulty take on his own bipolar upset held him back , Carl ’s fancy for his derelict founder initially made him need to be just as wild as Frank , and Debbie ’s only real goal was to be a teenage mother .
back talk , meanwhile , get it on that he could accomplish big thing , but he merely did n’t want to .
Lip was resentful of the fact thathis crime syndicate gestate him to be their " favorable goose"and make enough money to help them get by , so he did n’t examine particularly hard at anything . He seems to use his street smarts far more often than he use his actual intelligence . This is the primary difference of opinion between him and Fiona in season 2 , as Lip is set to drop out of school , but Fiona wo n’t have him . Having his entire mob rely on him is a weightiness that ’s simply too gravid for him to turn out .
Shameless is a Black Comedy, Family Drama created by Paul Abbott and starring William H. Macy, Emmy Rossum, and Justin Chatwin. The premise follows the Gallagher family and their closest friends as they deal with a not-so-helpful father, Frank Gallagher. His children each find their own path, growing into their own flawed people without much guidance or help from the family patriarch.
He Didn’t Step Up As Liam’s Guardian Until He Had To
Season 4, Episode 6, “Iron City”
When Monica Gallagher left her married man and children and Frank started spending more time at the local Browning automatic rifle than with his family , Fiona was forced to tread up and take care of her sibling . She became their primary guardian despite also having several business and a multifariousness of other thing on her plate . Lip was saucy enough to aid ease Fiona ’s workload and take on some of the obligation around the sign , but he did n’t really seem to start doing so until his hand was forced .
After Liam overdosed as Fiona accidentally leave substances lie around the planetary house , Lip get up up to be his main PCP . He started exact tutelage of his baby crony and worked harder to provide for his class . That being tell , it reallyshouldn’t have taken such a major slip - up from Fionafor him to do that and Lip had a inclination to goldbrick responsibility for as long as potential thanks to his growing resentment circumvent his family ’s attitude about his prowess in school day .
Lip Didn’t Take His Education Seriously
Season 6, Episode 12, “Familia Supra Gallegorious Omnia!”
Lip is constantly praised for his intelligence operation , but he may in reality show the least respect for the education organization out of all of the case onShameless . While he was in high school , Lip took money from his fellow student to take their SATs for them . A few months later , he only dropped out of school inShamelessseason 2 even though Fiona threatened to sound off him out of his home base if he did so .
While he did actually put in some effort in college , he quickly found himself expel because he could n’t control his biliousness and lash out a campus safety .
While he did go on to get his GED , Lip never would have graduated if it were n’t for Fiona ’s constant nagging , and he would n’t have attended college if Mandy did n’t apply for him . The final nail in the coffin for his educational calling is whenLip did n’t fine-tune college in time of year 4 . While he did actually put in some try in college , he quickly establish himself oust because he could n’t control his temper and assaulted a campus safety . He fail to full realize how his actions might impress his futurity , leading to his dissatisfactory end in theShamelessseries finale .
He Failed Mandy
Season 2, Episode 11 “Just Like The Pilgrims Intended”
Lip Gallagherwas so focused on being with Karen Jackson in the first three seasons ofShamelessthat he completely overlook Mandy Milkovich and failed to gain just how good she was to and for him . His relationship with Mandy started out as merely"friends with benefits,“but the more clock time they spent together , the closer they became . When he was kicked out of the Gallagher home for dropping out of high schooltime , Mandy let Lip move in with her .
She also apply to several colleges for him to attempt to advertize him to reach his potential . Karen kept holding Lip back , but Mandy always desire what was best for him . He sadly repaid Mandy ’s kindness by choose to be with Karen behind her back . Mandy was the best catch for Lip and she suffer greatly throughout her fourth dimension onShameless . Unfortunately , the toxicity between Lip and Karen finally make headway out .
He Loved Getting Into Fights
Season 6, Episode 11 “Sleep No More”
All of the Gallagher sibling seem to be unforced to recur to ferocity when gainsay or force , but none of them are as eager to fight as the Lip . He now and again enters into staged brawl to make a little money , but he does n’t really even give care if he wins or loses because he commence some sort of adrenaline rush from the experience . Lip never stake down from anyone and is only unafraid to push people , even if it ’s clear he ’s not a match for them .
Fighting and destroying property are his two favorite room to ventilate his foiling after yet another relationship or letdown . He even punch his honest admirer Ian when Ian does something he does n’t fit with . However , his brawling way come to a head in time of year 6 after he is expelled from college forsmashing Professor Youens ' car with a crowbarand assaulting a certificate officer while in a bibulous craze over losing his TA position .
He Has Clear Abandonment Issues
Season 2, Episode 12, “Fiona Interrupted”
mouth is probably one of the most self - cognisant Gallagher kids . Fiona , Debbie , Ian , and Carl often fail to realize when they ’re doing something that is perish to inevitably have a negatively charged consequence , but Lip is voguish enough to know when he ’s doing something wrong . For some reasonableness , however , he still has n’t figured out why he has a tendency to date emotionally unavailable adult female or proven capable of find out from his kinship mistakes .
Lip never rightfully forgive his female parent for leave himand the relaxation of his kinsperson . His result defection issues inspired him to be with a miscellanea of women who would leave him the way Monica did , get him to digest from the same pain over and over again . This is most evident in his disruptive family relationship with Karen , who ironically ends their relationship in season 2 in the same room that Monica did : by running away without ever truly state goodby .
He Blames Frank For Everything
Season 2, Episode 4, “A Beautiful Mess”
Frank is a horrifying father and is often responsible for a important number of the problem the Gallagher sibling encounter . He ’s the reason they struggle to save up enough money to make ends suffer , he break down to instill a convinced moral code in his baby , and he often acts more like another tyke than a parent . He definitely deserve a plenty of rap , but Lip seems to blame Frank for some things that were n’t in reality his fault .
In an attempt to upset her own male parent , Karen took reward of Frank while he was too inebriated to taste to intercept her in the season 2 sequence " A Beautiful Mess . " When Lip found out , he lash out Frank rather than consult Karenon the nature of the situation and in the end don the worst . Lip ’s rancour towards his Church Father blind him to the accuracy of what his lady friend was capable of . He ’s reacted similarly toward Frank on a variety of occasions throughoutShameless .
Lip Doesn’t Care About His Relationships
Season 8, Episode 4, “F**k Paying It Forward”
Lip ofttimes criticizes Frank for his trust on essence , but it ’s exculpated that he suffers from some of his own dependance and finally attend AA for a time . It ’s utterly normal for a teenager to want to try out with a turn of partners , but Lip has been with many char over the course of the series , and he did n’t even have feelings for the majority of them .
He entered into a purely forcible relationship with Eddie in time of year 8 , whose companionship he scantily even enjoyed . He ’s not quite the hopeless romantic he seemed to be when courting Karen , Helene , and Sierra .
WhenLip seek sober up up and putting a intermission on his date lifespan , he found himself entirely incompetent of focusing on piece of work because all he could think about was how much he craved a relationship . He entered into a strictly physical relationship with Eddie in season 8 , whose company he barely even enjoyed . He ’s not quite the hopeless romanticist he seemed to be when courting Karen , Helene , and Sierra .
Many iconic characters on Shameless have follow and gone . Some of their departures have bettered the show , but others have actually harmed it .
He Ruined His Relationship With Amanda To Be With Helene
Season 5, Episode 12, “Love Songs (In The Key Of Gallagher)”
Lip Gallaghercan’t seem to pass for the woman who want to actually help him become the human race he ’s meant to be . He constantly chose Karen over Mandy even though Karen did n’t like about his future the way Mandy did . The same sorting of thing happened when he propel away to college . He found the perfect girlfriend in Amanda , but he ditched her to be with his married prof , Helene Runyon . Amanda and Lip seemed to loathe each other at first , but , once they entered into a fairly random physical human relationship , Amanda started developing real feelings for Lip .
She aid him make a lot of money , orchestrate his schedule , and take care of Liam while Lip was in class , but Lip go wrong to spot how good she was for him . He started neglecting her and solely focused on his kinship with Helene , a decision that eventually led to his precipitation and one of the reasons Lip does n’t graduate from college . Amanda eventually confronts Lip over his fling with Helene , blaming him for making her tumble in love with him , and punches him in the subroutine library during the season 5 finale .
His Relationship With A Married Woman Helped Destroy His Future
Season 6, Episode 5, “Refugees”
While Lip was with Amanda , it seemed like his life-time was in the end on track ; he was doing a great job being Liam ’s primary guardian , he earned a nonmigratory adviser position that cede him a private elbow room on his college ’s campus , and he was doing well in his year thanks to Amanda ’s willingness to help limn his schedule and ensure he focused on his studies . Then , he started date stamp the matrimonial Professor Helene Runyon , and his life plummeted into chaos .
WhenAmanda exposed Lip and Helene ’s relationshipto the school in the time of year 5 installation " Refugees " by divvy up a naked photo of Helene in Lip ’s dormitory , Lip suddenly found himself undivided and heartbroken . Unfortunately , Lip began drinking heavily which eventually resulted in him destroying a professor ’s automobile , and assault a security system safety gadget , cause him to get expelled and being one of the many factors behind why Lip did n’t graduate college .
He Shares His Father’s Struggles
The LipShamelesscharacter spend most of his life history hoping to be nothing like his Father of the Church . In fact , he once took a DNA test in the hope of find out that Frank was n’t his biologic daddy , but given a passel of his destructive conduct , it became very readable that he was Frank ’s Word . In his depressive episodes , Lip resembled Frank pretty closely , and regrettably , his struggle with inwardness abuse dally a major role in his expulsion from college .
After the frightful events that led to Lip ’s arrest and expulsion in theShamelessseason 6 finale , he was force to enter into rehab , so he ’d find some succor from his subject matter ill-treatment struggle and get out of his mounting legal troubles . Considering his upbringing , it ’s surprising that Lip was n’t more heedful when it came to affair like drugs and alcohol as he witness Frank ’s down coil from parentage . However , Lip certify an inability to learn from mistakes despite his incredible tidings .
Lip Made Sierra’s Life Even More Complicated
Season 8, Episode 12, “Sleepwalking”
Lip gravitated toward women whom he felt oblige to fix throughout the first six seasons ofShameless , but , in time of year 7 , he at long last find someone mature and unchanging . Sierra and Lip had enceinte chemical science , and it seemed like they could be really happy with each other . Unfortunately , their relationship commence during the worst time in Lip ’s life .
When Lip start seeing Sierra , he was still fight with his problems and his emotions about being expelled from college . She was hoping to find someone who could act as a don to her son , but Lip was n’t ready for that level of responsibility . In the devastatingShamelessseason 8 close , he could n’t decide whether he should fight down for Sierra or let her go , and , when it seemed like they were finally ready to be with each other , Lip broke her core and left her to seek to witness himself .
Lip Tried To Sabotage Charlie To Win Over Sierra
backtalk really started to resemble Frank when he began fight with substance vilification , and this became even cleared in the season 8 installment"Where ’s My Meth?” . At this point , he had already been dump by Helene , expelled from college , and temporarily lost his family relationship with Sierra , but he showed a unfeignedly ugly side when he test sabotaging Sierra ’s swain Charlie , who also had substance abuse battle .
Something that twisted should n’t be so well forgive by audiences .
rim does n’t typically attempt the sort of heartless and emotionally manipulative schemes that his father love to perform , but , when Charlie tried catch back with Sierra , he resorted to some truly fell tactics . He tried storm his challenger for Sierra ’s bosom off the bandwagon bytricking him into doing ice , tempt him with a pizza top with it . Something that twisted should n’t be so easily forgiven by audiences .
Frank ’s actions damage the Gallaghers beyond repair , but there were plenty of other reference on the show who were much bad than he was .
Lip Was Jealous of Professor Youens' Relationships
Season 8, Episode 10, “Church Of Gay Jesus”
Lip Gallagherand Professor Youens had a truly awesome relationship . Youens always did everything in his might to help oneself keep Lip on the correct path , and , even after Lip got expelled for destroy his car , Youens forgave Lip and secured him a tech start - up internship because he believed in his intelligence and potential . Youens suffer from his own problems , so he require to keep Lip from making the same mistake he ’d made in liveliness . He helped Lip get into rehab , and he remained his wise man long after he stopped being his prof .
unluckily , when Youens died in the season 8 instalment " Church of Gay Jesus , " Lip discover that their relationship was n’t quite as special as he ’d thought . Several pupil utter at Clyde ’s funeral and talked about their likewise close bondwith him . Lip found himself exceedingly jealous and overturned by this , and he refuse to read a heartfelt testimonial letter of the alphabet Youens had written for him before his passage .
Lip Resents His Own Intelligence
back talk resented his own intelligence , as he felt burdened to get his family out of their predicament . This fact was made vindicated too soon on inShamelesswhen he gets into a battle with Fiona about being the family ’s " prosperous zany " in time of year 2 ’s " Parenthood " and cast out of in high spirits shoal , ignoring Fiona ’s threats . Most of the characters onShamelesswould do anything to be as intelligent as Lip . For lesson , Fiona has frequently witness herself incapable of mentally handling some of the careers she need to pursue .
In plus , if Frank was as book smart as Lip , he probably could have done anything he want in sprightliness thanks to his foxiness . However , even though he loves his family , Lip hates the thought of them becoming reliant on him and dislike having that expected value on his shoulders merely because of his brain . Unlike Fiona , who has a lot of personal dream , Lip does n’t attempt to make any design for his futurity .
He Isn’t Always Appreciative of Fiona
While there are manyunpopular opinions about Fiona , there is no question that she was the gum that held the Gallagher sept together . However , when Fiona started smash her stable relationships and ended up with men who were distinctly manipulative and awful to her , it was unmanageable for audiences to rightfully like her as a character . Despite her flaw , she did do a solid job raise her siblings , and she should be take account for that .
Fiona put her family ’s felicity before her ownon several occasions at the start of the series , but her sibling never really expressed any sorting of gratitude for that . Lip was always particularly decisive of Fiona ’s parenting skill , and , when she made a mistake that sent Liam to the emergency room in season 4 ’s " Iron City , " Lip lose all religion in her power to watch over his sib and never truly forgave her . Their human relationship was never quite the same after .
Fiona splendidly made some bad calls with her boyfriends on Shameless . They were n’t always groovy choices , but it was n’t all bad .
Lip’s Money-Making Schemes Are Just As Bad As Frank’s
Season 5, Episode 4, “A Night to Remem… Wait, What?”
As much as Lip washed he could deny it , there are even more ways that he is like his founder . It ab initio seemed like Carl would grow up to be the second coming of Frank , but only Lip plowshare both his father ’s battle with substance insult and his power to make money through questionable yet astonishingly clever tactics . This is especially clean in a season 5 schema that saw him work his lady friend ’s parent for hard cash .
brim fare off as noble , but his dodge and ideas are n’t too different from Frank ’s .
Lip made $ 10,000 by convincing Amanda ’s parents that they were in a serious relationship and that he would take to be pay to separate up with her . Before that , he and Kevin actuallysold illegal substances out of an glass pick truckwhich they ’d in reality park in public parks filled with children . Lip come off as noble , but his scheme and thought are n’t too different from Frank ’s .
Lip Has No One To Blame But Himself
Season 11, Episode 12, “Father Frank, Full Of Grace”
MostShamelessviewers see Lip Gallagher as some sort of tragic hero , but the sad trueness about the variety of difficulties he ’s experienced over the preceding 11 season is that his fate is the product of his own misguided choices . The sum of Lip ’s decisions is revealed in theShamelessseries finale . Frank Gallagher has some surprisingly poignant words in his farewell lecture , as he says " Lip , you ’re sassy as a lash . You just ca n’t seem to get out of your own way " .
In the goal , Lip is forced to sell the Gallagher house for $ 75,000 when he could ’ve betray it for $ 250k had he not pushed the developer too hard and mislay the mess .
Even though mouth grew up in a poor house without any real paternal guidance , he was given the opportunity to go to college and really make something of himself . Frank serve as the perfect warningof what not to do to succeed in lifetime , but , as time went on , he became more and more like his male parent . He purposely failed to live up to his potential difference , and his very poor taste in girlfriend only made his biography even more hard . While Lip arguably is n’t a bad person , the weight of his choices negatively affected his event , and he had one of the most dissatisfactory character bow onShameless .
Lip Was Shameless' Most Frustrating Character
There might have been many things Lip did awry inShameless , but he was far from the worst character . His transgression pale in insignificance next to the sins of his father , Frank , for example , or even his younger sis , Debbie . However , while Lip was n’t the bad character inShameless , he was well the most frustrating for viewer . The reason why Lip ’s failing were so much more tiresome than other members of the Gallagher household is simple - Lip had the most potential .
Of all the characters inShameless , Lip instantly seemed like the one who had the strongest hazard of bump out of the hertz of poverty and lawbreaking his sib , parent , and grandparents had been trapped in for generations . Not only is Lip passing healthy , but he also ( in his good instant ) had a set of self - awareness and introspective tendencies .
Of all theShamelesscharacters , it was Lip more often than not who would be aware of what the family were doing legal injury , and why they should seek a expert path instead . Seeing Debbie , Fiona , Ian , or Frank create more problems for themselves or their phratry was wait . With Lip , however , there was always a signified that he should know better - often because he did . There were many post when Lip would wrestle with a decisiveness , count on out the best course of activity , and terminate up doing the full opposition .
While this greater moral understanding made Lip incredibly endear as a type , it also mean he was the most frustrating inShamelesswhen he ’d inevitably end up establish to viewers that he was still a Gallagher . Unlike Debbie , Ian , or even Fiona , Lip had all the tools at his disposition to make a better life for himself and his family . However , time and time again , he ’d fall dirty of his own shortcoming . His character electric discharge was incredibly striking as a outcome , and also unbelievably aggravating in many manner . TV audience would rule themselves constantly rooting for Lip , only to see him inevitably become his own worst foeman .
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Shameless is a Black Comedy , Family Drama create by Paul Abbott and starring William H. Macy , Emmy Rossum , and Justin Chatwin . The assumption be the Gallagher family and their closest friends as they deal with a not - so - helpful father , Frank Gallagher . His tyke each come up their own track , growing into their own flawed people without much guidance or help from the family patriarch .