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Fiona has a job and Lip is enrolled in college, it looks like the Gallaghers may have a shot at happiness. The more things change, the more the Gallaghers stay the same. Whether it’s employment, education, or healthcare, the Gallaghers have issues. Debbie and Carl both find new love, Sheila tries to adopt a Native American family, Kev and V confront the reality of multiple babies.
It's an excellent, appropriately effed-up beginning and suggests the creative team has found a way to evolve without having to radically change what the show is.
Shameless has many moments of triumph-and it also manages to find humor in what anyone else would see as horrible tragedy-but this fourth season, in which the characters begin to interact with the wider world, is its darkest yet.
Yes, this season certainly had its fair share of heartbreak, but by pushing these much-loved characters to their very limits, we got some of the very best storytelling on television.
William H. Macy has often stolen the show as Frank while ranting nonsensically, but he got to show off his acting skills more here, as we see Frank like we've never seen him before.