The biggest question of season seven’s premiere will be if Lip has decided to go. Lip, not wanting to miss Fiona’s wedding (for which he is extremely hungover), holds him off, but ends up closing the episode with a send-off from Youens as he stands in front of rehab. It turns out that Professor Youens has bailed Lip out and badly wants him to go to rehab. It’s quite easy to see Lip follow the same path downward. The parallels drawn between him and Frank have only mounted, and this week, as we watch him wake up in a jail cell, puffy-eyed and haggard, it’s easy to see where and when the once-smart, potentially handsome Frank went wrong. Having destroyed every opportunity to succeed at school, he’s alienated himself from not only his peers and professors, but also his intellectual potential. The Gallaghers are caught in a cycle, and, at the culmination of season six, we have hit the bottom of its weird, dark circuit.įor the majority of the season, Lip has been leading the charge to the bottom. And we know the hope, denial, and disappointment they perpetuate can sometimes mirror an addiction to trauma and drama. After six seasons, we all know the Gallaghers very well. This is the feeling that pervades the season finale of Shameless. And if you’ve ever truly known an addict, you know that when things start to get good, they can very soon be proportionately bad. It’s a thick, dark braid of hope, denial, and inevitable disappointment that never fully unwinds itself. It’s an undeniable certainty that the other shoe will drop. It’s a fear and anticipation that the ground will fall out at any moment. If you’ve ever been close to an addict, you’re familiar with a specific, invasive feeling that follows you for a lifetime.
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