Episode #7.16 (11 May 2010)

Helped by his friend Anto Joe flees the estate with Karen and Connor but when Karen expresses a desire to return to Jamie,Joe gets violent,trying to strangle her. Fortunately Ian has ... See full summary »

Director:

Metin Hüseyin

Writers:

Paul Abbott (creator), Tom Higgins

Stars:

Gerard Kearns, Joanna Higson, Pauline McLynn

Cast

Episode cast overview, first billed only:
Gerard Kearns	...	Ian Gallagher
Joanna Higson	...	Maxine Donnelly
Pauline McLynn	...	Libby Croker
Tina Malone	...	Mimi Maguire
David Threlfall	...	Frank Gallagher
Valerie Lilley	...	Patty Croker
Rebecca Atkinson	...	Karen Maguire
Ben Batt	...	Joe Pritchard
Nicky Evans	...	Shane Maguire
Ciaran Griffiths	...	Micky Maguire
Aaron McCusker	...	Jamie Maguire
Sally Carman	...	Kelly Maguire
Alice Barry	...	Lillian Tyler
Qasim Akhtar	...	Chesney Karib
Elliott Tittensor	...	Carl Gallagher

Storyline

Helped by his friend Anto Joe flees the estate with Karen and Connor but when Karen expresses a desire to return to Jamie,Joe gets violent,trying to strangle her. Fortunately Ian has followed and kills him. Back at the Jockey,the scene for a weapons amnesty,Roscoe,whom the Maguires scammed out of counterfeit money,bursts in with his gang and takes everybody hostage,threatening to shoot Shane and Jamie. However Frank,Bruce and Micky,who are in the cellar,access the handed in guns and succeed in saving the day by arming everybody... except Mimi,who is upstairs. The pains she thought were menopausal were in fact a sign of pregnancy and she gives birth to a little girl.

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Genres:

Comedy | Drama

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Details

Release Date:

11 May 2010 (UK)

Company Credits

User Reviews

Great series conclusion

When this series of Shameless began I wasn't too optimistic but now it is over I realise my worries where unfounded and it turned out to be a great series with great comedy,tragedy and drama. In this final episode the main thread is finally resolved; Joe has persuaded Karen to run away with him, all he has to do first is kidnap baby Connor. In order to get the Maguire boys out of the way he calls Roscoe; a gangster who was robbed by the Maguires in a previous episode. Roscoe starts throwing his weight around in The Jockey despite the fact that there is a policeman there to supervise a "guns for vodka" programme organised by Libby. This leads to an hilarious scene at the end where Mickey attempts to get his hands on the guns so he can save his brothers from Roscoe. While this episode largely follows the Maguires and Karen and Joe this doesn't mean there aren't any good scenes featuring the Gallaghers; an early scene where Mandy is attacked leads to Ian capturing the attacker and shooting him... with a water pistol. There is also a surprise for Mimi although I won't spoil that here.

Like the series as a whole this episode was a great balance of comedy and tragedy which nicely resolved Karen's story in a way that may have set up a new story for Ian. Despite the various cast changes over the years I'm still enjoying it and look forward to the eighth series.