I assume most people are reviewing the show immediately after it aired and typing mostly based on emotion because objectively (and after watching it twice) this episode was just a little better than "ok". In terms of a lot of what's on TV these days, "ok" Shameless is still better than most but this episode did not really have much to get excited about. Fiona's exit was rushed which somewhat had to be done based on them scrambling to re-write scripts, but in addition to being rushed, just wasn't handled in any way that felt satisfying. Her last exchange with Frank was just the same old stuff we'd heard throughout the entire series, visiting Ian in jail with him being like "GO, GO!" was overly convenient to the story... just felt flat to me
After going past the "meh" from the Fiona storyline, you get into all of the "B" storylines which have been bad all year, Kevin can last long in bed again, cool. Lip's baby-mommy is still on the ridiculous side of insane and he puts up with it, cool. Deb and Carl are pissed at Kelly who did absolutely nothing wrong, cool.
I absolutely love this show and have from the start, but this has been one hell of a bad stretch of episodes IMO
After going past the "meh" from the Fiona storyline, you get into all of the "B" storylines which have been bad all year, Kevin can last long in bed again, cool. Lip's baby-mommy is still on the ridiculous side of insane and he puts up with it, cool. Deb and Carl are pissed at Kelly who did absolutely nothing wrong, cool.
I absolutely love this show and have from the start, but this has been one hell of a bad stretch of episodes IMO