Everyone knows that family, I'm sure you knew one growing up. They don't
have much, if anything - but they're happy as pigs in shit. It's probably the
house you partied at underage in high school, the friends whose parents didn't
care and probably even bought the beer, then partied with you. You loved them,
loved partying there - but you were happy as fuck they weren't YOUR
parents.
If you don't have Showtime and you haven't bothered to watch "Shameless", get off your ass and pay the extra $10 a month! By the end of the first episode, you'll be wishing you were piss poor, living in the projects, raising yourself because of your alcoholic father and runaway mom, with no future. The Gallaghers make having nothing look badass. Highlight of this show - Frank Gallager (William H. Macy), the "father". Watch him stoop to new lows every week, and wonder why you still genuinely like him and almost admire his overwhelming shittiness. The 21-year-old sister, trying to have fun while running a household & raising the rest, the 17-year-old genius who can't seem to apply his smarts to anything non-criminal, the gay brother waiting to enlist, the little annoying mommy-in-training way beyond her years, the pyro little brother who you're waiting to kill someone or be incarcerated, and the little black baby brother - whose paternity no one questions. Great acting, lots of alcohol, drugs, and some intense sex scenes make for a great ride. It gives a new meaning to dysfunctional, but you won't be able to get enough - it's SHAMELESS |
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