Shameless USA

I've heard about the American remake of the UK series, Shameless, for a while now, so when I watched Vampire Academy starring Cameron Monaghan I just had to start to series and also because of Noel Fisher who I've watched in previously in The Riches and Hatfield's & McCoy's, both of their acting performances are phenomenal.

Shameless follows the lives of the Gallagher family, Fiona, Lip, Ian, Debbie, Carl, and Liam, along with their friends Kev and V, and also some minor characters who work their way up to becoming regulars. Essentially the head of the Gallagher family is supported by big sister Fiona, she dropped out of school many years ago to work multiple jobs to keep the bills at bay and to feed all her other siblings. Since her mother, Monica, bailed and their dad Frank is an alcoholic who uses his persuasion to manipulate others into giving him what he wants and does nothing to support the family unless theres money involved. Episode by episode we see how the Gallagher's are affected by their somewhat alternative upbringing led by their drug addicted parents and its up to Fiona to set an example for the kids.

It stars William H. Macy as Frank, Emmy Rossum as Fiona, Jeremy Allen White as Lip, Cameron Monaghan as Ian, Emma Kenney as Debbie, Ethan Cutkosky as Carl, Brenden Sims as Liam, Steve Howey as Kev, Shanola Hamton as V, and many more notable actors.

It took me about just under two weeks to marathon series one to four, I'm now officially obsessed with this series and I'm sad along with the fans of the show that we have to wait until next year for series five. It's definitely something that I have not watched before so I can't really compare it to any existing shows that are similar to Shameless, but what I can suggest is that you watch the series one trailer to see if this is a show you would be interested in.

I've never shipped a couple more than I ship Ian and Mickey, their relationship goes from constants highs to lows, much like Ian's mental state. My other character favourites include more of the Gallagher kids which are Fiona and Lip, both of had a rough upbringing being the two eldest kids. Fiona has to inevitably take on the role as their mother, which is why she has been in so much trouble recently because she never had much of a childhood she had to grow up straight away. This has led to her getting into serious trouble and sometimes not making the best of choices which is where Lip comes in to ground Fiona and tell her the effects of her consequences without holding back. Lip is also one of the smartest Gallagher kids by getting the highest grades in school and also being accepted into a scholarship program for an elite science university.

I can't wait to see what happens next for the Gallagher family in series five considering all the drama they went through in series four.