Shameless Review: "Order Room Service" (Episode 3.11)

By John Vilanova at 4:48 PM on April 1, 2013

In this, the penultimate episode of Shameless’s stuttering third season, I found myself asking some bigger questions about what this season of television was supposed to do.  read more

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Shameless Review: "Civil Wrongs" (Episode 3.10)

By John Vilanova at 4:43 PM on March 25, 2013

Maybe it’s just me, but it felt like a lot happened on Shameless last week. The show seemed to be building momentum for its final few episodes, with plots tightening and characters moving toward logical climaxes for what has been a decidedly uneven third season.  read more

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Shameless Review: "Frank the Plumber" (Episode 3.09)

By John Vilanova at 4:26 PM on March 18, 2013

Relationships on television typically have to remain objects in motion. Happy couples make for uninteresting TV. In romantic stasis, nothing happens and plots don’t advance.  read more

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Shameless Review: "Where There's a Will" (Episode 3.08)

By John Vilanova at 12:21 PM on March 11, 2013

After last week’s dynamic courtroom coda, the Gallagher family is beginning to deal with the fallout.  read more

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Shameless Review: "A Long Way From Home" (Episode 3.07)

By John Vilanova at 11:32 AM on March 4, 2013

Halfway through Shameless’ third season, the show continues to ask hard questions that willingly lack easy answers.  read more

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Shameless Review: "Cascading Failures" (Episode 3.06)

By John Vilanova at 11:50 AM on February 25, 2013

A “Cascading Failure”—the name of tonight’s episode of Shameless—happens when one part of a system shuts down, causing an eventual chain reaction of breakdowns.  read more

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Shameless Review: "The Sins of My Caretakers" (Episode 3.05)

By John Vilanova at 10:16 PM on February 17, 2013

On any television show that tries to build a world bigger than just its principal characters, the 58-or-so minutes afforded to premium cable episodes run the risk of simply having too many people to check in with every week.  read more

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Shameless Review: "The Helpful Gallaghers" (Episode 3.04)

By John Vilanova at 12:13 PM on February 11, 2013

Things are as desperate as ever in the cash-strapped Gallagher home in Chicago’s South Side.  read more

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Shameless Review “Fiona Interrupted” (2.12)

By Tim Basham at 5:00 PM on April 2, 2012

The creators of Showtime’s _Shameless_ deserve a hefty “thank you” for ending Season Two with an episode filled with a sense of resolution as opposed to closing with last week’s cliffhanger episode. Now, I look forward to a season of new and compelling plot lines just waiting to develop.  read more

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Shameless Review: "Just Like the Pilgrims Intended" (Episode 2.11)

By Tim Basham at 3:40 PM on March 26, 2012

In what is easily the most emotional episode of the series, everything breaks loose when Karen has her baby, Monica attempts suicide, Steve goes back to being Jimmy and Carl shoots a bald eagle with an Uzi. The dichotomy between the show’s heartlessness and compassion rises to a peak befitting a season-ending episode, except that it’s not. Lucky for us there’s one show left.  read more

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