Shameless (1.10)

At times Shameless plays like a Shakespearean comedy, albeit a black one. But there’s an even darker side to this wildly dysfunctional family, none darker than Frank’s abhorrent treatment of his own children—that is, until their mom shows up.
According to Monica Gallagher, she left her six kids because she would have died if she stayed in the same house with her alcoholic husband. But we learn that Monica had her own addiction problems, before and after she had left her family. Now she’s back, but apparently only to take the youngest, Liam, with her to be raised along with her big, bad, black lesbian girlfriend Roberta, coincidentally the same color as Liam (who they learn from DNA tests is really Frank’s child).
Roberta’s relentless pushing for Monica to take Liam from his brothers and sisters, and her rants about white people raising black children, are both hateful and extremely disturbing acts. No comedy here. Lip heroically stands up to Roberta, and also to Frank whom he eventually cold cocks off of a bar stool.
Daredevil Carl breaks his arm when only Frank is home to help. But Frank, always the thoughtful one, lets Carl ride his bike in front of an insurance investigator so that the investigator can be blamed and Frank can sue.