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I am absolutely disgusted by season 4.
Am I the only one to think the evolution of most characters doesn't make any sense at all?
Fiona, a paragon of responsibility, strong enough to support a family of lunatics, juggling between so many jobs suddenly does drug, lets drug in range of her baby brother and most of all refuses to take full responsibility for the incident? She dates a brother and sleeps with the other one many times ?
Lip destroys a handful of cars in front of the university but isn't expelled or investigated in any way ?
Seems only Carl acts like he always had.
Medically, we have one miracle after the other. Frank survives despite having been diagnosed by two doctors as being days away from his death. Kevin and Veronica having babies in spite of a 99,999 % odds against.
I sure hope season 5 reverse the trend or I'm done with the series.
/* End Update Season 4 - warning spoilers*/
After all that happens she has no other idea than violate her house arrest to almost overdose with the brother that destroyed her life ?
Shameless is a TV series with lots going for it.
The excellent cast makes the many relationships (love, romance, brotherhood, friendship) credible, interesting and even addicting.
The writers manage to intertwine many stories at the same time with different views and outlook on life, from kids to elderlies, which is quite refreshing.
While it relates quite a hard and sometimes horrendous reality, the ever present humor helps make it palatable, as well as the drive, the courage and the sense of community of most family members and friends.
It is quite heart braking to watch Monica and Frank though. While most characters in spite of their darkness have some redeeming qualities (the grandmother for example who in the end gives the money to her sons and even wants to get additional city money by trying to get run by a bus) it is very hard to find anything positive about the parents. They are absolutely selfish and one episode after another is a show of how they constantly bend everything to their advantage.
Frank in particular is a tough sell. He will go so far as to kill for money (preventing a heart transplant) and thinks of only one thing: himself.
It is a testament to the brilliance of the writers as well as the formidable acting of Macy that one still cares about his character.
I am absolutely disgusted by season 4.
Am I the only one to think the evolution of most characters doesn't make any sense at all?
Fiona, a paragon of responsibility, strong enough to support a family of lunatics, juggling between so many jobs suddenly does drug, lets drug in range of her baby brother and most of all refuses to take full responsibility for the incident? She dates a brother and sleeps with the other one many times ?
Lip destroys a handful of cars in front of the university but isn't expelled or investigated in any way ?
Seems only Carl acts like he always had.
Medically, we have one miracle after the other. Frank survives despite having been diagnosed by two doctors as being days away from his death. Kevin and Veronica having babies in spite of a 99,999 % odds against.
I sure hope season 5 reverse the trend or I'm done with the series.
/* End Update Season 4 - warning spoilers*/
After all that happens she has no other idea than violate her house arrest to almost overdose with the brother that destroyed her life ?
Shameless is a TV series with lots going for it.
The excellent cast makes the many relationships (love, romance, brotherhood, friendship) credible, interesting and even addicting.
The writers manage to intertwine many stories at the same time with different views and outlook on life, from kids to elderlies, which is quite refreshing.
While it relates quite a hard and sometimes horrendous reality, the ever present humor helps make it palatable, as well as the drive, the courage and the sense of community of most family members and friends.
It is quite heart braking to watch Monica and Frank though. While most characters in spite of their darkness have some redeeming qualities (the grandmother for example who in the end gives the money to her sons and even wants to get additional city money by trying to get run by a bus) it is very hard to find anything positive about the parents. They are absolutely selfish and one episode after another is a show of how they constantly bend everything to their advantage.
Frank in particular is a tough sell. He will go so far as to kill for money (preventing a heart transplant) and thinks of only one thing: himself.
It is a testament to the brilliance of the writers as well as the formidable acting of Macy that one still cares about his character.