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Shameless Season 2 Episodes
Season 2 Episode Guide
12 Episodes 2012 - 2012
Episode 1
Summertime
Sun, Jan 8, 201252 mins
In the Season 2 premiere, despite her breakup with Steve, Fiona tends bar at a local hotspot with Veronica, hangs out with a successful business executive, and enjoys her youth. Debbie runs a daycare with Carl. Ian takes over at the Kash and Grab when Kash leaves town. Lip runs a Little League book and helps out Kevin with their annual ice cream/pot truck. Despite Eddie's disappearance, Sheila takes small steps to finally leave the house. Frank loses a bet and surrenders Liam as collateral.
Episode 2
Summer Loving
Sun, Jan 15, 201252 mins
As Sheila conquers her agoraphobia, a worried Frank finds a new financial plan in fellow bar patron Dottie, whose declining health and city pension make her an ideal match. Fiona juggles her job, the kids, and her burgeoning love life, and Jasmine tries to help by setting up Fiona with a sugar daddy. Veronica takes some old folks from the home on an excursion, Lip worries about Karen's growing relationship with Jody, Ian tries to land a recently released Mickey a job at the Kash and Grab, Debbie wants her own room, and Carl moves into the van.
Episode 3
I'll Light a Candle for You Every Day
Sun, Jan 22, 201247 mins
Fiona hopes her moral compass isn't leading her astray when she reconnects with her married high school crush, but when she finds an abandoned purse with over $500 inside, she assumes her luck is finally changing. Frank is willing to do just about anything to stay in Dottie's good graces, even marry her. After Harry's passing, Debbie becomes obsessed with death. Kevin thinks about buying the Alibi, Lip meets with a colonel to glean information for Ian about West Point, and Jody asks Frank for Karen's hand in marriage.
Episode 4
A Beautiful Mess
Sun, Jan 29, 201253 mins
Fiona deals with the consequences of sleeping with Craig when his angry wife shows up at the door, Debbie develops a stress rash and Fiona wonders if she's putting too much responsibility on the kids, Sheila has made it all the way to the hair salon, and Frank realizes his days in the Jackson household are numbered. No longer having sex with Karen, Lip tries to dig up dirt on Jody. Ian continues on the path to West Point; Carl house-sits with his friend, Little Hank; and Ethel meets Malik, a boy on Kevin's youth basketball team.
Episode 5
Father's Day
Sun, Feb 5, 201253 mins
Frank tries to claim Eddie's insurance benefits and pension despite being a prime suspect in his death, Fiona attends a ritzy wedding with Richard and lies about her background, Lip is devastated by Karen's rejection, and Carl rents Frank's room to a hooker.
Episode 6
Can I Have a Mother
Sun, Feb 12, 201253 mins
Grammy Gallagher shows up on medical furlough and tries to track down a former meth lab protege that owes her money, Sheila plans Karen's wedding reception, Fiona double dates with Steve and his Brazilian girlfriend and discovers that Steve is married, Ethel reacts to Clyde's death, and Frank discovers the identity of Eddie's insurance beneficiary.
Episode 7
A Bottle of Jean Nate
Sun, Feb 19, 201248 mins
Lip tries to get back in Karen's good graces by crafting a prenuptial agreement for her and Jody, while Ian continues to give Lip the silent treatment. Frank wants to kick Grammy out but Fiona resists until the basement meth lab explodes. Fiona is invited on a boat trip but doesn't realize Steve and his girlfriend are also attending.
Episode 8
Parenthood
Sun, Mar 4, 201254 mins
With Grammy near death, Frank exits the house but walks in on Ian and Mickey locked in passion at the Kash and Grab. When Lip drops out of school, Fiona proposes a deal where they both earn their diplomas, but Lip acts out and gets himself expelled when he realizes that Karen plans to sell their baby to the highest bidder.
Episode 9
Hurricane Monica
Sun, Mar 11, 201251 mins
Monica returns to party and plot scams with Frank, but the rest of the family suspects she hasn't returned to stay. Fiona reconsiders her decision to kick Lip out of the house. Grammy's death affects everyone differently, and leaves Frank determined to make sure he gets every last penny his mother left behind. Sheila and Jody think Eddie's ghost is haunting the house.
Episode 10
A Great Cause
Sun, Mar 18, 201254 mins
Fiona starts to plan for her future now that Monica is back, but her reprieve may be short-lived as Monica falls apart, spends the squirrel fund, and gets arrested. Steve conspires to reunite Estefania with her true love so that he can be with Fiona. Lip and Ian learn the true identity of Mandy's baby, and Sheila takes in a homeless crack addict.
Episode 11
Just Like the Pilgrims Intended
Sun, Mar 25, 201250 mins
It's a typical Gallagher nontraditional Thanksgiving that includes a suicide attempt by Monica, Carl shooting a bald eagle, and Karen going into labor. Steve agrees to allow Estefania's boyfriend to steal his identity, Ian meets a businessman named Ned (Harry Hamlin). Frank tries to get his share of his mother's money from his brother Clayton.
Episode 12
Fiona Interrupted
Sun, Apr 1, 201256 mins
Frank schemes to break Monica out of the facility, Jimmy earns his way back.
