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Shameless Season 5 Episodes
Season 5 Episode Guide
12 Episodes 2015 - 2015
Episode 1
Milk of the Gods
Sun, Jan 11, 201555 mins
It's summertime again in Chicago. Fiona balances her job at Patsy's Pies and a crush on her older boss, Sean, as Lip says goodbye to college and Amanda. He heads back home where he struggles to fit in with his old South Side friends. But he's not the only thing in the neighborhood that's changing though; Realtors are buying up property and a new, trendy yoga studio has popped up. Frank, still recovering from his liver transplant, is living at Sheila's and working on a secret project in her basement while Sheila works upstairs to get rid of a problematic Sammi and Chuckie. At the Milkovich house, Ian helps a pregnant Svetlana take care of baby Yevgeny while Mickey and his brothers run a moving truck scam. Veronica, frustrated by her newborn babies and Kevin's exclusive obsession with them, goes to work at The Alibi Room while Kev enjoys his new role as a stay-at-home dad. Meanwhile, Debbie, ostracized by Holly and Ellie, helps Frank gather supplies for his project while Carl, stuck with a broken ankle, steals a wheelchair. Back at Patsy's, Fiona enjoys flirting with Davis, the lead singer of the band Jezebel and a regular at Patsy's. She also waits on Angela, a mystery woman last seen with Jimmy. In addition, Lip takes a job working for Tommy's demolition crew. Ian, hypersexual as a result of his condition, has a few anonymous sexual encounters. And Frank unveils his mystery project, a home brewery in which he makes "Frank's Milk of the Gods," the self-proclaimed strongest beer known to man.
Episode 2
I'm the Liver
Sun, Jan 18, 201554 mins
Fiona is officially off of house arrest while Lip starts his first day of work for Tommy. But manual labor turns out to be harder than Lip thought and the brutal hazing from his co-workers doesn't help. Sheila considers an offer from two lesbians who want to buy her home. Frank tries to talk her out of it and begins warning everyone of the neighborhood's impending gentrification. Also, the father of the boy whose liver Frank received invites Frank to a special Father's Day dinner with all the other organ recipients, which Sammi ends up crashing, further enraging Sheila. Meanwhile, a manic Ian plans his revenge with Mickey and Mandy against a homophobic military funeral protest. Fiona confronts Sean about her feelings for him. Kev bonds with Svetlana. And Debbie continues to struggle with her friends and boys.
Episode 3
The Two Lisas
Sun, Jan 25, 201553 mins
The gentrification of Back of the Yards continues with the closing of the Alibi Room's illegal rub and tug. Frank enlists Carl to scare off the lesbians who are buying up more property in the neighborhood while pleading with Sheila not to cave and sell her home. But Sheila has big plans for her future, with or without Frank. Ian goes on a crazed cleaning spree of the Milkovich house and also wants Lip to help convince Mandy not to move to Indiana with her abusive boyfriend, Kenyatta. But Lip remains emotionally unavailable and pushes Mandy away, possibly for good. Meanwhile, Debbie throws a wild party at the Gallagher house and Carl discovers a hidden talent. In exchange for new brewery equipment, Frank sets up the owner of a junkyard with Sammi under the pretense that she'll sleep with him. And Fiona agrees to go to a concert with Davis, but when his girlfriend shows up, Fiona makes a play for Davis' bass player, Gus.
Episode 4
A Night to Remem... Wait, What?
Sun, Feb 1, 201552 mins
Frank arrives at Lou's to pick up his six-figure insurance settlement and is shocked to learn that he's already collected it. Meanwhile, Fiona and Gus continue to hit it off, so much so that Gus admits he's falling in love with her. Meanwhile, Lip visits Amanda and her family at her luxurious house in Miami. Carl starts a new job as a drug dealer but quickly realizes he's in over his head. Ian goes overboard when he starts stealing suitcases from the airport baggage claim.
Episode 5
Rite of Passage
Sun, Feb 8, 201551 mins
Fiona plans to announce her marriage at a family dinner unravel when a coworker overdoses on heroin. Meanwhile, Frank, who promised Sammi a new trailer, avoids her by staying with the grieving family of his donor liver. Plus, Debbie continues training at Derek's gym, Carl struggles with the mathematics of selling drugs, Mickey asks for Lip's help in dealing with Ian's erratic behavior, and Veronica sends Kevin out on a mission to get a handjob.
Episode 6
Crazy Love
Sun, Feb 15, 201557 mins
Fiona is thrown into chaos by the return of Jimmy/Jack/Steve, but first she must deal with an even larger crisis when Ian steals Mickey and Svetlana's baby and takes him along on a road trip. Meanwhile, a vengeful Sammi takes over the Gallagher house and enforces strict curfews and no amenities for Frank. Plus, Debbie starts high school, and Veronica grapples with her decision to separate from Kevin.
Episode 7
Tell Me You F**King Need Me
Sun, Mar 1, 201551 mins
Ian begins to regain some of his senses and finds himself under a mandatory hold at the psych ward. Meanwhile, Sammi is forced to take drastic measures to teach Frank a lesson. Fiona makes a decision regarding her potential romantic futures with Jimmy and/or Gus. Lip learns that his tuition is short 12 grand, Carl seizes an opportunity to make Chuckie his slave, and after V moves out, Svetlana moves in with Kev in exchange for the performance of some odd 'wifely duties'.
Episode 8
Uncle Carl
Sun, Mar 8, 201552 mins
Lip and Fiona pick up Ian from the psych ward and he refuses to take his medicine for his bipolar disorder. Fiona's marriage is in jeopardy. Frank plots revenge on Sammi while recovering from a gunshot wound. Lip and Kev sell drugs on campus.
Episode 9
Carl's First Sentencing
Sun, Mar 15, 201558 mins
Frank has a check-up with his uptight doctor, Bianca, who's cracking up after getting a terminal cancer diagnosis. Discovering she hasn't truly 'lived,' he agrees to be her tour guide to the seedier side of life. Meanwhile, Fiona preps an uncooperative Carl for his sentencing hearing. Plus, Lip sleeps with a professor on the assumption he's only days away from being kicked out, Ian realizes it's time to get back on his meds, and Kev finds himself enjoying college life as campus 'rapewalker.'
Episode 10
South Side Rules
Sun, Mar 22, 201553 mins
Frank is having a ball with Bianca, his new sick friend and formerly uptight doctor. But when Bianca thinks Frank might be developing feelings for her, she kicks him to the curb. Frank, however, returns to put up a fight.
Episode 11
Drugs Actually
Sun, Mar 29, 201555 mins
The Gallaghers visit Ian in prison and try to help with his sentencing; meanwhile, an unexpected visitor shows up and complicates things. Kevin and Veronica work on their relationship while dealing with a flood. Debbie and Mickey try to get payback on Sammi but things don't go according to plan.
Episode 12
Love Songs (In the Key of Gallagher)
Sun, Apr 5, 201559 mins
Season finale. Kevin and Veronica finally make up. Ian comes home and confronts Mickey about their relationship. Fiona is still confused about whom she loves. Debbie wants to be pregnant. Frank returns from Costa Rica after his girlfriend gives into cancer and floats out to sea. Sammi escapes from her shipping container and has a talk with Mickey, using a pistol. Lip is falling for his professor but his girlfriend is not cool with this idea. Chucky and Carl face off in jail.
