List of Shameless episodes

Sheila goes to visit her gravely ill mother in a hospice and leaves the twins in Frank’s care. When the Jockey is shut down for violations, Frank's mates just carry right on over at Sheila's instead. Frank starts acting like a real father, though, when Nigel is inadvertently kidnapped by a transvestite with "womb envy".

Ian makes an innocent remark that causes Frank to suspect he is gay. Fearing being outed, Ian turns up the heat on his pretend relationship with Mandy, a member of the notorious Maguire family. Lip, however, is the one who has sex with her whenever she comes round to see Ian. Steve and Fiona plan their wedding and bribe a priest into letting them have it in his church. Tony takes Steve’s latest stolen car for a joke and finds money and drugs stashed inside. When Steve gets it back, he goes to deliver it to a gang of drug dealers. To Steve’s horror, Tony turns up and attempts to arrest the dealers before letting Steve escape. Tony also has an ulterior motive as he still loves Fiona from when they used to date. He clearly hasn’t moved on as her face is on everything in his flat from snow globes to ashtrays.

Lip gets the keys to a neighbour's house from Sheila and decides to use the place to do other people's homework, which he has been doing for money in an attempt to raise enough for a scholarship. When the house gets burgled by Carl's friends, Lip is arrested when he is caught in the house by Lena, the owner. Lip eventually avoids jail by blackmailing the corrupt policeman who tried to make it look as if Lip had attacked him during the arrest. Lip begins an affair with Lena after returning all her stolen possessions and wooing her with a brand new alarm system. His fling with Mandy, however, ends when she reveals to both Ian and Lip that she is pregnant.

Mandy is pregnant and when her family find out, Ian is introduced to the monstrous Maguires as the father of her child. Ian and Mandy are forced into an engagement by the Maguires, as Ian is too terrified to tell them the truth. They celebrate their engagement at The Jockey until Lip bursts into the pub to announce that he is the real father of Mandy’s child.

Fiona finds out that she is pregnant after her one night stand with Craig. She goes over to tell Craig that she's having his baby only to be confronted by his wife, Sue. Craig explains that Sue only lives with him because she refuses to move out and he doesn’t want her to have any legal rights to his father’s house. At the urging of two dodgy accident claims salesmen, Frank tries to sue Kash and Yvonne after being hit in the mouth by the shop door.

Debbie is determined to help Marty with his court appearance after he was arrested for aggressive behaviour towards a member of staff in the post office. Kev's sister turns up and turns out to be a drug addict so Veronica makes her go cold turkey. Fiona is suffering from morning sickness and Craig plans to whisk her away for the weekend.

Debbie tells Fiona that Steve has come back to see her after he turns up at her school disguised as a social worker. The local elections are on and Kash gains an unexpected victory against another candidate who reveals himself as a racist. Lillian's husband is run over by Tony and Stan's police van. On closer inspection, it is discovered that he died from a bullet to his head. Carol realises that it was Carl who shot him, after he found a gun hidden in the bushes and set it off accidentally. The family do all that they can to protect Carl being found out by the police.

The Gallaghers receive a home visit from Liam's teacher. He is threatened with exclusion for behavioural problems and telling other classmates during their nativity play that Jesus doesn't exist. Without Frank or Monica present for the visit, Debbie panics, shaves Liam’s head and pretends that he has cancer. Her lie soon spreads around the estate and before long the pub begins an appeal for Liam. Frank and Sheila are devastated to find out and immediately insist on moving in with the family. Frank is faced with a genuine reason to get drunk every day. Monica and her girlfriend turn up at the Gallagher's and threaten to take Liam back with them. Liam runs into the arms of Debbie refusing to go, and Monica is forced to leave without him.

Lip gets a job as a porter at a hotel where he befriends Jack. Jack seduces Ian but after the housekeeping money and his keys go missing, Ian begins to suspect that Jack is up to no good. Kash is badly beaten after his shop is broken into by intruders. Ian tells Yvonne that Jack had used his keys to get in and admits to Kash that he slept with him. Kash ends their relationship after confessing that he too has been unfaithful. Kev’s sister, Kelly-Marie, resurfaces and rents a room in Frank’s house. After bringing numerous men back to the house, Frank soon realises that she is a prostitute and is using his house as a brothel.

Kev is given a tip on a winning horse but is unable to come up with any money to place on a bet. Mandy goes into labour in Kash's shop after being pushed over by masked robbers who steal her purse and some jewellery that belongs to her mother. She gives birth to a baby girl and when Lip finds out, he rushes to the hospital to see her. He is made less than welcome by the Maguires who throw several punches to his face before warning him to stay away from both Mandy and the baby. Mimi Maguire is desperate to get her jewellery back and offers an award for anyone who will tell them who did it. Lip goes to find the perpetrators to prove himself to the family. Meanwhile, Frank has forgotten about Sheila’s birthday and is desperate to find out the name of the horse that Kev is keeping a secret so he can use the winnings to buy her a present. Frank manages to get the horse’s name, and just as Kev has secured enough money to place a bet, the whole of East Manchester do exactly the same thing. The odds go down and Kev gains nothing.

Marty begins a new job as a security guard which is ruined when Carole shoplifts from his store. Carole finds out that Lillian had an affair with her husband in the sixties and seeks revenge by reporting her to the Department of Social Security for benefit fraud. It’s not long before the whole estate is under the suspicion and being interrogated by the DSS. Carl develops a crush on Lip's new girlfriend Emily and poses as her younger brother so the family passes their inspection. Frank pretends to be Lillian’s husband which upsets Sheila, as she isn't even married to Frank yet.

Kev's mum commits suicide on his birthday. He is shocked by the news and distraught at not even receiving so much as a birthday card. His wife Roxy, fresh out of prison, attends his mother's funeral. Roxy had been sending his mother letters while in prison detailing all her deluded fantasies about Kev. Veronica is unable to control her jealousy when Roxy dances with Kevin in the pub after the funeral and is kicked out when they both get into a fight. Veronica wakes in the morning to find Kev missing. She goes straight to his mother’s flat thinking Kev has turned it into a bachelor pad only to be confronted by Roxy and Kev naked in bed. Heartbroken, Veronica finishes their relationship and swiftly kicks him out of the house. Roxy tells Kev that they had a child together nine years ago that she gave up for adoption. Kev is overwhelmed by the prospect of fatherhood having been previously told he was infertile. Kev isn’t sure if she is telling the truth and when he spurns her advances, Roxy goes around to Veronica’s house and threatens to kill her with a kitchen knife. Kev turns up just in time.

Sheila finds out about Karen and Jez's relationship and presumes Karen is a lesbian. She is unaware that Karen is just using Jez for free accommodation, meals and a job behind the bar. Carl starts growing weed for the Maguires and finally enjoys female attention as a result but he soon finds himself in trouble with the family after he is busted by a drug squad. The Maguires accuse him of reporting them to the police and Lip sets out to prove Carl's innocence. Mandy has a new boyfriend and Lip realises he may still have feelings for her. He is furious with her though when he finds out that she was behind Carl's drug-growing scheme.

Debbie finds out about the antics other girls her age are up to, and gives up looking after her family to let them fend for themselves. Frank finds out he can earn quick cash by participating in drug trials. His worst nightmare happens when the drugs he is taking stops the effects of alcohol, leaving him unable to get drunk. Marty finds out that Sue is in debt and helps her take out a loan. When she disappears, he is left to pay the entire sum back on his own. Carol agrees to help Sue and Marty out with the loan on the condition that Sue stays with Marty for another five years, after realising that she has calmed down his tendencies to burn things.

Veronica finds out that her IVF on the NHS has failed but is too distraught to tell Kev. Sheila decides to have a conservatory constructed in her garden but reveals to Frank that she buried her ex-husband under the patio. Sheila tells him that he died of a heart attack and she was so distraught that she had to bury him in the garden... without even removing all his gold jewellery. When Frank confides in Veronica, she immediately plans to dig up his corpse to steal his jewellery. On discovering the remains of Sheila's ex, they realise that his death was no accident. Frank is terrified that Sheila may do the same to him and runs away to avoid their wedding. After finding out the jewellery is worthless, Veronica explains to Kev that she only did it so they could afford IVF treatment privately. She goes to speak to Sheila, who is in a complete state after Frank's disappearance. She explains that she killed her ex in self-defence as he would regularly beat her. Veronica goes to tell Frank the truth, while Sheila goes to the police to hand herself in and confess to murder.

Frank sets fire to his dinner and ends up in hospital. Unable to reach Sheila, the hospital contact his other wife Monica who rushes to be by Frank's side. She turns up later at Lip's surprise birthday party and receives a frosty reception from Debbie. Debbie refuses to forgive Monica for abandoning the family six years ago but Monica is undeterred and announces that she is back for good. Debbie contacts Norma and begs her to come and get Monica back as her mother has set her sights on seducing Frank. Norma decides to camp in the Gallagher's back garden, convinced that Monica will eventually change her mind. Meanwhile, Kev, Veronica and Marty have gone missing. Everyone is shocked when Kev and Veronica appear on the news, arrested for attempting to buy a baby in Romania. Everyone except the Maguires who throw out all of Kev and Veronica's belongings and move into their house!

Jamie Maguire is released from prison after doing 10 years for murder. Much to the disappointment of the Maguires, Jamie returns a reformed man. He refuses to get involved with any of their dodgy dealings and gets a job behind the bar of The Jockey instead. He soon moves out of their house and rents a room above the pub.

Frank finally succumbs to Monica's advances and they begin an affair. Sheila arranges an anniversary party but soon finds out about Frank's infidelity. She is unable to control her rage and ends up throwing knives that narrowly miss Frank's head. Meanwhile, Lip and Ian decide to earn cash by selling all the junk they find around the estate which goes well until they find a severed hand in a pile of rubbish. They discover that the hand belongs to a member of the Maguire family. The Maguires assume that it is Mickey that has been killed and begin to mourn his loss. However, after Mickey arrives home, they realise that it was in fact Fergal who was murdered. When Frank disappears, Sheila worries that she may have killed him and buried him under the patio alongside her ex-husband. When she finds him alive and well in the pub, she gives him an ultimatum; he must choose between her and Monica. Frank rushes back to Shelia to declare that she is the woman he wants to be with. Sheila is thrilled but Frank ruins it when he lets on that he never bothered to divorce Monica. Sheila is devastated and leaves him, taking the twins with her.

Ian receives a letter informing him that he no longer has a job at the Kash and Carry due to financial pressures. Ian then on a motorbike knocks over a girl who happens to be in possession of scratch cards stolen from the Maguires. She begs Ian to let her stay at his house. Ian begins an unlikely affair with the runaway girl who he hides in the attic. Yvonne finds out that Kash is in serious debt and that he wants to take a loan out on her shop. She refuses to allow it and forces him to forge a suicide note and fake his death. Meanwhile, Mimi stops speaking when she finds out her brother has died and that the severed hand is Fergal's. Paddy tries to force Lip to propose to Mandy to replace Mimi's loss with a new 'son' but finds out Ian is involved with the stolen scratch cards.

Frank is forced to move back in with his family when he finds out Sheila is planning to sell her house. Tensions rise when Monica objects to Debbie receiving all of Frank's attention and tells her she should be dating boys like all the other girls her age. So Debbie goes out with her new neighbour until Frank tries to end the relationship when he hears his family are strict Catholics. Love is in the air as Mickey Maguire makes a move on Ian, who seems happy with his advances. When he finds out Mickey taught his dog to perform a sexual act on him, he soon backs off.

Carrie, the new local and over-zealous copper, is desperate to arrest the Gallaghers so the crime on the estate will go down. The other coppers are too besotted by her to report her for unprofessional conduct and, at times, violent behaviour. Carl prepares a birthday meal for Monica only to find her in a compromising position with Norma. Things look bad for Frank until Shane offers him a job selling ecstasy tablets from an ice cream van. Karen is increasingly upset about how controlling the Maguires are and snaps when Mimi gives her a bib adorned with a baby girl's name that Mimi has already chosen. Karen gives Jamie her engagement ring back and calls the wedding off. When the Maguires find out, they kidnapp Karen and tie her to a chair until she is prepared to change her mind.

Frank blurts out that he had originally chosen Sheila before having to pick Monica. Monica admits that she is still sleeping with Norma. When Frank finds out that Norma has loads of cash, he sneaks into her camper van to steal her money. She wakes up just as he is reaching for the cash strapped to her thigh and assumes he is attempting to rape her. She immediately reports him to the police. Norma plans to take Frank to court but offers to drop the charges if Frank accepts some money to disappear. Frank reluctantly agrees until Monica uses her means of persuasion to make Norma drop the charges. Yvonne is running an illegal call centre in the back of her shop and asks Lip to help her fix the computers. He meets Nadia and begins to flirt with her until Ian tells her Nadia is actually a man. Lip is visibly disgusted and his reaction offends Ian who only forgives Lip after he agrees to accompany him to a gay bar.

Carl helps Norma devise a plan to win Monica back. She pretends that she is going to leave for Texas for good. She revamps her camper van and on realising how much money she has spent, a mercenary Monica plans to go with her. However, Carl slips the money he saved into Frank's pocket and when Monica sees Frank going through his new found wad of cash, she decides to stay with the Gallaghers. Paddy suspects that Jamie may be behind the deaths of his ex cell mates and asks Karen what really happened on their weekends away. Karen is unaware of the situation but overhears Jamie admitting to Paddy that he killed them to avenge Feargal's death. Karen thinks that Jamie only agreed to marry her for an alibi.

When Paddy's caught on camera for an armed robbery and could face 20 years inside, Mimi begs him to call his brother, Noel. He's the only one who can help.

When Stan gets caught in the crossfire between Yvonne and her kids, a full-blown row puts their relationship on the rocks.