so much of my experience with shameless is so wrapped up in ian and mickey, i forget how good everyone else is. like, the scenes of fiona suddenly bursting into tears and then stopping because she has to get herself together for her family never fail to get me, like damn
@@Wookxy they’re the reason i started the show lmao! i mean obviously once i started it i cared about everyone, but like i can tell you every storyline gallavich has in great detail (less for s10-11) but i can’t do the same for everyone
The "YOU WERE MY MOTHER TOO!" scene was iconic. Emmy's Rossum's acting is peak, pitch perfect. She deserved every award and all her flowers. The difference between her and Christine in Phantom are worlds apart. That woman has RANGE!
One of my favourite aspects of this show is just how well they combine a mixture of moments that are absurd and moments that are just so real they physically hurt. Along with the fact that there are moments that you really don’t like a lot of the characters you usually love. Like there are a lot of moments when you find yourself really liking Frank because he has quite a few ‘comedic’ moments (for lack of a better word), but there are moments where the reality of just how terrible of a man and a father he is hits you like a brick to the head.
I always think back to a scene where Philip is bathing his baby and falls and feels like he almost dropped him. Frank walks in and instead of being horrible he tells lip it'll be okay and that babies are made of jello at that age. I think about it both to make myself feel better as a mother but also to remember I'm not the only one who struggles.
Finally finished the vid 1. I forgot how bad the brazilian accent was 2. Lip/Ian and lip/fione best dynamics on the show 3. It's been years and I will never get over lip's series arc, best representation of 'the cycle of poverty' to ever exist
como tu acha o sotaque ruim quando eles são brasileiros??? eu acho que as vezes fica até ruim pra nós entendermos o que eles tão falando quando falam em pt, mas tem mais relação com a mudança rápida de idiomas que acaba travando nossa mente pra processar as palavras ditas
The way jimmy was never a good boyfriend to Fiona AND people swear they are goals is gross. he was cheating on her, lied about tons of shit, love bombed her when they met and is shown to only do something for them when he’s trying to look good , he never would have told Fiona he was lying about his name and family and only does so because he’s caught after bribing Debbie and lying more, he only gets back with her because estafania bf was gonna murder him and he had no where else to go. As soon as he has to live the life he’s been telling Fiona he wants with her for 3 seasons he throws a fit about what actually living as a poor person is like and blames it on Fiona to leave to “become a doctor” for the family which was just more gaslighting and lies. Fiona likes him so much because he’s just like frank. Emotionally unavailable, liar, manipulative, narcissistic, impulsive, etc, it’s also why almost everyone she gets with in the show is just like frank in one way or another (granted her cup job boss wasn’t) but that’s exactly why she ends up cheating on him with his brother that is just like frank.
i think the reason why people like Fiona and Jimmy together is because they fit well together. They're both unstable, fucked up and have a sus past. They will never be a healthy couple because both of them have issues in their lives they need to store out. Out of all Fiona's boyfriends, I like steve/jimmy the most despite the toxicity because they matched each other and Fiona seems to actually love Jimmy compared to her other boyfriends. However if Fiona gets her stuff together and heals herself from the past, she will outgrow Jimmy. Also, I don't think any relationship in shameless is a good relationship lmao.
34:34 I forgot how jarring it was watching this show for the first time and seeing how quickly Steve joins their family, to the point of already taking all the kids to school in the morning like ?! lol
@@annabaragona7064 I will always be a Debbie defender. She’s of course made a lot of mistakes but I feel like people hold her to such a different standard compared to the other siblings.
@@cainvarneri only disagree bc shes a horrible mother. Fionas their sister not their mom so she messes up many times but she apologizes and pushes them to do better than her. Lip ends up being a wonderful father. But debbie not only trusts her daughter with absolute strangers, she stole her money from her dead dad and didnt put any of the money fiona left towards franny. She had so many opportunities to teach her daughter to be a better person and just never did it. She neglected her daughter to the point that franny was lost with a mentally demented alcoholic for a whole day, then had the audacity to blame everyone else for not taking care of her for her.
@@cainvarnerWell she is held to a different standard.. she was a mother most of the show 😂. As soon as Franny came into the picture you no longer can make careless decisions because you have a whole human being that has to be put into consideration with every choice you make. You can give her leniency for being a teenager having a child but with the child being conceived deceitfully and intentionally that aspect goes out the window. It’s like how all of Fiona’s stupid decisions were instantly 10x worse when she became guardian to all her siblings.
I’ll be a Debbie defender here. She’s not a great person, she literally SA’d someone. But she’s a FANTASTIC character and I’m sorry but she is so god damn hilarious. And I’m a sucker for a hottie.
33:02 the amount of times this show would randomly introduce a character like 'Veronica's unstable older brother' who would appear for maybe 1 episode or 1 season and then we never hear about them again can only be compared to a daytime soap opera imo
Out of all of these recap videos this is one where I will say WATCH SHAMELESS! It is such good TV. One minute trash humor, the next emmy winning emotional drama. Fiona's emotional scenes are iconic every single time. The way she cries and then has to reign it back in for the family. Cinema!
My favorite part about this show was the realism of it. I know for a lot of people that may sound insane, but tbh there was a *ton* of stuff in it that reminded me of my own upbringing so I became pretty obsessed with the show because it felt, like, familiar.
I like that it’s pretty reflective to reality. Sure the jokes, bad as they are, reflect the reality of what’s happening. Is there anything being peddled? People can argue Islamophobia but ultimately there’s no solid yes or no but it’s just character interactions of what the writers wanted to portray for people who live in extreme poverty conditions might joke about. I’d say a lot of the criticism, while well meaning, just erases a lot of the why those things happen. Yes the big main one with the ages gaps are very important to point out. But it’s a very common problem in reality for people who were forced to grow up quickly or just being a product of living in poverty. It isn’t just a trope but an actual product from reality. Almost all tropes are products from reality.
Been wanting to rewatch shameless but couldn’t deal with how emotionally exhausting it can be to watch so thank you so much for this absolute banger, u never miss king
had a guy in my acting class perform some of fiona’s monologues for a project and they were so good it got me hooked on the show immediately 😭 binged the whole thing in a couple weeks and this video was a lovely walk down memory lane 🫶🫶
Despite quite a bit of issues with the later seasons, shameless is an iconic show. The way so many character were so messed up but you couldnt help but root for them needs to be studies. The first 4 maybe 5 seasons of the show are some of the best seasons of television ever. Also the acting is incredible. By far one of the best casts of all time which is incredible considering a lot of the main characters were under 18 when the show began. The fact that none of these actors ever won an emmy is mind boggling
i think the criticism of fiona dismissing help from steve. it’s hard to imagine if you didn’t grow up in legit poverty surrounded by ppl in situations just as bad - if not worse. in that environment, every single interaction is transactional, so when somebody helps you, they expect it paid back, usually with interest. and 90% of the time this isn’t a dollar amount they expect back, but favors. in fiona’s case she probably has a lot of PTSD from being the parent to 4 kids at the age of 9, and innocently trying to get help from grown men, and getting taken advantage of or expected to do ~*•favors•*~ for these men in return for them helping her.
One thing I always found really cute/ sad about the Gallagher family, is the “squirrel fund” which was saved up for the winter months…. I didn’t understand it at first, but what it means is that squirrels save their nuts for the winter. Meaning that the family is saving their stash for the winter…. Idk if anyone understood that one as well.
My guy's aesthetic is always on point and his outfits always impeccable. The vibes are immaculate throughout this video and I'm looking forward to everything you have coming for us. Good shit.
CAINNN you really pulled through with this one🫶 Shameless is one of my fav shows ever, but there’s really not a lot of commentary/ reviews on it. So excited to listen!!
Fiona is such a comfort character for me, I know she isn’t the greatest sometimes morally but her upbringing of trying to take care of everyone else hits home for me. Great video as always and glad to see it finally after all the trouble you were having with it lol
i've watched a few other shows with the "minor 'dates' an adult" storyline but it never hit me how truly heinous it is to show like it's no big deal until i watched this show. i'm an adult now which plays a part, but ian's actor being a minor during the shooting of s1 and very much looking like A CHILD was the thing that made me truly disgusted. when the 17-year old hooking up with someone in their 20's is played by a 25 year old it doesn't look that bad but when the actor is a child themselves the reality hits you.
if i’m not mistaken he was a minor during the pilot but was 18 for the rest of S1 which is still HORRIBLE, but like not illegal because they wait to have them kiss on screen until he was 18. FOUL either way
Thank you for the effort you put into recapping and sharing your thoughts about the show/characters! This show was A LOT (and that's from someone who watched all of Supernatural), I never finished this but wondered what happened. Looking forward to part 2, take all the time you need. Prioritize health/wellness
When it comes to Karen's erractic behaviour in season 2 after the baby is born, I always thought she was suffering from postpartum depression. Depression doesnt always manifest sadness/emptyness sometimes its manifest as irritability and anger. I don't think they ruined her character in that moment.
i’m talking specifically about her reputation as Lip’s “girl from next door” being tainted, which obviously she was never exclusively together with him, but the fact that she ran through so many men, came back to Lip, manipulated his feelings about going through the whole process of adoption “together”, just for the baby to not be his, and yet somehow HE is the one who’s still willing to show the child love… Also not even just about the baby thing. she was so cruel to Sheila who literally only wanted to take care of the child AND keep Karen in her life. At first when Karen returns in Season 3 she’s definitely less insufferable but then immediately starts trying to break Mandy and Lip up(which this is obviously more Lip’s fault but i thought i’d include it because it shows she’s not a girls girl) Lastly, her trying to force Hiram out of Sheila’s life is again CRUEL. i do not care if she suffered postpartum depression, She chose to try to ruin Lip’s relationship with Mandy and ultimately paid the price for that(not that what Mandy did was okay AT all, but still) Either way, i still love Laura Slade Wiggins in the role and it’s a shame she left the show with almost no redemption arc for the horrible things Karen did.
@@cainvarner I didnt want to excuse her behavior, just explain it because it seemed like you were confused about where she was coming from in your video. I really liked your video and I cant wait for the next part. Btw I also love Sheila, she's definitely one of my favourite characters in the show.
it was honestly very difficult to decide what to include and what not to include. but yes i truly dunno how it’s hard for some people to do the bare minimum of spreading links or other resources in their videos. especially if they’re a bigger creator…
I can’t wait for part two! I do not mind waiting however long it takes, but please remember to also take time for you. In the meantime, I’m going to do a nice rewatch of your other videos to keep the algorithm gods pleased and everyone else should do the same!!!!! ❤️🔥
dude i wanted to draw a scene from shameless, but the binge watch journey ive embarked on quite a few times can take me down a depressing rabbit hole. im grateful for the universe bringing me the comfort and company of you, dear.
I think in the earlier seasons Mickey was not the best rep but I think the roles reverse somewhere around the halfway point where it felt like Ian fell into the “mentally ill gay” trope while Mickey became a lot more genuine and earnest
I love this show because it doesn’t just show the good things about the family, it shows all the ups and downs and we get to see everything. It’s really raw and it’s nice too see the familys struggles.
When s3 aired i was 19 and broker than a joke i had no streaming or cable it was basic court shows and family guy or the same 15 dvds i owned. I was literally walking to the library and redbox to get entertainment All that to say i walked to my local video store regularly, checking for when theyd have s3 in stock, to rent the season on dvd 😭😭😭 This show is wildly sentimental for me
I remember subscribing to your channel when you had less than a thousand subscribers. Now you have over 23k! I love seeing how much you’ve grown in your work. I love the recaps you do for all of my favorite shows! You are amazing and I appreciate your hard work! ❤
thank you so much for these videos, enjoy them soo much and with not that much free time they help alot. very well edited, scripted, and most of all very well put together!
I have always felt super conflicted about the Steve/jim story line in season three! Yes, Fiona has a lot going on and ‘comparatively’ not the same. But he found out not only that is dad was gay but cheating on his mom AND having sex with a minor. I feel the kind of had the right to be a little upset!
The thing is you don't talk about your problem when someone else is dealing with their problem ,it's understandable that they can't leave their problem to listen to yours. However Fiona and everybody else basically really took his problem for granted;"rich boy first family drama" and he should get over it because we have been through so much and that's nothing compared to our problems
i think my favorite aspect is the bonds and dynamics of the family grow and change over time as they all grow up with not only shared trauma but their own trauma from their lives outside of the Gallagher house.
All of the inappropriateness, the uncomfortable moments, the legal gray areas with the relationships, the homophobia... All of it is realistic and necessary to tell this story. I get that it makes people uncomfortable and offends them but it's how real life is. I live in a world like this and it's quite simply just the way it is. So if you're gonna tell a story that's grounded in reality, you simply cannot sanitize said reality just to satisfy what is ultimately a loud minority who cannot distinguish art from their feelings. I say this all with love and respect but I stand by it. I wouldn't change a thing about this show, it's a masterpiece, especially in the earlier seasons.
24:15 girl do you know how done I would be if the man who kidnapped my dad and abandoned him in Canada tried to make it up to me with a van full of roses?! At any point tbh I don't want a van full of roses
i’m about 1/4 of the way through the video as i write this and i just wanted to thank you so much for taking SEVERAL months of your time to put this together. my lazy ass doesn’t have enough time to watch all 11 seasons, so i’m truly grateful!
One thing that may be fun to add to these videos as you continue them are your favorite and least favorite characters each season/part you do. I feel like shameless is one of those shows where you can LOVE one character one episode and the next never want to see them again which is so unique. I know my fav changes every season (especially as someone like you who has seen it all and knows what comes later) and I would love to hear your thoughts as we go through! Great video, I cant wait for the other parts ☺☺ Ill start: In season 1 and 2 my fav was Fiona and season 3 was Ian! But by the end of the series I have an entirely new overall favorite which is fun
You either have trauma and this is one of your favorite shows because it shows the trauma you have to everyone else so you don't have to explain it. Or you're one of those people that this show was shown to specifically for that purpose.
shameless was my absolute favourite tv show when i was in my early teens and for some reason i never see anyone talk about it anymore so im SOOO EXCITED TO WATCH THIS!!!!
I watched shameless during my sophmore year of college while doing hw. Everytime my roommates would walk in, some CRAZY shit was happening, no matter what. That's probably my fav part, just how crazy it gets all the time. Also Sheila, love her
was waiting for this one! Amazing video as always! I love shameless, as a kid who grew up in a bad household this show just hits home on so many levels. But even in all the bad theres good and you can make it out of bad situations! Love the video man gonna be here for the next!
(only seen us) i’ve been so excited abt this hell yeah (also as someone who is *mildly* obsessed)! you did an amazing job ❤ growing up similar to the gallaghers i like that all of the siblings are different, because it felt like how i grew up. i also liked the representation of different abusive households and the “it takes a village” attitude. idk if this makes sense! but. hope it does. growing up really poor and abused is a hell of a thing
I think Mickey is a great storyline for a gay person that doesn’t have a supportive family and is raised by mega conservatives, and how he gets out of that in the end. He’s a great opposite to Ian while also having something in common so they relate, while having their differences in background. Mickey had a lot of great character development getting away from at least some of his internalized homophobia (or genuine homophobia) and learn to be a better person
idk about the development part…by the end he’s still a racist bigot who’s a little more feminine that before. i’m glad he makes ian happy but he’s the main reason i really cannot stand some of the “here’s your gay character, but they have to be an awful piece of shit” representation the show delivers regularly
@@cainvarner that’s fair but I also remember Mickey distinctly pointing out his father’s racism as a negative (meaning he didn’t like his father due to that as he got older) which means there is at least some development on that end. This still applies even when Mickey was mourning his father after his death, growing up in a mega conservative family causes you to have REALLY complex feelings and relationships towards family members, and affects your development/personality) He still has questionable tendencies but this show is all about imperfect people. I completely understand the critique on the “gays have to be an awful piece of shit” trope though, it gets tiring when your only rep is really straight passing for such a long time
I‘ve been following you and your content since about the american horror story videos and it‘s so impressive to see the quality of your videos improve with every upload, and you can esp tell how much work you put in with this one!!!!! I‘m only 10 minutes in and I can already tell!!! I can‘t wait to have something to watch with my meals for the next week - these are so good!!!!
this means so much to me. the first couple videos are a little embarrassing to watch now but i am happy i made them because i wouldn’t have made it here without them
@@cainvarnerlooking back at your past work (especially when it’s creative) and cringing just means there’s progress - you and your work have grown since then
so much of my experience with shameless is so wrapped up in ian and mickey, i forget how good everyone else is. like, the scenes of fiona suddenly bursting into tears and then stopping because she has to get herself together for her family never fail to get me, like damn
Fiona embodied a mother with that strength, I feel like this was what sold her character for me.
@@ladylavender93ok😊
no way out of everybody and everything that happened in the show they were your focus😭
@@Wookxy they’re the reason i started the show lmao! i mean obviously once i started it i cared about everyone, but like i can tell you every storyline gallavich has in great detail (less for s10-11) but i can’t do the same for everyone
literally NO ONE talks about shameless in long form thank you.
It’s so disappointing, especially when I think there’s a lot that could be analyzed and discussed, yet there’s no content to be found
“YOUR COOCHIE SMELLS OF SULPHUR AND BRIMSTONE” goes so hard
Funniest line in the entire goddamn show
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yeah it is!!! i couldnt stop laughing lmao
The "YOU WERE MY MOTHER TOO!" scene was iconic. Emmy's Rossum's acting is peak, pitch perfect. She deserved every award and all her flowers. The difference between her and Christine in Phantom are worlds apart. That woman has RANGE!
FIONA IS PLAYED BY EMMY ROSSUM?!
One of my favourite aspects of this show is just how well they combine a mixture of moments that are absurd and moments that are just so real they physically hurt. Along with the fact that there are moments that you really don’t like a lot of the characters you usually love. Like there are a lot of moments when you find yourself really liking Frank because he has quite a few ‘comedic’ moments (for lack of a better word), but there are moments where the reality of just how terrible of a man and a father he is hits you like a brick to the head.
100%
I always think back to a scene where Philip is bathing his baby and falls and feels like he almost dropped him. Frank walks in and instead of being horrible he tells lip it'll be okay and that babies are made of jello at that age. I think about it both to make myself feel better as a mother but also to remember I'm not the only one who struggles.
"Twink guy recaps iconic shows video trope" is my go to right now. Loving it.
Edit: (I'm gay, please don't be offended 😭 It's my love language)
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This is my 5th today
Is he gay?
@trevorphillips8895 lol could you not tell by how woke he is?
what makes me woke
Finally finished the vid
1. I forgot how bad the brazilian accent was
2. Lip/Ian and lip/fione best dynamics on the show
3. It's been years and I will never get over lip's series arc, best representation of 'the cycle of poverty' to ever exist
? the brazilian accent is perfect, have you ever been in rio??? the actors are literally brazilian
@@fernandezlapa it absolutely is not? I live it rio what
como tu acha o sotaque ruim quando eles são brasileiros??? eu acho que as vezes fica até ruim pra nós entendermos o que eles tão falando quando falam em pt, mas tem mais relação com a mudança rápida de idiomas que acaba travando nossa mente pra processar as palavras ditas
what jessica lang did for AHS is what joan cusack did for shameless SO TRUE
the mothers were mothering
The debbie pregnancy storyline made me extremely uncomfortable.
I like how I'm 30 minutes in and there's been not one mention of baby Liam lmao
the way i completely forgot to mention him for a few episodes because he’s so irrelevant to the plot until later on.
@@cainvarnerhe just randomly popped up as a character in like season 8 i swear 💀
@@saysomethingaldcsbiggestfa792 what did you expect lol? he's a small child, what problems could he have before later seasons?
@@chleb5778 i was literally just making a joke it wasn’t meant to be taken seriously
@@saysomethingaldcsbiggestfa792 oh, ok. My bad😑
The way jimmy was never a good boyfriend to Fiona AND people swear they are goals is gross. he was cheating on her, lied about tons of shit, love bombed her when they met and is shown to only do something for them when he’s trying to look good , he never would have told Fiona he was lying about his name and family and only does so because he’s caught after bribing Debbie and lying more, he only gets back with her because estafania bf was gonna murder him and he had no where else to go.
As soon as he has to live the life he’s been telling Fiona he wants with her for 3 seasons he throws a fit about what actually living as a poor person is like and blames it on Fiona to leave to “become a doctor” for the family which was just more gaslighting and lies.
Fiona likes him so much because he’s just like frank. Emotionally unavailable, liar, manipulative, narcissistic, impulsive, etc, it’s also why almost everyone she gets with in the show is just like frank in one way or another (granted her cup job boss wasn’t) but that’s exactly why she ends up cheating on him with his brother that is just like frank.
i think the reason why people like Fiona and Jimmy together is because they fit well together. They're both unstable, fucked up and have a sus past. They will never be a healthy couple because both of them have issues in their lives they need to store out. Out of all Fiona's boyfriends, I like steve/jimmy the most despite the toxicity because they matched each other and Fiona seems to actually love Jimmy compared to her other boyfriends. However if Fiona gets her stuff together and heals herself from the past, she will outgrow Jimmy. Also, I don't think any relationship in shameless is a good relationship lmao.
34:34 I forgot how jarring it was watching this show for the first time and seeing how quickly Steve joins their family, to the point of already taking all the kids to school in the morning like ?! lol
@@shannonceleste5557 i know it happens within like two weeks of him meeting fiona.
i had completely forgotten about jimmy steve….. he really was creepy damn
I loved the downfall of Debbie she went from a favorite to a Frank real quick
@@annabaragona7064 I will always be a Debbie defender. She’s of course made a lot of mistakes but I feel like people hold her to such a different standard compared to the other siblings.
@@cainvarneri only disagree bc shes a horrible mother. Fionas their sister not their mom so she messes up many times but she apologizes and pushes them to do better than her. Lip ends up being a wonderful father. But debbie not only trusts her daughter with absolute strangers, she stole her money from her dead dad and didnt put any of the money fiona left towards franny. She had so many opportunities to teach her daughter to be a better person and just never did it. She neglected her daughter to the point that franny was lost with a mentally demented alcoholic for a whole day, then had the audacity to blame everyone else for not taking care of her for her.
@@cainvarnerWell she is held to a different standard.. she was a mother most of the show 😂. As soon as Franny came into the picture you no longer can make careless decisions because you have a whole human being that has to be put into consideration with every choice you make. You can give her leniency for being a teenager having a child but with the child being conceived deceitfully and intentionally that aspect goes out the window. It’s like how all of Fiona’s stupid decisions were instantly 10x worse when she became guardian to all her siblings.
I’ll be a Debbie defender here. She’s not a great person, she literally SA’d someone. But she’s a FANTASTIC character and I’m sorry but she is so god damn hilarious. And I’m a sucker for a hottie.
33:02 the amount of times this show would randomly introduce a character like 'Veronica's unstable older brother' who would appear for maybe 1 episode or 1 season and then we never hear about them again can only be compared to a daytime soap opera imo
yup yup i dont think we ever heard back from him hahaha
I would argue Shameless is an evolution of a soap opera
it’s about time i watched another video the same length as a feature film recapping a tv show ive never seen a second of
Out of all of these recap videos this is one where I will say WATCH SHAMELESS!
It is such good TV. One minute trash humor, the next emmy winning emotional drama. Fiona's emotional scenes are iconic every single time. The way she cries and then has to reign it back in for the family. Cinema!
The Shameless recap intro at the beginning was not only appreciated but absolutely fucking necessary. Well done!
My favorite part about this show was the realism of it. I know for a lot of people that may sound insane, but tbh there was a *ton* of stuff in it that reminded me of my own upbringing so I became pretty obsessed with the show because it felt, like, familiar.
I like that it’s pretty reflective to reality. Sure the jokes, bad as they are, reflect the reality of what’s happening. Is there anything being peddled? People can argue Islamophobia but ultimately there’s no solid yes or no but it’s just character interactions of what the writers wanted to portray for people who live in extreme poverty conditions might joke about.
I’d say a lot of the criticism, while well meaning, just erases a lot of the why those things happen. Yes the big main one with the ages gaps are very important to point out. But it’s a very common problem in reality for people who were forced to grow up quickly or just being a product of living in poverty. It isn’t just a trope but an actual product from reality. Almost all tropes are products from reality.
oh let’s strap in. i needed a good feature length film
The this joker line is kinda funny considering cameron monaghan playing the joker in gotham lol
i think about that line so often 😭
@@cainvarnersame! Foreshadowing lol. Cameron has a lot of range as an actor.
He's really stealing Mark Hamill's career trajectory
@@hotcocoandarteh he's doing good
Been wanting to rewatch shameless but couldn’t deal with how emotionally exhausting it can be to watch so thank you so much for this absolute banger, u never miss king
I was waiting on this! As a trucker who drives long nights, long fun videos based on movies/shows i love are golden 🙌🏾
Frank gave up a woman's chance for a new heart?! Worst character in tv history!
The way people idolize him will always be insane to me
had a guy in my acting class perform some of fiona’s monologues for a project and they were so good it got me hooked on the show immediately 😭 binged the whole thing in a couple weeks and this video was a lovely walk down memory lane 🫶🫶
This show was a huge constant in my life from age 22 to 32. Great job on this video. I can tell it took a soul-crushing amount of work.
Despite quite a bit of issues with the later seasons, shameless is an iconic show. The way so many character were so messed up but you couldnt help but root for them needs to be studies. The first 4 maybe 5 seasons of the show are some of the best seasons of television ever. Also the acting is incredible. By far one of the best casts of all time which is incredible considering a lot of the main characters were under 18 when the show began. The fact that none of these actors ever won an emmy is mind boggling
The Dove Cameron Jumpscare
The best part about Jodie’s character is thinking about his character in the 100 while watching him in shameless 😂
I super appreciate how you will redo your work to submit something that you are truly proud of. Thank you for all your time 💓
i think the criticism of fiona dismissing help from steve. it’s hard to imagine if you didn’t grow up in legit poverty surrounded by ppl in situations just as bad - if not worse. in that environment, every single interaction is transactional, so when somebody helps you, they expect it paid back, usually with interest. and 90% of the time this isn’t a dollar amount they expect back, but favors. in fiona’s case she probably has a lot of PTSD from being the parent to 4 kids at the age of 9, and innocently trying to get help from grown men, and getting taken advantage of or expected to do ~*•favors•*~ for these men in return for them helping her.
Loved shameless. Stopped watching around season 9 so love a recap
mickey and carl is my fave aspect of this show 😂😂
i think all of my defense of debbie stems from the last aunt ginger scene
same she doesn’t deserve the hate she gets at all
ITS FINALLY HERE -- EVERYONE STAY CALM!
One thing I always found really cute/ sad about the Gallagher family, is the “squirrel fund” which was saved up for the winter months…. I didn’t understand it at first, but what it means is that squirrels save their nuts for the winter. Meaning that the family is saving their stash for the winter…. Idk if anyone understood that one as well.
omg i didn’t get that until now.
My guy's aesthetic is always on point and his outfits always impeccable. The vibes are immaculate throughout this video and I'm looking forward to everything you have coming for us. Good shit.
gotta color coordinate or what’s the point you know
i’m having the worst week ever and i’m so excited to binge this THANK YOU CAIN
will be putting my thoughts under this
no one could’ve played sheila better than joan
CAINNN you really pulled through with this one🫶 Shameless is one of my fav shows ever, but there’s really not a lot of commentary/ reviews on it. So excited to listen!!
Fiona is such a comfort character for me, I know she isn’t the greatest sometimes morally but her upbringing of trying to take care of everyone else hits home for me. Great video as always and glad to see it finally after all the trouble you were having with it lol
i've watched a few other shows with the "minor 'dates' an adult" storyline but it never hit me how truly heinous it is to show like it's no big deal until i watched this show. i'm an adult now which plays a part, but ian's actor being a minor during the shooting of s1 and very much looking like A CHILD was the thing that made me truly disgusted. when the 17-year old hooking up with someone in their 20's is played by a 25 year old it doesn't look that bad but when the actor is a child themselves the reality hits you.
if i’m not mistaken he was a minor during the pilot but was 18 for the rest of S1 which is still HORRIBLE, but like not illegal because they wait to have them kiss on screen until he was 18. FOUL either way
Love this hope part 2 drops soon!
nov 10
I don’t want to sit and watch the entire show, but I want to know about it so this is super helpful. Can’t wait for part 2!
Coming back to this as a comfort rewatch while i try to sleep on day 5 in hospital ❤ thank you for keeping me company
Hey girl praying for you to get better and home soon back to life 🩷🙏
Thank you for the effort you put into recapping and sharing your thoughts about the show/characters! This show was A LOT (and that's from someone who watched all of Supernatural), I never finished this but wondered what happened. Looking forward to part 2, take all the time you need. Prioritize health/wellness
When it comes to Karen's erractic behaviour in season 2 after the baby is born, I always thought she was suffering from postpartum depression. Depression doesnt always manifest sadness/emptyness sometimes its manifest as irritability and anger. I don't think they ruined her character in that moment.
i’m talking specifically about her reputation as Lip’s “girl from next door” being tainted, which obviously she was never exclusively together with him, but the fact that she ran through so many men, came back to Lip, manipulated his feelings about going through the whole process of adoption “together”, just for the baby to not be his, and yet somehow HE is the one who’s still willing to show the child love…
Also not even just about the baby thing. she was so cruel to Sheila who literally only wanted to take care of the child AND keep Karen in her life.
At first when Karen returns in Season 3 she’s definitely less insufferable but then immediately starts trying to break Mandy and Lip up(which this is obviously more Lip’s fault but i thought i’d include it because it shows she’s not a girls girl)
Lastly, her trying to force Hiram out of Sheila’s life is again CRUEL. i do not care if she suffered postpartum depression, She chose to try to ruin Lip’s relationship with Mandy and ultimately paid the price for that(not that what Mandy did was okay AT all, but still)
Either way, i still love Laura Slade Wiggins in the role and it’s a shame she left the show with almost no redemption arc for the horrible things Karen did.
@@cainvarner I didnt want to excuse her behavior, just explain it because it seemed like you were confused about where she was coming from in your video.
I really liked your video and I cant wait for the next part. Btw I also love Sheila, she's definitely one of my favourite characters in the show.
You handled some of these tougher topics and problematic storylines sooooo well. And using your platform to advocate for Palestine is just fantastic.
it was honestly very difficult to decide what to include and what not to include. but yes i truly dunno how it’s hard for some people to do the bare minimum of spreading links or other resources in their videos. especially if they’re a bigger creator…
The absolute best moment of this series was watching Karen get quickly humbled by the front end of a car.
I can’t wait for part two! I do not mind waiting however long it takes, but please remember to also take time for you.
In the meantime, I’m going to do a nice rewatch of your other videos to keep the algorithm gods pleased and everyone else should do the same!!!!! ❤️🔥
The hardest worker around. You are fantastic
i certainly try damn it
U can feel that "Shut Up Frank"
I LOVE that Sheila not only kicked him out, but she walked alll the way off their property, all for her daughter. She’s so amazing.
dude i wanted to draw a scene from shameless, but the binge watch journey ive embarked on quite a few times can take me down a depressing rabbit hole. im grateful for the universe bringing me the comfort and company of you, dear.
Yo I literally forgot about Ian not being Frank’s until this exact moment that’s actually so wild.
This was utter perfection. That you for being out here doing the work for all of us to enjoy!
Growing up with a broken family and addict parents I related so much with both Fiona and lip in different ways. The show was so cathartic
I think in the earlier seasons Mickey was not the best rep but I think the roles reverse somewhere around the halfway point where it felt like Ian fell into the “mentally ill gay” trope while Mickey became a lot more genuine and earnest
I love this show because it doesn’t just show the good things about the family, it shows all the ups and downs and we get to see everything. It’s really raw and it’s nice too see the familys struggles.
Been searching for something like this for ages! Thank you! Can’t wait for part 2
When s3 aired i was 19 and broker than a joke i had no streaming or cable it was basic court shows and family guy or the same 15 dvds i owned. I was literally walking to the library and redbox to get entertainment
All that to say i walked to my local video store regularly, checking for when theyd have s3 in stock, to rent the season on dvd 😭😭😭
This show is wildly sentimental for me
please do not give up on this series!! ive never seen such a thorough deep dive on this series and i am HOOKED, you are doing amazing!!
@@daisyalazae i’m working countless hours rn to get part two done!!! i would say look out for her in Mid November!!!
I grew up with very dysfunctional family, and addiction runs deep in both sides. So I honestly resonated with the Gallaghers
I remember subscribing to your channel when you had less than a thousand subscribers. Now you have over 23k! I love seeing how much you’ve grown in your work. I love the recaps you do for all of my favorite shows! You are amazing and I appreciate your hard work! ❤
"Please don't be the guy who lies!" Fiona that's LITERALLY all he's been since you met him
NO LITERALLY LIKE
@@cainvarner once again emmy rossum plays a character who falls for a toxic man
thank you so much for these videos, enjoy them soo much and with not that much free time they help alot. very well edited, scripted, and most of all very well put together!
i also appreciated being called a lazy piece of shit, very nice touch and nice to see another person with the same humor
I personally find that Lip is slept on as a character honestly, but this is an amazing video.
same lip is top 3 characters imo
I have always felt super conflicted about the Steve/jim story line in season three! Yes, Fiona has a lot going on and ‘comparatively’ not the same. But he found out not only that is dad was gay but cheating on his mom AND having sex with a minor. I feel the kind of had the right to be a little upset!
The thing is you don't talk about your problem when someone else is dealing with their problem ,it's understandable that they can't leave their problem to listen to yours. However Fiona and everybody else basically really took his problem for granted;"rich boy first family drama" and he should get over it because we have been through so much and that's nothing compared to our problems
LOOOOOOOOVED THIS thank u for taking the time to dissect the show, its one of my faves. you did so good
i think my favorite aspect is the bonds and dynamics of the family grow and change over time as they all grow up with not only shared trauma but their own trauma from their lives outside of the Gallagher house.
shameless literally changed me as a person. you learn a lot with it
Please make a part 2 we need it asap !!! I love the first video!!
Finished the video… now patiently waiting for the rest of the series from ya 🙏🏻
All of the inappropriateness, the uncomfortable moments, the legal gray areas with the relationships, the homophobia... All of it is realistic and necessary to tell this story. I get that it makes people uncomfortable and offends them but it's how real life is. I live in a world like this and it's quite simply just the way it is. So if you're gonna tell a story that's grounded in reality, you simply cannot sanitize said reality just to satisfy what is ultimately a loud minority who cannot distinguish art from their feelings. I say this all with love and respect but I stand by it. I wouldn't change a thing about this show, it's a masterpiece, especially in the earlier seasons.
24:15 girl do you know how done I would be if the man who kidnapped my dad and abandoned him in Canada tried to make it up to me with a van full of roses?!
At any point tbh I don't want a van full of roses
Great video and looking forward to the next bc I am def one of those lazy ppl u talked abt in the beginning 😭
So happy you're back and with Shameless, great show until the last two seasons
Can we just appreciate how much effort he put into this video! I absolute love video essays and this one was absolutely amazing!
Bro your channel and this video are so underrated , love the long form recaps
i’m about 1/4 of the way through the video as i write this and i just wanted to thank you so much for taking SEVERAL months of your time to put this together. my lazy ass doesn’t have enough time to watch all 11 seasons, so i’m truly grateful!
One thing that may be fun to add to these videos as you continue them are your favorite and least favorite characters each season/part you do. I feel like shameless is one of those shows where you can LOVE one character one episode and the next never want to see them again which is so unique. I know my fav changes every season (especially as someone like you who has seen it all and knows what comes later) and I would love to hear your thoughts as we go through! Great video, I cant wait for the other parts ☺☺
Ill start: In season 1 and 2 my fav was Fiona and season 3 was Ian! But by the end of the series I have an entirely new overall favorite which is fun
very good recap
I binged the show a few weeks ago
I am a firm Ian + Mickey shipper, but you clearly know what you are doing
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Ok so I’ll be watching this 500 times today
OMG YASSS
Yet again another perfect video, Cain! Thank you for being your amazing, silly, thoughtful, brilliant self! 💖
You either have trauma and this is one of your favorite shows because it shows the trauma you have to everyone else so you don't have to explain it.
Or you're one of those people that this show was shown to specifically for that purpose.
Also I would like to point out that Frank is not just an alcoholic parent he's a narcissistic alcoholic parent
I’ve been waiting for someone to re-cap this show and you did it perfectly, Thankyou
shameless was my absolute favourite tv show when i was in my early teens and for some reason i never see anyone talk about it anymore so im SOOO EXCITED TO WATCH THIS!!!!
I watched shameless during my sophmore year of college while doing hw. Everytime my roommates would walk in, some CRAZY shit was happening, no matter what. That's probably my fav part, just how crazy it gets all the time. Also Sheila, love her
was waiting for this one! Amazing video as always! I love shameless, as a kid who grew up in a bad household this show just hits home on so many levels. But even in all the bad theres good and you can make it out of bad situations! Love the video man gonna be here for the next!
(only seen us) i’ve been so excited abt this hell yeah (also as someone who is *mildly* obsessed)! you did an amazing job ❤ growing up similar to the gallaghers i like that all of the siblings are different, because it felt like how i grew up. i also liked the representation of different abusive households and the “it takes a village” attitude. idk if this makes sense! but. hope it does. growing up really poor and abused is a hell of a thing
Can't wait to watch this again and again and again! Great job, Cain!
1:32:15 Sheila Jackson truly is the star of the show!
I literally just searched up a shameless video this long and with the same point and ITS FINALLY COMEEEE WUWWW
Such a shame they ruined Debbie’s character in the later seasons, she’s absolutely insufferable and I loved her when she was little
they didn’t ruin her character, everyone just misunderstands what the writers were trying to do.
And you came through!!! Currently moving in so I’ll be watching this later while unpacking ♥️♥️
I think Mickey is a great storyline for a gay person that doesn’t have a supportive family and is raised by mega conservatives, and how he gets out of that in the end. He’s a great opposite to Ian while also having something in common so they relate, while having their differences in background. Mickey had a lot of great character development getting away from at least some of his internalized homophobia (or genuine homophobia) and learn to be a better person
idk about the development part…by the end he’s still a racist bigot who’s a little more feminine that before. i’m glad he makes ian happy but he’s the main reason i really cannot stand some of the “here’s your gay character, but they have to be an awful piece of shit” representation the show delivers regularly
@@cainvarner that’s fair but I also remember Mickey distinctly pointing out his father’s racism as a negative (meaning he didn’t like his father due to that as he got older) which means there is at least some development on that end. This still applies even when Mickey was mourning his father after his death, growing up in a mega conservative family causes you to have REALLY complex feelings and relationships towards family members, and affects your development/personality) He still has questionable tendencies but this show is all about imperfect people. I completely understand the critique on the “gays have to be an awful piece of shit” trope though, it gets tiring when your only rep is really straight passing for such a long time
YES! YES! YES! YES! YEEEEEESSSSSS!!!!
(The editing gets exponentially better each release!)
Yes!!! Oh my god! I was searching for someone to do this awhile ago and couldn’t find anything and now one of my fav RUclipsrs is doing it! Let’s gooo
I‘ve been following you and your content since about the american horror story videos and it‘s so impressive to see the quality of your videos improve with every upload, and you can esp tell how much work you put in with this one!!!!! I‘m only 10 minutes in and I can already tell!!! I can‘t wait to have something to watch with my meals for the next week - these are so good!!!!
this means so much to me. the first couple videos are a little embarrassing to watch now but i am happy i made them because i wouldn’t have made it here without them
@@cainvarnerlooking back at your past work (especially when it’s creative) and cringing just means there’s progress - you and your work have grown since then
Binged this show when I was a teenager a couple years ago.. AND YOURE TELLING ME FIONA IS 21?! THE AGE I AM AT? Holy hell.
as of S1, yes she’s 21.
My excitement for part two cannot be understated.
i randomly stopped at season 7 episode 1 a LONG time ago so i really needed this recap, thank you! ⭐️