Shameless Us Season 5 (2023)

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What happened in Season 5 Shameless? ›

Fiona reunites with Gus after his tour but is torn by the fact that her friendly feelings for Sean have turned into love. Plus, Frank has his own love struggles as he works to keep Bianca happy - down in Costa Rica!

When Mickey and Ian return home, they discover that Sammi—wanting to exact revenge against the Gallaghers—has called the cops on Ian for his military insubordination. Ian is arrested for going AWOL and destroying federal property, while Sammi is on the outs with the rest of her siblings.

With a new outlook on life, Fiona decides it's time to move on from the South Side and start a new life for herself. With a heartfelt goodbye to all her family, even Frank, Fiona sets off, but not before one last maternal gift to the kids she raised: half of her newfound fortune.

The fifth series of Shameless began airing on January 1 2008, it consisted of 16 episodes, a much longer run than previous series but a trend that continued in the following series. Series 5 saw the departure of Jody Latham's character Lip Gallagher and another addition to Frank and Monica's brood.

Her Manipulation Of Derek — Season 5, Episode 10 "South Side Rules" Debbie and Derek Delgado actually had a great relationship until Debbie messed everything up by trying to trick her new boyfriend into getting her pregnant.

Karen goes into labor and gives birth; the baby turns out to be Asian and has Down syndrome. Karen reveals that the father is most likely Timmy Wong, angering Lip.

Season 5. Ian and Mickey are officially dating, but due to a side effect of Bipolar Disorder (Hypersexuality) Ian keeps cheating on Mickey over and over. A person delivers missing baggage to Mickey, thinking he was a different person.

Ian confesses to being bipolar and is sent to two years in prison, where he finds that Mickey is his new cellmate and the reunited lovers resume their relationship. In the finale, he's visited by Fiona, who tells of what's going on in his absence. Ian tells his sister of prison life and how he's hanging on.

She and Kevin want to start a family and end up having twins. She has a hard time adapting to motherhood, and she and Kevin split up, although they do eventually reconcile. The couple also befriends, and owns the bar "The Alibi", with Svetlana.

In Season 5, he uses his nephew, Chuckie, to deliver drugs but gets caught when his half-sister Sammi notifies the police. In his trial, Fiona wants him to grovel, but he instead insults the judge and doesn't name his drug dealer, which lands him a year in juvenile prison.

Who did Fiona marry in Season 5? ›

Bells were ringing on Sunday night's episode of Shameless as Fiona and Gus impulsively decided to get hitched after only a week of dating.

The show's casting director John Levey tells Vulture they recast Liam with that exact hope. “The family dynamic made [showrunner] John Wells think that it was important to raise the stakes for Liam and raise his visibility,” he says.

The original Mandy actress, Jane Levy, left Shameless to pursue other acting opportunities, taking on the lead role in the ABC sitcom Suburgatory. This role helped boost her career and led to further success in TV and movies.

Saved: Carl Going Military

For season seven of Shameless, Ethan Cutkosky asked to be written out of the show so he could enjoy his time in high school and a normal life as a teenager. This created both a challenge and an opportunity for the writers of the show, who were a bit blindsided by this decision.

Tami Tamietti is a main character of U.S. Shameless. She first appears in the first episode of season 9 and becomes a romantic partner to Lip, and by the end of the season, becomes pregnant with his child.