Episode Breakdown
In this episode, more Gallagher shenanigans unfold. Frank is trying all episode to successfully make his own beer. To do so, he offers up his daughter, Sammi, to get supplies and continually is squashing Sheila’s dream of going and seeing the world, rather than staying in Chicago forever.
Lip is facing the harsh reality of working a hard labor job. He is also faced with a situation he feels he needs to involve himself in. His former girlfriend is debating moving away from her family with her abusive boyfriend because he got a job. So he decides to go talk to her, but only confuses her more.
Carl is trying to help get rid of the lesbians he feels are invading the neighborhood. He begins to try and make the place look really dangerous. He leaves used up needles everywhere and he also takes out no parking signs to get the lesbians to park there so their cars get towed when he puts the signs back.
Debbie is tired of everyone treating her like a little girl and decides to throw a party. She needed to get booze, so of course she looks to Frank and ends up with a case of his homemade highly potent beer. Well, it seems to much for Debbie’s friend Matty, so Debbie takes him upstairs and lies next to him. She notices that he has had a certain biological arousal, so she takes this opportunity to finally loose her virginity……with an unconscious man.
Fiona is just trying to not screw up anymore since breaking parole. She decides she deserves a little fun and goes to see the band of a guy who hasn’t stopped flirting with her. She gets there only to see he has a girlfriend, so she is suddenly dating one of the other band members and is all over him. Turns out that band member, Gus, liked it as he asked her out.
Kevin and Veronica end up getting their second business, first being the bar, busted. The police officers pulled all the girls from the “Rub and Tug”. So to make up for the loss of income, they begin to brainstorm. They hear that there are a lot of woman who pay top dollar for breast milk. They decide to go with that idea.
Ian is off making Mickey crazy. Ian hasn’t been diagnosed yet, but they are pretty sure he is bipolar like his mother, Monica. Mickey comes home to quite a bit of his personal things being thrown out. Ian has decided to do some cleaning….of the whole entire house.
Shameless and Narrative Theories
Aristotle Narrative Theory- This show and this episode definitely fits the description of this theory. Aristotle said that the plot is the most important part. The plot to this particular episode I feel really fits that. This script is all over the place, but yet it is all connected. This episode also fits the time suggestion that Aristotle had that the best time gap is 22-44 minutes. This episode ends similar to how Aristotle has laid out the order of a good episode.
Propp’s Narrative Theory- This one I find not only applies to this episode, but all episodes. As stated in the theory, there is a villain throughout the story. It then proceeds into a hero taking stance against the villain and triumphing. Now, this episode shows which is the villain, but doesn’t have a giant battle. Like stated, it does show the villain, Frank Gallagher, and while he does get defeated there isn’t a human victor, unlike other episodes when his children triumph over him, solving his latest, grotesque problem.
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