Shameless (season 2)

The second season of Shameless, an American comedy-drama television series based on the British series of the same name by Paul Abbott, premiered on January 8, 2012, at Sunday 9:00 p.m. EST on the Showtime television network. Executive producers are John Wells, Paul Abbott and Andrew Stearn, with producer Michael Hissrich. The season concluded after 12 episodes on April 1, 2012. The show's season premiere brought in 1.58 million viewers, which was higher than the season 1 premiere. The episode airing March 4, "Parenthood", received 1.6 million total viewers, its highest rated show of the season. The season finale scored 1.45 million viewers.

Shameless
Season 2
DVD Cover
Starring
Country of originUnited States
No. of episodes12
Release
Original networkShowtime
Original releaseJanuary 8 (2012-01-08) –
April 1, 2012 (2012-04-01)
Season chronology

Plot

The second season begins in the summer, a few months after the events of season one. New developments shift in the lives of the Gallagher's family and friends: Fiona is now waitressing alongside Veronica at a bar; Ian continues his relationship with Mickey, who is still behind bars; Karen has joined Sex Addicts Anonymous and has a new eccentric partner, Jody; Tony now lives in the house next door to the Gallaghers; Kevin and Veronica begin trying for a baby.

With Steve out of the picture, Fiona fails to find a better companion, and is upset when Steve returns to the United States with a wife, Estefania, a drug dealer's daughter whom he married only to survive. When Steve finds out Estefania is still interested in her ex-lover, Marco, Steve attempts to smuggle Marco into the United States to get back into Fiona's good graces. Meanwhile, Karen finds out she is pregnant, and hints to Lip that he is the father. Though Jody initially takes Karen's hand in marriage, Karen realizes the marriage is a mistake and grows a hatred for her husband, kicking Jody out of her life and letting Lip back in. Karen feels she would be an unfit mother and considers adoption, to Lip's dismay. The brush with becoming a father encourages Lip to drop out of school, creating a disagreement between Lip and Fiona.

Frank's abusive mother, Peggy "Grammy" Gallagher is released from prison on medical furlough and immediately storms trouble within the family's already hectic lives. Frank is the most annoyed by his mother's return, being forced to act as her caretaker. When Peggy is diagnosed with terminal cancer, Fiona moves her grandmother into the care of Sheila and Jody, who look after Peggy during her final days. In the process, Sheila and Jody unexpectedly form a sexual relationship. In order to hasten her own death, Peggy dies at the request of being smothered, which is done willingly by Sheila. Frank, clearly conflicted over his mother's death, reconnects with Monica.

Though Fiona is suspicious, Monica comes back to care for the children and help out around the house, though unbeknownst to the rest of the family, she is not taking her meds. With Monica around, Fiona slowly begins to branch out for other opportunities—her reprieve is short-lived, however, when Monica and Frank find the family's stash of money and waste it all. Fiona breaks down and attempts to pick up the pieces, as she lets Steve slowly re-enter her life; Steve had successfully smuggled Marco into the United States to reunite with Estefania. During a family dinner, Monica attempts to commit suicide by slitting her wrists in the kitchen, terrorizing the family. Monica is sent to a psych ward, to which she breaks out of with another patient, running away from her family once again.

On the day of Monica's attempted suicide, Karen gives birth in the hospital, but the baby boy is Asian and has Down syndrome. Karen reveals that the father is probably one of her classmates, Timmy Wong, and refuses to do anything with her child; Lip angrily walks out on her. When the adoptive parents don't want the baby because of his condition, Sheila and Jody steal Karen's baby from the maternity ward to ensure he has a better future. When Sheila refuses to give the baby back to the hospital, Karen gives her an ultimatum: to choose her or the baby. Sheila chooses the baby.

The season concludes with a series of new storylines for the subsequent season: Sheila and Jody, now a couple, name Karen's baby "Hymie" for "Hiram." Rejected by her mother, Karen runs away, effectively ending her relationship with Lip. Steve, who the family regularly calls Jimmy now, is back together with Fiona. In the season's final scenes, the family gets rid of an unconscious Frank, removing him from their home and good graces.

Cast and Characters
See also: List of Shameless (American TV series) characters

Episodes
See also: List of Shameless (American TV series) episodes
No.
overall		No. in
season		TitleDirected byWritten byOriginal air dateProd.
code		US viewers
(millions)
131"Summertime"Mark MylodJohn WellsJanuary 8, 2012 (2012-01-08)2J59511.58[1]
It's summertime in Chicago, and the Gallaghers are back and up to the same tricks. Frank, after losing a bet with a bar patron, is now in over his head $10,000. Frank uses Liam to win sympathy panhandling, until the bar patron takes Liam as collateral. Lip wants to continue seeing Karen, who is now attending Sex Addicts Anonymous meetings and is enjoying a sex-free relationship with a fellow group member, Jody. Fiona and Veronica are waitressing at a local club. Kash secretly leaves his pregnant wife and children for another man. Ian expresses interest in attending West Point, and Lip agrees to help him with his application and grades. Debbie and Carl run a babysitting service in the house to bring in extra funds. Veronica finds out that Kevin and Ethel have been growing marijuana in the bar's basement.
142"Summer Loving"John WellsMike O'MalleyJanuary 15, 2012 (2012-01-15)2J59521.25[2]
As Sheila overcomes more of her agoraphobia, a worried Frank finds a new financial plan in a fellow former bar patron by the name of Dottie, whose declining health makes her an ideal match for him. However, Dottie refuses to get intimate with Frank, citing her failing heart as a main problem. Fiona juggles her job, family life, and a burgeoning love life; Jasmine tries setting Fiona up with a sugar daddy. Veronica takes some of the elderly people from the retirement home on an excursion. After being released from jail, Mickey reunites with Ian and lands a job at the Kash and Grab. Debbie and Carl deal with their growth spurts on wanting more space around the house.
153"I'll Light a Candle for You Every Day"Craig ZiskNancy M. PimentalJanuary 22, 2012 (2012-01-22)2J59531.28[3]
Fiona decides to reconnect with Craig Heisner, a high school crush who is married. When Fiona finds an abandoned purse with five hundred dollars in it, she assumes her luck is finally changing. Frank is doing anything to get Dottie's money, including marrying her and intercepting the page telling her she has a new heart. When Dottie finds out that the new heart was given to somebody else, she offers Frank two grand to assist her into suicide. Frank reluctantly does so by having sex with Dottie, causing her heart to explode. Debbie becomes obsessed with death. Jody asks Frank for Karen's hand in marriage; Karen accepts his proposal, and subsequently ends her sexual fling with Lip. Kevin wants to buy the bar, to Veronica's dismay. After having an ultimately dissatisfying date with Craig, Fiona calls Steve.
164"A Beautiful Mess"Mark MylodAlex BorsteinJanuary 29, 2012 (2012-01-29)2J59541.37[4]
After sleeping with Craig, Fiona is unprepared for the arrival of his irate wife. Debbie is overwhelmed with daycare business, and the stress manifests itself into an intense rash. Worrying that she's putting too much stress on the kids, Fiona forces Debbie to throw a slumber party for fun. When Sheila plans to walk to The Alibi Room, Frank realizes his days in the Jackson household are numbered, and he makes numerous attempts to get Sheila to relapse. Ethel bonds with Malik, a teenage father on Kevin's youth basketball team. Ian marches forward in his efforts to get into West Point. Lip attempts to dig up dirt on Jody, and he launches a post-coital plot to get Mandy to seduce Jody. However, Jody rebuffs Mandy and informs Karen, who beats Lip and reveals her pregnancy in front of the Gallaghers.
175"Father's Day"Anthony HemingwayEtan FrankelFebruary 5, 2012 (2012-02-05)2J59551.01[5]
When Eddie Jackson's body turns up in the lake, Frank tries to collect Eddie's life insurance benefits and pension, despite being a prime suspect in his death. Ian is visited by a colonel who personally delivers a West Point application for Lip, creating a fallout between Lip and Ian. Karen and Jody get married. Frank is arrested on sexual assault charges for Karen's Daddyz Girl video blog; Frank is released when Karen tells the police that she was the instigator. Veronica suspects that Kevin is cheating, but instead finds out he is taking reading classes for his dyslexia. Ethel's older husband, Clyde, is stabbed in prison. Fiona attends a ritzy wedding alongside her sugar daddy, Richard, and is caught lying about her background. Returning home, Fiona finds Steve in her front yard.
186"Can I Have a Mother"John DahlWilliam H. Macy & Steven SchachterFebruary 12, 2012 (2012-02-12)2J59561.44[6]
Frank's mother, Peggy "Grammy" Gallagher, is released from prison and forces Frank along to extort money from an old acquaintance. Fiona goes on a double date with Steve and his wife, Estefania, a drug dealer's daughter whom he only married to survive. Nevertheless, Fiona and Steve have a romantic encounter in the bathroom, causing Fiona's date to leave immediately. Karen and Jody host a wedding party, which is crashed by both Lip and Peggy. Lip confronts Karen and states he wants her to get an abortion; Karen slaps him. After finding out that Clyde had died, Ethel packs her bags and secretly runs away with Malik. Sheila discovers that Eddie had changed his beneficiary, leaving his money for Karen. Frank lashes out at Jody for this, causing Sheila to kick Frank out of her house. Debbie informs Fiona of Steve's second life.
197"A Bottle of Jean Nate"David NutterNancy M. PimentalFebruary 19, 2012 (2012-02-19)2J59571.41[7]
Jasmine hosts a party on David's boat and invites Fiona, but neglects to inform her that Steve and Estefania are also invited. Fiona does her best to avoid Steve, but in a turn of events, Jasmine kisses Fiona and professes her love for her. Karen finds Jody is becoming too overbearing, and she tricks Jody into signing a prenuptial agreement. Karen then breaks up with Jody, kicking him out, and rekindles her relationship with Lip. Ian and Lip make up by "fighting it out", under Peggy's advice. Ethel's departure makes Kevin and Veronica realize they want a baby. Fiona unites with Frank to get rid of his mother when Peggy gets Carl involved in a homemade meth lab. The family finds out Peggy has terminal cancer. When Jasmine is kicked off David's boat, Jasmine ends her friendship with Fiona when she is refused a place to stay.
208"Parenthood"Daisy Von Scherler MayerMike O'MalleyMarch 4, 2012 (2012-03-04)2J59581.60[8]
While Jody and Sheila take in a dying Peggy during her final days, Frank accidentally walks in on Ian and Mickey having sex. Worried that Frank will tell his father, Mickey punches a cop to purposely send himself back into juvie. Lip wants to quit school to focus on becoming a father, but Fiona tells him that if he reconsiders, she'll go back and get her GED. Karen wants to give her baby up for adoption. Lip takes Karen to a number of adoption agencies, but Karen seems more concerned about the money than her baby's future. After Lip gets himself expelled, Lip and Fiona get into a fallout that results in Lip angrily moving out. Peggy wants to hasten her own death and asks Sheila to smother her. Sheila obliges. After being informed of his mother's death, Frank reconnects with Monica.
219"Hurricane Monica"Alex GravesAlex BorsteinMarch 11, 2012 (2012-03-11)2J59591.31[9]
Monica blows back into town and immediately hooks up with Frank for more shenanigans, but the kids are left wondering if she's finally here to stay. Though Fiona is annoyed, Monica tries to connect with her kids; Monica takes Ian to a gay club, and wins him over with her genuine sympathy over his break-up with Mickey. Monica also thanks Fiona for her care with the kids. Frank is eager to pick up Peggy's ashes and reclaim the cash he believes she's hidden. After being kicked out, Lip moves in with Steve and Estefania. Lip hears Estefania having phone sex with a man named Marco, and he informs Steve. Sheila and Jody, having spent more time together in the house, end up having sex. Mandy's violent father, Terry Milkovich, breaks into the Gallagher house and punches Ian because Mandy is pregnant.
2210"A Great Cause"Mimi LederEtan FrankelMarch 18, 2012 (2012-03-18)2J59601.16[10]
As Monica settles into being with the kids again, Fiona begins to plan her future by taking GED classes and taking initiatives to move up in her club job. However, Monica finds the Gallagher "Squirrel Fund" and blows all of it with Frank. Steve attempts to smuggle Marco into the United States to reunite Estefania with her true love and get back into Fiona's good graces, but complicates arise when they can't find him. Lip and Ian learn the true identity of the father of Mandy's baby – her own father impregnated her when he was drunk. Ian initiates a fundraiser to pay for an abortion for Mandy. Sheila takes in an addict who's in hospice. Monica gets herself and Carl arrested after letting Carl drive a car. After Lip yells at Fiona for her neglectfulness, Fiona breaks down and attempts to pick up the pieces once again.
2311"Just Like the Pilgrims Intended"Mark MylodStory by : LaToya Morgan & Nancy M. Pimental
Teleplay by : Nancy M. Pimental		March 25, 2012 (2012-03-25)2J59611.51[11]
The Gallaghers prepare a Thanksgiving dinner, despite Monica refusing to get out of bed. Lip prepares for the arrival of his baby by creating a movie for when the child grows up. Lip moves in with Mandy, whom he has begun a sexual relationship with. Marco finally shows up and is enraged that Estefania had sex with Steve. Ian goes to a gay club and sleeps with an older businessman who calls himself Ned. Karen informs Sheila that she knows about her affair with Jody. During the Thanksgiving dinner, Monica attempts to commit suicide by slitting her wrists, abruptly ending the family's gathering. 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. When the baby's adoptive parents don't want the baby, Sheila and Jody end up stealing the baby from the maternity ward.
2412"Fiona Interrupted"John WellsJohn WellsApril 1, 2012 (2012-04-01)2J59621.45[12]
The Gallaghers reel from the recent events of Monica's attempted suicide and the birth of Karen's developmentally delayed child. Frank plots to free Monica from the psychiatric institution, but Monica escapes with a fellow patient after Frank helps them climb out of a window. Monica tells Debbie that the family would be better without her sticking around. Steve, who the family calls Jimmy now, gets back into Fiona's good graces and decides to let her meet his family. Ian discovers when meeting Jimmy's family that Ned, the man he slept with a few days earlier, is really Jimmy's father, Lloyd. Sheila and Jody name Karen's baby Hymie. When Sheila refuses to give the baby back to the hospital, Karen packs her bags and runs away. Lip tells Karen she will regret the decision in the future. Fiona passes her GED and convinces Lip to finish high school. Lip moves back in with his family.

Development and production

The show's second season began shooting on July 5, 2011[13] and it premiered on Sunday, January 8, 2012 at a new time slot at 9:00pm.[14]

Casting

Noel Fisher, Pej Vahdat, Tyler Jacob Moore and Vanessa Bell Calloway return in the second season as Mickey Milkovich, Kash, Tony Markovich and Carol Fisher respectively. The role of Mandy Milkovich, which was originally played by Jane Levy in season one, was recast due to Levy landing a lead role in the ABC show Suburgatory. In late 2011, it was announced that Emma Greenwell would play Levy's character for the duration of the show.[15] Zach McGowan was cast as Jody Silverman, Karen's love interest in the beginning of the season. Stephanie Fantauzzi was cast as Estefania, Steve's Brazilian wife.

Reception

Review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes gives the second season 100%, based on 11 reviews. The critics consensus reads, "The good times continue to roll in Shameless's second season as the series ups the ante with outrageous gags and unabashed joy for the ties that bind."[16]

DVD release
The Complete Second Season
Set details[17] Special features[18][19]
  • 12 episodes
  • 600 minutes (Region 1); 604 minutes (Region 4)
  • 3-disc set
  • 1.77:1 aspect ratio
  • Languages:
    • English (Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround)
  • Subtitles:
    • English, and French (Region 1)
    • English, Spanish, Danish, French, Dutch, Finnish, Norwegian, Swedish, English and German for the Hearing Impaired (Regions 2 and 4)
  • The Complicated Life of Fiona Gallagher – (featurette) Fiona returns with a whole new host of problems, and Rossum talks about her character and the future of the Gallagher clan.
  • The Art of Acting Drunk – (featurette) William H. Macy takes a hard look at Frank and his future.
  • Behind the Scenes: Writing the Shameless Version – (featurette) A second-season roundtable chat featuring executive producer-writer John Wells, consulting producer Mike O'Malley, supervising producer/writer Nancy M. Pimental, writer Latoya Morgan and co-producer-writer Etan Frankel.
  • A Shameless Actor Discussion – Interviews between various cast members.
    • The Ghetto Girl and the Car Thief – Emmy Rossum and Justin Chatwin
    • Sibling Rivalry – Cameron Monaghan and Jeremy Allen White
    • The Bartender and the Sex-Cam Worker – Steve Howey and Shanola Hampton
    • Juvenile Delinquents – Emma Kenney and Ethan Cutkosky
    • The Agoraphobe and the Beautiful Mess – Laura Slade Wiggins and Joan Cusack
  • A Shameless Look at Season 3 – A behind-the-scenes sneak peek of the third season of Shameless
  • The Shameless Christmas Carol – Music Video
  • Deleted Scenes – A small selection of deleted scenes of the series.
    • Episodes: 2, 3, 5, 8, 12, 13, 14, 16, 19
Release dates
 United States  Australia
December 18, 2012 (2012-12-18)[20] February 13, 2013 (2013-02-13)[21]

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