The BEST episodes of Shameless
Every episode of Shameless ever, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Shameless!
The lives and relationships of a group of siblings and their estranged father Frank Gallagher on a rough Manchester estate.
#1 - Frank in the Frame
Season 8 - Episode 18 - Aired 9/27/2011
The landmark 100th episode. Micky gives Mimi an ultimatum: either the new boiler goes or he does. And there's uproar in The Jockey when Frank pockets Cynthia's scratch card.
#3 - The Wedding
Season 3 - Episode 8 - Aired 2/21/2006
Frank and Sheila's wedding day looms, but there's a surprise in store for Frank when Sheila reveals what really happened to her ex-husband Sheldon.
#4 - The Maguire Motto
Season 8 - Episode 21 - Aired 10/18/2011
Mimi might wear the trousers in the family, but it's time Billy pulled his weight, so Mimi sets a profitable challenge to test his manhood. And Micky takes over the community service play.
#5 - Cop Killer
Season 9 - Episode 5 - Aired 1/31/2012
Jamie is under pressure when an old copper from his past calls in a favour. Aidan is compelled to act when Frasier turns his attention to Letitia. And Micky faces a life-changing decision.
#6 - The Countdown
Season 5 - Episode 1 - Aired 1/1/2008
A normal drunken night out turns into a nightmare for Frank when he mistakes an electrical generator for a urinal. Hospital tests reveal that he has a heart condition and may not last to the weekend.
#7 - Boys, Boys, Boys
Season 4 - Episode 5 - Aired 2/6/2007
Debbie's enjoying having her dad back in the house, but when Monica gets jealous of the attention Debbie's getting, she tells her it's time she got a boyfriend.
#8 - Save Chatsworth (2)
Season 9 - Episode 2 - Aired 1/10/2012
Carl returns to the Chatsworth Estate as a qualified policeman, but not everyone welcomes him back. Jackson's life is in chaos when he is accused of falsely claiming benefits.
#9 - You Decide
Season 4 - Episode 3 - Aired 1/23/2007
Monica's got her claws into Frank, but dare he tell Sheila that he's slept with his ex? Elsewhere, there's a new copper on the estate, but Carrie's not as nice as she looks.
#10 - Assault
Season 5 - Episode 15 - Aired 4/8/2008
Norma wakes up in a stranger's jogging bottoms after a night on the tiles and sets off on a wild goose chase to find out who she slept with the night before.
#12 - Baby
Season 3 - Episode 3 - Aired 1/17/2006
After being knocked to the ground during a purse robbery at the shop, a heavily pregnant Mandy Maguire gives birth to Lip's daughter. But the Maguires won't let him anywhere near them.
#13 - Revelations
Season 4 - Episode 8 - Aired 2/27/2007
Learning of the death of his ex-cellmates is sending Paddy round the bend. Three of them have been taken out in suspicious circumstances: could this mean he's next?
#14 - PC Gallagher
Season 8 - Episode 22 - Aired 10/25/2011
The game is up for Billy and Mimi when Micky catches them in a compromising position. And while Mimi is over the moon, Billy is bricking it as the Maguire brothers are out for his blood...
#15 - New Romances
Season 4 - Episode 2 - Aired 1/16/2007
Frank struggles to stop Monica telling Sheila that they're still married, but when Monica comes on strong, can he resist her advances?
#16 - Gang Wars
Season 7 - Episode 16 - Aired 5/4/2010
Karen and Joe are holed up in the shop. Joe is plotting their future away from Chatsworth, but Jamie has Connor in hiding and Karen isn't going anywhere without her son.
#17 - Vendetta
Season 9 - Episode 4 - Aired 1/24/2012
On a lads' night out, Micky looks for love in the wrong places and is savagely attacked. Meanwhile, Carl falls for the beautiful Clem. And Mimi's sexy, challenging niece turns up at the Maguire house.
#18 - Affairs
Season 1 - Episode 5 - Aired 2/10/2004
Frank and Karen hit the road for their driving lesson, but Karen adds some extra-curricular manoeuvres to the timetable. Meanwhile, Ian and Kash are caught in the act by Kash's wife Yvonne.
#19 - Great Dangers (3)
Season 7 - Episode 10 - Aired 3/23/2010
Shane is devastated to discover he's 'firing blanks' and, while he frets, Kelly is reconciled to their future without children. Carl and Chesney are back on the estate living undercover.
#20 - Dead (2)
Season 1 - Episode 7 - Aired 2/24/2004
Frank is only worrying about himself as usual, and things are not looking good. The housing office is on to him, his debts are piling up and the bailiffs are still on the doorstep.
#21 - We're Going to the Moon
Season 1 - Episode 2 - Aired 1/20/2004
Frank is nowhere to be seen, which is a bit odd as it's giro day. The family panic when a body is found in the canal, but Frank turns up in Calais, with no passport and no clue how he got there.
#24 - It's Over
Season 6 - Episode 16 - Aired 5/12/2009
It's been a tough year on the Chatsworth, with benefit fraud, brothels, jail, stings-gone-wrong, fake suicides, cold turkey, lesbian romps, lingerie parties... What else could possibly happen?
#25 - In with the Maguire's
Season 3 - Episode 6 - Aired 2/7/2006
The Gallagher clan can't believe it when Carl starts to bring money into the household. But his mini-enterprise soon attracts the attention of the police.