The BEST episodes written by Tom Higgins
#2 - Career Criminal
Shameless - Season 8 - Episode 20
Marty attempts to find a job and ends up turning to crime to tide him over. Kelly discovers that there's a price on Marty's head. Billy is determined to stand up for his rights as a father. Mimi ends up giving him an ultimatum. Mickey's flat is raided by the local police. Marty is confronted by Shane about a secret he left behind in Spain. Kelly is heartbroken agter she is told the truth and doesn't know who to believe.
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#3 - Miscarriage of Marriage
Shameless - Season 6 - Episode 5
Karen's relationship with Jamie is put under strain when she suffers a miscarriage, unaware she was pregnant to begin with, and matters are made worse by the Maguires' extreme reaction. Liam wins a modelling competition that Debbie entered him in, Tom takes his prank war with Stan too far, and Carl gets into trouble with the female residents of the Chatsworth estate
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#4 - Posing in Murder
Death in Paradise - Season 5 - Episode 3
Fashion model Zoe Mackay is strangled moments after leaving the catwalk, leaving DI Goodman and his team stumped. All of her colleagues, dress designer, three other models and the photographer have watertight alibis and the backstage area was securely guarded at all times. The only clue was a stocking clasped in the victims hand. A series of catwalk photographs of the event from start to finish even provide an image of the actual murder.
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#5 - Comebacks
Shameless - Season 8 - Episode 17
A new gang has rolled into Chatsworth with an unlikely mission - to save the souls of the community. Jesus O'Toole leads the group and seems to know too much about certain residents. Aidan is certainly open to the possibilities that religion might bring, but love soon turns to hate when local businesses are picketed. An explosion on the Maguire's turf sees the family prepare for revenge. Kelly is attacked by a familiar face - Marty Fisher, who is on the run. And, Patty returns, missing Libby, she turns to the only person who might know of her whereabouts - Frank.
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#7 - Frank Gallagher: Sent By God
Shameless - Season 8 - Episode 16
While cleaning the windows, Jackson spots Letitia kissing Dee Davies in her bedroom. Jackson goes berserk, attacking Dee in front of a social worker who's waiting to assess him and Avril as foster parents. Frank isn't much use in the parent department, staggering to the Jockey and leaving Carl to nurse pox-ridden Stella. Drunken Frank then leaves the pub and accidentally gets on a mini-bus, waking up in a synagogue. He's discovered by Isaac, who promises not to report him because Frank's been sent from God. Frank thanks Isaac for his advice and hospitality by stealing his candelabra and legging it. Karen's fed up with how she's treated in her own pub and plots to get her power back with a card game. Meanwhile, an ambulance is called for the smallest Gallagher. Will she pull through unharmed?
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#8 - Perfectly Frank
Shameless - Season 7 - Episode 1
It's Frank's 50th and Liam has the dubious honour of sharing the auspicious day with him on his 11th birthday. Uncharacteristically, Frank snubs the chance of a party, and instead opts to dwell in his own lonely loveless existence until... Libby, a local librarian falls into his life.
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#9 - A Big Mistake
Bad Girls (1999) - Season 1 - Episode 6
New prisoner, Jessie Devlin arrives at Larkhall and uncovers a past she thought closed forever. Zandra blackmails Officer Lorna Rose into bringing drugs into Larkhall.
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The Bill - Season 19 - Episode 54
Drummond is taken to hospital following the shooting, but decides to discharge himself when he discovers that his son, Alex, has been kidnapped by the Fosters. Meanwhile, Okaro is furious after reading the news stories featuring Nixon and Glenn Weston, and whilst being left with the backlash from the robbery operation going belly up, Okaro pulls Nixon off the case and forces her to take two weeks sick leave. Nixon decides to prove to her daughter that despite all of the recent events, she does love her and does care about her. Meanwhile, an audacious Young is called to deal with a vicious catfight between two young girls, and suspects that she may have stumbled on a prostitution ring.
#11 - Blaze Of Glory
The Bill - Season 19 - Episode 93
Sergeant Dale Smith finds it difficult not to get too involved when dealing with Julian Walker who is a victim of male rape, following a burglary. Still feeling guilty over the way he dealt with Mickey following his ordeal, Smithy pushes Julian to make a statement while his credit cards reveal a different side. PC Gabriel Kent struggles to keep composed when he has to tell a man that his parents have been killed. Sergeant June Ackland's concern forces a distraught Gabriel to reveal that his own parents were recently killed in a car crash. PC Jim Carver is defensive when DC Eva Sharpe confronts him about the threats he was making to Marie but Marie is busy making her own threats when she follows June home and warns her to stay away from her man. And the team at Sun Hill plant a tree as a memorial to Cass Rickman, killed a year ago by the Sun Hill serial killer. Nick makes a difficult speech but his day only gets worse when he admits to telling Phil Hunter's wife her husband has bee
#12 - Cross Wires
The Bill - Season 20 - Episode 23
Harman and Hemmingway arrest a young girl following an incident of criminal damage, but during the interview, she claims that she was raped the night before. Thatcher and Drummond are assigned to the case, and they investigate a man seen following the victim on CCTV footage. However, when the man is given a rock solid alibi, Thatcher starts to doubt if the woman was raped at all. Meanwhile, Hollis investigates an altercation between a schoolboy and his teacher, but the young boy refuses to speak out against his real attackers. When he and Chambers go train-spotting after their shift, they watch on as the young boy is set upon by a gang, only to discover that the victim may be the ringleader.
#13 - Game Over
The Bill - Season 20 - Episode 38
Kent and Young attend a call to what initially appears to be the case of a "bunny-boiler", Sharon Wallace, stalking her ex-boyfriend. Kent, however, sees the fear in the Sharon's eyes, and when she is later attacked, he probes further and discovers that the boyfriend is blackmailing her with some nude photos in his possession. Manson is cleared of any involvement in Beech's escape, but Meadows warns him he's still on thin ice. Drummond is also relieved when his son is cleared of manslaughter. CID's attention is diverted when a car containing a baby girl is stolen. They find the car and the thief, David McLinden, but David tells Hunter and McAllister that his girlfriend has claimed the baby as her own.