Shameless

A Beautiful Mess

Season 2, Episode 4, Aired 1/29/12

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Fiona faces Craig's wife after sleeping with him. Meanwhile, Debbie develops a rash due to stress and Frank fears Sheila is about to kick him out of her house.

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William H. Macy

Frank Gallagher

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Emmy Rossum

Fiona Gallagher

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Sheila Jackson

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Fiona's love life is out of control

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By patsully, Feb 12, 2012 Report Abuse

...but it's very entertaining.

Thought the only weakness was the reveal to end the episode. It could have been much clearer.
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A Beautiful Mess

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By thefanof, Jan 31, 2012 Report Abuse

The wife constantly terrorizing Fiona was funny, it was good to see her in a different light and not always in control, as opposed to usually being the aggressive one. That was a fun storyline, but they really had no ending for it.
And the actual ending was not what we needed. Lip getting kicked by Karen, not powerful enough, and definitely not important enough a storyline to close shows out and leave us satisfied.
As a whole it was solid though.
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- In the original UK series Lip ends up getting "Mandy Maguire" (the UK equivalent of Mandy Milkovich) pregnant not Karen.
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- Justin Chatwin (Jimmy Lishman / Steve) is credited but does not appear.
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- Featured Music:
  "Who's That Dude - Part One" by Capitol City
  "Tied down, Spit On" by Swingin' Utters
  "You Better Get Ready" by Rosebuds
  "Fear Not" by Lion Vibes
  "CMI3520 I Get My Way (Instr)" by Jay Condiotti
  "Ain't No Game 2" by Basko
  "700>100 (Instr)" by Earlimart
  "Grape Drank Heavy" by Kovas
  "Yeah Yeah Yeah" by Daniel August
  "The Difference (Instr)" by Kill the Alarm
  "My Shoes - Part One" by The Scotch of Saint James
  "Yeah - Part One" by The Standing 8 Counts
  "Route 32 Blues" by Crispin Cioe
  "Can't Help Myself (Tom and Grade Remix)" by Blacksoul
  "Postcards Sent West" by Little Heroes
  "Kill Me Carolyne" by The Whigs
  "Portly at Midnight (Instr)" by Bosshouse Music
  "Smile - Part One" by Brilliant Fanzine
  "Teenage Genocide" by Swingin' Utters
  "Black Cloud" by Choo Choo La Rouge
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- Joan Cusack (Sheila Jackson) is credited as special guest star.
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- Frank: Scratched cornea. Brass bits and gas ripped into my eye.
  Kev: You're lucky that's all that happened to you. Cartoons-- whole head explodes.
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- Carl: I already had my first woody in history class, talking about how Marie Antoinette's head got chopped off.
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- Lip: What, are you freebasing lycopene now, you worthless piece of shit?
  Frank: Why you got to be such an asshole?
  Lip: Apple fell where you dropped it.
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