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The US-centric remake of Shameless apparently starts it's third season in four days as of this writing, although Frank apparently isn't waking up till easter, as evidenced by this clip. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uaFzlXs5cLM I'm still sobering up to the current state of reality in the Gallagher household, but as I remember; poo poo's all hosed up. Anyway, pull up a barstool January 13, 2013 and watch "El Gran Canon" with a drink or twelve.
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| # ? Jan 9, 2013 15:40 |
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| # ? May 26, 2013 04:18 |
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trouser chili posted:I'm still sobering up to the current state of reality in the Gallagher household, but as I remember; poo poo's all hosed up. Anyway, pull up a barstool January 13, 2013 and watch "El Gran Canon" with a drink or twelve. Actually, considering everything that went down, things were actually looking as about as up as they could have been when the season ended. Which I certainly expect to last all season!
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| # ? Jan 9, 2013 15:56 |
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FYI, if you're a Comcast subscriber, this is available OnDemand right now. I've got one word for you: Battlebots
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| # ? Jan 13, 2013 01:51 |
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DIVISIONPOST'S GUIDE TO WHY THE gently caress AREN'T YOU WATCHING SHAMELESS YOU DUMB rear end in a top hat So, uh, bit of a belligerent start there... Well I'm not the one who ignored this show, shitbird. I didn't ignore it per...*sigh* Whatever. What is this show? The show's about a broke-rear end family who lives in a broke-rear end area of Chicago and how they manage to scrape by in their lives. Yeah, see, that doesn't sound like my thing. I don't want to watch 36 hours of melodramatic human suffering. Well, it's a good thing you're watching Shameless and not loving Eastenders. Shameless-- Excuse me, I'm a British person and/or hipster and I think it's funny that you brought up Eastenders because Shameless is an adaptation of a U.K. series, which-- The American Shameless started out adapting scripts directly from the British version but ultimately went its own way. The American version also wipes its rear end with the British version. Ha! As if an American show can be better than a British show.  The British are the ones who thought There's Something About Miriam was a good idea. Touché. Thank you, now go eat a spotted dick while I continue to tell this first guy why he's a douchebag for not watching the AMERICAN Shameless. No, First Guy, you are not in for a marathon of human misery. The Gallaghers do not lay down and bemoan their lot in life as tragedy after tragedy befalls them. While there are moments where it all gets to them, for the most part, Gallaghers accept their situation, strap on their rear end-kicking boots, and wrangle whatever the world is willing to give them to survive. This show can play rough, but it's also laugh-out-loud funny and earns every moment of drama it delivers. It is not shot and presented in a conventional way: there are lots of camera and lens setups that call attention to themselves, lots of playful editing, and constant needledrops from bands like 22-20s, The Whigs, and Tired Pony. If Modern Family is Top 40 and Friday Night Lights is atmospheric post-rock, Shameless is Alt/Punk Rock. "The world is poo poo so let's just loving deal with it so we can party." So who are the Gallaghers? The patriarch, Frank Gallagher, is a drunken schemer who has been barred from almost every bar and is out to bilk the system and those who rely on it for every last cent, anything to keep him drunk even though he has 6 kids he's supposed to be taking care of. That sounds really depressing and Frank sounds like a horrible main character. That would all be true if Frank was played by anyone other than William H. "The H Is For Hardcore Motherfucking Capital-A ACTOR" Macy, who walks that fine line of making Frank such an abominable human being that you constantly root for him to eat poo poo while showing just enough humanity in the role to attract mild sympathy. Anyway, no one views Frank's pathetic rear end as anything other than the primary antagonist of the series. The show's real hero is Frank's eldest daughter, Fiona. Fiona is a 22-year-old girl who is forced to act like a 45-year-old woman in order to keep the rest of her family warm and fed, responsibilities that cost her a high school diploma and any chance she may have had at a bright future. In a field without Claire Danes, Emmy Rossum would be the clear frontrunner for the Outstanding Lead Drama Actress Emmy, and the fact that she's never even gotten a nomination is disgusting. Few are as good at playing inner conflict as well as she can, while also presenting a strong enough front to convincingly anchor the Gallagher clan and by turn the show. Fiona's boyfriend is Steve Wilton, a.k.a. Jimmy Lishman (Justin Chatwin), the son of wealthy parents who broke away from his family to make his own path -- a path that apparently involved a highly lucrative, highly professional car theft and trafficking ring. Wait wait wait wait wait. Emmy Rossum AND Justin Chatwin? Are their romance levels over nine-- I SWEAR ON MY BIG GOD DAMNED TOE IF YOU FINISH THAT SENTENCE WITH "OVER 9000" I WILL REACH THROUGH YOUR COMPUTER SCREEN AND GIVE YOU SUCH A loving BEATING IT COULDN'T BE CONTAINED IN A SINGLE EPISODE OF A lovely SHONEN FIGHT ANIME YOU DATED MOTHERFUCKER  Oh-kay...crazy...what about the others?Lip is the smart one, the second oldest of the family. He has the best chance of breaking away from this lovely family and neighborhood but he doesn't much want to. Ian is the oldest middle child. He wants to join the military and go to West Point, but he's not nearly smart enough for it despite Lip tutoring him. He's also gay. Debbie is the youngest middle child, easily the nicest and most nurturing member of the family. She collects for charity year round and only keeps some of it for herself. Carl, the second youngest child, may or may not be a future serial killer. Liam is a baby; he's black despite having two white parents. Interesting cast. Anyone outside the Gallaghers I should know about? Nobody you wouldn't be better off meeting as you watch the show, which premieres TONIGHT AT 9 ET ON SHOWTIME. Wait, isn't this the third season? Maybe I don't want to-- "EHH, DEE-PEE, MAYBE I DON'T WEH-WEH WEH WEH-WEH WEH WEH!" Shameless isn't some super-serialized drama where you absolutely must know everything that's been going on in order to appreciate it. I picked it up in the last two or three episodes of Season 1 and have been drunk in love ever since. Is it a good idea to go back at some point? Absolutely. But each season is relatively closed off (if setting up new status quos at the end of each one), making every premiere a good "jumping on" point. So jump the gently caress on already! I'm still not there yet. You haven't given me many specifics on what makes this a good show, and you've been VERY rude. What SPECIFICS could you possibly need? Joan Cusack plays a good-natured housewife who also happens to be an agoraphobic germaphobe. Frank used to scam her for her disability checks, and got away with it because she's kind of dim. Her newest boyfriend used to gently caress her daughter before loving her; he times his orgasms to the climax of Seal's "Kiss From a Rose". Frank once shacked up with a dying "butterface" so she could inherit some of her money when she passed. He technically killed her when he hid her heart transplant beeper, then literally killed her -- at her request -- by loving her to death. "loving", eh? Since this is Showtime, does that mean there are, you know, tits?  (every grown woman in this show has an awesome set of tits) WOO-HOO! SOLD! Yeah, good for you. I'm gonna go take a shower you uncultured cretin.
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| # ? Jan 13, 2013 19:02 |
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I'm so giddy that the new season is starting tonight. Official season 3 poster: I've been looking forward to the show's return for months, I've really missed them.
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| # ? Jan 13, 2013 19:16 |
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Awesome. This show gets better and better as it goes. Emmy Rossum and the kid who plays Lip are fantastic. When I first started this show in season one I felt like they were trying just a little too hard with the "we're so fuckin edgy" thing but the show has either settled into its skin or I've gotten used to the tone because I really think it's a great, underrated show now. I also can't believe a significant portion of this show is shot right next to Hart of Dixie. Like, stand in front of the Kash n' Grab (or whatever it's called), then swivel left and it's CW Alabama. It's nuts.
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| # ? Jan 13, 2013 21:15 |
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As a Brit and on-off fan of the original, let me assure that this show is fantastic. One of the last episodes from last season had me bawling and laughing out loud within the space of a scene (Karen's baby storyline was some heavy poo poo). Really glad this is back, best Showtime show.
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| # ? Jan 13, 2013 23:49 |
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I look very much forward to continue hating Karen more than any TV character I've ever hated.
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| # ? Jan 13, 2013 23:52 |
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Binged through the first two seasons in about three days. Karen is such a horrible person, but she is so loving hot.
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| # ? Jan 14, 2013 00:15 |
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I missed the recap, where is Frank again? Edit: ...Okay then.
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| # ? Jan 14, 2013 02:05 |
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Well thats one way to make money. Bet they get a bunch of southerners watching
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| # ? Jan 14, 2013 02:15 |
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So excited to see this show return, especially as the UK version has tailed off considerably. The only thing that excites me about the final series is the return of original Fiona. Wish there was somewhere I could watch it live online.
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| # ? Jan 14, 2013 02:23 |
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I've missed this show, but holy poo poo has it taken a turn for the morbid.
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| # ? Jan 14, 2013 02:27 |
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Haha, I love this show. Lip is the man. "Have you seen Anaconda?"
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| # ? Jan 14, 2013 02:28 |
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Ha ha ha so that WAS Marco. Marco died as he lived: Naked.
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| # ? Jan 14, 2013 02:29 |
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SHAMELESS S3: "We shall overcome, motherfucker!"
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| # ? Jan 14, 2013 02:42 |
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Hahaha he made a Battlebot.
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| # ? Jan 14, 2013 02:48 |
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I have been waiting with bated breath even since season 2 concluded. This show is like cocaine for me, if I had any idea how that high would feel 
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| # ? Jan 14, 2013 03:11 |
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"Ah, 19. Thank you Sheila." Shameless is awesome. It isn't the greatest show, but it's drat good television.
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| # ? Jan 14, 2013 03:27 |
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El Gran Canon.
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| # ? Jan 14, 2013 23:25 |
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the guys Lip was up against in Battlebots wearing the shirts with the Nights Watch oath from Game of Thrones cracked me up. I really like this show, sprang for a trial offer of Showtime just so I could watch it (and Homeland). Did they explain why Kev was on crutches? I rewatched the last episode of Season 2 and didn't see anything happen to him. Maybe I missed some dialog, I think I might have been laughing too much at his Jefferson get-up.
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| # ? Jan 15, 2013 20:40 |
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Love how Frank sees Debbie's months of dedication to him on the fence and just has an 'oh, that's nice' look, and kind of shrugs.
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| # ? Jan 15, 2013 23:57 |
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Haha, I honestly thought he gave even less of a poo poo than "oh, thats nice"
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| # ? Jan 16, 2013 00:42 |
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Fiona is digging herself into a hole in this one.
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| # ? Jan 21, 2013 02:22 |
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Super Aggro Crag posted:Fiona is digging herself into a hole in this one. On any other show, I'd expect Jimmy to come through in the end. On this show? I can see Fiona getting her legs broken. Edit: Haha, you need to give them credit for finding a way to get those shots in of Jimmy's wife even over a phone call. Aphrodite fucked around with this message at Jan 21, 2013 around 02:25 |
| # ? Jan 21, 2013 02:23 |
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"Are you supposed to give Valium to a baby?" "Oh yeah. It worked great with you."
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| # ? Jan 21, 2013 02:33 |
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...Well, that did it.
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| # ? Jan 21, 2013 02:39 |
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Hahahaha Debs.
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| # ? Jan 21, 2013 02:39 |
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God drat it, Frank.
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| # ? Jan 21, 2013 02:47 |
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Frank is utterly determined to beat Karen to the bottom.
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| # ? Jan 21, 2013 03:55 |
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Debs.  gently caress you Frank. Goddamn. The last member of the family who liked you. e: Holy poo poo, I thought we were all talking about him crushing the popsicle stick house. What the gently caress is wrong with him.
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| # ? Jan 21, 2013 04:41 |
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That was a good episode, can hardly wait for the next escapade because of what Frank did (Jesus CHRIST is he just trying to prove that there IS no bottom?!) To be honest I was kind of surprised with some of the obstacles Fiona ran into, I thought she knew better than that but hey, that's bureaucracy for you. At the end of it all, Lip continues to be a gigantic cock and I honestly think that he should quit talking poo poo since he still has the highest capacity in the family to actually break out of the ghetto but noooooo, he just wants to stay in this broken home and act like he's King poo poo
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| # ? Jan 21, 2013 08:25 |
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If she didn't have to bribe the guy, Fiona would have made $900 profit. That's pretty good for first time considering what Meg said. Wasn't she just hosting to prove she can manage the club anyway? They didn't really address that.
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| # ? Jan 21, 2013 09:07 |
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Aphrodite posted:If she didn't have to bribe the guy, Fiona would have made $900 profit. Given her reaction and the fact that she gambled with money the family needed to get the opportunity I thought it was pretty clear that Fiona was expecting to turn a profit. Proving she could do it wasn't enough, Meg said it took several losing gigs before she finally started getting good enough to make money but the Gallaghers can't afford any acceptable losses and they need pretty much every cent they make. It also unfortunately reinforces Lip's view that what he is doing is the only way for them to survive since his schemes to rip people off made enough money while Fiona's attempt at a legitimate business venture failed.
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| # ? Jan 21, 2013 12:21 |
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It's short sighted though. Lip's ideas get burned out too quickly. It does get annoying that he has the ability to get out of that poo poo hole more than any of the others and he just ignores that or order to be king of the shithole instead of doing something about it. Fiona's gamble may not have worked out due to hurtles that were pretty obvious, but at least it was on the legal right. I feel that the warning to Jimmy about staying out of trouble should be echoed to Lip. The fucker keeps on getting into legal entanglement after legal entanglement and not giving a gently caress about it. Not to mention he really burned the bridges for his bougie work crew with the secret Wilco show plan.
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| # ? Jan 21, 2013 13:03 |
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Lip is just a giant douche but he doesn't want to be saddled with the 'responsibility' of leaving and coming back to lift his family out of poverty, which is what he assumes all the pressure to go to college for. His scam did work but it's only good once. Maybe the entire arc of Lip this season is a long con by Mandy to get him into college by first convincing him he should be in charge (done). Mandy is also a piece of work but at least she wants Lip to leave and better himself, so that's already better than Karen by so much. I mean, other than Fiona not remember to file bullshit paperwork, she could've made out okay, and she probably would've tried again if Jimmy was there to help her with the cash. Of all of them, Fiona is kinda stuck and can't afford to go to college, Ian doesn't have the grades and Debbie/Liam are unknowns/way too young. Debbie hitting Frank with the bag of soap was oddly cathartic to watch even though I could probably feel it. That scene was something else though.
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| # ? Jan 21, 2013 20:56 |
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Frank is such a stinkyhole. Holy loving poo poo, he's probably, pound for pound, the worst character in TV. How can I still be entertained watching him? 
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| # ? Jan 21, 2013 21:06 |
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Dr. Abysmal posted:Given her reaction and the fact that she gambled with money the family needed to get the opportunity I thought it was pretty clear that Fiona was expecting to turn a profit. Proving she could do it wasn't enough, Meg said it took several losing gigs before she finally started getting good enough to make money but the Gallaghers can't afford any acceptable losses and they need pretty much every cent they make. It also unfortunately reinforces Lip's view that what he is doing is the only way for them to survive since his schemes to rip people off made enough money while Fiona's attempt at a legitimate business venture failed. Right, I get that. I just thought they should have addressed the fact that her actual goal was what's presumably a salaried job.
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| # ? Jan 21, 2013 21:12 |
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DarkCrawler posted:Frank is such a stinkyhole. Holy loving poo poo, he's probably, pound for pound, the worst character in TV. I must have missed something. Why did Frank call child services?
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Tyree posted:I must have missed something. Why did Frank call child services? Because he's a dick. They didn't want him in the house anymore, so he decided to destroy their universe.
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