Shameless, What is Happening?

[krickets]

So I am sitting in my car with 30 minutes left before I have to go into work, so I am using the iPhone LJ app to write this, which I've used sorta before, but nothing so complicated as an LJ cut. So I'm crossing my fingers that this works, and FYI there are spoilers for Shameless below.

What the ever loving fuck? This show is derailing. Can I just say that right now? We're three episodes into the season and I am pretty sure I don't EVER need to watch 2 out of three of these eps ever again. Whereas I've watched and loved each episode of season one 3 times each. (And could easily do with a fourth.)

There's something so disjointed about all of the storylines and I don't really feel like everybody's connecting in the same ways. I'm not sure I'm making sense, but it's early and I'm sitting in a parking lot on my phone, so go with it.

Can we talk about Frank a minute? This story the past two weeks has just sealed the fucking deal. We can now add murder to his list of sins. (Yeah, I quantify what he did with the pager as murder.) I just cannot even. Wow. And there's probably no way he will ever have to pay for that. And don't even get me started on the shit he said to Carl last week. All of his barely there redeemable qualities just went down the drain. But on top of that, I just need to see LESS of him.

In general, there's this weird imbalance going on. Don't like it.

And fucking show, way to make sex the most unappealing thing ever all through this episode. Just, no. And did I hear right? How would Lip not realize? Is he that incompetent in the sack? Just doesn't seem right to me that he wouldn't know, but then again I don't have a penis so it's not like I would know. Nobody was enjoying themselves. The working title for this episode could have been called "the one with all the bad sex."

I'm just sadly disappointed in everything.

Except Veronica. Thank fuck.

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[crickets.livejournal.com]

Yes, Veronica and Kevin are at least recognizable, and pretty adorable, along with their foster-daughter who's name at the moment escapes me. I like her a lot. And of course Debbie, who is always Debbie. I am glad Carl seems to have more of a speaking role this season as well. It's just difficult to not be irritated by EVERYTHING ELSE THAT IS HAPPENING!

I LOVE THEM ALL (except fucking Frank) it just feels so much less like a family this season for some reason. I need my Gallaghers to like, co-exist and not be in their own little bubbles. QUIT IT.

And Frank, well I was at the point where despite his constant thieving, I believed he really had started to care about Sheila. In his own way. But left to his own devices, we can easily see, that Frank is still Frank and he will never be anything else. It's disgusting. That woman had a chance to live and he took that from her. That's unforgivable. I hope she haunts him from the fucking grave.

ETA: I think the difference between this ep (and part of last ep too) is that before, despite how shameless things could get, you could still laugh at it in a small way, or at least care or feel something - relief, or sadness, or pain, or understanding. But this, all I felt was disgust. And hopelessness. (Except for V & Kev, of course.)