![]() Debbie, of course, can’t believe that Liam has “decided that he’s Black, and he wants us to do a lot of Black shit.” That’s a nod to no one believing that Frank is Liam’s dad, yet he’s somehow a biological Gallagher. The youngest sibling ends up coming back during this episode, but not before he issues a list of demands, including some cultural recognition. None of them have glimpsed a better life, other than Liam, who appears in an interesting chaos-filled flashback as he was being ignored by the entire family while declaring that he was moving out to live with Todd. One really has to feel sorry for the remaining Gallaghers. “I did it all, Frank.” Naturally, he responds with no remorse at all: “Yeah, well, if that helps you sleep better…” Thanks.” ShowtimeĪt first, the audience is led to believe that Fiona grows emotional because the Gallagher sperm donor faked a drop of gratitude, but her tears appeared for a different reason - disgust. “Well, see you around,” he sputtered as Fiona headed toward the door. Although Frank and Fiona did some form of twisted bonding while she was boozing hard a few episodes ago, he stayed true to his narcissistic pattern by downplaying Fiona’s role as she left. It’s hard to blame her, given that the polar vortex has been atrocious in Chicago lately, but even more than that, Fiona’s frozen-over by over a decade of raising her siblings after Frank permanently fell down on the job. ![]() We do see her taking an airplane for the first time, and she briefly mentioned to Ian (who urged her to flee) that the equator was calling with warmer temperatures. Where, exactly, did Fiona go, though? We never hear an actual answer to that question, nor do we know if she’ll return. After all, that $100,000 was rightfully hers, not a gift. That’s one reason why the writers’ apparent refusal to bring Jimmy back feels like an earnest effort to allow Fiona to be responsible for her own destiny. It was telling that his original courtship-mechanism (buying her an appliance) broke down seasons ago. It’s not a dramatic send-off, nor did it appeal to a vocal contingent of fans who believes that scam-artist Jimmy was the least harmful boyfriend in Fiona’s past. Then she promptly got the hell out of Chicago, skipping out on her official goodbye party and quietly leaving half her money with Debbie. ![]() Instead, Max did what he should have done already and bought out Fiona’s $100,000 property investment that she thought was gone forever. Justin Chatwin’s Jimmy-Steve didn’t swing back into town with a cleaned-up act to whisk Fiona away from the South Side. The series has now said goodbye to actress Emmy Rossum without growing overly sentimental and without much fairy-tale magic. That is to say, Fiona Gallagher was already finding herself, and the rest of the family was falling spectacularly to pieces. Shameless‘s season 9 finale episode, “Found,” plays off last week’s “Lost” episode, which felt like an ironic label.
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