Shameless: Simple Pleasures (S4: E1)

The end of season three saw Frank staggering down the road with his bare ass hanging out of his hosital gown, because of course he couldn’t give up drinking even though Carl sweetly shaved his head to let healing sunlight in or some shit like that.

Ah, the Gallaghers. Highlights from the season four premiere include the following:

Fiona proves she’s about as smart as she thinks she is by shacking up with her boss, at the first steady job she’s ever had.

Carl insists on helping take care of Frank, who was rescued from death’s door by Officer Tony. When he was found he was covered in grime and needle marks, but that doesn’t stop him from getting Carl to help him give himself a wine enema. NICE, Frank. See also: reasons why Carl is a sociopath.

As for Carl, he’s turning into a man – we know this because Frank, in one of his rare and bizarre parental moments, coaches him on the proper way to jack off.

Likewise, young Debbie is stuffing her bra and wearing ridiculously high heels while struggling to flirt with senior boys. It’s sad and charming at the same time, and you can’t help but feel protective of her because it’s clear she has NO idea what the hell she’s doing. I’m highly suspicious that Debbie may end up pregnant.

Kev and V are expecting, which they would probably be more excited about if Kev hadn’t had so much sex with V’s mom. They’re concerned about money, but they needn’t be because Stan just died and something tells me he left The Alibi to Kev.

Lip is in college, which I think is a waste of his talent considering he could be shirtless for our pleasure. My GOD I’m sexist. Sorry. (Not really.) Anyway, he seems disenchanted with the idea, since he’s getting poor grades and his roommates hate him. Hopefully this means his jaunt away from the Gallagher household will be short-lived.

Mickey (M-O-U-S-E!) misses Ian, but nobody knows where Ian is or what happened to him. Something tells me he’s going to be outed in the military and on his way back to Chicago, or maybe that’s my intense desire to keep the Gallaghers in one household.

All in all, season four is shaping up to be crazy and awesome!