Episode

Shameless: Simple Pleasures

Name: Shameless: Simple Pleasures
Released: 2014-01-12
Duration: 56 min
Cast: William H. Macy, Jeremy Allen White, Ethan Cutkosky, Shanola Hampton, Steve Howey

ShamelessSeason 42014-01-12

Overview

Frank returns, disrupting life; Lip attends college; Ian is missing; Fiona tries to connect with Debbie and Carl.

Details

Series: Shameless
Season: Season 4
Episode: Episode 1
Air date: 2014-01-12
Runtime: 56 min

Episode context

Simple Pleasures is Episode 1 in Season 4 of Shameless. It aired on 2014-01-12. The runtime is 56 min.

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Episode 2: My Oldest Daughter 2014-01-19 | 49 min Fiona begins to enjoy the perks of living life just above the poverty line. She uses her newly activated health benefits to take the kids for checkups. However, when a road rage incident damages the company car, Fiona tells a much bigger lie about how it happened. Meanwhile, Lip seems to have lost his mojo as he struggles in school and with the ladies.

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Episode 3: Like Father, Like Daughter 2014-01-26 | 55 min Frank stalks his previously unseen daughter, Sammi, and is surprised to find out she has a son, Chuck. Meanwhile, Fiona and Mike are getting serious. Also, Carl begins stealing dogs and holding them for ransom so that he can earn some drug money for Frank. Sheila has her first successful online date with Native American cowboy Roger Running Tree.

Episode 4: Strangers on a Train 2014-02-02 | 56 min Against her better judgment, Fiona continues her secret affair with Robbie. The situation nearly boils over when Mike shows up at Robbie’s apartment while Fiona is inside. Fiona is able to hide just in time before her infidelity can be exposed. Frank, in increasingly dire health straits due to liver disease, attempts to contrive an “accident” that will provide an ample insurance payout to cover the cost of a potential transplant.

Episode 5: There's the Rub 2014-02-09 | 51 min Fiona's series of bad decisions involving Robbie finally boil over. Meanwhile, Frank and Sammi pursue a cure for Frank's liver trouble and try to catch up on missed father-daughter time; and Lip gets a surprise visit at college from Army investigators.

Episode 6: Iron City 2014-02-16 | 56 min Fiona ends up in jail; the family waits for news about Liam; Frank wakes up in the emergency room.

Episode 7: A Jailbird, Invalid, Martyr, Cutter, Retard, and Parasitic Twin 2014-02-23 | 50 min Guardianship duties fall upon Lip - who gets some unexpected assistance.

Episode 8: Hope Springs Paternal 2014-03-09 | 55 min To prepare for a visit from her probation officer, Fiona must remove all paraphernalia from the house; Ian is kicked out of Mickey's house.

Episode 9: The Legend of Bonnie and Carl 2014-03-16 | 53 min Carl connects with a girl in detention; Lip and Amanda grow closer; Sheila returns with big plans; Fiona searches for a job; Mickey spends time with Ian.

Episode 10: Liver, I Hardly Know Her 2014-03-23 | 51 min Fiona violates terms of her probation, sending the family into search party mode.

Episode 11: Emily 2014-03-30 | 49 min Fiona is hauled off to a correctional facility. Amanda’s parents bribe Lip.

Episode 12: Lazarus 2014-04-06 | 57 min Fiona gets out of jail. Frank is feeling like his old self.