BWW Recap: Strangers on a Train on SHAMELESS

The theme of tonight's episode is lack of sleep and boy, is it driving everyone crazy. Especially Frank who is off his freaking rocker. Raise your hand if you're legit worried about the finale. I was wondering if this season was going to end with a bang and it is looking like it definitely will.

After lying on his job application, Ian begins his first day with on-the-job training as a paramedic. He hits it off with all his coworkers and his boss. Unfortunately, his boss completes a background check and finds out about the mental hospital. Even though he has proved to be a model employee thus far, will it be enough for her to guarantee him a job on her team?

As Immigration stalks Kev and V for the validity of V's marriage to Svetlana, Kev is starting to question V and Svetlana's actual relationship. And he has legit reason to worry when the two gals begin sleeping with each other. Riddled with guilt, V confesses to Kev that she does have actual feelings for Svetlana. Kev, who is equal parts confused and turned on, decides to set up a sex schedule for the three of them.

Carl is still set on being a cop. He asks Dom's Dad for some help since the junior training program won't admit an ex juvenile defender. The officer advises Carl to learn some personal responsibility before he can think of performing civic duties.

Baby Frannie is not a night sleeper and is keeping everyone up. Unfortunately, Debbie isn't accepting help from anyone to prove to Fiona that she can do it all. When she tries to go back to school with Baby in tow, the teachers remove her from the school forcing her to enroll in a program for teen moms. The work catches up with her and she passes out from exhaustion and drops the baby. Fiona is able to calm her down by informing her the baby is fine, she just needs to accept everyone's help.

Lip is losing his damn mind after he tries to apologize to the Professor. The Professor refuses his apology and asks to keep their relationship professional. Lip turns back to drinking and makes a fool out of the Professor in class. They get into a huge argument and Lip gets fired, which effectively expels him. In a fit of rage, he destroys the Professor's car and is arrested.

Frank repeatedly offers to pay for Fiona and Sean's wedding. To their surprise, he continually follows through with appointments and deposits. When Sean finally confronts him on where he is getting the money, he admits that he is blackmailing Derek's family for the statutory rape of Debbie leading to Baby Franny. The entire family turns against him. Sean beats him up and Fiona kicks him out of the house. On the train, Frank spouts off his frustration about Sean and his wish that he were dead out loud to no one in particular. A stranger who overhears him asks Frank how much he would pay him to off Sean and Frank makes him an offer.

Like... what the hell? Everything was going so well. I guess we should have known when Fiona was literally dancing from joy in the church that it was all about to collapse. Things were way too good for this family. I may have literally been yelling at the screen when Lip was losing his mind. Ugh, it's so frustrating that he was so right there in the cusp of success and he had to go and blow it. The bottom line is, every single member of the family is at risk right now for devastation. Honestly, for once, the only one I'm not worried about is Carl. But it sure looks like someone will die next week. Who will it be? Sean? Caleb? The Professor? All I do know, is that once again, this season has gone by way too quickly.

Here's a preview from next week's season finale:

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