BWW Recap: A Hookah Smoking Gallagher on SHAMELESS

The Gallaghers have never been ones to shy away from fertility and boy did they prove that this week. Debbie went from sweet little sister to devil teenager... but then, who doesn't?

Debbie, Debbie, Debbie... what are we gonna do with you? Well, if it were up to Fiona, it's all about the abortion. But Debbie isn't having it. All she wants is to prove to everyone is that she can handle high school and her baby. She takes a sack of flour with her to school to illustrate her point, but, as it turns out, nobody is really taking her seriously. Not to mention the actual teen moms who inform her that being a teen mom isn't really that great. She heads to visit Derek's sister-in-law to ask her why Derek's parents won't let her see him and is informed that it is Derek who willingly escaped to Florida to get away from Debbie. Turns out she's a bit obsessed with the baby. Distracted by the news, she accidentally leaves her "child" on the bus.

Lip is still sleeping with Helene even after he beat up Dylan. Helene gently suggests maybe he should kill her husband, but he isn't quite sure if she was joking. When her husband subtly threatens him for beating up his son, did Lip get a moment of clarity at how messed up this situation actually is? His Professor he TA's for offers him a summer internship and blackmails Lip into taking it in exchange for borrowing his car.

Ian is in the dumps of his bipolar-ness and winds up quitting the diner after Fiona irritates him. And Carl is selling guns at school to make money with his friend, Nick. At The Alibi, they are named the "S**ttiest bar on the South Side" which makes them even more popular with the hipsters. Svetlana adds an espresso machine, hookah pipes and a karaoke machine to accommodate. Kev rakes in the money by overcharging. Kev and V's neighbor, Yanis, is still in a battle royale with the Lisas. Fed up, Kev cuts his throttle cable to quiet his motorcycle and stop waking up the babies. Turns out, he accidentally cut the brake line and Yanis is hit by a car.

Frank is still grieving and decides to do a cleansing ritual at the hospital by burning all of Bianca's things. Bianca's friend consoles him, but laughs off his advances informing him that Bianca was only with him because she had Stage Four Cancer. Naturally, Frank heads to the oncology floor to find a new hookup. He finds Hillary and takes her to smoke crack where she immediately OD's and dies.

Fiona is out of her mind with stress over Debbie and Ian and her new position at the diner which involves turning on all of her old friends as their new boss. When she can't take it anymore, she complains to Sean and he admits that he shot up. She realizes she's again in love with an addict and even more distressing? She's pregnant too.

I'm really starting to feel bad for Lip. He really is trying to make something of himself, even if he is in an awfully strange situation with his Professor but he cannot help being dragged in with his family's messes. What is Debbie going to do when she finds out that Fiona, who has been preaching to her about responsibility is pregnant as well? It seems to me that after all these years, you would think they would all grow up and be a little bit more together, but it seems that everyone is in a downward spiral at the moment. And it's only episode two? Are they able to turn it all around? Kev seems to be the only one thriving so far this season by taking advantage of gentrification. And why shouldn't he?

And where is Sammy? Is she still all mad that Mickey tried to kill her and no one cared? Geez... get over it already!

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