I'm in absolute bits @ Mandy's death. Haven't cried at a TV show like this in years. Proper ugly crying.

Never really rated Karen as a character or actress but that was a brilliant performance in the episode where she gets sectioned.

I agree. S7 was the worst one to date, by some considerable way. S8 has got off to a wobbly start too. Patty is the only good thing :flutter:

Yeah I'd just stop at this point. It's a destroyed legacy by S8 :laugh:

It'd feel a waste for me if I stopped watching now when I've watched so many episodes. Even though it's gone a bit crap I'll carry on watching.

Billy has to be one of the worst TV characters, ever. Can't believe they replaced Paddy with that.

Finished this tonight :( honestly will actually really miss it, hope they do bring it back some day but it had been milked for what it was worth. Shame the Maguries were so dismissed though in the final episode when they've been such a huge part of the show and kept it surviving as the Gallaghers slowly left.

top ten characters:

1. Sheila
2. Mickey
3. Veronica
4. Kev
5. Kelly
6. Shane
7. Monica
8. Carl
9. Lillian
10. Patty

One of the oddest things about Shameless was the more it focused on it's title character, the worse it was. Frank, in both the UK and US versions, is essentially quite unlikeable.