HitFix's Alan Sepinwall reviews "Civil Wrongs," the March 24 episode of Showtime's "Shameless," in which Frank exploits the gay marriage controversy, Lip worries about Karen, and Jimmy springs some news on Fiona. http://www.hitfix.com/whats-alan-watching/ more

One member of the Gallagher family actually gets a happy ending on this week’s Shameless, ‘Frank the Plumber’, but we know it’ll be short-lived when the rest of the family are doing their usual slow descent into absolute chaos. Fiona actually has a job more

Mandy is still trying to improve Lip’s life, Frank becomes a gay rights activist for domestic partnership benefits, and Mickey and Ian comes to blows in " Frank the Plumber ." So it’s just another day for Shameless . Frank being a gay more

There’s so much more to this guardian business than Fiona might have realized in this week’s Shameless, ‘Where There’s a Will’, since she doesn’t just have to deal with the normal kind of Gallagher problems. After Patrick filed the will for Aunt Ginger la more

Goodbye Mandy and welcome back Karen! In " When There's a Will " Lip finally unleashed his true feelings about Mandy's constant presence in his life.  Then again with his manipulative ex-girlfriend Karen back in town  what did you expect?&nbs more

The Gallaghers are still separated in this week’s Shameless, ‘A Long Way From Home’, and Fiona decides to take drastic action in order to get them back. She’s basically their primary caregiver anyway, sure, but making things legal certainly changes things more

After the harrowing situation of watching the Gallagher siblings get carted off by DFS , Fiona decided it was time for her to take matters into her own hands. In " A Long Way From Home " Fiona finally took the long-coming step of filing for custody of her more

The mark of a powerful episode of Shameless  is when it can make you laugh, cry, feel furious, and feel physically sick all in one episode. " Cascading Failures " brought all of those emotions to the table as the Gallagher kids were yanked from more