Steve Howey (who portrayed the muscle-bound, bar-owning Kevin) recently tweeted that he missed Fiona, and so did the series. That’s only to be expected following the departure of Emmy Rossum’s Fiona, who was more than Gallagher glue: she was the jaded heart of the series. Mostly, the long-running show struggled, even while keeping it real with a pandemic storyline, for these past few seasons. No complaints there, and he got more kindness from Liam than he deserved. Yeah, Frank (who suffered from accelerating dementia this season) ended up dying alone, which makes sense since he’s on the list of the All-Time Worst TV Dads. It kinda felt like any other episode, other than delivering one of the things that I wanted from the final season: a lifeless Frank (from COVID-19 after a lifetime of abusing his body in every way possible).

We don’t know what happened to the family house (and if Lip will manage to sell the thing) or what will happen with most of the still-present siblings’ living situations. counterpart did, and on Sunday night, the Gallaghers bid farewell to their audience while leaving things fairly open-ended. Shameless ran for eleven seasons like its U.K. (Spoilers from the final season of Shameless and the series finale will be found below.)

Shameless series finale