I know, I suck. Read me being insightful about the important world of television. You'll forget how terrible I am after a while, honest. Note that this is a year old, so it's only about the first season. Which was awesome.
I haven't watched the second yet. Because, again, I suck.
Look! My excellent words about stuff that makes you forget about how inadequate I am.
"Shameless" is the story of the Gallaghers. The family consists of a mother who walked out eight years ago, a drunk dad who couldn't give two shits, and six children who have had to rally around each other to keep their ramshackle group together. Fiona, the eldest of the kids, is the one charged with keeping the bills paid, food on the table, and everyone alive long enough to get out of the house, and it's only because of her that the family's been able to keep on keeping on.
As a show that tries to make people laugh to keep them from crying, "Shameless" has the difficult task of being hilarious while also being poignant. And while sometimes the tone of the episodes can veer wildly into one direction or the other, more often than not the series is able to find the perfect balance between comedy and drama, the result of which is a damn fun TV show.
